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jmd_akbar , to Programmer Humor in Totally logical and expected functionality

Apple: "You're not using your mac how we designed it to. Please pay $4000 more to use the right side usb-c without issues".

PatFussy , to Programmer Humor in Totally logical and expected functionality

Apple users have to jump through so many hoops just to look down on everyone else

rwhitisissle ,

I know nobody asked, but the reputation Macs have amongst IT industry professionals is insanely annoying to me. I guess it's a difference between what I like in a laptop versus what other people like in them.

I've seen developers working for FAANGs unironically praise the M1 Macbooks as work machines. And I'm just sitting here, like...why? You are locked into an inferior operating system that becomes progressively more janky the deeper you get into its configuration. I have one and the damn thing has an option to change the "modifier key" for the fucking mouse, so you can change your mouse's modifier key to its ctrl or shift key, apparently. Y'know, in case your standard 20 dollar Logitech wired mouse, like the one I'm using, has shift and modifier keys. Just super useful /s. It randomly had slack muted after installing it, so I could never get message notifications until I figured out what to alter after digging through the guts of its terrible system configuration UI. It can't remember the order of attached displays and half the time I have to rearrange them after resuming it from hibernation. If you want to do basic window manager things, like press the meta key (also referred to as the windows key on non-macbooks) + direction arrow to have a window snap to a quadrant of your screen, you have to install a 3rd party application with Homebrew. Its keyboard is that weird, unresponsive, flat form factor that makes it a nightmare to actually use as a portable device. With any luck you don't have to compile anything for it, because...you probably won't be able to. Perhaps most annoying is the fact that, even if you want to use it as a full desktop replacement and plug in 3 monitors with the same resolution into it at a desk (most Macs have at least passable 3rd party dock support), the Mac just won't let you. It only lets you plug in 2 and it duplicates one of those two onto the 3rd one. If you want to plug in 3, you technically can: you just have to download 3rd party displaylink drivers, which, knowing Apple, probably won't fucking work and might permanently fuck up your display.

I get that it's a relatively powerful computer for the ludicrous amount of battery life it gives you, but that's purely because it's an extremely optimized ARM based processor that's only designed to work with this specific operating system. I also get that machines running Linux also have their own problems, but you aren't paying for whatever Linux distro you're running (probably) and you also have the power to change things with a little bit of effort. If I'm buying a machine like an M1, where the OS is presumably part of the whole "package," it should just work well out of the box.

Beyond those complaints, it's got good speakers and never produces any heat. Honestly, the only good things about the machines are those hardware elements: the speakers, battery life, and lack of heat. If they could run linux and had decent keyboards, I might like them. But Apple is practically an antonym for FOSS at this point. I also have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon, which is physically a worse machine: it gets hot, has a fraction of the battery life, etc. But you can install any Linux distro (that isn't Nix based, sadly) to it without issue and its keyboard makes it actually tolerable to code on for extended periods. I wonder if the people that really like the M1s like them because it's the laptop equivalent of an iPhone.

purelynonfunctional , to Programmer Humor in what's the difference?

It's not, though. Git is a means of distributing content, not the content itself. The thing analogous to PornHub's porn on GitHub is the source code in the repos hosted there, not Git itself.

match , to 196 in one of these is not like the other(ule)s
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You're searching for fat furs yet your username is NoFood4u. Curious.

tb_ ,
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These statistics show how OP's video (if it is OP's video) is found by other users – not the search terms op themself uses.

moosetwin , to 196 in one of these is not like the other(ule)s
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what is fat furs?

moosetwin ,
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OH

Olap , to Bready in Bâtard crumb and ear

Use a cast iron to bake?

deegeese OP ,
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Baked with steam in a dutch oven.

Sanctus , to Programmer Humor in Windows95Man to represent Finland in Eurovision. Linus Torvalds must be so disappointed
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Someone needs to crash it dressed as 90's Linus

SnotFlickerman ,
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Windows 95 is quite capable of crashing itself.

Gork , to Programmer Humor in Windows95Man to represent Finland in Eurovision. Linus Torvalds must be so disappointed

You may not like it, but this is what Peak Male Performance looks like.

VintageTech , to Programmer Humor in Windows95Man to represent Finland in Eurovision. Linus Torvalds must be so disappointed

Linus gets that this is a joke, just like Windows.

Menagerie , to utility cycling in I got this guy second hand and have some big plans for it.

Pro-tip: These bikes usually come with little to no grease in the bottom bracket, headset, and front hub. I would recommend overhauling them sooner rather than later if you want the bearings to last.

Jake_Farm OP ,
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Overhaul as in replace or just add grease?

Menagerie ,

Overhaul as in pull the bearings out, clean them with degreaser, then inspect them. If the bearings are not pitted and the retainer isn't bent out of shape, you can reuse them. If they are messed up, they are very cheap to replace, many bike shops will have replacements on hand. Once you have cleaned or gotten new bearings, pack the cups they sit in full of grease, and reassemble. Typically bearing retainers will have a side that is more rounded and a side that is more flat, you usually want to put them into the cup rounded side facing in.

Once you have it back together, you want to adjust it. The goal is to have the bearings be as loose as possible while not having any play in them. You also want to make sure the locknut is tight against the cone.

This page has info that will be useful for the bottom bracket.

CuriousRefugee , to memes in Survival of the fittest

"This shirt is dry-clean only. Which means...
...it's dirty!"

~Mitch Hedburg

JimVanDeventer , to memes in Survival of the fittest

Inside out and cold water will save you money and your clothes. Come on, people, those don’t even require effort.

*gets slammed in the face*

“Welcome to the Internet opinion gauntlet”.

bl4ckblooc , to Video Game Art in What games have you played that beautifully marry their mechanics with narrative and/or aesthetic?

I don’t know is Spec Ops: The Line falls into this category or not. As you progress through the game and your characters mental state deteriorates, most of the voice lines change from professional to aggressive and the loading screen tips break the fourth wall.

umbrella , to Video Game Art in What games have you played that beautifully marry their mechanics with narrative and/or aesthetic?
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journey does this in a cool way.

it has some replay value, but its sadly too short

MentalEdge OP Mod ,
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My sister played the crap out of Journey, she'd hang around the first area until another player showed up, then guide them through the game, showing the stranger all the secrets she knew, tracing hearts into the sand and such.

The embroidery on the robes actually becomes more elaborate as you find more secrets in the game, so she realized she could tell new players from experienced ones, and would guide players or look to learn from them accordingly.

She got the white robe without ever looking up where to find the symbols for it, just finding other players who'd show her where to look.

veroxii , to 196 in Firefox rule

Gonna need some privacy

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