|
Virigoth posted:I gave my Dad an Ubuntu install on a bee pc and he thinks that poo poo is easier than the Mac Mini he had that broke and it still makes me laugh because Apple is supposed to be so easy. This is a peck and hunt Google is hard type of man. I installed Ubuntu on some old folks pc in 2009 and they were still using the same install when i saw them in 2019. I have no idea how the browser is still working and if they're getting owned but i guess it fits their needs.
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 17:37
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 30, 2024 19:16 |
|
|
Armacham posted:Sir, this is a Carl's jr. Would you like some extra big rear end fries with that? I got a double western with crisscut fries and a chocolate shake a month or so ago, and it was over 20 dollars 
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 17:59
|
|
|
Where did my dollar menu go? And dollar stores! Okay $1.25, I can say still about a buck. But dollar stores shouldn't have poo poo over $5. There should not be loving toys for $10 or bags of french fries for $5. I admit though, it does make me buy less poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 18:34
|
|
|
Not that Meta being lovely is a surprise to anybody, but I just ran across this post from someone who discovered that his Facebook ads for coding training courses got him permanently banned from running ads on the platform because they flagged his python and pandas training services as illegally dealing in live animals, and it's not a new problem: https://lerner.co.il/2023/10/19/im-banned-for-life-from-advertising-on-meta-because-i-teach-python/
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 19:09
|
|
|
Vampire Panties posted:I got a double western with crisscut fries and a chocolate shake a month or so ago, and it was over 20 dollars Even taco bell is like $5 for a quesa dilla now
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 19:55
|
|
|
Removing the button from smartphones is a crime beyond imagination. No I don’t want to finagle with swiping to do things that used to just take a click. gently caress anything to do with replacing physical interfaces with kabuki bullshit.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 20:02
|
|
|
I have an app that's specifically used in backcountry situations. It just runs a bunch of calcutions but it won't load without service.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 20:03
|
|
|
galagazombie posted:Removing the button from smartphones is a crime beyond imagination. No I don’t want to finagle with swiping to do things that used to just take a click. gently caress anything to do with replacing physical interfaces with kabuki bullshit. It took me a long time to retire my home-button iPhone for a newer model with no home-button, and the most consistent issue I have is getting apps to actually close. With the old phone it as easy, double-punch the home-button and flick away the tile containing the app. Now I have to slowly and deliberately grab the bottom-most edge of the screen and drag upward until the app minimizes to a tile – but don't drag too far! Or else it will dissolve into a nether region where it can only be retrieved by again grabbing the bottom-most portion of the screen and slowly, deliberately dragging upward until it appears. I don't think it's a coincidence that this incredibly lovely system that serves to only hide apps operating in the background emerged after Apple started taking heat from app producers for allowing the user to actually choose if the app is allowed to track you across other apps, so the whole system for killing apps seems to be a concession to data miners who now need to have their app running in the nether space to do their thing.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 20:12
|
|
|
In today's age, is it worse to be ignorant about computers than it is to be ignorant about automobiles? My father would shame me for not being a car dude like him and like everyone his age I've ever known, someone who take apart an entire car and put it back together, but none of them know gently caress-all about PCs. Does the latest generation (... is it called "alpha?" I've heard that once before and I don't like it) have dual ignorance on computers and automobiles?
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 21:12
|
|
|
Serious_Cyclone posted:It took me a long time to retire my home-button iPhone for a newer model with no home-button, and the most consistent issue I have is getting apps to actually close. With the old phone it as easy, double-punch the home-button and flick away the tile containing the app. Now I have to slowly and deliberately grab the bottom-most edge of the screen and drag upward until the app minimizes to a tile – but don't drag too far! Or else it will dissolve into a nether region where it can only be retrieved by again grabbing the bottom-most portion of the screen and slowly, deliberately dragging upward until it appears. You don’t have to manually close apps tho.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 21:19
|
|
|
credburn posted:In today's age, is it worse to be ignorant about computers than it is to be ignorant about automobiles? trick question, cars are computers now
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 21:21
|
|
|
credburn posted:Does the latest generation (... is it called "alpha?" I've heard that once before and I don't like it) have dual ignorance on computers and automobiles? Probably, but they figured out how to make money playing video games which my generation wasn’t able to crack.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 21:23
|
|
|
credburn posted:In today's age, is it worse to be ignorant about computers than it is to be ignorant about automobiles? Automobiles are just appliances at the end of the day and can't really be elevated past that. Now, they happen to be expensive, core appliances whose utility can be critical for many, but their utility begins and ends at, 'get from point A to B'. Computers *can be* an appliance (and god knows every phone app ever wants it to be), but the real power in a computer is being a solutions box. A computer can solve arbitrary problems, and the pool of problems it can solve is already vast and will continue to get bigger. As computers continue to be able to solve more problems faster, being able to leverage a computer to solve those problems is going to be more and more of a force multiplier, both in the workplace and in one's life. I'd argue there is already a 'great divide' between the quality of jobs you can generally get with or without computer literacy (and 'divide' is not a good word - it's probably a gradient). I'd also further argue that leveraging computers effectively can add substantially to quality of life. Canine Blues Arooo fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Oct 22, 2023 |
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 21:23
|
|
|
Wifi Toilet posted:Probably, but they figured out how to make money playing video games which my generation wasn’t able to crack. Gen Z is making money playing video games. The oldest Gen Alphers are preteens.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 21:26
|
|
|
Canine Blues Arooo posted:I'd also further argue that leveraging computers effectively can add substantially to quality of life. Being able to understand and manage one's privacy, knowing basic security practices, and recognize scams are getting up there towards financial literacy importance
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 21:36
|
|
|
Why alpha? What a stupid pretentious name. Should have gone with omega, last generation.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 22:02
|
|
|
All You Can Eat posted:This will sound super hipster of me, but I stopped using PayPal in 2005 when they froze all that money Lowtax was raising for Hurricane Katrina relief this and several other similar incidents over the years is exactly why I don't trust PayPal with a balance to start with, lol they have a long history of going hey nice 500 bucks you got there. this is mine now. don't ask why.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2023 23:33
|
|
|
Outrail posted:Why alpha? What a stupid pretentious name. I like it a lot better than the original name going around, the iGen.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 00:27
|
|
|
Canine Blues Arooo posted:Automobiles are just appliances at the end of the day and can't really be elevated past that. Now, they happen to be expensive, core appliances whose utility can be critical for many, but their utility begins and ends at, 'get from point A to B'. You sound tremendously naïve. Knowledge of computers is not knowledge of all things. Being able to troubleshoot hydraulics, fluid systems, and analog electronics are all separately difficult disciplines that are necessary to properly fix an automotive "appliance" Most modern devices combine them in a way that algorithms and AI are unprepared to approach. Computers can really only solve toy fluid dynamics problems and they haven't gotten any closer to finished designs in the last decade. Fixing a tractor is completely outside what they are prepared to do. Leviathan Song fucked around with this message at 03:12 on Oct 23, 2023 |
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 03:09
|
|
|
Leviathan Song posted:You sound tremendously naïve. Knowledge of computers is not knowledge of all things. And you sound like you missed the point entirely.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 04:01
|
|
|
Facebook games. I don't play them but my mom does, and lots of her old coworkers still do. And it's a great way for them to do poo poo without going out in a Covid world. But a week or so ago one of their games has stuck on a map, where you mouse-highlight over some castle, and it lets you click one part that starts the level. And it's not popping up that mini-popup. So I have been trying to run support for my mom and her friends, and nothing works because this is a poo poo Facebook flash game and there is no tech support. They keep insisting I must know something because something I did last time worked, and now they're debating what tech support dude to hire, or just go to GeekSquad, etc. I remember Farmville and Candy Crush used to have loving commercials on TV and the radio and on buses. Those games maybe had actual tech support. Match 3-Things with barely different models and names of the games, do not. Third party poo poo on Amazon is insane now. It seems 90% of everything sold is from some company with 0 reviews and horribly translated descriptions.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 04:20
|
|
|
I think what's funny is that, yes things are getting shittier, but there's largely gently caress all we can do about it. Be can blame conservatives and billionaires and they can blame us for every social ill but it's all just icing on the cake for a society that's moving to a low-growth or negative growth paradigm. Capitalism has its advantages but it does not cope with neutral or negative growth at all. It's bad for the environment and it's bad for our souls and I think it's coming to an end regardless of how much the capital class pokes the beast in the cage. It has no teeth any more, it's old and weary. I just hope I survive it in such a way that I don't die alone in a small apartment by myself or on the street.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 04:21
|
|
|
I should also note that, in my estimation, things are about as good as they're gonna get for a while depending on where you live. You may as well enjoy your life and people close to you and do your best for the next couple years while the strings holding everything together remain.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 04:30
|
|
|
Tarkus posted:I think what's funny is that, yes things are getting shittier, but there's largely gently caress all we can do about it huh, i don't find that funny at all
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 04:31
|
|
|
Tarkus posted:I think what's funny is that, yes things are getting shittier, but there's largely gently caress all we can do about it. Be can blame conservatives and billionaires and they can blame us for every social ill but it's all just icing on the cake for a society that's moving to a low-growth or negative growth paradigm. Capitalism has its advantages but it does not cope with neutral or negative growth at all. It's bad for the environment and it's bad for our souls and I think it's coming to an end regardless of how much the capital class pokes the beast in the cage. It has no teeth any more, it's old and weary. It helps if you imagine existence as literally hell that will only get slightly worse every minute. It's not that bad, yet.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 07:43
|
|
|
I decided to check out Duolingo again and discovered that they are replacing the native speakers who used to voice languages with AI that "constructs" the pronunciations. After spending the past week with it, the pronunciations are absolutely dire and don't match any dialect  It's never exactly been a great way to learn language on its own, but now it's actively harmful (for a non-romance language, maybe something like Spanish is better but I have my doubts)
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 11:28
|
|
|
It’s ok to not know how to build a gaming pc, hack a gibson, or install gentoo but in a world where middle class careers outside of technology are rapidly shrinking; You should have a basic understanding of your web browser and it’s mysterious lock icon, know what “My Documents” really means, and have a vague understanding of ram, hard drives, and what “if…then” means. Like maybe you’ll luck out and never need to gently caress around but you could work in an office, warehouse, or even construction and find that you’ve been tasked with putting the CSV files in the ftp at the end of the day and it will be a bitch to figure out as you try to apply your iOS technology skills at like 4:50pm and it’ll be another bad day and it’ll all be for naught when you let some typosquatter empty out your bank account anyhow.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 12:17
|
|
|
lol Google image search on desktop is now optimized for vertical phone scrolling
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 15:22
|
|
|
Every year we get new phones at work I have to transfer an insanely old Words With Friends version from my boss's dad's wife's iPhone to the latest one because she doesn't like the UI of the latest version. The new version transfers all her stats and all her friends list but she would refuse to play because the friend list is on the right now instead of the left. I think I'm safe now that Apple started removing old versions of things from the app store for security reasons.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 15:57
|
|
|
YouTube changed their app and it’s worse When you turn it on it shows you an ad and shorts That’s it
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 16:18
|
|
|
Outrail posted:Just think, people are paid actual real money to design apps and interface systems. Like that's someone's job and this is the best they can come up with. Wrong. Most app development companies DO NOT hire actual designers and WILL NOT pay the premium for an actual UX expert. They leave it up to the developers and fiddle with the UI after release. Only one company I've worked for used a dedicated designer and even they crippled the designers ability to influence app layout.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 17:15
|
|
|
Internet Old One posted:It’s ok to not know how to build a gaming pc, hack a gibson, or install gentoo but in a world where middle class careers outside of technology are rapidly shrinking; You should have a basic understanding of your web browser and it’s mysterious lock icon, know what “My Documents” really means, and have a vague understanding of ram, hard drives, and what “if…then” means. so many younger workers just use chatgpt to do their jobs. either for writing emails or copy, or to come up with project outlilnes, diagrams, or documents, or for solutions to problems like the one you suggest. i keep wondering if i should curtail it in any way but it does seem to work
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 17:18
|
|
|
that reminds me of the scifi trope of "we have this ancient precursor supa alien tech , we only know how to use it dont even know how to repair or make it ourselves. political power balance is literally based on finding caches of the old tech to salvage. also lol at multi fermi space filters being software/computer based. PhazonLink fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Oct 23, 2023 |
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 17:27
|
|
|
GolfHole posted:so many younger workers just use chatgpt to do their jobs. In what industry? If I caught someone using ChatGPT in aerospace I would seriously consider firing them.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 17:57
|
|
|
anonumos posted:Wrong. Most app development companies DO NOT hire actual designers and WILL NOT pay the premium for an actual UX expert. They leave it up to the developers and fiddle with the UI after release. Only one company I've worked for used a dedicated designer and even they crippled the designers ability to influence app layout. Well, that's so much worse for no good reason.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 17:57
|
|
|
Fried Watermelon posted:I think I'm safe now that Apple started removing old versions of things from the app store for security reasons. 1000% this, and I wouldn't be shocked if this old rear end app has a few backdoors in it. Might at least be worth a google
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 18:04
|
|
|
euphronius posted:YouTube changed their app and it’s worse For some reason the Watch Later playlist is at the end of my playlists. It used to be right there, front and center. Now I have to click library, click playlists, scroll all the way to the end, and find my Watch Later. Just make it its own section.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 18:14
|
|
|
Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:In what industry? If I caught someone using ChatGPT in aerospace I would seriously consider firing them. well... not aerospace.... but even practically still, the example could be using it for things like "how can i propose an aerospace idea to my boss" or like "how can i write a good powerpoint presentation about aerospace" and then using that
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 18:22
|
|
|
GolfHole posted:so many younger workers just use chatgpt to do their jobs. This is more meme then it is truth.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 18:23
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 30, 2024 19:16 |
|
|
Fried Watermelon posted:Every year we get new phones at work I have to transfer an insanely old Words With Friends version from my boss's dad's wife's iPhone to the latest one because she doesn't like the UI of the latest version. The new version transfers all her stats and all her friends list but she would refuse to play because the friend list is on the right now instead of the left. Dungeon Raid was like the only iOS game i liked and it's been gone for years, I think it never made the jump to 64 bit.  
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2023 18:39
|
|