Bits and PCs - a Computers and Tech Miscellany

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[JoeP]

I agree.

[specious_reasons]

I came to the realization that I will be working from home for the foreseeable future, and even when I do go back to the office, I believe I will still be working from home at least twice a week. I've been working from laptops, but I have been wanting multiple screens, so I'm updating my home office with a new monitor and new bluetooth mouse & keyboard.

I have limited space in my current desk, so the biggest monitor I can get is 27" or so. I think 4K seems excessive at 27". I have 2 27" 2K monitors at work, and I think it works fine. Plus, I'm not sure any of my laptops can handle more than 2K. I purchased a 27" 2K monitor to replace the 24" 1080p one. The only thing I don't like is that the new one is a 16:9 aspect ratio, and the current one is 16:10, which I like better for photo editing.

I bought a Microsoft keyboard and mouse, because I can get it at a decent price, and I wanted a bluetooth keyboard that works well enough with Mac and PC. (I'm actually using a Microsoft mouse with the Mac right now. I am still annoyed about the scrolling.)

So, during the dark months that follow, I will be spending more time in my basement office. I may still choose to work on a laptop some days, simply because I can get sunlight in the living room.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Hello it's me, here again to tell you why the greenest phone you can buy is the one you already bought and 18 month product cycles are incompatible with a sustainable civilization https://t.co/11yNo8cf1F

— Maddie Stone (@themadstone) October 23, 2020

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by specious_reasons

So, during the dark months that follow, I will be spending more time in my basement office. I may still choose to work on a laptop some days, simply because I can get sunlight in the living room.

In many ways my home office - set up way before the covid era - is good: I have space, I have external keyboards and monitors, and I have a view outside with trees and sky.

(The space in the office is absolutely full of stuff that I need to sort out, and the trees mentioned are around a motorway, but it's still good.)

[Ari]

18 month product cycles are incompatible with a sustainable civilization

I have an iPhone 6 I’ve absolutely loved that’s now four product cycles old. As far as I can tell there are only two things limiting its lifespan; that apple stopped updating it around iOS12, and the hassle of replacing an aging battery.

I could see updating to a new phone for things like a much higher quality camera system, but really all the stuff I want to do on the phone work perfectly fine. It is quite absurd to think about going through four phones in the time I’ve had the 6.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The worst possible Twitter user would have an anime avatar, the name of a Roman philosopher or general, and a profile talking about how Bitcoin enthusiasm taught him how to argue with clarity and logic

— VaccinnateSantasHat (@Popehat) October 26, 2020

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Whoever registered the company name with valid XSS injection and caused @companieshouse to sent this email: I will buy you a drink pic.twitter.com/HlcUbbJgr6

— Jonty Wareing (@jonty) October 22, 2020

[Ensign Steve]

Ahhh, good ol' Bobby Tables, LLC.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I understand a RealDoll. This is Addams Family.

pic.twitter.com/32vzcxtT3R

— Shitty Future (@Shitty_Future) November 8, 2020

Which I understand too. :fml:

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I appreciate you trying to protect my delicate sensibilities, Bing, but the translation was not useful.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

“Just figure it out!� screams Jeff Bezos at underlings after hearing of man who provides overnight shipping worldwide on Christmas Eve - The Beaverton

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Look, I understand how this happens. I caved and let my boyfriend use smart lightbulbs in the living room.

Then we changed routers and the WiFi password and it's literally been dark in there for months now

— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) August 15, 2019

Well.... I literally picked up candle-making as a hobby during this interim period https://t.co/GxVEXT1yp3

— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) December 17, 2020

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

It wouldn't be Twitter if Charles Manson wasn't trending on Christmas Eve.

— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) December 24, 2020

[BrotherMan]

I like and hate that the first response is "Did Trump pardon him, too?"

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by BrotherMan

I like and hate that the first response is "Did Trump pardon him, too?"

And Jim Jones.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Woman wiring an IBM accounting machine, by Berenice Abbott. These machines, precursors to computers, were built by IBM in the 1930s and 1940s. pic.twitter.com/s6s3SuNIvs

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) December 28, 2020

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Do You Love Me? - YouTube

[BrotherMan]

Engine Steve's thrad about Death and the Singularity that caused it is >>> >>> that way >>> >>>

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Imagine the robot apocalypse in the form of animatronic Michael Jacksons singing Thriller and moonwalking through the streets.

[Ari]

The autonomous vehicle apocalypse is coming! Over the last couple weeks when out for a walk, I’ve seen around ten Waymo cars, two Waymo experimental vehicles and four Cruise cars, just on my local road. While I do live in SF, it’s the out of the way ass end of SF, so it’s still surprising.

I haven’t tried to jump out in front of one, yet, and so far I haven’t seen one without a human behind the wheel, but that day is coming.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

You have Boston Dynamics robots, and then you have this pic.twitter.com/beo5xVqlfp

— Scott Kerr (@scott_kerr) December 30, 2020

[JoeP]

The Japanese robot is learning how cute it needs to be before it can get away with knocking people over. This is just an experiment, of course.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

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