@BordedDev

Which standards committee? There are many. I used to work in one such committee in the 00s, IEEE/MGIF, and found it rather pleasant. No fighting at all, rather a discussion club. To be completely honest, I don't recall our many lengthy discussions actually resulting in any revolutionising standards, or anything at all. But at least we had a nice time in good company, got tasty grub and fine dining in various cities across Europe.

@kiki

Actually I didn't. It somehow works now, so I don't bother.

Every time Atlassian makes an update, one needs to open the dev console, select the Network tab and click Update - despite having disabled cache. I consider this a flaw in Firefox.

I just read that Linux is also better at running Ollama.

@BordedDev

Not even that. Less than two weeks and I replaced it with Windows 98 - the regular one that actually worked.

@D-4got10-01

Yes, you're right. I should have done that, but somehow never managed to figure it out. The user interface isn't a 100% intuitive.

@whimsical

AI?

I wouldn't consider what we do at devrant as fighting. Hardly even bickering. IMHO the discussions here are rather civilised and nice, actually.

I just realised that Ducky's lack of an "app" for configuration of RGB is actually an advantage. Configure it once on the keyboard itself, and your settings stay, even when attaching it to another computer or reinstalling the OS. Now that I updated Windows 11 at work, the G-Hub software vanished, as did the nice colour scheme for my G513 :(

P.S.

Updating Windows 11 with the latest patches didn't help. It's still the worst OS since Vista.

@D-4got10-01

That's some weird shit.

This reminds me of some of the "features" found on Lenovo laptop keyboards:

* By default, keys F1-F12 aren't F-keys at all, but Fn-keys (for adjusting volume, brightness etc). Fortunately, this can be changed back to normal in the BIOS.

* The Fn-key is where you'd expect Ctrl. This too can be configured in BIOS, but - strangely - it doesn't change the key cap labelling, so you press Fn for Ctrl and vice versa.

@qwwerty

My memory fails me. It could have been 98 SE or just ME. Anyway, I got a new computer in AD 2000 that came pre-installed with this junk of an OS. It took me a couple of days to realise there was no way to patch it to stop it from crashing like every five minutes or so. The most disastrous OS ever.

P.S.

I left out Windows 2000 because it was mostly used at businesses. I don't remember any private consumer using it at home.

8.1, well it was sort of a patch to address at least the worst issues with 8.

One thing that really pisses me off with Windorks 11, is that task bar previews can't be disabled. I used to disable (or at least delay) them using a registry key, ExtendedUIHoverTime. This worked in Windows 10, but does nothing in Windows 11. IMHO, an OS should just do its job and shut up. M$ design philosophy seems to be the opposite - loud, annoying and interfering with whatever the user tries to do.

Choose Windows 11 - if you want your productivity to drop near zero.

@D-4got10-01

No prob :)

I have them both, G512 at work and G513 at home.

The only negative thing I can say about the G513 is that the paint on the keycaps chips off really fast. If you can live with its impaired cosmetics, it's still a great keyboard. Mine held up for...don't remember...4 years or so. It still works except left arrow key is chattering at times. My G513, on the other hand, still works without a hitch and hasn't chipped off even a bit. I remember now I got it replaced once. The first one was flawed with chattering on multiple keys. Logitech used to be quality. They still are, but inconsistent. It's a lottery.

@Liebranca

Totally agree. TKL are more or less useless to me. As far as I've seen Ducky has both TKL and full layout of all of their models. Mine is a full layout, of course.

P.S.

I'm an old-timer. Born in...*cough*...1972. Grey beard, enjoying an occassional nap, finding music played on public radio modern. Considering 1AM a suitable time to leave a party. Y'know, all those sorts of things that I hated when I was young.

@D-4got10-01

I have a G512 at work. It's OK, but I prefer the G513 over it. Brown vs blue switches. It's a matter of taste.

@qwwerty

*lol*

But I believe Win12 will be OK - to follow the pattern so far: every second (consumer-oriented) Windows good, every second bad.

3.1 boring but OK

95 flashy but utterly buggy

98 the first good Windows

98ME disastrously buggy

XP great!

Vista awful!

7 great!

8 terrible!

10 rather good - after hours of tweaking

11 A long list of issues with the UX and performance. I don't even know where to begin.

@D-4got10-01

Totally agree. MS seem to think users actually want bloat.

I have a Ducky One 3 with blue switches. Perfectly happy with it. It too has ADHD RGB by default, but it can be configured to something more subtle or disabled altogether. The configuration part turned out to be a bit tricky though. Once I finally managed to make it look OK, I don't dare to touch it *lol* Apart from that little hurdle, it's an absolutely fantastic keyboard with that right tactile feeling and responsiveness. I can forget about the keyboard, and just type away as if my mind were tapped directly to the computer.

One of the best rants ever!

@kiki

I'll try that next time I run into the same problem.

This time around I managed to get past by spamclicking the login window until it finally found its marbles.

@YourMom

Hey, this guy looks a bit like a character in my latest novel.

@Lensflare

Much to my embarrassment, the only Swift I've ever heard of is a small hatchback from Suzuki.

P.S. As fun and educative it is to tool around with your own languages, frameworks and such, it's actually not necessary. IMHO, C# is everything I've ever dreamt of in a programming language. It's easy enough to get you going in no time, yet efficient and powerful. I just love the way Unity implemented it.

I "invented" my own programming languages in my teens. I recall in one of them, there was this command "const" (this happended way before const came to mean constant), which was a block of code run constantly in the background, a background process, if you like *lol* Then, you were supposed to be able to stack a number of those const statements to run on top of each other. To my defense, I was only fourteen when I came up with that idea, but it's actually not very different from any asynchronous tasks/jobs/processes found in most modern programming languages. Making up your own MFTL is so much fun :)

I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but I'm not saying you're wrong. I do believe in science, but our current state of science can't explain everything, just like thunder was a mystery only a couple of centuries ago. Having visited two heavily haunted places, I know better than to dismiss any spiritual stuff as bolony. We are certainly more than our bodies.

P.S. I'm at the other end of the autistic spectrum, Asberger or, as my gf calls it, "slow ADHD". Can't stand any unnecessary, stupid distractions and bloat. I deeply hate any spellcheckers while typing, autocomplete, popups, "conversation starters", previews on hovering the activity bar, notifications, ring signals, sms signals, any beeping, squeaking, buzzing, whining, screaming, nagging, ticking, irritating noise, visual or acoustic.

@atheist

My apologies for an incorrect assumption. As kids with ADHD also hate Jira, then who likes it?

@retoor

Most people mature with age, while some just age.

@kiki

I'd love to read it. Tell me when it's out. I'm a novelist myself in my sparetime. I've published one novel based on true events. It's not an autobiography though; I'm afraid mine would be titled: "Reading to Help You Fall Asleep".

P.S.

How about writing a novel based on your life? It's a great way of processing your traumas, as well as giving strength to others with similar experiences. Then, when your book becomes an international bestseller, you can tell your mother: "You were right all along. My success is all thanks to you, bitch!"

What a terrible life! My deepest sympathy :[ After all you've been through, it can only get better. Let's hope the rest of your life turns out amazing :)