haroldfinch

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[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've used PowerShell in Windows for the past 15 years. Following dozens of steps in a GUI is not required.

I also use Linux, with bash and Python for automation. I've also grown to love NixOS for its automation options.

Both operating systems feature rich automation options. Both have ClickOps oriented interfaces for those that want it or are unwilling to learn to automate / use a CLI.

Doing ClickOps is a choice and a mindset, not a requirement of Windows. Using a CLI in Linux is not a requirement depending on the distro or your use case.

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have never had a desire to explore the numerous cultivars or varieties of tomatoes to determine if one was not going to make me vomit. Blind testing seems like a masochistic exercise now that I think of it.

With your description though, I might try a Budyonovki tomato (I assume Budenovka / Будёновка) if I am ever presented with one.

Thank you for the tip.

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

You assume this is about taste.

In my case, when the texture of tomatoes touches the inside of my mouth I get the urge to vomit. When I was forced to eat them as a child, I literally ended up puking. The taste of Cherokee purple tomatoes will not change that.

A similar thing happens with egg plants, water mellons, and similar 'squishy' textures.

The taste of tomato paste, or ketchup? Love it.

Your SO and I are not the same.

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What are they going to do, put up a sign that says "don't let in frikineh@lemmy.world"?

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 32 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Also, fuck cancer. (Cancer vaccines may be next, the end of the article.)

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

I went through the comments to check if someone hadn't already mentioned exactly this. Here you go.

I have used PowerShell since its inception, and still believe that the Monad manifesto is very relevant. However in recent years I have switched to Python for this same reason.

It's more widely available, especially outside of Windows it already has greater support for advanced features. PowerShell is not a first class contemporary to Python on Linux.

Quite easy to learn. A lot of default learn materials, tutorials, examples.

You'll also be able to find people in market with Python experience more readily (especially going forward) if you need to hire talent for your company.

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

Just to point something out here.

The thing you had to get off your chest was a depressing and negative bit of content, about how negative and depressive all the content on lemmy is.

If this was a meta-troll post, well done!

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or I don't know, "if it burns, we can destroy it".

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

Or I dont know... an embassy 🧐

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 14 points 1 month ago

My own father was harsh, complicated, difficult to deal with.

I always thought I'd do the opposite.

What I learned later on was to ask my own children what their day was like, what excited them, how I could help them when they needed it most... and then you need to listen. Even if they're asking silly things, things they have yet to learn, that's how you find that connect.

And to some extent I try to balance the discipline by thinking, if I drop dead tomorrow, will I have prepared them as best as I could to become their own person? Will I have done it in a way that they'll remember me fondly?

So far my kids have always said I am a great dad, all the same I ask myself if I could do better every day.

I think the question you started with here is the most important one though, how can you do great/better.

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I started using Le Chat a few weeks ago, also inspired by the Buy From EU initiative.

While I'm missing some creature comforts (memory, projects), the experience is good enough for me to switch. I've canceled my Chat GPT subscription because of it. Remember to export your data from OpenAI. It gives you a raw dump of all your conversations and customizations.

I may need to 'retune' my prompting because I was getting slightly better responses with o3 for coding. Also a warmer tone in conversation. But it wasn't enough to stop me from moving over.

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