WWLink

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by WWLink 2y ago
lol they never really sold me on it. WSL1 with its nano processes is neat, but Teams is a disgusting mess and MS has been rather consistent with treating their users like cattle.
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by WWLink 2y ago
We've found the cybersecurity enthusiast that ruins everything.
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by WWLink 2y ago
hahaha That's so classic Apple. It used to happen very often with daylight savings time. The funny part is I use the sleep app and the alarms. When I'm really worried about missing an alarm I set my android phone too, or the alarm
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by WWLink 2y ago
The regular apple watch has some bugs that have been around for years, too. One of my favorite features is on the mickey/minnie watch face, they verbally tell you the time if you tap them..... except when they don't. Sometimes the
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by WWLink 2y ago
Hell, my community college's CS classes were better than that.
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by WWLink 2y ago
If Fox News lies to them enough times it becomes the truth :P
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by WWLink 2y ago
My favorite is the new "digital coupon" version where just having the loyalty card isn't enough - you also have to have the app, add the coupon to your account, and HOPEFULLY by the time you reach the register that coupon has
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by WWLink 2y ago
Cable TV is almost infinite lol. It's just that you might not find what you want being aired at whatever time.
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by WWLink 2y ago
> I go out in the world and see not just adults sitting around a table staring at screens and not interacting, but parents and children. Remember newspapers and comic books and magazines and those junkie magazines by the cash register t
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by WWLink 2y ago
Better yet, you could download apps and transfer them to your phone manually, or download them from a webpage even - straight onto the phone. It's really sad how something so easy and straightforward was eliminated in the name of &quot
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by WWLink 2y ago
lol it's true but every single tech company does it. Most DIY PC "gaming" computer hardware companies do it with their motherboard firmware/software. Microsoft does it with practically everything because their customer i
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by WWLink 2y ago
lmao at the "One guy grabbed a long piece of wood and vaulted over the stream" that's efficient as hell lol.
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by WWLink 2y ago
> Blindly follow orders isnt really on most startup folks’ list of things to do. The really funny thing I'm thinking about here is when I bring people onto a project I'm leading: I give them an intro to the project, all of the
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by WWLink 2y ago
I'm a computer engineer, yes of course I do. What are you?
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by WWLink 2y ago
Apple: We're so environmentally friendly! Also Apple: We still use these fancy boxes that are a pain in the ass to recycle and will more than likely just end up in the trash anyway. They can't be reused for literally anything else
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by WWLink 2y ago
And then conveniently load the congress up with conservatives that would never ever deprive a business of their profits. because profits are sacred.
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by WWLink 2y ago
> Even if Microsoft on Mac is an unmitigated dumpster fire, this is ridiculous. It is Microsoft. I could rant all day about the dumpster fire that is the "NEW Microsoft Teams (Work or School)" It's like the perfect shining
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by WWLink 2y ago
hahahaha. Imagine if SCOTUS decides said law banning non-competes is unconstitutional. Could they do it in such a way to kill the "non-competes are unenforceable" law in CA? that would suck.
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by WWLink 2y ago
> If anything it’s a reminder of exactly why unions are needed more than ever. Except in the software industry, there's too many stupid people who think they are really a "10x programmer" and fall for the Hank Hill special
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by WWLink 2y ago
Neither platform is great at everything really, but being able to use ACTUAL firefox on an android phone is pretty sweet. I can use ublock origin, get firefox bookmark syncing which works with EVERY SINGLE device and computer I own! It&#x27
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by WWLink 2y ago
> That's a big reason Apple causes so much resentment -- not everyone can value time over money. Is it? I have been buying apple products for over 20 years now, and like most people here make a lot more money than the people who beh
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by WWLink 2y ago
lol regulate it like cigarettes. 18+ to buy it, hidden behind the counter on that shelf that only shows the name part of the label. "Hi, can I get a ... snickers please?" "Ye but i'll have to see some ID first!"
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by WWLink 2y ago
AHHH I fucking hate microsoft :D
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by WWLink 2y ago
> People keep having to learn that developers cannot be trusted either The problem with this is that Apple is also a developer trying to sell you things. I would feel better if Apple's goals and the user's goals were aligned al
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by WWLink 2y ago
Part of the reason I switched from google to duckduckgo for searching was I didn't WANT "personalization" I want my search results to be deterministic. If I am in Seattle and search for "ducks" I want the exact fuck
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by WWLink 2y ago
> I do remember when Youtube would show more than 2 search results per page on my 23" display. Wait what?! You "Consume Content" on a COMPUTER? What are you some kinda grandpa? Why aren't you consuming content from y
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by WWLink 2y ago
Or you can draw pretty pictures in LabVIEW lol
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by WWLink 2y ago
Getting drunk off that AI kool-aid aren't ya
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by WWLink 2y ago
If it mattered that much, I think Porsche could still just use their classic gauges with 1 being a screen (as they currently do on most of their cars). Probably unpopular opinion, but I preferred mechanical gauges anyway.
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by WWLink 2y ago
Funny story. The amazon go stores do have a register at the counter now. But as far as I can tell, they rotate positions. There's never really anyone standing at that counter. If you walk up to the counter someone will come from the sa

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