There is ONE correct $PROMPT variable, which is ": %n@%m %~ ; ".
It allows itself to be copied and pasted safely while being ignored by the shell, so copying a whole line from one place to another is a simple triple-click, cmd-c (or ctrl-c, meta-c, whatever.)
Thank you.
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I know, right?! I'm obsessed with how simple of an idea it is
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Petition to rename "phishing" to "kashing"
Easy follow-up to The Facilitators: Sofware Engineers
Wonder what went wrong in his case.
[to the tune of Walk Like an Egyptian]
Testing in production
Começo de ano, inicia-se a tradicional XVIII Hora de Mutar Nomes de Todos os BBBs das Redes Sociais
Price Bar 💏 Volume Bar
We are months away from the first fully automated school shooting
Shut it down
"they're widening the corridors! and adding more lanes!"
"clawdbot created a religion!"
"when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face" was right but took itself too seriously, we're watching nihilistic teenagers willingly try their hardest to speedrun the paperclipping
Some of this shit is running on data centres burning fossil fuels using repurposed jet engines and cooling taking fresh water from small towns
Normies being exposed for the first time to critical levels of lesswrongslop is so fucking funny, man
Luck favours the brave!
git add -f node_modules && git commit -am "becoming the world's most productive developer" && git push -f
New Yorker puff piece, here I come!
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During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
@edzitron.com I am deceased
"we do this not because it's easy, but because writing an acceptance test is easy, and Claude could go figure it out while I doomscroll"
Software engineering in 2026
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You operate Claude with your hands!?
if the infosec department wants security theatre, I'm going for The Producers
Nazis are going to get so tired of seeing this video in their replies
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There's been a lot of talk about ChatGPT-induced psychosis and yeah seems scary but I'm more freaked out how the human brain can be so easily rendered non-functional by a little positive reinforcement. Although I guess tons of kings, celebrities, other yes-men-surrounded people already proved this
NYE was like 6 weeks ago