@NoMad I haven't, I knew it existed, just been a long time since I saw it

@NoMad Yeah, I've already been taking pills for it (no, not those ;P). I have been working from inside since Covid, but I do miss seeing the garden from my room, my currently place is from the 1920s and needs some major modernisation, replacing windows + frames, since most are still single pane. Also, they took the empty field I used to be able to look at and turned it into 4 houses. :(

I do prefer the snow from the last couple of years than this ice inducing sludge

@retoor Well that's intentional, they literally serially pair components, use a screen from another iphone == brick

For terminally, I can imagine there being a couple of edge cases, but from my experience of toying around with writing an OS a lot of the standard stuff is the same

@retoor Interesting, I'll keep it in mind when I want to touch console code again :D since ncurses isn't cross platfrom

@retoor I think it's column mode, Google didn't help with my checking, but essentially, I can drag my cursor to select a square of characters (the only time I'd actively use the mouse during refactoring)

Also, I meant ctrl+shift (highlights whole words)

I'm trying a small keyboard and have remapped pg up and pg down to home and end (I miss the numpad though, cidoo v65)

Ncurses!

I was expecting tab to be higher ;P

Are you a multi-line user? (for me the shortcut is ctrl+alt+shift, the direction key or mouse clicks)

I'm sure my del/space key is in similar state as your backspace. But I just noticed I use it to remove spaces at the end of sentences.

Are you a ctrl(+space) text navigator?

@jestdotty I don't like scheduling my lunch but just having a set "invisible" meeting could work for me regardless since I don't actually have to have lunch then... 🤔 I like this idea... maybe some extras in some afternoons... 🤔

@retoor It's ok, not a big supporter of the gambling pipeline of insurance for something everyone has to spend (tax). Back in the old country, public healthcare was free, and the same you'd have to wait (unless it's an emergency) and better than here in NL (doctors (actual doctors) would be flown up north regularly). Or you could go private, and it would also be good, and you'd be helped almost instantly.

Also think my old car's value was 3k euros, loved that car

Congrats! Hoop you get it

Reminds of NL, they try and outsource everything. Oh, you went to the dentist you'll have to wait a month to receive an invoice because we have a company do it for us.

@retoor Rocket's been dead for while :(

@electrineer While funny, most people can only deal with X amount of stress in a day, and if work isn't tolerable, starting the workday can already be a big crumple on that capacity.

@NoMad Do it before your work, it'll be easier to deal with before work than after

"The future is the present of the past"

@Lensflare Yep, part of the USB-C 3.1 standard

Otherwise, you'd burn your house down running 100W through a cheap USB cable. (AFAIK if it's missing it only operates at some "safe" capacity, probably same as USB2 5v 2A)

Quoting from wikipedia:

Full-featured USB-C 3.1 cables contain a full set of wires and are "electronically marked" (E-marked): they contain a "eMarker" chip that responds to the USB Power Delivery Discover Identity command, a kind of vendor-defined message (VDM) sent over the configuration data channel (CC). Using this command, the cable reports its current capacities, maximum speed, and other parameters.[31]: §4.9  Full-Featured USB Type-C devices are a mechanic prerequisite for multi-lane operation (USB 3.2 Gen 1x2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, USB4 2x2, USB4 3x2, USB Gen 4 Asymmetric).[31]

@retoor I wish websites went more into the Japanese way of website design instead of overly simple slop of having to go through 20 menus...

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@Demolishun When a battery is charging it's usually disengaged, he's laptop is most likely browning out/PC limiting the wattage

@Lensflare I'm assuming the laptop can exceed the rated limit of the charger (which it knows because of the chips in the cable) e.g. boost to 200W which is the limit and then throttles, 2 chargers = >200W capacity

@retoor Yep, DevOps has IMO become a lolcow (looks over at terraform) since "everyone" needs to have super scaling. Like no Bob, you and your 50 customers don't need a super mega cloud, here is Raspberry Pi, hope you do something more than host your website on it since that still leaves a lot of capacity

Thanks :D

Doing bookkeeping this weekend but will look at it soon™️

@NoMad Do it. I'm in a similar position. If it sucks now it's not going to get better by doing nothing

@retoor Yep, for some work PRs I need to create some tests because of the holy coverage. I think I'm literally going to pass it to copilot and tell it to make tests

@Wisecrack I enjoy doing rewrites/simplification, how else do you get better wheels. I do try to minimize my own code, after all, there is less chance of bugs that way.

If you want an easier time, try reading decompiled java it's a bit easier to grok. Looking for patterns and knowing what certain combinations do makes things a lot easier. (I also enjoy the Zachtronics games)

I got onto the decompiled code for hacking old MMOs since sometimes they would encrypt even the localisation/server config so I can switch it to a private server.

I'd say be careful with the long nights, since the caffeine is just binding with your adenosine receptors, and the sugar and vitamines give you an energy boost (so your body is still as tired as before). Then again I tend to work best with about 1 beer in me

@retoor If no one else can figure out how long it should take, it's very easy to be lazy about it. I'd say smart people would get too frustrated having to constantly research stuff that should be obvious.

@lorentz It gets better, my current PM likes putting all the meetings in the afternoon. I have days with more meeting than work time :(

@retoor I know people who do it for a living...

@antigermgerm That explains quantum physics

I remember a conversation that we should stop calling the code from the previous developers as "their" code, I think my brain paused for a solid 20 seconds (I was complaining about fundamental issues with the codebase)

@Lensflare I'm just referencing the meme phrase of "Me Studying X History So I Can Be Racist More Accurately".

You can find something disgusting doesn't mean you can't have an interest in subjects around it, e.g. I need to unclog my sink, and well, the gunk in the pipes disgusts me

@Lensflare If you're not interested in foreign culture, how can you be a good racist?