piranhaconda @ piranhaconda @mander.xyz

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My 2011 MacBook pro is still chugging along thanks to Linux.

I upgraded 4GB RAM to 16GB, upgraded the HDD to SSD, and replaced the CD drive with a second SSD. Sadly the screen is almost completely gone, occasionally intermittent, probably a cable gone bad, not sure, but the mini display port is working fine for an external monitor.

This needs an edit to "what if I see a billionaire" after that bee that took a dive down the dude's throat.

Too soon?

Uncircumcised

There's a math joke I remember hearing ~10 years ago, I can't remember the whole thing, but it was something about a mathematician not being able to tell the difference between a coffee mug and a donut, they have the same number of holes so they're the same shape.

Edit:

Yep. Depends on your exact laptop if there's space for a second drive. On my old 2011 MacBook pro I uninstalled the CD drive and installed a second SSD. Well, upgrading the HDD to SSD in the first place... THEN a second SSD

I have beheld your dragon. You may proceed with the extra abilities of the spell you're casting

("Behold" is a new magic the gathering mechanic for anyone rightfully confused by my comment https://draftsim.com/mtg-behold/)

Damn, I've never blasphemed that one. I may die and end up in heaven due to my religious upbringing. Can't have that...

FUCK THE HOLY SPIRIT

So. Funny story. Back when I was incredibly new to Linux, I was trying to move everything from my downloads folder to somewhere else. So I navigated into the downloads directory on the command line and sent something like

"sudo mv /* ~/misc"

when I meant to type

"sudo mv ./* ~/misc"

Yea... That was a fun learning experience and hilarious way to utterly fuck everything on that machine. Luckily it was just an old laptop I'd installed Linux on to mess around and learn, no real damage done

Pure water isn't a good conductor, it needs other stuff mixed in to be a good conductor. Not sure why they deleted their comment. They weren't the one being pedantic, they were complaining that other people in this thread had no sense of humor for calling out the mistake in the original pic.

I'm a filthy degenerate so that's probably true

I've noticed that the nerd meme communities here are just as, if not more, pedantic than the ones on reddit

Edit: oh yea that's also literally the first thing I thought when I read the post, whoops, I'm also a pedantic nerd, I just didn't bother commenting it

I mean, I agree with you, I'd never pay for a Matlab license for myself if I ever decide to go the private engineering consultant route. Just sharing my experience that yes, it's used in the professional world.

I've had more than one job where Matlab was used extensively, guess my coworkers and I aren't real engineers.

I'd rather use something else, but if it's what the group already uses, fine, I'll do it

Also, I don't do a ton of true programming on it. It's a fancy calculator, and occasionally I make a GUI app with it

I am in fact an engineer and a nerd. Or as many of us like to call it, an enginerd

Edit: I wouldn't call Matlab my favorite though... But yes I use it. I mean, I'm on Lemmy... Like loads of users here, I like FOSS. So I'd say python is probably my favorite

But why the bizarre spacing on the commas...

I've literally never heard anyone call it A.P.P. (and I mean that literally literally, not figuratively literally)

Is this a specific cultural thing? A generational thing? Geography based slang? Why would anyone do this.

1. go to Norway
2. do crime
3. ???
4. profit

How is it worse on the battery than wired chargers? I'm guessing heat?

I just googled "how to lick a drill press" and sadly the AI response is that I shouldn't do it because it's dangerous. Keep trying!

Edit: lick not kick... But kicking is probably dangerous too

I was taught this for panic attacks, except it's hard to remember what to do when in the midst of a panic attack. Then I'd just get a bit distracted trying to remember which sense came next, mission failed successfully?