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The best and most interesting hardware and software have always been a product of autistic nerds very dedicated to a specific thing.

While it’s true that computer components have probably never been more expensive, it has long been true that if you are buying a new device rather than a refurbished (or used but in good condition) one, you’re basically throwing money away. Get a nerd to upgrade your components if you can’t DIY it.

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 6, Episode 19

Was actually in the theater with my parents as an infant for this, and it is now one of my top favorite Star Trek movies probably.

okay spyware lockdown browser situation sorted, I got a 87% on my math midterm 👍

Lovingly, as a millennial, talking about a well-written email from an old friend is itself a sign of your age lol

That being said, I miss it when people used to talk to each other using email

Kramer Dominates the Dojo YouTube video by Mark B

you arm-wrestling a child, probably
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t8x...

This + one of my professors being an asshole about accessibility accomodations she legally has to agree to and implement is really fucking up my day, not going to lie

Nothing is working but I documented me troubleshooting the spyware web browser I have to use for school for 4 hours.

It is very rare for me to get actually mad at things, I am generally chilling, but this has me like actually frustrated and pissed off because of how stupid all of it is.

Oh my god it won’t let me start the midterm I need to take today because it doesn’t read my screen resolution accurately so the button is inaccessible and I can’t tab into it. Filed a support ticket with the LockDown browser people and emailed my professor so I have the issue documented.

I am very out of practice because I don’t really game anymore, but with some time to work on my speedrunning abilities I would be 100% down lol. I am not a competitive person (this is part of why I am not a good speedrunner or gaming competitions) so it would have to just be for fun

I am 29 but I have been playing Half Life 1 on repeat since 2008 lol

low-key I thought it was you up until now but I was also just fine with that lol

avif between the two, but

I love using SVG for everything I can because it was very widely supported and can do all of that stuff with CSS

LockDown Browser is the worst possible solution to the problem of "sometimes students taking remote classes cheat on assignments."

It's like saying "I don't like my neighbor and wish they would love out" so you drop a nuke on them, in terms of insane disproportionate responses tbh.

somebody's gotta make thin brioche buns but keep all the butter. sonehow

load-bearing drywall 👍

yeah I do social media promo stuff for my job and people are like "why aren't you on tiktok" or whatever and it's like, to even start to build a semblance of an audience there it needs to be your full-time job lol

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while I realize this is not like a requirement in much of life, it is advantageous in professional settings where first impressions and appearances matter

every time I put on normal-looking makeup so that people are nicer when they meet me (because we cannot escape misogyny) I lose 5 seconds of my life

100% yea my wife is a gay nb goth hair stylist and that's the kinda person you gotta go to for something like this

People very rarely do things or express feelings without some kind of reason, and sometimes they just need to not feel alone in having that feeling/reason I think.

I'll let you know when I figure this one out, but you basically like give a very contextual/person-specific caring response that also indicates that basically you understand the impulse personally and/or could understand why that feels like a response they may have to a situation

I have a mark on my right arm from pencil lead being embedded into my dermis. Some kids in middle school and I would play “shank-a-palooza,” where you could stab each other with sharpened pencils during passing time between classes for a week.

We kept score. If you got caught you lost (nobody did)

yeah I think it's something where, generally speaking, dog body language can be more easily mapped to human body language so people can learn to understand it easier. but also, literally every animal is different and you can't really assume much!

Can you legally elaborate on that? That's actually wild lol

I am generally suspicious of people talking about their computer breaking because most people don't know how to use computers beyond like a web browser/word processor so any even minor technical problem is like the end of the world to them

but Windows 11 seems to actually be as broken as you hear 🙃