To clarify: this is about inactive members of C++ union types, not inactive members of labor unions
Readit NewsRunningDroid commented on Accessing inactive union members through char sandordargo.com/blog/2026... · Posted by u/ibobev
Reading through the examples they don’t seem “bizarre” in that the people I’ve met who claim to hate wokeness would have agreed with all of these being examples of DEI.
They really want to get rid of everything beyond what they consider the default human experience although getting them to agree on that would go about as well as getting them agree on the right kind of Christian.
> They really want to get rid of everything beyond what they consider the default human experience although getting them to agree on that would go about as well as getting them agree on the right kind of Christian.
The term they've been using for the "right" kind of person is "Heritage American", allegedly meaning people whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower. That apparently does not include people whose ancestors came to the Americas via the Bering Land Bridge.
I would not be surprised if the "right" kind of Christian ends up being the one that believes the Prosperity Gospel.
RunningDroid commented on OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025) osmand.net/blog/fast-rout... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
I've had the nautical navigation work fine when canoeing on rivers and streams where you're following linear features on the map. What it lacks is the ability to plot a sensible course across a polygon of open water.
Rumor has it that routers have the same issue with highway areas so best practice is to add a "spine" to them
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:area:highway#Routers
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Area_highway/ma...
RunningDroid commented on I found a vulnerability. they found a lawyer dixken.de/blog/i-found-a-... · Posted by u/toomuchtodo
You'd be surprised how many SE's would love for this to happen. The biggest reason, as you said, being able to push back.
Having worked in low-level embedded systems that could be considered "system critical", it's a horrible feeling knowing what's in that code and having no actual recourse other than quitting (which I have done on few occasions because I did not want to be tied to that disaster waiting to happen).
I actually started a legal framework and got some basic bills together (mostly wording) and presented this to many of my colleagues, all agreed it was needed and loved it, and a few lawyers said the bill/framework was sound .. even had some carve-outs for "mom-n-pops" and some other "obvious" things (like allowing for a transition into it).
Why didn't I push it through? 2 reasons:
1.) I'd likely be blackballed (if not outright killed) because "the powers that be" (e.g. large corp's in software) would absolutely -hate- this ... having actual accountability AND having to pay higher wages.
2.) Doing what I wanted would require federal intervention, and the climate has not been ripe for new regulations, let alone governing bodies, in well over a decade.
Hell, I even tried to get my PE in Software, but right as I was going to start the process, the PE for Software was removed from my state (and isn't likely to ever come back).
I 100% agree we should have even a PE for Software, but it's not likely to happen any time soon because Software without accountability and regulation makes WAY too much money ... :(
> 2.) Doing what I wanted would require federal intervention, and the climate has not been ripe for new regulations, let alone governing bodies, in well over a decade.
Unionization could achieve the same end but the propaganda is strong in the US
RunningDroid commented on The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers theatlantic.com/ideas/202... · Posted by u/xnx
Alternatively, you have the uncle Ted explanation:
We have subjugated ourselves and destroyed our autonomy and capability for individual action and fulfillment with institutions and technology. People cope for awhile until eventually it all destabilizes and goes to shit. It's also been about ~50yr since he penned the prediction that it would come to a head in 40-100yr.
And these are far from the only two theories with some very compelling arguments and lines of reasoning backing them up.
Uncle Ted being Ted Kaczynski, for the unaware:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Society_and_Its_Fut...
Framing it as addiction is popular now but it removes user agency:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-27053-2
>The present research (N = 1204) explored the implications of overusing the addiction label. In Study 1, a national quota sample of Instagram users (N = 380) overestimated their addiction to the app, and those who perceived themselves as more addicted (but not more habitual) experienced less ability to control their use. We show that the perception of addiction likely arises from popular media’s frequent labeling of social media as addictive (vs. habit forming). Study 2 (N = 824) demonstrated experimentally that framing frequent Instagram use as an addiction has deleterious consequences for user self-efficacy, including reducing perceived control over social media use and increasing self-blame for overuse. In addition, misperceiving excessive social media use as addictive potentially diverts users from effective strategies that could be used to curb overuse habits.
RunningDroid commented on What your Bluetooth devices reveal blog.dmcc.io/journal/2026... · Posted by u/ssgodderidge
There's an Android app that can find devices, make profiles, and you can track location for as long as they're connected. So you can profile passerbys and even get notified when the profile passes through again. I forgot what is was called
Are you thinking of BLE Radar?
Wouldn’t this still be technically a copyright violation? It seems unlikely this is all public domain stuff.
Yes, but you'd have trouble finding someone who has standing and desire to sue.
I just need a better Nvidia support for something outside Arch niche (cachyos) in this space.
I'm already packed and ready to migrate. Can't wait.
> I just need a better Nvidia support…
Unfortunately Nvidia support mostly depends on Nvidia, they've done their best to keep info about their cards away from the Open Source driver projects.
*: Mormons & Jehovah's Witnesses from the perspective of sects that follow the Niecene creed
‡: United Methodists from the perspective of Free Methodists
§: Unitarian Universalists are left-aligned, the Southern Baptist Convention is right-aligned