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hawgietonight, to greentext in The best computer from 2014

I know, not the same, but I built my kid a cheap “Gaming” laptop from an old corporate PC that was going to be scrapped because it restarted every hour of use.

Cleaned the cooling fins and fan, repasted both cpu and gpu, got a cheap ssd and extra sodimm of ram. Was good for about a year or so until he got my Ryzen rig :)

hawgietonight, to asklemmy in Would you rather be stuck in the woods with an updated Windows 11 or a Windows 7?

Def 7, it was the first OS used at work that turned invisible… It didn’t need constant defragging, optimizing or registry hacks like 98, 2000 or XP used to. It was a workhorse.

That said, I haven’t used 11 yet. My company just announced that this year all PCs will stay on 10 for the foreseeable future.

hawgietonight, to android in [General question to the Android community] Have you given up on the audio jack, or do you still only buy devices that have it?

I’m in a mixed case, I do use bone conducting headphones that are wireless when on my bike, because ear headphones are a 100€ fine I would like to avoid. Well, also use a Cardo on my motorbike…

But on the treadmill or at home I use some good quality wired earbuds, with thick ribbon cable that doesn’t tangle up. It is just confortable for me and one less thing to charge and throw away after the batt says goodbye.

The phone: Ulefone Armor 21.

hawgietonight, to technology in YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked

I recall Louis Rossmann saying something along those lines, and sounded perfectly reasonable to me.

hawgietonight, to asklemmy in What is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about?

Teletransportation is just killing and recreation of a new being.

en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Teletransportation_paradox

hawgietonight, to nostalgia in The year is 2001, what CD are you playing on your Walkman?

Mix of euro dance/trance. Tiesto, Milk inc, Lasgo, Scooter, etc.

hawgietonight, to programming in Is TypeScript a fad or is my manager delusional?

Technicalities aside, TS is being pushed by MSFT in their SaaS custom components, and that right there will keep it relevant a while. MSFT is known for changing names a lot, but not for killing technologies.

After over 5 years of writing TS, I have had to do plain JS sometimes, and it is scary. It feels like walking blindfold. I’m spoiled.

hawgietonight, to moviesandtv in Jury finds 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter

Baldwin is old enough to remember what happened to Brandon Lee. Add several workers leaving for safety reasons and it makes Baldwin the Producer and decision taker, responsable for turning a blind eye on all the security violations.

He was the one gambling and taking a chance, as always, for a bigger profit.

Gutierrez-Reed was unprofessional and ignored many safety procedures and is very responsible also, and should have walked out also… but being young and on your first jobs can be demanding and difficult to say no. What a wake-up call for her.

hawgietonight, to linux in Failing to install Mint on Boot. Not Found

I recall having the image not found error last time. A mix of creating the USB with another program and tinkering with bios solved the issue. Sorry can’t be more specific, but Linux is all about tinkering, so have fun :)

hawgietonight, to asklemmy in What is something you wanted as a kid and bought now that you're an adult with disposable income?

Doritos. My dad brought home some bags from USA and instantly got hooked on that shit. Fast forward a decade and now with money and selling locally, I ate them until I got sick.

hawgietonight, to programming in What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it?

Doesn’t happen as much, but family and non tech friends would present me to other people that “worked with computers” thinking I could take new job opportunities. They were always wildly unrelated to my field.

I know I know,… they acted in good faith, and probably could have adapted a bit, but like 30 years ago there was a lot of overlap and systems where somewhat similar, but now somebody trained in Linux kernel maintenance isn’t going to learn how to create SharePoint SPFx webparts. Development is very specific now!

hawgietonight, to asklemmy in How cheap is the cheapest home for sale in your city/region?

Yup, 700/700Mb. Also wimax but that only gets up to 25Mb

hawgietonight, to asklemmy in How cheap is the cheapest home for sale in your city/region?

155.000€ for new 5 bedroom 200+ m2 duplex in my small town in Spain.

No HOAs! supermarkets and schools are in walking distance ;)

Cheapest is around 30K, but why bother?

hawgietonight, to programming in What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?

One line is fine if used wisely, everybody does it for readability. The issue is when you need more than one.

hawgietonight, to programming in What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?

Myth: code can be ugly as long as it works, don’t spend company time on making it look good or on minor optimizations.

The truth is that you can tell when effort has been put into a job. Even if it just works, the lack of discipline means that in the end it will be difficult to maintain and probably will fail in unexpected situations.

Every language has its conventions, but if I spot more than a line of separation between blocks of code, that is a common telltale sign of noob. Run from that shit.

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