The car was the slow part, I have an S23+.

The wrestling was figuring out getting BT audio ONLY.

And until I reset the head unit to factory previous users, contacts, radio stations and destinations were all stored there.

Not great on a rental car.

Not the whole phone obviously. But syncing all my contacts, recent calls etc.

Every site in the early 2000s had a left nav menu

I’m happy with a Bluetooth connection to the stereo. I have maps on my phone.

Fuck carplay/android auto in the ear.

I hate getting a rental car and I just want my music, but it tries to hijack and download my whole phone.

I want to get in, connect my phone and go. Not 20 minutes wrestling it for control.

Digital displays are fine. It’s just a display. But controls should be manual (buttons, dials, etc) that can be operated with eyes on road.

I remember a PC (286) brought in for repair that had blown a fuse in the power supply.
Nothing was visibly wrong, so I replaced the fuse and jokingly said, “Well it’s either going to work, or it’s going to explode”.
I turned it on and the CPU promptly blew itself to bits. Literally “Bang” and the CPU was a few shards stuck to the pins (286 was soldiered directly to the main board).

WQ = Write and Quit Q! = quit and do nothing else

Multiline cut, copy, paste is where I forget commands.

No. Some of us were already there.

Lifetime Microsoft expert here, I have had machines with Linux in one flavour or another for 15+ years at least.

But for ease of use I just keep coming back to Windows… Because I know it backwards and upside down.

The structure of it makes sense to me. And I have ADHD so I have a terrible working memory and Linux relies FAR too much on command console to do anything effective.

But Linux is hands-down the better system to get away from Microsoft’s enshitification of Windows. But I personally like Windows better.

So I will always run both. But if I need to be really productive, Windows Desktop it is. If I need a server, Linux every time. (Unless it’s MS SQL or a website).

I just had the Twitch stream on in the background, for the free Warframe.

[ESC] wq

The tiny, tiny footprint and speed to load.

I would think I’d probably use an IDE if I was coding all the time.

Heck, I’m only using it because JFE got too old.

I do have VSCode set up even with the same scheme as NP++… but let’s face it, the most complex things I’m using are PowerShell and Node JS.

Because I have a family subscription. YT and YT music for the whole family, means my kids are ad free and managed. I use the heck out of it and can afford it.

I don’t pay for Spotify, and with the price hike Disney + is about to get the eye patch treatment.

But I really do use the heck out of YT, so for me it’s worth it.

But if you don’t see the value, do what you gotta do.

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Space Invaders

I had computers from a young age.

ASM coding on a Microbee running CP/M OS was where I started somewhere around 1986.

But I grew up as they did and have a deep understanding of how they work.

I’m a Senior SysAdmin/Systems Architect these days.

I still have a @hotmail.com email address that is just my name. No numbers or anything.

To address the whooshing sound…
Smells like Teen Spirit:
“I feel stupid, and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us”

AFAICT Gen X should really just be split into Boomers and early millennials.

I’m a late gen X (1978) and do not associate with boomers at all.

We’re basically millennials before the internet.

Used to live by Sennheiser headphones

Then I discovered ANC headphones. Then my phone lost its headphone jack.

Until Sennheiser have an ANC BT headphone option to rival Bose or Sony, they have lost that market segment.

It’s all about the phrasing.

Other things that suffer from this have been listed in memes.

“Butt dial.” Vs. “Booty call”

And

“Forgive me father, for I have sinned.” Vs. “Sorry Daddy, I’ve been a bad girl.”

Boss said stop coming in late.
I said I’m trying but my body hasn’t cooperated with this start time for the last 30 years, I don’t see why it will start now.
Boss said would starting and finishing later work?

For the last 5 years I’ve been starting at 9:30 and finishing at 6. And I haven’t been late due to me as a person since.

Public transport problems happen occasionally, but it was that simple for them to get a full day out of me reliably.