richieadler
So I’m wondering what I can do to keep in the loop with my younger brothers and sisters?
The question is completely weird to me. Why do you care? Why do you think that is important?
I'm childfree and think that too many idiots procreate.
Also, fuck "normal". "Go forth and multiply" is a religious mandate, which is equally revolting.
I am a touch typist and laptop keyboards are fine.
Were in violent disagreement, then.
repairability [...] it's not really something you can't do without
Being able to disregard e-waste and discarding a whole machine when something fails is a privilege that not everyone has. If you leave in a wasteful country whose society benefits from the wealth produced by destroying other countries, I can understand the mental blindness.
is the price to pay for mobility (which is something that could be considered essential)
For whom? For me it's certainly not.
If you use a laptop with full peripherals, it can act as a desktop when there is no space
A laptop with many peripherals tends to occupy nor horizontal space, not less. And the fragile hubs needed for expansion are a frequent point of breakage.
You obviously are not a touch typist. I am.
Laptop keyboards are, as someone said, like running barefoot on cement: you can do it for short periods, but if you do it for a long time you start feeling the effects. I need to use a full width keyboard to be confortable programming. And not any full width keyboard; I need the ones where the keys are sculpted and their curvature varies (like the inside of a sphere) depending of the position of the keyboard. That way I can have a good feedback of the position of my fingers, again, without needing to watch the keyboard. If I'm going to connect a full keyboard to a laptop, I may well get a full desktop computer.
Why a desktop:
- if something craps out, is easier to change individual components in a desktop.
- my current desk is overcrowded and also is not designed to house a laptop and an additional monitor
- I despise using laptops for gaming and for anything that doesn't require mobility. My serious computing is static, not mobile. My work provides me a laptop, but I can easily work from home, and also they don't provide desktops. For my own machine, my choice is desktop, period.
I work in IT and I enjoy programming. No way I can live without a computer (a desktop computer, in particular).
to promote stability and perpetuate humanity
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I understand in theory the benefits. But I practice for me It would be a nightmare. Being unable to get away from toxic family members would be horrible. And being the outsider... I'm dating you, not your family. I find the idea of "entering a new family" worrisome and distasteful.
Moving on doesn't make sense to me. Just use both.
- Python Bytes
- Talk Python to Me
- The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe
- Behind the Bastards
- Geeks without God
"At-will" termination is a US problem. Other countries have more humane norms for lactating mothers.
Well, demonizing breastfeeding is a problem, but not this problem.