vinnymac

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[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

I agree w/ the sentiment but I haven’t heard of a dev that isn’t lit on fire from every direction at most of these companies.

It’s usually non-devs who require the encouragement. Although perhaps you meant developer more generally?

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I have these exact same issues, never heard of someone else experiencing them.

I’d say the Bluetooth issues, and the inability for me to turn the steam deck on when docked at a distance (without extras) are my biggest pet peeves right now. Otherwise I’m a happy camper.

The Home + A is annoying, but I usually get it after a few attempts.

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I used to work in the same office as sketchfab over a decade ago, founders are good people.

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Slurs should not be excusable when directed at oneself.

For example, if you were to say “I am a retard” in front of someone with a disability, who may have been labeled as such throughout their life, how do you imagine they would feel about that?

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

My grandfather is/was an electrician for over 60 years. Worked on very important projects in New York City. This rubbed off on me growing up. I spent much of my childhood taking things apart, figuring out how they worked, and putting them back together how I liked. I’ve been working on both hardware and software since I was 11. Had the privilege to study CS formally in high school, and Computer Engineering in university.

Good timing mostly got me into farming, especially since interest rates fell to the floor during the pandemic. Had enough to buy the acreage I wanted, and the wife was interested in helping out. We grow a variety of things now, and not just plants. For example we sell Honey, Soaps, Walnuts, and Mushrooms. It can be hard on the body to be so active all the time, but it is more satisfying than a monitor staring back at you at 3am because of some small incident.

I continue to tinker, and assist startups in my spare time, I can’t imagine I will ever stop programming.

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Might be one of the few times a Lemmy post related to me.

I have owned a farm for four years, and do engineering for fun. AMA

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Nah, completely wrong take.

Linux can be adapted to fit any use case you have, and that’s an important part of its flexibility. What you really are getting at is that mass producing a machine with an OS built into it is convenient for consumers. See Android phones or Steam decks for evidence of this convenience being important to the sale of Linux based devices.

In the not too distant future, windows will go out of fashion for the home desktop PC. Someone will sell a cheap and cool arm based PC with a decent distribution. It will be a slow win, nothing like what we saw from macOS.

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The context does matter, but it doesn’t appear you have the right one.

This guy was a literal child when he started his videos. And did no good for the world whatsoever at that time, he was simply making videos to see what would stick. Only later once he began to acquire the appropriate amount of views and fame did he choose to make videos that try to help other people. I’m sure if those videos didn’t become as wildly popular as they did, they would’ve been forced to pivot away from philanthropy. But they worked, and so they continue to be able to afford new videos that appear to help individuals in a variety of ways.

Bad things might come of this, someone could even accidentally die from poor housing construction (maybe they chose the wrong construction company), a faulty car (maybe the Tesla he gave away was shit), or eating a chocolate bar (they happened to be allergic). But I don’t believe any of that would be intentional on his part. His company, of course, could/should be held liable.

If anything he just seems like a kid who got in too deep, became ridiculously famous, and is trying to navigate this mess with the skills he has (making popular videos). No one at his current level of popularity comes out unscathed, period.

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Morbid curiosity piqued, has a person ever been spaced? (Not just vacuumed)

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

How come you are so awesome?

The best kind of tattle.