Companies keep talking about replacing employees with AI yet they keep up this fuckery. Y’all’s AI models are either good enough to handle this shit or shouldn’t be used as a bad-faith bargaining chip. If there were ever a job that should be eliminated from human labor, NSFL content moderating seems like the perfect contender.
My dad worked incredibly well internally and was essentially the primary coder. Of the 27 patents his company held, my dad did almost all the work for 17 of them. His biggest internal issue was not being able to get rid of old technology, so there were two offices filled with old junk that would keep him from complaining.
As a worker, my dad was not toxic at all, possibly a little quirky. Now as a father… I’d definitely agree with the word “toxic.”
So I’d like to submit a correction to your statement about my dead father: he kind of sucked
“Hey boss, @[email protected] says they don’t like the new telephones? Says they’re made for kids or something.”
@[email protected]: I still don’t know why I was fired… The boss kept telling me to shove the phone system? Maybe they meant push? Was I supposed to work on some branch of the phone system?
My dad once called a client stupid for continuing to ask for a feature that made no sense. Technically, he asked “why would you want that? What, are you stupid?”
Then he got chewed out by his boss who told him that clients who ask questions aren’t stupid. My dad told her that the client asked a stupid question. His boss told him that it wasn’t a stupid question, that she thought it was a very good question from an uninformed client. So then my dad called his boss stupid.
Then he got sent to sensitivity training. He completed the mandatory hours, got his certificate, and a letter recognizing his difficulties with reasonable discourse vs arguing and calling people stupid. The instructor recommended that my dad shouldn’t interface directly with any clients anymore. So they made my dad’s younger brother his supervisor since he could translate my dad’s comments and questions into more diplomatic terms.
ETA: this story was from the '80s. He got better over time.
Real talk: whichever one makes you happy. Do a little research with some search terms such as “play {game} on Linux” and see what other users are running. Then, assemble a few live disks and test-pilot a few distros.
It’s pretty fun getting to switch out your OS so freely and once you find an interface that feels good, you just plop your ass into that seat. If you keep decent records of your configs and such, you might find yourself starting over again multiple times while you “try to get it right.” That’s not failure, that’s just advancing your skills and making yourself happy.
Linux can be as simple or as advanced as you want it to be.
Not Excel, but one of the most hilarious uses of Google Sheets I’ve ever seen
I feel like my day isn’t complete until I’ve seen one of your game screenshots. I actually have nearly zero investment in the games you’re actually playing, I just appreciate knowing that things are still going well enough for you that you get some time to play a game and post.
I hope you have a good life, thank you for bringing a warm glow into mine.
Yeah, I’d really have been far less picky about which handheld I bought if it weren’t for getting Adobe CC for free through work and my cousin wanting to play Star Citizen. I’d instead be rocking whatever flavor of Linux made me feel good, just like I am on my home server and my old Chromebook.
All that being said, I really do love the vertical mouse. There’s something incredibly satisfying about having a pistol-grip and using my trigger-finger to pelt the opposition in Halo followed by a middle-finger-activated melee. Plus, the thumb placement for the scroll wheel just feels superb in any situation.
I’d give the Lenovo Legion Go a solid 9/10 if it were running Linux, lol. For now, it’s gotta settle for my 7.5 since I gotta deal with Microsoft popping up some ridiculous alert every other 30 seconds because I don’t wanna log into stuff.
Depending on what I’m doing, not at all or religiously.
If I’m just doing edits in Bridge, Camera Raw, or Lightroom, I actually mapped my controller’s buttons using JoyToKey so that I’ve now got an incredibly fast workflow for those. If I’m using Photoshop, Illustrator, or playing games, that vertical mouse is my best friend and an absolute game-changer.
I own the Lenovo Legion Go, which runs Windows 11 and has one thumb touchpad. It also has removable controllers, one of which turns into an ergonomic mouse.
I needed a new computer for photo editing and my cousin wanted me to start playing Star Citizen with him so this ended up being the perfect solution for me.
I’m super psyched seeing more competition in the market, though. I’d love to see how comprehensive yet portable PCs can become.
If that’s your version of dying with dignity and pride, then I hope against all hope for you to get that. Might I also suggest that you read about Buckey O’Neill.
To lend credibility to your comment, I’ve decided to issue you my own death wish.
I hope that when your time comes that you’re able to die swiftly and painlessly with dignity and the knowledge that you were enough. If you have family, I hope you’re surrounded by their love and warmth. If you have money, I hope it positively influences future generations in ways that honor your past. May your days be numerous and your memory cherished in your absence.
My wife and I just tried it last night! We were really impressed with the results! For the record, I have an iPhone and she has an Android. I’ve been carrying around the tracker, though.