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Distribution of English Letters by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago

Sadammit you got me

This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Array offsets start at zero. Indices start at one. Normal humans that aren't stuck in CS101 count with indices.

Like something designed by a robot who doesn't understand humans by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

This is some real life Severance shit.

Linux continues to be above 4% on the desktop by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago

I'm not such a monkey, and I could probably contribute if I put my mind to it, but I just don't have the time.... Instead I try to contribute documentation and money when I can. Everything helps!

More Wendy's Rule by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago

Wendy's arbitrage was not on my Bingo card.

Game Freak Lays Off 300 Pokemon by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago

On the plus side, Mr. Mime will be able to spend more time with Ash's mom.

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Is it possible to use a Thunderbolt hub "in reverse"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an LG-38WN95C monitor which has a single Thunderbolt 3 port, which I use for my work M1 Macbook Pro. It's really convenient to have a single cable running from my laptop to my monitor.

But is it possible to achieve something similar with a full desktop PC? My PC has discrete graphics and a motherboard with no video-capable Thunderbolt output.

I was thinking of using a Thunderbolt hub, but most of them look like they are for use cases where the Thunderbolt cable plugs into the host machine, and then the monitor and peripherals branch off from the hub using DisplayPort / HDMI and USB.

But I want to do the reverse for the video signal. I want the hub's Thunderbolt cable plugged into my monitor, with the hub's DisplayPort link used as an input, not an output, which is passed to the monitor.

I feel like Thunderbolt's bi-directional-ness and daisy-chainability should mean this is possible, but I have little experience using Thunderbolt and I find it difficult to understand what hardware is capable of what behaviors. And with Thunderbolt hubs as expensive as they are, I am hesitant to drop significant money on a blind experiment.

The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now. by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 69 points 8 months ago

I imagine Republicans are doing this not only in the name of the Culture War, but to cultivate an under educated class of manipulable labor (possibly with indentured servitude as the end goal). They know that current and future students will have a harder time leaving for greener pastures due to not being competitive potential hires.

Most of the companies I've worked for have a diverse workforce. As Globalization continues, this will be true for more and more companies. Why would such a company hire someone who doesn't know how to interact with non-white non-cis-male team members because they think their entire existence is taboo? It is a skills-gap issue at the end of the day.

Anyway, that's my civil take on the matter...

At what age and how do you tell children about the truth of Christmas? by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

Damn, hitting them hard with reality at the end there lol

"Text editing on mobile isn’t ok. It’s actually much worse than you think, an invisible problem no one appreciates." by Cargon in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago

This post really shows how old I am, because I immediately thought "does anyone actually compose on a mobile device?" The experience is so bad I limit my own mobile compositions to message responses like "k" and "lol".

I wrote this comment on my phone and it was an awful experience 🙃. But hey, at least my keyboard app suggested a silly emoji...

I'll continue to do my "real" writing on my desktop for now. Integration apps like KDEConnect have been enough for me to get by, but they aren't perfect either.