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Maybe now someone can finally fix the pixel alignment... https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/a5r971/the_microsoft_calculator_buttons_being_one_

by LeonM 6y ago

Maybe now someone can finally fix the pixel alignment... https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/a5r971/the_microsoft_calculator_buttons_being_one_pixel/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/a5r971/t...

TeMPOraL 6y ago
Oh hell, I didn't need to know that. Now I'll be noticing it every time I see the new Windows calc...
- StavrosK 6y ago
  It's your punishment for running Windows.
  - me551ah 6y ago
    I'm right now running pacman on Arch Linux via WSL while playing 'Call of Duty' in another window. Let's see if your OS can beat that.
    - StavrosK 6y ago
      It can run Call of Duty, yeah: https://www.protondb.com/app/393080 https://www.protondb.com/app/393080
    - globular-toast 6y ago
      Of course it can beat that. Just swap "Call of Duty" with something that only runs on Linux.
      - bkanber 6y ago
        Steam's Proton lets most of the popular win games run on linux. I've been playing New Vegas lately.
      - chaorace 6y ago
        I'm playing TuxKart right now. Jealous yet?
        boogies 6y ago
        My OpenBSD server came with the ancestor of The Greatest Game You Will Ever Play™®ʲᵏ¹ preinstalled. Been using GNU ever since I replaced Windows ME and 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet with Slacko Puppy Linux and Xsoldier, and fully quit Windows when it started shipping with Candy Crush Saga ads and no Minesweeper. Also I typed all but two characters of this message, thanks to the X11 Compose key. ¹https://thegreatestgameyouwilleverplay.com/ https://thegreatestgameyouwilleverplay.com/
    - lelanthran 6y ago
      > I'm right now running pacman on Arch Linux via WSL while playing 'Call of Duty' in another window. Let's see if your OS can beat that. Yeah? I'm running Far Cry $SOME_SEQUEL_NUMBER on Wine, while running Android Builds in a background terminal, using another terminal to hack into the Israeli Defence Force network to deliver my Android exploit that will cause their centrifuges to spin slightly too fast in the incorrect direction, slowing down the spin of the earth ever so slightly ... I'M STOPPING TIME! ... (Too much? :-)
    - ppf 6y ago
      My OS doesn't let me waste my time in such a way. It's a feature ;-)
  - TeMPOraL 6y ago
    Well, I do my math with M-x calc on Emacs, but nobody around me seems to want to adopt the superior OS...
    - StavrosK 6y ago
      I don't see why, it is clearly better.
      - zty12 6y ago
        Probably because everyone you’re trying to convince stopped listening out of fatigue. Nothing revs me up to hear an opinion more than “you’re running the wrong operating system/editor/browser, mine is clearly superior,” when we all have limited lifespans in which to argue about exceedingly pointless trivia such as that — especially discarding any implicit requirements for choosing the tools one has chosen which are almost certainly unknown to the person making such an arrogant observation. People have different needs and goals for using computers and telephones. I’ve been cutting people out of my life for repeatedly talking like GP (and you, to a lesser extent) lately; that’s how frustrating it is to be on the other end after 20 years of hearing it from elitist peers. I finally snapped when I set my iPhone on the table at a bar and was treated to the entire conversation turning to iOS vs. Android for the next two miserably painful hours, while ignoring that we all went there to drink to forget about shit like that. You might consider my approach harsh. That’s fine because I know my approach is clearly better. (See?) It amazes me that it’s been decades now and advocates of non-mainstream operating systems and tools (read: FLOSS) haven’t figured out looking down at the people you’re trying to convince is repulsive to anything you’d say - and sometimes you as a person. Persuasion from a negative is almost always a net loss. Ask anyone in sales. Tell me why it’s better for my specific needs. Not that my choices are inferior. Until then, I’m distantly happy for you that you’ve found a tool that works for you, and I’d prefer that you tell someone else (in general, not you specifically). I’m especially thinking of the randoms who don’t know me and approach at conferences or social events to reflect on my choices. It’s never Windows or macOS or Edge or VS Code advocacy, either, weirdly enough. Emacs in particular seems to catch these attitudes like a magnet.
tyingq 6y ago
Appears to have been fixed. From my Windows 10 box: https://imgur.com/a/MRW9S8a https://imgur.com/a/MRW9S8a Edit: Wider screenshot.
- hunter2_ 6y ago
  Isn't the issue located near the bottom right corner of sqrt? Your screenshot doesn't include that corner.
  - tyingq 6y ago
    Updated with a wider screenshot.
ketzu 6y ago
Isn't this fixed already? I can't recreate it on my machine but I can't also find the exact same layout used in that post.
globular-toast 6y ago
Stuff like this gives me a really bad feeling about the quality of software. When it's so close, but not perfect, it seems like someone tried to get it right but just hacked it together and checked by eye instead of solving the underlying problem. I prefer to see software where they haven't even tried.
Black101 6y ago
at least it has a transparent background....
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by LeonM 6y ago

TeMPOraL 6y ago

Oh hell, I didn't need to know that. Now I'll be noticing it every time I see the new Windows calc...

StavrosK 6y ago
It's your punishment for running Windows.
- me551ah 6y ago
  I'm right now running pacman on Arch Linux via WSL while playing 'Call of Duty' in another window. Let's see if your OS can beat that.
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    It can run Call of Duty, yeah: https://www.protondb.com/app/393080 https://www.protondb.com/app/393080
  - globular-toast 6y ago
    Of course it can beat that. Just swap "Call of Duty" with something that only runs on Linux.
    - bkanber 6y ago
      Steam's Proton lets most of the popular win games run on linux. I've been playing New Vegas lately.
    - chaorace 6y ago
      I'm playing TuxKart right now. Jealous yet?
      - boogies 6y ago
        My OpenBSD server came with the ancestor of The Greatest Game You Will Ever Play™®ʲᵏ¹ preinstalled. Been using GNU ever since I replaced Windows ME and 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet with Slacko Puppy Linux and Xsoldier, and fully quit Windows when it started shipping with Candy Crush Saga ads and no Minesweeper. Also I typed all but two characters of this message, thanks to the X11 Compose key. ¹https://thegreatestgameyouwilleverplay.com/ https://thegreatestgameyouwilleverplay.com/
  - lelanthran 6y ago
    > I'm right now running pacman on Arch Linux via WSL while playing 'Call of Duty' in another window. Let's see if your OS can beat that. Yeah? I'm running Far Cry $SOME_SEQUEL_NUMBER on Wine, while running Android Builds in a background terminal, using another terminal to hack into the Israeli Defence Force network to deliver my Android exploit that will cause their centrifuges to spin slightly too fast in the incorrect direction, slowing down the spin of the earth ever so slightly ... I'M STOPPING TIME! ... (Too much? :-)
  - ppf 6y ago
    My OS doesn't let me waste my time in such a way. It's a feature ;-)
- TeMPOraL 6y ago
  Well, I do my math with M-x calc on Emacs, but nobody around me seems to want to adopt the superior OS...
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    I don't see why, it is clearly better.
    - zty12 6y ago
      Probably because everyone you’re trying to convince stopped listening out of fatigue. Nothing revs me up to hear an opinion more than “you’re running the wrong operating system/editor/browser, mine is clearly superior,” when we all have limited lifespans in which to argue about exceedingly pointless trivia such as that — especially discarding any implicit requirements for choosing the tools one has chosen which are almost certainly unknown to the person making such an arrogant observation. People have different needs and goals for using computers and telephones. I’ve been cutting people out of my life for repeatedly talking like GP (and you, to a lesser extent) lately; that’s how frustrating it is to be on the other end after 20 years of hearing it from elitist peers. I finally snapped when I set my iPhone on the table at a bar and was treated to the entire conversation turning to iOS vs. Android for the next two miserably painful hours, while ignoring that we all went there to drink to forget about shit like that. You might consider my approach harsh. That’s fine because I know my approach is clearly better. (See?) It amazes me that it’s been decades now and advocates of non-mainstream operating systems and tools (read: FLOSS) haven’t figured out looking down at the people you’re trying to convince is repulsive to anything you’d say - and sometimes you as a person. Persuasion from a negative is almost always a net loss. Ask anyone in sales. Tell me why it’s better for my specific needs. Not that my choices are inferior. Until then, I’m distantly happy for you that you’ve found a tool that works for you, and I’d prefer that you tell someone else (in general, not you specifically). I’m especially thinking of the randoms who don’t know me and approach at conferences or social events to reflect on my choices. It’s never Windows or macOS or Edge or VS Code advocacy, either, weirdly enough. Emacs in particular seems to catch these attitudes like a magnet.

tyingq 6y ago

Appears to have been fixed. From my Windows 10 box: https://imgur.com/a/MRW9S8a https://imgur.com/a/MRW9S8a Edit: Wider screenshot.

hunter2_ 6y ago
Isn't the issue located near the bottom right corner of sqrt? Your screenshot doesn't include that corner.
- tyingq 6y ago
  Updated with a wider screenshot.

ketzu 6y ago

Isn't this fixed already? I can't recreate it on my machine but I can't also find the exact same layout used in that post.

globular-toast 6y ago

Stuff like this gives me a really bad feeling about the quality of software. When it's so close, but not perfect, it seems like someone tried to get it right but just hacked it together and checked by eye instead of solving the underlying problem. I prefer to see software where they haven't even tried.

Black101 6y ago

at least it has a transparent background....

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