sheridan

joined 2 years ago
[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why do these things require microphones?

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Was pistachio ice cream also red?

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yep. I learned to touch type through different kids typing programs back in the 90s. The one I remember the most was this game where there are two talking hands and you have to help them take back control of a city from this angry green blobby alien with a German accent. Apparently this alien's one weakness is typing.

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

That's one issue he mentions but there are many others like reproducibility, safety, accessibility, efficiency, usability, etc.

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I saw 'BHM' and read it as 'big handsome men'. Was confused for a bit.

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Can we determine from statistics if on average getting the police involved in any situation improves the outcome of the situation? Genuine question.

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

After trying some more search terms combinations, I see two mice now from Microsoft that resemble the Magic Mouse. But I'm really struggling to find anything else?

What I'm not finding is my dream mouse, which would have an ergonomic design, lots of customizable physical buttons like my Logitech mouse, but with an additional 360° scrolling input (either a touch sensitive area or a trackball (sized large enough so dirt clogging wouldn't an issue)). It just seems like an obvious product to me; I'm surprised it doesn't seem to exist yet.

 

From what I can tell Apple's otherwise awful mouse is the only one that allows for 360° scrolling with two finger swipe motion. (Their previous gen mouse had 360° scrolling with a small trackball on top but it constantly clogged up with dirt.) It's really nice for scrolling over wide spreadsheets and other sorts of documents that take up a lot of horizontal space. (You can do two finger pinch to zoom also but it's not as easy as it is on a trackpad where you have more surface area.)

I currently use a Logitech MS Master 3S which has a separate horizontal scroll. I don't like x and y scrolling mapped to separate controls (it makes diagonal scrolling tedious) so I mapped that scroll wheel to zoom, and instead do 360° scrolling by pressing down the vertical scroll wheel and moving the mouse around; it works but it's a bit clunky.

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Mass migration like that occurs (from my memory at least) when the newer alternative has much better functionality, performance, and ease of use compared to the status quo service and has a low barrier to entry (sign up is quick and straightforward). Do any of the decentralized Discord alternatives fit these criteria (honest question, not rhetorical)?

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I discovered on Macs, you can unlock a "protected" PDF this way. Just open the PDF in Safari, File > Print > Save as PDF. It outputs a PDF that's identical, except it's unlocked (it doesn't get converted to a bunch of raster images).

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait, is Gideon Dunster the name of her actual husband? Or did she get accepted into some polygamous cult in Utah?

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I had a Batman action figure with a bright prison orange suit. The least stealthy suit possible. But I was 8 and thought it looked cool and begged my mom for it.

 
[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

He worked in IT. Pagers would beep when different systems ran into problems.

 

Like, if you accidentally cut someone off, and they get mad and honk, how do you apologize?

 
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