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- Comment on Deranged 2 days ago:
Exactly
- Comment on Deranged 2 days ago:
I will always turn off the sound of the GPS when using it, I just want a map to glance at, not a device ordering me around
- Comment on iPhone photos 5 days ago:
You don’t need a special app on you computer to access the photos in thr photos app on you iPhone.
- Comment on iPhone photos 5 days ago:
If you connect an iPhone with a cable to you computer you can access the photos in the photos app directly.
- Comment on What do office workers actually do? 6 days ago:
Oh, I absolutely agree, but it is what the guys upstairs want…
- Comment on What do office workers actually do? 6 days ago:
I am an IT technician, I get paid to solve problems.
A user can’t send emails? I’ll check the logs and error messges, find the problem and is I am allowed to, solved the problem.
Oh, we need to setup up a new firewall rule?
Ok, I’ll log on to the Palo Alto appliance and have a look at the logs.
We need to configure our systems so that we get our logo as the avatar of sent emails?
Ok, I have no idea on how to do that, so I’ll start googling, ah it is all BIMI, and shit, I need to speak with legal, and set up a new certificate vendor? Crap… Shit, our logo isn’t actually trademarked? What? Fuck, we need to do a DORA check on the certificate vendor? Crap…
- Comment on Based tesla user??? 1 week ago:
Ok, lets say that Teslas big break was Elons doing, that is an amazing achievement, yet he wasn’t satisfied, he had to be one of the founders of the company badly enough to sue to get the title.
That is not the actions of a sane person.
- Comment on Putin announces an Easter truce in Ukraine 1 week ago:
Just regrouping his forces
- Comment on And then I'll sell my AI, so everyone can make drawings - EVERYONE can be an artist! And when everyone's an artist... no one will be 1 week ago:
Everyone is an artist even without AI, based on modern art, as long as you can talk intellectual about it, you can call any kind of scribble or paper scrap an art piece, and sometimes the piece in and of itself is not the art, but the act of convincing other that it is art, is the art itself.
- Comment on The pre burn 1 week ago:
I assume the coke comes just before his shift starts…
- Comment on We're on the wrong timeline! 1 week ago:
That is correct, I have worked in a server room that has glass floor panels with gamer lighting under them, mood lighting in the ceiling and a huge viewing window in the wall to the rest of the office.
It looked damn cool.
- Comment on Liz Truss to launch her own ‘uncensorable’ social media platform 1 week ago:
They could capitalize on that, and call it “Let us social!”
That would give it a friendly name and make her more approachable, which is why it won’t happen.
- Comment on Liz Truss to launch her own ‘uncensorable’ social media platform 1 week ago:
Yeah, they are the exception
- Comment on Liz Truss to launch her own ‘uncensorable’ social media platform 1 week ago:
Any politician launching their own media network is a reprehensible piece of shit.
Prove me wrong.
- Comment on Tempest Rising review (PC Gamer: 85/100) 1 week ago:
Does it have cheesy live action videos with supermodels and A-list actors/actresses who have to act out crazy scenes and say ridiculous lines while barely keeping a straight face?
- Comment on Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs 1 week ago:
And here I have just bought a Jonsbo N4 chasis, and started thinking about using it as as a lab machine and use a Synology as a NAS, nope, not any more, back to the N4, it will be a TreuNAS build…
- Comment on Are there any Lemmy/Mbin instances by women for women? 2 weeks ago:
Sounds fantastic, I hope that you can find a community like that again.
Vetting the post history is probably the only realistic way of doing it, it is time consuming, I am sad that it is needed, but if that is what it it takes it is at least doable.
I wish you and all women online good luck in finding a community like that, everyone needs a good community to enjoy!
- Comment on YouTube considers a daily timer for users looking to cut back on Shorts 2 weeks ago:
How about fixing the watch history bug so I can swipe left and delete shorts from my history just as I can for normal videos?
(Note to any other person watching YT, curate your watch history! Delete videos you don’t want recommendations from from your watch history, it absolutely works!)
How about removing the Shorts button from the YT app, or at a minimum, disable auto play when I accidentaly tap the button?
- Comment on Are there any Lemmy/Mbin instances by women for women? 2 weeks ago:
There is no resonable way to do that.
The only way I could see it being done while perserving some kind of anonymity would be to have a defederated instance, where members are invite-only, where members can invite their friends to join, there by verifying that there are no men joining.
Unfortunately, there is no good way of verifying the gender of a person that you don’t meet outside of a forum.
- Comment on Do it 2 weeks ago:
Hell March in my ass?
I mean, should I call in sick tomorrow?
- Comment on US tech tariff exemption may only be temporary, says Lutnick 2 weeks ago:
With the current regime, anything they legislate is only temporary
- Comment on Downtime - Apologies and what went wrong 2 weeks ago:
Thank you for all your hard work, as an IT guy I know the feeling when production doesn’t work as it should, and the feeling of relief when the backups are actually being restored and working.
Take care and make sure to take a break if you need to, we’ll still be here.
- Comment on The one good thing about all this 2 weeks ago:
At this point in time, China is just sitting back and laughing as Trump weaken the US.
Remember, don’t correct an enemy as they are making a mistake.
- Comment on he got what he deserved for driving like an idiot 3 weeks ago:
I really hoped that he had an open sunroof
- Comment on Roman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count. 4 weeks ago:
You do understand that the number 1987 could also represent the amount of inventory someone had?
Or have a lot of other uses?
- Comment on Roman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count. 4 weeks ago:
Did you forget about L/C/M?
If I want to write my birth year, 1987, in roman numerals, I would need to write it like this:
MCMLXXXVII
To clarify:
1000+(-100+1000)+50+10+10+10+5+1+1
- Comment on Does not having a (mainstream) social media account make you look suspicious to the authorities? Is it a good idea to have an innocent looking social media account just to look "normal"? 4 weeks ago:
At this point, the feddiverse is growing fast, and demeta/degoogle/dex are not new concepts.
At this point, it isn’t about what service you use, but what you post.
- Comment on Why don’t brands make simpler names? 4 weeks ago:
Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024
Using that as a product name will introduce more risk of errors, and for the main consumer, businesses, it makes more sense to use a short product code.
Imagine an IT manager ordering new monitors, they can just call their supplier up and say:
Hey, I need some new monitors, can I order 8 new U2724D monitors and 8 new U2724DE?
Instead of saying
Hey, I need some new monitors, can I order 8 new Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024 monitors, and 8 new Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024 monitors with the built in dock with networking?
The first one is far easier to parse and make sure you get the stuff you want, the other is far more prone to errors.
This is not even getting into the issues with product databases and inventory management.
- Comment on Greenland visit cancelled after locals refuse to welcome Usha Vance 4 weeks ago:
Damn, I don’t know if this is better or worse.
On the one hand, you rob the dickheads from coming in the first place, on the other you don’t get show how unwelcome they are directly to them.
Eh, it is probably funnier to have them cancel the trip all together.
- Comment on Why don’t brands make simpler names? 4 weeks ago:
Ok there are often resons for the madness.
Lets look at the naming standard of Dell monitors:
I have a Dell U2724D as my main monitor.
The syntax is [Series][Diagonal Size][Year][Ratio/Resolution][Features]
In my case the code for the Series is “U”
Since about 2010 their standard series has been:
E: Essential - Normally a TN anti glare panel, internal power, simple stand, 3 year warranty.
P: Professional - Normally an IPS anti glare panel, internal power, height/rotate adjustable stand, 3-year warranty.
S: Small Office/Home - Can be IPS, TN or VA panel, usually external power supply, slim stand, 1-year warranty.
U: Ultrasharp - IPS anti glare panel, internal power, height/rotate adjustable base, 3 year warranty.
UP: Ultrasharp with PrimerColor - additional color gamut.
AW: Alienware - High-end gaming
C: Commercial displays - Large format (50"+), for conference rooms and classrooms.
Ok so looking at my monitor, U2724D, we can see that it is from the Ultrasharp series.
The next section is the diagonal size, Dell uses two digits to represent the size, in my case it is 27, so I have a 27" monitor.
Then we come to the year section, this tells us the year the monitor was released, in my case it says 24, so my monitor was released in 2024.
Then we come to the resolution part:
S: standard ratio - 4:3 or 5:4.
no letter: computer widescreen - 16:10
H: HD widescreen - 16:9
W: Ultrawide - 21:9
D: QHD - 1440p
Q: 4K - 2160p
K: 8K - 4320p
In my case, the resolution letter is D, meaning my monitor is a QHD/1440p monitor.
Finally we have come to the Features section:
C: USB-C input - can accept DisplayPort over USB-C.
X: HDMI cable included, instead of standard DsiplayPort cable.
T: Touchscreen
G: nVidia G-sync
F: AMD Freesync
J: Wireless charging stand
Z: Videoconference camera
A: Monitor arm included, no stand
E: Ethernet networking, works like a proper dock.
S: Built in speakers.
My monitor does not have any extra features, but my dad has the U2721DE monitor which has a built in dock and networking.
The reason for the annoying names is to differentiate features, series, year releases and more.