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Friends don't let friends install npm

Take a look at [topgrade](https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade) which can run all of the package managers for you in one go.

May I ask how you made the determination that network-monitor is "partly refined AI generated slop"?

I came to this conclusion as well. The README gives off some vibes but the sheer volume and writing style of the code comments is what really sells it for me. For example:

https://github.com/grigio/network-monitor/blob/9dc470553bfdd...

    // Enhanced styling with column-specific classes and alignment
This sort of marketing-speak isn't what people typically put in their code, LLMs love buzzwords. It's not just this, it's everything, but hopefully you get what I mean.

The mindless code comments are a dead giveaway. It's always the same pattern of: "a thing" <--- here is a thing Generally a dev would clean these up, but when they don't it's a major red flag to me that it's just unreviewed vibe coded slop.

Sounds to me like another example of embrace - extend - extinguish

What ? This is their project from day one.

No way in Hades would I upload a copy of sensitive personal documentation like a driver's license or a passport to the likes of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, Antropic or even privacy-respecting Apple.

No. Not gonna happen.


Isn't it possible that they already have it?


Lol. Yea they already have it


So if a thief breaks into my house and steals my stuff, do I then shake my shoulders and leave my front door unlocked?

No, I don't, and neither do you. We double down and increase our home security.


I didn't say it was okay that they already had it.


The writer makes an ePub available at their GitHub repository: https://github.com/little-book-of/linear-algebra


Doh! Should've checked there. Thank you.


NASA is a space agency. S P A C E. It's in the name.

By wading into the climate debate, NASA exposed itself as a far-left target and is now paying the price. NASA can thank Gavin Schmidt for corrupting the science and turning it into a political agenda.


"NASA's charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however."


Mr. Gruber was certainly one of the inventors of Markdown but has rested on the laurels ever since. Remember that the late Aaron Schwartz was the co-inventor of Markdown. So let's not give Mr. Gruber too much attention for his opinions on how Markdown has evolved because he's chosen not to participate in its development or adoption.

Indeed, he is far more likely to let loose a tirade of anti-Trump sentiment, and in that regard he comes across as a terribly damaged individual. His opinions are many, and so we cannot give them too much weight.

We must have balance in The Force.


OP opened with an ad hominem argument that his skeptic friends are all nuts.

OP therefore loses the argument.


qView opens this easily enough.


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