You’re casually blowing off two of the main reasons why I still have to use Windows.
Is there a Linux alternative to Excel that will allow me to reliably write and execute VBA macros that I can then deploy to my windows using co-workers?
Is there a Linux alternative to Photoshop? Doesn’t even need to be the most current version. I’d be happy with something that is functionally comparable to Photoshop 7.
I’m not being glib with those questions either. It’s been probably ten years since I’ve really used Linux. If there are legitimate alternatives I’d absolutely give it another go.
For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.
I agree that moving to digital saved so much time, and I’ll never miss brainwraps or thrown platters… but working booth shifts threading projectors were some of the happiest times I had running theaters.
I’ve gotten bad keys from the studio before, usually when we were doing advanced screenings. It was a relatively quick fix… I think the longest delay was ~15 minutes. I never had to cancel a show because of it, certainly didn’t have to close the entire building.
For as much as I loved the convenience of digital, I really miss the days of 35 film.
I ll start : I have been following a pretty known tech/Linux journalist, and always found he is a fun dude to listen to, with interesting tech takes...
Valley Heat - a podcast from a freelance insurance adjuster about the goings on in his neighborhood. The primary story focuses on his mission to find out who is using his recycling bin as a drug drop.
It sounds boring but it’s absolutely brilliant.
The less you know about it going in the better.
He also has a couple Patreon exclusives that go deeper into the hijinks.
Yall remember the slap-chop guy Vince Offer? Before he was telling everyone how much they’d love his nuts he was hawking his Underground Comedy Movie. It was absolutely terrible, but they sold the shit out of it on late night infomercials. Everyone who saw it is stupid. I can say this because I saw it… and it was so bad it felt like my frontal lobe died and became a black hole in my brain. I am literally dumber for having volunteered to watch it.
I mean, you’re not wrong. Between not eating and having zero compulsion to drink, I saved a ton of money when I was a functional tweaker. Quitting meth turned me into a fat alcoholic.
Once I was walking out of a Target. I passed by a woman and her maybe 6 or 7 year year old kid just in time to hear the kid say “mommy that guy creeps me out”.
Thanks to three concussions before age 5… and my entire 20’s being spent in a drug haze… my memory is pretty shot. But I remember that encounter as clear as day.
I’m sure I’ve received a few honest to goodness unsolicited compliments, but they don’t stick in my mind as much as the derision.
As a fellow spreadsheet nerd, can you explain your plan of attack? Like, how many dishes and how varied are the cooking temps/times in order to make everything come out of the oven and off the stove in time? And do you account for variables like washing utensils for reuse and/or operator error? I’m so uncoordinated in the kitchen that I can turn a 45 minute recipe into a 90 minute recipe just because I’m scrambling to find the right spices or washing utensils between uses or I spend too much time measuring things with absolute precision.
If I could plot out the entirety of the process in a series of Excel tables, I might actually be able to cook a meal efficiently.
How do you stop it from pooping everywhere? I had a conure who was “trained” to fly back to her cage to poop, but she’d only actually do it a fraction of the time. I imagine chicken poop is a little messier than a tiny conure.
Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson made it a point that the characters not make any significant growth during the course of the film. It’s a masterclass of largely lateral movement.
Happiness (1998) - one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s best roles.
The Talented Mr. Ripley - another one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s best roles.
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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)
Based KDE 🗿 (lemmy.ml)
What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?
For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.
What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?
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I ll start : I have been following a pretty known tech/Linux journalist, and always found he is a fun dude to listen to, with interesting tech takes...
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Not inaccurate (startrek.website)
What made up movie title would make it hard to sell it to the public?
Then and now (i.imgflip.com)
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What a feeling (lemmy.zip)
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If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year later? (theconversation.com)
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In case of emergency, open crisps bag (lemmy.world)
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