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NateNate60

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NateNate60 , to Technology in We Need to Talk About the State of Calendar Software on Desktop

Yeah, what's wrong with GNOME's calendar? It's basic and it works... fine. I use it for my daily tasks.

Window's default calendar is similarly mediocre.

NateNate60 , to Mildly Infuriating in How does my local Sonic run out of just the small box of chicken?

Or the boxes are pre-made and they ran out

NateNate60 , to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

You don't seem to know the meaning of the word "spend".

How much have I bought in crypto to hold myself? I don't hold any crypto. The answer is zero.

The figure that appears in column E of Form 8949? Over a million USD.

You answers seethe of jealousy. You keep trying to pin the label "crypto bro" on me because you want to dismiss me as someone not worth listening to, and the money I earned as illegitimate and fake. You argue not because you think you're right, but because you can't bear to be wrong. To you, crypto is a scam with no use and everything it touches turns to shit, and everyone who says otherwise must therefore hold the opposite opinion and think everything it touches turns to gold. Binary thinking at its worst.

Your thinking is simplistic and devoid of nuance. You're right about one thing though. I am condescending. Because you deserve it.

Reply if you desperately need to put in the last word with a feigned aura of coolness, and laugh it off, because there are no more arguments to be made. Only insults left. You won't receive a response, and I won't even read whatever you write, because this conversation is over.

Go buy a Cybertruck or something.

NateNate60 , to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

Nothing

NateNate60 , to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

Read carefully, because it seems that reading comprehension is not your strong suit.

Wiktionary defines "crypto bro" as "an enthusiastic cryptocurrency supporter, usually male, especially a dogmatic and condescending one".

You may notice I do not fit any of those categories, besides perhaps being male.

For the adoption of cryptocurrency by businesses and states, I am apathetic, even mildly in opposition. As for being dogmatic, I entirely am not, because I don't give a shit.

But I will admit, you have successfully tempted me into being condescending towards you.

NateNate60 , to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

Why would I make up the number 1 most common interaction between a Cybertruck owner and a normal person?

But here's a picture I took of his car while he was attending church (across the street from the grocery store):

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2babb495-c0a2-42cc-8a6d-95f33535ab38.jpeg

And yes, you can tell it is new because it doesn't have a number plate yet.

The picture was taken on 30 March, the interaction happened a few days earlier

NateNate60 , (edited ) to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

(past tense)

But how do you define "crypto bro"? Sure not "any person who's ever held cryptocurrency", right? Because that would make 25% of the US population crypto bros.

I absolutely reject this categorisation. I don't give a shit about crypto or any of the ideas behind it. It's interesting from a technical perspective as a person who holds a computer science degree, but I'm in it for the money. Holding crypto is gambling, and nothing more.

The only crypto I hold now is for online poker sites and for buying precious metals on r/pmsforsale on Reddit.

NateNate60 , to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

What makes you think I'm a crypto bro?

NateNate60 , (edited ) to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

I was walking to the grocery store when I saw a neighbour polishing his in front of his house. I said "Wow, a Cybertruck," and he replied, "Cool, isn't it?"

I said, "No, it's a $120,000 go-kart made of scrap metal that will rust in a month."

Edit: sounds fake but I do have a picture of the car in question, but I took it on a different day—

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bdac2f90-7b0c-45a0-a226-07b58a7d27c6.jpeg

NateNate60 , to Mildly Infuriating in I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.

That doesn't do the same thing, I guess the goal is really how to draw the outline of a circle

NateNate60 , to Mildly Infuriating in I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.

It's more complex. In Photoshop, it's a single tool. In GIMP, you make a circular selection, convert it to a path, and then stroke the path.

Not only is this more convoluted, it's bewilderingly unintuitive to beginners and is definitely one of GIMP's shortcomings.

NateNate60 , to Mildly Infuriating in I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.

I'm pretty sure there's a GIMP plugin that does that if that is all you care about

NateNate60 , to Mildly Infuriating in I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.

I doubt that GIMP will ever overtake Photoshop. Adobe has the money to employ (and does employ) hundreds of experts in their fields to work on Photoshop for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Although GIMP is very impressive as an open-source project and a massive testament to how far the free software model can go, it is still, at the end of the day, made by a ragtag band of (mostly) amateurs volunteering their time. Adobe, by brute force, can deliver a higher-quality product just by having the resources to employ the best people to work for them.

I love GIMP. I use it for all my image editing needs and would never consider giving a dime to Adobe. But I don't do it for a living and I respect the opinions of those who do when they say that GIMP isn't a good replacement for Photoshop.

NateNate60 , to Mildly Infuriating in I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.

Just a cursory glance, but GIMP still doesn't seem to support additive curves and CMYK support is still rudimentary and needs a plugin

NateNate60 , to Mildly Infuriating in I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp.

For a real Photoshop vs GIMP discussion, I think I'll leave a link to Franklin Veaux's Quora post here.

tl;dr there is actually a lot of functionality in Photoshop not present in GIMP that most casual users will never use, but is very important to professionals. People don't pay hundreds of dollars to Adobe just for funsies.

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