JohnnyEnzyme

I wouldn’t mind the flood of spam, right-wing nonsense, and guesstimated content in the browsing streams quite so much if I at least there was a useful bias for seeing what people on my friends’ & subscribed lists were posting, but NOOoooo… (cue John Belushi)

At this point they’ve hilariously turned their own product in to something that doesn’t hold even the slightest bit of value for me, anymore. I really need to send Zuck a nice gift-basket of elephant dung for doing me that helpful favor. 😊

What’s spammy about it, if I may ask?

I didn’t realise keyboards of this type came so small, and the trackpad seems like a nice touch. So it was fun for me to see.

@DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone,
That said, there’s almost no way this would be useful for me, unless it was an emergency or something. I have fairly thin fingers, and still, just typing on an 11"x4" mini-keyboard is a chore.

But in terms of space-savers, those 3-pc portable, folding keyboards seem like they would be pretty nice. Based on what I’m seeing, they’re ~15"x5" unfolded, and ~8.5" wide folded-up. Almost the size of a regular keyboard when in use.

Plus, I think I’d be vaguely worried about it being a kill-booth in disguise.

(i.e. not really worth the free quarter’s worth)

Well, considering that I already have a *kill it with fire* mentality towards anime… XD

But I’d miss Miyazaki, though. That would indeed be a bitter loss.

Thanks for the analysis & comments.

Maybe one day…

Thank you so much!

I’m way over my head on all that, but have bookmarked your comment and created a reminder for myself. The new system is indeed AMD, btw.

Bien sûr!
However, and TBC-- I was referring to the actual hardware when I said “system.”

Indeed, I greatly look forward to upgrading this shady OS to some manner of Linux, especially once things settle down here. (any ‘flavor’ you particularly recommend?)

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Upgrading to a Win11 machine to beat the mid-October deadline was my deal. Just about every associated hardware item needed to be replaced, and there were a bunch of small issues with the various new stuff, including me completely forgetting that a network switch is NOT a router, even though they look similar. Building a rolling, swiveling platform arm for a new monitor I needed to sit next to my bed/couch was one of the last major hurdles. Bonus pts for the new machine being hilariously tiny, to the tune of ~"5x"2x"5, but it got great reviews, and I’m loving it so far.

So yeah, moving up to a faster, more capable system is always a treat in the end, but getting everything migrated properly and deciding what software to reinstall and what to upgrade can be a process that takes weeks, or more. Note: the “VirusTotal” site has been a big help in feeling much more secure about my new install choices.

Couldnt remember debit pin and its annoyed me for a long time

A few years back, I had that problem not with the PIN, but with my online PW. I’d somehow forgotten it, and wound up calling customer support for help, getting a live person to talk to. They asked me a couple personal questions, I answered, and they solved the issue within minutes. I imagine they would have done something similar with PINs.

These days, with CS being increasingly automated and/or farmed out to other countries, I’m not sure if that would work so easily, anymore.

Sorry for giving that impression, mssr.

What I know for sure is that absolutely everyone in life forms a belief system in order to sort out reality.

Me, it’s not so much that I dislike ‘Christians’ in any particular way, as much as the fact that I don’t like seeing others push people around via their ‘wrong’ beliefs, and so forth…

At one point Okham’s razor says the most probable thing is that a guy named Y’shua from Galilee did indeed start a religious movement.

Haha, and later on, some group of assholes tried to make hay with the original guy… to the extent that whatever he might have actually said (remember the Gnostics?) to the message of bullshit “Christianity?”

Hahaha… now there you go!

Now THAT’S the way we do things, mate! XD

Again-- a very whitewashed theory.

So what you’re telling me there is that you didn’t actually read it there, Bob?

Wow, it is as if you need something to be true, in the deepest sense, in order to validate your life?

Dude-- and THAT’S the part I always try to confirm. Live your life!

Enjoy our silly, mutual existence, if you can!
WE ARE HERE F0R A LITTLE WHILE, and also we like our animal friends et al.

The ride will be over soon, my friend. So let’s enjoy…

Looks like you tried to reply to my actual response, and then sort of went all Gonzo-weird ness for motivational purposes?

Well, HELLO THERE, fellow freakazoid!

(I mean, that’s what the point is here, right…?)

Do you mean, being just like you… my fellow freakazoid? :D

Hahaha, nice!

Congratulations! Not only do you manufacture stuff that never happened, but you’re about as disingenuous a religious creep as I’ve ever encountered, so far upon the FV.

Hehe, the ‘donkey-ears’ fit well, amirite?

Yes, but why are we ‘bickering’ in the first place, and why the need to accuse me of re-editing a comment? (which never happened)

What you are seemingly trying to tell me here, “PhilipTheBucket,” is that you’re not really able to countenance the actual arguments I’m making above.

Now would you say that’s a fair or unfair statement? If unfair, could you give me some facts & reality-based reasons as to why not?

Except for the fact that… I did indeed present multiple arguments, and the fact that at no point did I ‘signal victory?’

EDIT: Ruh-roh, downvotes! :D

Almost like every lauded, ‘perfect’ figure across history?

In fact, “The Messiah” is a concept that certainly goes back long before some dude allegedly named “Y’shua” was branded that way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah

Now, modern humans being ~300Kyrs old, I would guess that it’s not just an ancient fixation, but even endemic to our very species… our very way of hoping and wanting and longing for a return to ‘the good times,’ directly embodied via mythological figure.

Mais non, mon ami…?