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All I did was I asked for vibe code an app that translates human thoughts into a language understood by household pets with varying degrees of accuracy 🤣

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i'd take this UI any day over garbage spyware like win11.

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Duolingo lays off contractors as use of artificial intelligence increases. It is time to cancel Duolingo subscription and uninstall the app. I am not interested in your “AI first” company and getting rid of human talent. I'm not giving my hard earned money to AI. Period.

Duolingo lays off contractors as use of artificial intelligence increases

Pittsburgh-based Duolingo has laid off some of its contractor workforce, in part because of artificial intelligence.

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Instead of typing a clear command, just press Ctrl+L to clear your terminal or shell screen on macOS, Linux, or Unix-like systems.

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Truth. Ha!

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When you tell your wife you installed Linux on the toaster, and it now requires typing seven commands to toast the bread

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Quick tip! You can actually see the changelog details for Debian/Ubuntu packages, which includes security info, CVEs, package urgency, and a short description. Super helpful for figuring out if you need to patch right away or schedule downtime, especially if you're working with clusters. For example, here is how to see info about the nginx:

apt changelog nginx

=> See Debian/Ubuntu Linux show package changelog command for more info.

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=> How to force kill process in Linux using kill and killall

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Vibe coding in a nutshell

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The Union of Software Developers

Alright, alright, settle down everyone! So, the software developers are trying to unionize, right? But first, they're stuck in this endless meeting.

"Okay, so for our official documents, are we going with Python?"

"Python? Are you kidding? It's dynamically typed! We need the rigor of Java!"

"Java? That's so verbose! We should use Rust, for its memory safety!"

"Rust? What about the learning curve? Let's keep it simple with JavaScript!"

"JavaScript? That's... well, JavaScript. We need something functional, like Haskell!"

"Haskell? You want to write a union contract in a purely functional language? Good luck with that! How about C++?"

"C++? Are you trying to make this negotiation take longer?"

A lone voice from the back: "Anyone considered... COBOL?"

The room erupts in chaos.

"Okay, okay, how about we just write it in pseudocode?"

Another voice: "But... which pseudocode standard?"

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The password prompt after sudo isn't actually for you. It's a psychic barrier to prevent your cat from accidentally executing system-altering commands while walking across your keyboard. Cats are notorious for their love of root access. The password protection is for your cat 🐈 and not for you.

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Student: Master, how do I get better at debugging? Master foo: The primary tool for debugging is not a debugger; instead, it is staring intently at log files until they confess their sins. Upon hearing these words, the student was enlightened.