autokludge

joined 2 years ago
[–] autokludge@programming.dev 16 points 2 years ago

I use "SteamOS Holo" btw

[–] autokludge@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Next comes the vigorous swishing of the water.

[–] autokludge@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

Gen X

Its a silent X

[–] autokludge@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

I'm sure you had your reasons.

Employers prefer it if you are already taken.

[–] autokludge@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Its only 1100 Cal per pint, what could go wrong?

edit: don't tell me you stop at half a pint, that is clearly impossible.

[–] autokludge@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

I got sick of loading times for Acrobat reader so ended up installing SumatraPDF for something more lightweight for general viewing. I only use Acrobat now if I'm planning to print the PDF.

[–] autokludge@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago

A corporate 'promise' is a verbal unenforceable contract. What do you even do with the promise of a habitual liar?

[–] autokludge@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I have a lot of repetition in my job (CAD modeller). Even just knowing keyboard shortcuts & setting up shortcuts for frequently used operations can easily net me 5 seconds per operation. I want to spend my energy on solving the task at hand, not on how to use the tool in the moment. I don't want to move the mouse away from the work area if I can help it.

Maybe not as frequent 5 per day - but scripts for really bottom of the barrel stuff:

  • Cycle thru all currently open drawing documents, zoom to full page and force save.
    • zoom out ensures drawing can be identified from document thumbnail.
    • the software is known to crash, especially editing drawings.
    • easy 10mins duplicated work saved.
  • Printing all open drawings out to the office printer in order with a delay between them, so i don't spend the next 20 minutes manually sorting the drawing prints.
    • printers don't always print in incoming order, some documents take longer to process.
  • find/replace for text notes
    • the software doesn't have that feature.
[–] autokludge@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'll do it for things that don't seem like it will save much, but because it was such an infrequent task I would forget how all the cogs worked when it needed to be done again, and what pitfalls to avoid. So it's not just direct time saved, but also increasing reliability.

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