Gork

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Gork,

I have a Moonlander split keyboard that is programmable and uses one of these little things for its reset button. My only gripe with it is that they could have designed a place for it to slot into the keyboard itself since it’s very easy to lose it if it isn’t otherwise attached to something.

Gork,

The reset button is used to apply firmware changes. For this keyboard you can customize the keys to pretty much however you like. I have one of the thumb cluster buttons set to Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V for efficiency. It’s great for making changes to personalize your mechanical keyboard experience… but it requires that pin to make changes lol.

I like it since I can assign Enter to one of the left thumb cluster buttons, you normally can’t hit enter with your left hand on a standard keyboard layout.

Gork,

mmm yes spikes

Gork,

This is why we need an ISO Toilet Paper Standard.

Gork,

You could buy 240 containers of ricotta cheese and 60 cups of cheese that way you’ll have the exact amount you need.

This is the Hebrew National 7 hot dog to 8 hot dog bun pack solution.

Gork,

The English idioms must be super confusing. We have some odd ones like “chop a tree down” followed immediately be “chop a tree up”.

Gork,

I remember being endlessly entertained by the rotating cube animation between workspaces in the old Beryl implementation.

I told my wife, “but does your Windows do this?” Followed by rotating the cube. She was like, “I don’t care.” And that was that.

I shall tell this story to my grandkids.

Gork,

Maximum Existential Crisis Strength

Gork,

Somebody has got to fighting the War on Christmas (on the side of warring against Christmas).

Gork,

Could they use “thumb rules” if said species have thumbs? One that us fleshy puny humans use is the right hand rule where a third axis convention (up) corresponds with counterclockwise movement by the hand curl. Of course you could easily use the other hand since they’re arbitrary anyway.

Gork,

Honestly the best thing you can do is to remove and reapply thermal paste to the CPU / GPU. Go for something with a high thermal conductivity. There are plenty of videos online on reapplying thermal paste and that will definitely cool off your laptop when done correctly as it increases heat transfer to your heat sinks and fans.

Gork,

I wonder if meme studies will be a legitimate field of research for future anthropologists that study the digital age.

Hi, future people!

Gork,

Do Hello Kitty livery tanks equate to Hannah Montana Linux?

Gork,

$69 billion?

Nice.

Gork, (edited )

It’s like that everywhere lol. Once you’re the “computer person” expect to be the resident IT person for the rest of your time there, whether it be academia, industry, or family.

I once had to coach a coworker on how to attach a PDF to an email…

Gork,

Congratulations on completing your Druid training.

Gork,

I hear ya. Grad school did a number on my mental health. The fear of failure is embedded in just about everything, from the high GPA expectations (even from your first semester), to the quals, to the thesis. The pressure on yourself can be too much to bear.

I find myself less stressed in industry having worked in various positions over the years, and despite all the college I have yet to use calculus at all (it’s spreadsheets as far as the eye can see) and rarely have to use any of the other number of subjects I took in college. The one school course that had helped me the most in my actual work career has been my middle school typing course, I can type super fast as a result lol. Maximum productivity with my mechanical keyboard at work, keycaps go brrrrrrr.

I used to feel ashamed at myself for not going all the way, for withdrawing soon after I got my masters. I felt like a complete failure. This has lessened over time as I realize that the entire rest of everyone’s working life is a grind regardless of how far up in academia you go, and that I would be in a very similar position otherwise.

Gork,

The entire post-PhD phase put me off getting a PhD. I’d rather work an office job than trying to constantly scramble for Grant funding literally all the time on top of the demands of teaching, research, and the constant pressure to write papers.

Gork,

I like the duct taped dust ingress prevention system. Keeps your circuitry clean for when you need to do the chemtrails.

Gork,

Just trying to get at that donutussy

Gork,

Nothing existed prior to January 1, 1970.

It is known.

Gork,

I once came back with cabbage when lettuce was asked for.

I’m not the smartest person.

Gork,

I’m glad at least someone is thinking of the poor, downtrodden shareholders.

Gork,

It sounds like we need to crowdfund the creation of a Private Military Company. We’ll need a good name for it.

Gork,

Bonus points if it does that creepy thing where it passes behind a distant tree and appears in front of a closer tree.

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