AlecSadler @ AlecSadler @lemmy.world

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Perfect. I'll check it out! Thank you.

Cool! I'll check it out.

I should've been more clear. Right now PowerToys and DisplayFusion let me customize where windows go when I use keyboard shortcuts (upper left, centered with large borders to each side, full top to bottom right, bottom right, etc.). On my 49" ultrawide this is a godsend for window management. Was just curious what program on Linux would offer similar behavior.

I honestly think I just got lucky with the jobs. Low meetings, rarely overlap, largely autonomous, fully remote.

I could probably make as much or more working one single job at Big Tech and selling my soul, but there is something freeing in making a percentage of that much but spread out / diversified.

If I ever get laid off at one, I probably have others. If an acquisition or reorg happens and I become redundant at one, at least I have the others. Is this whole situation ideal for all? Probably not, but there is a bit of mental comfort and freedom it gives me that I really can't put a price on.

I love the work I do and the people I work with, I'll put in a 20+ hour day if I have to, to make sure I hold up my end of the deal - but I'm lucky and I really haven't had to (yet).

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Can you elaborate further on the benefits? I have a Mac mini M1, a MacBook Pro M2, a more powerful Lenovo laptop, a more powerful Dell XPS, and a more powerful windows desktop (on paper).

I don't use them a lot, but thus far, I struggle to find any benefit to MacOS. I use them because I have to and, generally, no longer than that. I mean, I might as well use Linux at that point and make my life easier and productivity faster. Mac keyboard shortcuts are an absolute nightmare to me (but maybe I'm just not used to them?)

I must be missing something, because some people swear by them.

Any recommendations for replacement utilities for Power Toys and DisplayFusion? Most notably the monitor profile & snap zones short cuts without having to use a mouse, the high order characters, and the multi-clipboard?

Thanks in advance!

Is this a thing? I don't own a steam deck so I can't tell if you're kidding...

No, I wouldn't feel right. Worst case is I just attend both simultaneously.

Believe what you will, I work multiple myself and could easily pick up more. It's easy in software engineering at large companies with disorganized practices. I even got "exceeds expectations" at one and a raise recently. I am doing all the work myself, no hiring out. They're all in very different industries and use different tech platforms, so there is no real copying of work.

I live very rural and my only other option was 500kbps on a good day internet which doesn't work for my software engineering job. So I ended up having to make tons of calls and beg and plead and I finally found a fiber provider who would trench a line directly to my house for me.

Problem is...I'm paying for it for 10 years now.

But it was worth it.

Seconding Molly, based on Signal's (lack of response), they seem to have zero plans to ever add Android tablet linking. Much to my own dismay.

I'm a recent Molly convert and so far so good. I really hope they don't shut it down or block it somehow. For how much I love Signal, I don't understand why they won't focus on much needed additions that Molly implemented.

I pay $500, lol

I mean, yes-ish? My friend has 5 and makes way more than any one job would ever be willing to pay.

More power to him. Is he burning bridges? Probably. Is he banking a ton of money? Yeah. Is anyone getting hurt? Not really, he gets his asks done and that's that - I'm not about to feel bad for a megacorp grossing hundreds of millions to billions a year.

Really? Brb, getting job at Microsoft...

I've been looking at options for leaving the country. It would be a massive task, significant uprooting, certain things I'm part of would have to be completely dropped or divested.

Problem is finding work and satisfying citizenship requirements in other countries. Other problem is that it isn't like my US debts magically go away and as best as I can tell, no other country would pay me the same for what I do (Software Engineering).

Obligatory...

Favorite I've owned? Model S Plaid

Favorite impractical? Maybe a Porsche 918 Spyder

Favorite classic? Ford Fairlane 427 Black on Black

Favorite right now but I haven't driven it or seen it in person? Maybe the new Corvette AWD Hybrid.

I worked briefly in journalism (before going a completely different direction) for an Oregon newspaper and we were instructed to write at a 6th grade level. This was...20 years ago? I can't imagine it has trended better.

How'd uBlock (Origin) get around that?