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How wide a timeframe determines multitasking? To me it is watching a YouTube video when you should be coding and possibly shitposting on Teams all at once. The code is never good, and you have a nagging feeling that you should turn the video off. It maybe works for more repetitive things like tweaking large xml files with repeating patterns.

On the other hand, consider a coder who also is trying to make it with a music career. Setting time aside to practice and reach out to open mic nights or other opportunities can’t be multitasking can it?

But as soon as ADHD comes into play, you’re looking at music opportunities when you should be refactoring some badly written class. Right back into multitasking.

Re:How I got scammed on Facebook Marketplace (2023) on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @02:28PM (#39293060)
So for eBay, am I safest using PayPal? Or a Credit card?
Re:I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do on Sunday January 28, 2024 @04:30AM (#39163941)
> So, I've learned to take this in stride, like with gun ownership: most gun deaths in the US are suicide. As more and more gun owners shoot themselves, this is the only mitigation to this crisis.

I’m sure you’re being facetious, but don’t the suicidal people buy guns? It’s not that gun owners are suicidal

And another thing > no AI is going to replace your Daniel Day Lewises. Your Tilda Swintons. These people are real human beings who are perfect on screen without AI adjustment.

I’m a good actor too btw.

I so want you to be right, but do you know what ‘enshitification‘ is?
It’s all about brands and recognisability
Messaged you on IG!
Nice to meet you. We need to make an AI agent that gets us all the work. I’ll send you a message.
I don’t believe it’s the inevitable yet. What if it’s shit and you don’t want to see hundreds of AI extras? Never mind an AI Tom Cruise (who won’t be getting any academy awards if he’s entirely computer generated).
I’m an actor and a software developer. And AI replacing us (the nobodies, the extras, ie not Tom Cruise) scares the shit out of me. Long live the theatre I guess.
I’m guessing you’re not an actor?
Watch Wolfhall if you haven’t
Re:BlackRock and housing: Setting the record straight on Monday November 13, 2023 @01:28PM (#38253418)
I’m like what he say fuck me for
Re:Why Git Is Hard on Saturday October 07, 2023 @04:35AM (#37800060)
I feel sort of in the same boat, at least from reading this blogpost. Though it might be time for me to master fetch rather than pull. What I wonder is how anyone (read: most people) get by with using GUIs for Git that tend to abstract some of these fundamentals away
Did many people at the time clock this? I think we forget that spreadsheet applications weren't always so commonplace outside of the people in your household that worked with a computer.
Not getting that sentiment from a slogan that says all cops are bastards. If “policing is fundamentally broken” is the statement then use that
Do any permit a transfer-in from Evernote?
Re:Vincent van Gogh's paintings and drawings on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @08:04AM (#36505207)
Cool, now that they’re digitised we can cover them in soup
Well shit, can he run fast without the scythe?
Okay I get it now
What is Charm?
I don’t understand the concept and the music embarrassed me at work
Re:Crab crisis in Bering Sea a sign of ‘borealization’ on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @04:17AM (#35148626)
I don’t eat fish. It does work.
I may have misread the title and thought that was one bigoted compiler
Re:QuestPDF: Modern .NET library for PDF document generation on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:35PM (#34443791)
I’m planning on using Forms9Patch to get this working for a Xamarin project.
Re:Ask HN: Do you read news daily? on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @08:07AM (#33608677)
Reading the headlines of my favourite newspaper’s front page website gives me anxiety. However, taking the time to read the paper, stories I’m interested in, paragraph by paragraph, is a rare and satisfying treat, where I leave feeling much more informed.
No way in hell I’m clicking that lmfao
https://photoprism.app/. I don’t work for these guys. I heard good things
Surely a GDPR violation at the very least
And does it actually reject them? And is it available on the Android app?

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