I mean, they weren't far off, except it's with a remote in a $500 TV that you pay $11.99 to each network for the previlage to watch the Simpson's later that week rather than at 7pm on Sunday.
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All they forgot to add was an hour of ads you can't skip and a paywall, despite the fact you're already subscribed to the "super ultra platinum premium plus" tier.
One of the two official Apple resellers for Croatia reopened one of their stores today. As a promo, they were selling base-model M1 MacBook Airs for just €800, which is €500 less than the original retail price. Of course, the classifieds are filled with listings of brand-new, unopened base-model MacBook Airs listed for €1,000 now.
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We brought our new laptop to three client meetings over the last 2 weeks. At least once each time, they reached out and put their fingers on the screen, thinking it's a touch screen.
Given that most laptops aren't touch screens, as far as I know there are no non-glossy touch screens, AND there are zero (nor have there ever been) Macbooks with touch screens... it's amazing that we're three-for-three with people just defaulting to think this laptop is a touchscreen so strongly that they just assume they can pinch-to-zoom.
Given that most laptops aren't touch screens, as far as I know there are no non-glossy touch screens, AND there are zero (nor have there ever been) Macbooks with touch screens... it's amazing that we're three-for-three with people just defaulting to think this laptop is a touchscreen so strongly that they just assume they can pinch-to-zoom.
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They might be used to using Microsoft Surfaces or - *heave* - iPads with Bluetooth keyboards. Thankfully a multi-touch pad replicates multi-touch zoom in most cases without fingerprints.
I’ve had my HP laptop with a touchscreen since 2016, and while I do not use it that often as a tablet, it’s still nice to be viewing a map and just pinching or spreading (cheeks?) my fingers so I can zoom in our out. Or just *tap* and close a window. It’s a really nice thing to have despite the use case being so little.
While only marginally related: our DSO subsidiary runs a citrix environment which for whatever reason prevents them from joining MS teams meetings easily. So any time there’s a Teams session with one of the higher ups, they just join on their iPads (Knox higher ups have those) because it simply works without faffing around. And then you see people constantly jabbing their fingers straight at the camera if they’re doing anything in parallel because screen and cam are so close together, it’s extremely noticeable and distracting 😐
Publication editor sends me an email telling me I quote another author in my article but said author is not in the references.
Okay, common mistake, easy to fix, since the editor provided me the name of the author. I don't remember quoting this particular author, but since there are lots of those, I don't think too much about it.
I open the article on Google Docs and do a quick Ctrl+f
0/0 found
That's odd.
I do a search in Google Drive
7 different documents have a match (and a few are versions of the article)
I opened all of them and when I search in them, I also get 0/0 found.
Maybe it's in a comment, or something that was deleted? Nope. One of the matches is a PDF of an article not written by me.
I am still baffled.
Okay, common mistake, easy to fix, since the editor provided me the name of the author. I don't remember quoting this particular author, but since there are lots of those, I don't think too much about it.
I open the article on Google Docs and do a quick Ctrl+f
0/0 found
That's odd.
I do a search in Google Drive
7 different documents have a match (and a few are versions of the article)
I opened all of them and when I search in them, I also get 0/0 found.
Maybe it's in a comment, or something that was deleted? Nope. One of the matches is a PDF of an article not written by me.
I am still baffled.
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How do you feel about confronting them about their possible mistake?Maybe it's in a comment, or something that was deleted? Nope. One of the matches is a PDF of an article not written by me.
I am still baffled.
"Everyone makes mistakes" - A Dalek, climbing off a metal trash can.
I did. I replied with "I can't find this author in my text".
What baffles me is that the Google Drive search gives me a few hits that I can't find inside the document.
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Great, now I want an Opal car...
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Want.
I still want to make a digital jukebox, I even got a clip of the sound a real jukebox makes when selecting a record.
Edit: There's a group on Reddit planning to create/recreate it (hard to tell if this is in any way real or just a render) and I'm following the project. I understand the basics of building it but lack the skills to code the displays and such.
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The father of the cellphone predicts we'll have devices embedded in our skin next
That's harsh punishment for missing a phone call! 😂
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Boss tasked me with installing a new printer at our other location. I went there and found a printer already unboxed and an empty spot where the old one had been. Network cable dangling from the jack on the wall and everything. So I did as follows:
1) Schlepped the printer to the right spot
2) Plugged in power and ethernet
3) Switched it on
At which point 4) the main gigabit switch was sent into a reboot loop or something that took down half the company.
1) Schlepped the printer to the right spot
2) Plugged in power and ethernet
3) Switched it on
At which point 4) the main gigabit switch was sent into a reboot loop or something that took down half the company.
I’ve recently bought a used Dell XPS 13 9370 from eBay, as I wanted an inexpensive laptop that I could just put in a backpack and carry around to uni and when I’m traveling.
The problem, and the reason why it was so cheap, is because the battery seems to be on its last legs. I’m planning to open it and replace the battery, so while I’m at it, I thought about upgrading the SSD.
As I’m currently on a bit of a budget, I thought rather than getting a 1TB or 2TB PCIe 4.0 drive that I could reuse in a PC build some years down the road, I’d settle down for a relatively inexpensive, but still decent PCIe 3.0 drive.
Any recommendations at around €50 for a PCIe 3.0 500GB/512GB drive? It currently has a Samsung PM961 256GB drive, which I find a bit too small, and is at 97% health according to CrystalDiskInfo. I thought about getting a 1TB drive for the piece of mind, but I have a feeling half of that would still suffice just fine. I’d be using the laptop for uni work and photo editing on the go, after all, and the photos would be uploaded to my file server regularly.
I thought about sticking with Samsung, as the 980 that’s in my parents’ PC works pretty well, and I can get a 970 Evo Plus for just €2 more. But are there better deals to be found from other manufacturers? A good thing about Samsung drives is that they’re omnipresent, meaning it’s easy to find a PC shop selling one.
The problem, and the reason why it was so cheap, is because the battery seems to be on its last legs. I’m planning to open it and replace the battery, so while I’m at it, I thought about upgrading the SSD.
As I’m currently on a bit of a budget, I thought rather than getting a 1TB or 2TB PCIe 4.0 drive that I could reuse in a PC build some years down the road, I’d settle down for a relatively inexpensive, but still decent PCIe 3.0 drive.
Any recommendations at around €50 for a PCIe 3.0 500GB/512GB drive? It currently has a Samsung PM961 256GB drive, which I find a bit too small, and is at 97% health according to CrystalDiskInfo. I thought about getting a 1TB drive for the piece of mind, but I have a feeling half of that would still suffice just fine. I’d be using the laptop for uni work and photo editing on the go, after all, and the photos would be uploaded to my file server regularly.
I thought about sticking with Samsung, as the 980 that’s in my parents’ PC works pretty well, and I can get a 970 Evo Plus for just €2 more. But are there better deals to be found from other manufacturers? A good thing about Samsung drives is that they’re omnipresent, meaning it’s easy to find a PC shop selling one.