ekky43 @ ekky43 @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Right, used Google translate and still got it wrong.

The picture is from the day after, the dike did overflow(/flood?) and is now keeping the water in, hence the water on the wrong side.

EDIT: According to Merriam-webster, "dyke" is the British spelling of "dike", though it can also be a slur in the right context.

I sure hope it's not extinction!

No no, they're on to something.

It appears that the Flickr Commons initiative is specifically for companies and organizations, and sadly not for individuals.

I've been looking a little into Flickr, and it appears that there exist some similar solutions named Piwigo and Media Goblin which I'm currently checking out.

Thank you for the heads up!

I guess the emoji were there to set the proper mood, which they succeeded in, as the most horrifying thing about that article definitely was the abhorrent use of emoji.

Closely followed by me not being able to tick a single product in their quiz and getting a "perfect score" while using Discord, of all things, as primary messenger....

It appears that the Greenlandic coast is filled to the brim with Github users.

What's the pancakes to do with this? Don't microwave plastic, just don't. :/

Who let the Dougs out?

Be carefully you don't loose your consciousness in the process.

Damn, got us good!

That's..... Terrible. Truly the stuff of nightmares!

This is getting out of hand.

Electric cars are indeed much worse for the climate at production time than combustion cars likely will be throughout their entire lifetime.

But this matters little, as the electric car is not made to be the perfect alternative, it is instead made to be the "weird in between solution" that we need to bring as many devices as possible to use a common power source and get people acquainted with the concept, before moving to the actual solution.

The next steps will be better battery technology because, let's face it, lithium gel batteries suck, and proper power sources.

In the end, I guess it's kind of a "chicken and egg" situation.

Not a dumbass, we all have to start somewhere, and the only way to really fail is to stop trying to improve oneself.

That's also what in the oh so olden days set apart the script kiddies from the makers. The script kiddies found some readily available tools and boasted about their skill, while the makers tried to dig into the tools to get a better understanding, and ultimately be able to hack together the tools to better fit their needs. Many makers started out as script kiddies.

People nowadays often get introduced to programming in computer games, such as Minecraft's redstone, and I don't think that perchance is much different.

Next steps would be to find a programming or scripting language and start learning about common syntaxes and logic, perhaps even make your own generator!

Ah, I was wrong. I just checked and it appears that engineer isn't protected per default (as you stated).

I was thinking about "Civilingeniør" (literal translation would be "civil engineer", but that is no faithful translation), which everyone who graduates a MSc. in engineering in Denmark receives, and which is at least protected locally.

Thank you for calling me out.

Usually you draw this line by "locking" a title behind some kind of education or certification. If someone carries this title, then it must mean that they at least have a basic understanding about x skill.

"Programmer" and "developer" aren't protected in any meaningful way, and I'm trying to hammer that into my brain, as I did not really see someone who hosts a template Wordpad Wordpress site as a webdev, or a Python scripter as a programmer (scripting is programming, but programming is much more than scripting, so comparing the two doesn't make much sense to me).

Writing out a person's full name/tag every time you reference them is not practical (see my previous comment), so one wouldn't give this as reason against third person references in a serious discussion.

Were talking pronouns as part of the sign up process.

@qyron@sopuli.xyz says that @qyron@sopuli.xyz would rather like to be tagged and be part of the conversation, instead of having people talk behind @qyron@sopuli.xyz's back.

It's likely meant to be seen as a witty remark, and not a statement. :)

"Programmer" isn't a protected title, so everyone and their grandma can be a programmer. You don't even need any actual experience or knowledge on the topic.

Just don't go around calling yourself a "software engineer" or anything like that, as it's a protected title and therefore comes with some prestige, but also means that people expect you to have certain skills.