ALiteralCabbage

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A Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you' in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
Reclaim the internet: Mozilla’s rebrand for the next era of tech in c/firefox@lemmy.ml
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least you can fork ff

Lead in gasoline tied to over 150 million excess cases of mental health disorders, study suggests in c/health@lemmy.world
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 10 points 2 weeks ago

Except it causes anxiety and depression so nobody is going to give a shit.

What's your "weird flex"? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

Me too! But only on one arm.

Thanks, mild localised hypermobility.

Anon is an engineer in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago

As originally conceived, the engineer's iron ring rubs against the drawings and paper upon which the Engineer writes and even in modern times, serves as a reminder when working on a computer.

Think it's intended more for the design engineer than the construction engineer.

But that said you can get some decent silicone rings that won't de-glove you if they get caught these days.

Anon is an engineer in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

North American engineers sometimes wear an Iron Ring, apparently.

Anon is an engineer in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

They might not be American - I don't think anywhere else does the iron ring thing....

2025 is set to bring a ‘manager crash’ after all that burnout and lack of support adds up in c/workreform@lemmy.world
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 16 points 2 weeks ago

I got offered low level management or redundancy.

Took the "promotion", with a slight pay hike, and now I'm spending the extra money on counselling for stress and anxiety.

All while watching the industry I work in spiral downwards after an artificial COVID years high.

Twice the end, doppel the fun in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bike shops are awash with innuendo. Part of the fun of working in them.

China Is on a Quest for the Holy Grail of Meat. Let’s Hope It Succeeds. in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm lacto-ovo veggie and the number of people who can't fathom that I don't eat meat (in the UK where it's really quite common) is mind boggling.

"What, not even fish?" 🙄 No, mate, if it has a face I won't eat it, but thanks.

People also tie flavours to specific foods. I have a friend who has a north African partner and they tell me often they'd go veggie if it weren't for their partners chicken "which is so much better than ours". No shit, he uses a fuck ton of spice and lemons. If you threw that on some veggies it would be a pretty close flavour experience. I get missing a texture (slow cooked beef? I miss that) but the flavour thing just doesn't add up to me.

Should one give money directly to homeless people? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

The right answer is "yes". Some cash in the moment is a nice thing to do, and will alleviate an immediate want or need potentially.

Donation to an organisation that will help the problem long term is a worthwhile thing to fund.

Why not give a man a fish to eat while you're teaching them to fish for themselves, if you're in a position to do so?

Should one give money directly to homeless people? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

You could have asked him what he wanted first, if anything at all?

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Small Distro Concerns (feddit.uk)
 

I have an old notebook which I've been toying with a few smaller distros on (typically easy to install, liveCD types), and while I enjoy the tinkering aspects of this, I had a thought that I've been mulling.

In the past I've run distributions based on larger, better supported, systems (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, etc.) and if or when they have folded, like crunchbang did, or PeppermintOS (however briefly), I just changed them out.

However, if I were to go back to peppermintOS, say, would it be feasible to 'convert' the system to the parent distribution? So, could I force peppermintOS to 'become' Debian, for example? Or is this overly simplistic? It's a level of engagement with my operating systems that I just haven't had!

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