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Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by therockspush »

dijit wrote: post #5

I am genuinely sick to death of people taking up arms in some sort of faction war against their supposed "opponent" technology. I see it everywhere. PlayStation or Xbox! PCMR or Console! MacOS or Windows! iOS or Android! Disturbing tribalism. Liking Apple does not make you cool, not liking Apple does not make you cool. Apple produces hardware and software, it is not a religion. I see so many people taking up arms aga…

Portlandia studio guy is a good spoof on gear heads. People that think they have to buy the right amp or classic guitar before they can write their masterpiece.

I like that line from the departed, "im an artist, give me a fucking tuber, ill get you something out of it."

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by devenblake »

pwg wrote: post #18
hddherman wrote: post #2

I would love to have a discussion with the person(s) who think that having an autoplay video pop up and cover 40% of the article I’m trying to read is a good idea.

With NoScript ( https://noscript.net/ ) blocking all of the javascript by default, I got no autoplay video and no article coverup at all. I simply got a blog post that I read through from start to finish without anything else getting in the way.

uBlock Origin worked great too!

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by daledavies »

cowmix wrote: post #6

Now that my kids are officially "grown" (18+), here were/are my tech rules for the house: 1) We (my wife and I) do not want to know any of your passwords. 2) No content filters on any device or router level. 3) Mixed OSes (we had Linux, MacOS and Windows in the house). 4) NEVER share your passwords with friends. 5) Anything you email, txt or post to anyone... consider it public. Nothing online is private. 6) No conso…

I totally understand the no consoles rule. The last console I owned was a PS2 and think of those few years as the least productive of my life.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by Shared404 »

xwdv wrote: post #13
cowmix wrote: post #6

Now that my kids are officially "grown" (18+), here were/are my tech rules for the house: 1) We (my wife and I) do not want to know any of your passwords. 2) No content filters on any device or router level. 3) Mixed OSes (we had Linux, MacOS and Windows in the house). 4) NEVER share your passwords with friends. 5) Anything you email, txt or post to anyone... consider it public. Nothing online is private. 6) No conso…

The list was going very well until the last bit about “No Consoles”. Now the rest of its credibility is shot.

See this reply by the GP. I have to agree with him.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24324462

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by Shared404 »

klyrs wrote: post #17

In the late 90s, my dad was really mad about me experimenting with Linux on my personal computer which I built from parts bought with money earned at a summer job. It was kinda hilarious. He has zero involvement with microsoft, very little knowledge of computers, and tended to be mildly anti-establishment... and since it was 100% my computer, it had zero impact on his life. It really felt like a "my role is to crack…

> when I lined up a sysadmin job starting immediately after graduation.

If you don't mind me asking, how were you able to do this? I would like to do this kind of work, but am unsure of how to get into it. I'm perfectly comfortable with Linux, and can hack together tools when needed but haven't had any luck.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by reb »

selectodude wrote: post #4
hddherman wrote: post #2

I would love to have a discussion with the person(s) who think that having an autoplay video pop up and cover 40% of the article I’m trying to read is a good idea.

https://www.greathillpartners.com/ceos/jim-spanfeller/ Shoot him an email. Maybe ask him why he's such an herb.

"An herb", good god.

But completely agree. For anyone who hasn't followed what's happening to Gawker's corpse, this is worth a read:

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-183...

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by Shared404 »

altdatathrow wrote: post #28
dijit wrote: post #5

I am genuinely sick to death of people taking up arms in some sort of faction war against their supposed "opponent" technology. I see it everywhere. PlayStation or Xbox! PCMR or Console! MacOS or Windows! iOS or Android! Disturbing tribalism. Liking Apple does not make you cool, not liking Apple does not make you cool. Apple produces hardware and software, it is not a religion. I see so many people taking up arms aga…

> I can't stand Windows and it hurts me to see people using it There's an entire industry (pc gaming) that is still a pretty piss poor experience on other platforms. This has been true for 25 years and isn't showing any signs of changing. And the current direction Apple is taking is going to ensure the iPhone with all the impressive hardware is going will only be utilized to play candycrush and scroll through instagr…

> There's an entire industry (pc gaming) that is still a pretty piss poor experience on other platforms. This has been true for 25 years and isn't showing any signs of changing.

I would disagree there. Valve is still pushing Linux fairly successfully, despite the fact that "Steam Machine's" never took off.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by mixmastamyk »

Shared404 wrote: post #66
klyrs wrote: post #17

In the late 90s, my dad was really mad about me experimenting with Linux on my personal computer which I built from parts bought with money earned at a summer job. It was kinda hilarious. He has zero involvement with microsoft, very little knowledge of computers, and tended to be mildly anti-establishment... and since it was 100% my computer, it had zero impact on his life. It really felt like a "my role is to crack…

> when I lined up a sysadmin job starting immediately after graduation. If you don't mind me asking, how were you able to do this? I would like to do this kind of work, but am unsure of how to get into it. I'm perfectly comfortable with Linux, and can hack together tools when needed but haven't had any luck.

Such jobs are not as numerous as they used to be. But, basically you chat up owners/managers of local businesses with computers.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by __s »

Shared404 wrote: post #66
klyrs wrote: post #17

In the late 90s, my dad was really mad about me experimenting with Linux on my personal computer which I built from parts bought with money earned at a summer job. It was kinda hilarious. He has zero involvement with microsoft, very little knowledge of computers, and tended to be mildly anti-establishment... and since it was 100% my computer, it had zero impact on his life. It really felt like a "my role is to crack…

> when I lined up a sysadmin job starting immediately after graduation. If you don't mind me asking, how were you able to do this? I would like to do this kind of work, but am unsure of how to get into it. I'm perfectly comfortable with Linux, and can hack together tools when needed but haven't had any luck.

When you go off defined path, everything becomes highly context dependent. Know people or interview well, preferably both. Apply anywhere & everywhere. View your first few years as a paid internship, ie don't care too much about pay
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