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[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's quite a high bar. Can you give a Windows or Mac laptop to your elderly neighbour and not also provide them support?

I realise that I am only a sample set of one and my mother and father have very different usage patterns but they are both in their late 70s. My mother has an Ubuntu laptop and my father had a Windows one. He requires a lot more support. My mum's biggest issue is forgetting her password which is hardly the fault of the OS.

Edit: to be clear I'm not necessarily agreeing with the OP. I have no opinion on the needs of "most users".

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 10 points 10 months ago

I really like it because in order to keep the days of the week aligning that holiday must be a special non day of the week. It would lead to conversations like. "What day of the week is it?" "It isn't"

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Really!? We're still doing GOTOs in 2023? That should just be a for loop over the collection of tests you want to write.

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Well I never, apparently all Helen's sound alike to me.

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Is that Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann (my two favourite podcast hosts ever) on it as well!?

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago

How am I only just now learning that there is a Private Eye podcast!?

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

Totally. The fact that this was released well before his appearance by his own camp smells very dead catish.

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

Anti-royal pro-colonial is a angle we don't often see.

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 24 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately, for a lot of non-tech savy people, the options often boil down to this kind of shit or being part of a botnet within a few days.

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Yes! I hope this is a trend that continues. I remember this being quite confusing as a new Python developer. I was convinced there was something special about these kinds of camel cased methods.

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Effective obfuscation (newsletter.mollywhite.net)
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[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago

While I agree it is a bit of an unfortunate name the news site does appear to be a pretty reliable source. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/electronic-intifada/

[-] robyoung@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Quietly byt audibly while sat in the office scowling at my computer.

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