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[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Ah, I see now that they brought it back after a couple weeks.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

They also love making their cars extremely complicated, so maybe it's better if people need to do some research before taking apart something they can't reassemble.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

I don't think that's an unpopular opinion. I've basically lived in the command line for more than two decades, and even I prefer UIs for certain tasks:

  • Graphical things like web browsing
  • Things I rarely do, and a UI is readily available

If I'm cropping a single image, I'm firing up Gimp, Preview, Paint or whatever tool is already installed. If I'm cropping 30 images in the same way, I rediscover how imagemagick works and script it.

It's all about what's faster and easier to get the job done, and whether a UI or the command line is preferable depends on how often I do the task (which determines if I remember how the CLI works) and how repetitive the task is (which determines if I want to script it).

What really grinds my gears, though, is how many people prefer a pretty UI over a functioning UI.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I thought 4chan was dead? Are people posting green texts somewhere else now?

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

I was on a date with an Asian woman years ago, and she decided to order Chicken Fried Rice. I don't remember what I ordered, but it was something less stereotypically "white".

They gave me the fried rice, and a fork. We just laughed, traded dishes, and asked for another pair of chopsticks.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He does care. In this case he's thrilled that he got killed, because in his mind he deserves the death penalty for criticising the almighty Trump.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It couldn't even see the spreadsheet. COPILOT() can't see the spreadsheet, only the range you provide in the second parameter. None was provided.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It was thinking that 15 is the most common answer on the Internet to the request "sum the numbers above".

The COPILOT() feature does not have access to your spreadsheet. You pass it the cell range it is supposed to use for context in the optional second parameter. The user did not provide any second parameter, so they're just asking it to generate some text based on the text of the prompt and nothing else.

The person who made this tweet either didn't bother reading how to use the feature, or is being disingenuous.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I think it's trying to say that you could feasibly use solar-generated power at night and when it's not sunny now, because it has become financially viable to buffer it in a huge battery.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With the Lingua::Perligata module you can write your perl in Latin instead. My coworker says it's more readable that way if you know Latin.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Korn means "grain" in German, so both the name and illustration suggests this is made from fermented grains.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

My life has been pretty trauma free, but even I sometimes benefit from trigger warnings. Sometimes you're just not in the mood for certain themes.

I was once on a long flight to attend the funeral of a close friend, and was watching a movie on the flight. I didn't know there'd be a funeral scene, and that hit way harder in the state of mind I was in at the time. I don't regret watching the movie, but it did give me a glimpse of how triggers work, in a form probably much milder than how people with real trauma would experience it.

In general I often find that accommodations for people with special needs often also benefit the general population. Accessible web design is often more pleasant to use in my experience, and probably easier for search engines also.

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