[-] potpie@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago

Unless you think "from scratch" sounds nice.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Aww hell yeah that looks nice. Can't wait to try it out.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

How on earth have I never seen a Mr Beast video? YT has never even suggested it that I can remember, and I've been on the lookout for a few months ever since I heard about him on--and this is peak irony--the radio.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

And that's why you should get this version instead!

https://a.co/d/5vVlhLE (Amazon link)

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

I love getting years of good service from old computers, but I do want to add something: old laptop means old battery, and if they're not producing the same form factor anymore, then even a replacement battery will probably be old stock that's been degrading for years. Unfortunately I don't know what company's models have the best longevity here in terms of battery form factor.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

... as long as they were white.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago

I was in 6th grade and wanted to know more about computers. I thought being a computer programmer would be a cool job one day. I'd heard Linux was difficult to install and use and thought hey, that'll help me learn. So I had my parents get me a copy of Mandrake 6. It was perfect because I had the free time to play with it and figure stuff out by making mistakes and fixing them without the pressure of having to do really important work.

I do preach the good word of FOSS, but only to those who are in a position to appreciate the suggestion and benefit from it.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

Pointy lad, you

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, it will turn to a rich brown. Still beautiful, though.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

What amazes me is that we pretty much are converting, just very slowly, one thing at a time. In school we all learn the metric system, and it's used all over in industry and government. At the supermarket, everything is labeled in both systems, and some things have started trending towards metric as the default. We are all used to the 2L bottle size. The old fifth of a gallon bottle, though some still call it that, has been replaced by the 750ml bottle. More recently the 20oz bottle has been phased into the .5L, mainly--I'm sure--to shrink the amount while keeping prices the same, but still it's progress in this regard.

I think the transformation will be effectively complete when highway signs use kilometers. But I don't see that happening any time soon.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Sure there are edge cases and whatnot, but just go ahead and move the drive over. If it doesn't work I'll buy you a beer.

[-] potpie@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

What? Really? But as a cartoon how does that even work if it's not ironic? ... He asked rhetorically, knowing the right wing humor is basically just incoherent hate.

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