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@PleegWat or as would argue: it should have been gone 40 years ago.
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Because
My follow-up question would have the answer "Because Unicode", so I'll refrain from asking.
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@cvi Luckily we have superseded Unicode:
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@Zerosquare We already have
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Num lock I guess mostly still exist for people stuck in the habit of using that set of arrows - it's redundant since the 101-key keyboard introduced a dedicated set of arrows and navigational buttons.
I've seen exactly one person in my entire life who does this. Surprise surprise, he's a college teacher. And he's not even that old!
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@PleegWat: Ah, yes. That's the one I was looking for, but I couldn't find it, so I thought it was an external image. It's not animated, though.
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@PleegWat or as would argue: it should have been gone 40 years ago.
I'm weird with num lock as I do only use that block as a number block, but I don't like the light being on otherwise.
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You prefer to type in the dark?
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@Zerosquare said in WTF Bites:
You prefer to type in the dark?
Lots of fun things happen in the dark!
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@PleegWat Such as typing on backlit keyboards...
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@PleegWat or as would argue: it should have been gone 40 years ago.
I'm weird with num lock as I do only use that block as a number block, but I don't like the light being on otherwise.
You'd love my laptop. I, on the other hand, hate that laptop.
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and Num Lock has negative value (the only time you use it is when googling HowTF to tell Linux/BIOS/whatever to turn in on by default).
Except if you have one of those retarded-size notebook keyboards where the numeric keyboard is overlaid over the normal keys. There you need it off by default unless you are about to type a long column of numbers in Excel (accountants tend to do that a lot)—though then the is not doing such work at a proper desk with a proper full-size keyboard.
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the is
notdoingsuchany work not at a proper desk with a proper full-size keyboard.FTFY
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@PleegWat Such as
typing onturning of the backlight of backlit keyboards...FTFY.
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@PleegWat or as would argue: it should have been gone 40 years ago.
I'm weird with num lock as I do only use that block as a number block, but I don't like the light being on otherwise.
You should be able to turn it off with
xset
regardless.
I'm using the ScollLock LED as a message waiting inicator for Gajim
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Know how CMake is a "meta build system" that generates the rules for other "build systems"? Well, somebody thought that that's not quite meta enough, and created a meta meta build system that generates CMake files from another description.
To be fair, it has some value, because you don't have to deal with the crappy CMake-DSL. (Then again, I prefer not having to deal with CMake at all.)
Filed under: More abstraction layers!
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Antivirus has started to emulate biological immune systems to the point where it's using machine learning to deal with new threats.
Unsurprisingly, the first emulated allergies are turning up, too.
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Except if you have one of those retarded-size notebook keyboards where the numeric keyboard is overlaid over the normal keys. There you need it off by default unless you are about to type a long column of numbers in Excel (accountants tend to do that a lot)—though then the is not doing such work at a proper desk with a proper full-size keyboard.
And if you have to use a laptop for some reason and need to type lots of numbers, USB numpads exist.
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Irfanview
I just installed it on another Windows 10 machine and as soon as the installer was finished I got this stupid thing in the corner:
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Num lock I guess mostly still exist for people stuck in the habit of using that set of arrows - it's redundant since the 101-key keyboard introduced a dedicated set of arrows and navigational buttons.
Also laptops.
Fuck laptops.
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and Num Lock has negative value (the only time you use it is when googling HowTF to tell Linux/BIOS/whatever to turn in on by default).
Except if you have one of those retarded-size notebook keyboards where the numeric keyboard is overlaid over the normal keys. There you need it off by default unless you are about to type a long column of numbers in Excel (accountants tend to do that a lot)—though then the is not doing such work at a proper desk with a proper full-size keyboard.
And fuck those kinds of keyboards even more
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@sloosecannon said in WTF Bites:
Num lock I guess mostly still exist for people stuck in the habit of using that set of arrows - it's redundant since the 101-key keyboard introduced a dedicated set of arrows and navigational buttons.
Also laptops.
Fuck laptops.
Portability is a great feature!
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I like how many upvotes I got on something that's repeatedly proven wrong by everyone in the few following pages, just because it dunks on @levicki. Boy, he sure has built up quite the reputation around here.
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
I like how many upvotes I got on something that's repeatedly proven wrong by everyone in the few following pages, just because it dunks on @levicki. Boy, he sure has built up quite the reputation around here.
No such thing as bad publicity.
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@sloosecannon said in WTF Bites:
Num lock I guess mostly still exist for people stuck in the habit of using that set of arrows - it's redundant since the 101-key keyboard introduced a dedicated set of arrows and navigational buttons.
Also laptops.
Fuck laptops.
"My laptop is full of cum!"
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@sloosecannon said in WTF Bites:
Num lock I guess mostly still exist for people stuck in the habit of using that set of arrows - it's redundant since the 101-key keyboard introduced a dedicated set of arrows and navigational buttons.
Also laptops.
Fuck laptops.
"My laptop is full of cum!"
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@Tsaukpaetra "You'll see that it's filled with some sort of cum like substance"
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@levicki said in WTF Bites:
@boomzilla I wish there was an option to somehow hardwire the entire PC to always have it on regardless of how much you mash NumLock key. In fact, I'd like this for all three locks.
You wouldn't wish for that if your NumLock LED was blue, and shined like a light of a thousand Suns right in your eye even when you were not looking directly at it.
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@pie_flavor said in WTF Bites:
Now let them find out about
partial class
.Filed under: Utils.cs:line 5362
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Status: Crying because in OCaml, putting the entire network of interdependent modules in a single file is the only option.
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@Gąska would some kind of pre-processor hackery be an option? (Separating stuff how you want and only letting the compiler see a single huge file)
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@levicki there's always screwdriver and scissors...
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@levicki You could use more tape. I dialed in the brightness of my power LED with a few layers of (clear) tape and black marker because I still like to see it, but don't want to project a beacon that can be seen from outer space.
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@Gąska would some kind of pre-processor hackery be an option? (Separating stuff how you want and only letting the compiler see a single huge file)
Maybe. I didn't find anyone doing that, but it should be quite trivial to roll your own. But I don't care enough to do that. The project is ~600 LOC at the moment, and most likely won't grow much past 1000.
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Pfff. That's what amateurs use. You need a professional light blocking solution:
(I'm sure you can find even more expensive ones, but )
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54 minutes ago Facebook notified me about a post one of my friends made yesterday. A post that I not only saw but liked yesterday.
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@loopback0 In a kind of similar vein, I've noticed that when Youtube recommends videos that are actually relevant to my interests, they're videos from my subscriptions, and usually ones I've already seen. Especially new videos. I'll watch a new release from my subs, then when I watch another one that exact video will show up in the "up next" section
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I'll watch a new release from my subs, then when I watch another one that exact video will show up in the "up next" section
This. It's simply too much to ask for YouTube to realize I probably don't want to watch a video I JUST FUCKIN' WATCHED. I also don't want to watch a video I watched yesterday. Nor one I watched last week!
If I want to watch a video I've already watched, I know how to find it. YouTube, ladies and gentlemen!
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It's the Amazon syndrome.
"You've just bought a fridge, which means you must be interested in fridges! We'll suggest a lot of fridges to you from now on."Those companies like to pretend all the data they collect is "to make your experience better". Of course, we all know the real reason is "advertising money", but they could at least do a decent job at pretending.
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in WTF Bites:
Filed under: Utils.cs:line 5362
Yes, that's what was being discussed. Every single piece of code lived in Program.cs.
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@Tsaukpaetra
That depends ... if I'm playing music video's I don't mind getting the song I liked yesterday back
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@Tsaukpaetra
That depends ... if I'm playing music video's I don't mind getting the song I liked yesterday backAs a recommendation though?
If you just want a repeat-list, that's what playlists are for, dontcha know?
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but then I always get the exact same music ...
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but then I always get the exact same music ...
Methinks you're looking for something more esoteric than a video sharing platform. Maybe a "radio"?
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@Tsaukpaetra
a what now?
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@Luhmann