I’d say “sure!” Then amaze them with how good and quick I am by telling them an hour or two later to "try it now "
What you describe sounds more like a “competence” issue than a skill issue - can’t have the latter without first having the former.
Since I invariably wind up getting “name suits” types of comments, here’s the explanation behind it:
Around the turn of the millennium, I was trying to come up with a username to use on a particular site that had a shortish character count limit for usernames. My goal was something related to the fact that I would often be making my points in arguments with “holier-than-thou” types by taking what they were saying, and turning it on its head so the offensive stuff was directed back at them.
I also happened to learn shortly beforehand that many years ago “'ape” was somewhat commonly used as a verb to mean “imitate” or “copy.”
I’m sure you can figure the rest out.
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3·19 days agoNo wonder she dumped his ass.
7·20 days agoWow - that’s way worse than… say… whittling a shive.
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Reality is inconvenient and too complicated for most right-wingers to bother trying to comprehend. Instead of trying to understand it and work with it, let’s just do what the cavemen did and blame everything on “God’s will.”
What a fucking asshole.
Holy shit! I’m dying! Thank you for sending me out laughing!
I dunno about that Tinder one - seems more like Grindr material.
2·30 days agoI have a digital clock that uses one of those for power for some reason. I also remember those LapLink cables having A ports on both ends for obvious reasons. What else uses them? Especially enough to run into them that often?
Huh. I don’t remember the Connor branding on that, but the rest sounds about right. It’s been a couple decades since I worked in anything IT-related, and I’m definitely suffering from the “don’t use it, you lose it” maxim, so you’re probably right.
My older brother took it with him off to college - I don’t know what happened to it after that, unfortunately.
You reminded me of my old Nokia with the non-standard (to my knowledge) 2.5mm headphone jack - what a PITA that was.
I so wanted one of those back in the day (I mean… Print Shop, amirite?), but they weren’t cheap -add in the cost of the printer itself & it started adding up to a somewhat prohibitive price. My memory on this is a bit rusty, but I think we ultimately wound up getting an OkiData printer that had both interfaces built in instead.
A millennium ago (well, okay - back in the prior millennium), i had an external TBU (tape backup unit) that ran off the parallel port. THAT was a cable I’m glad never broke because I had no idea where to find a replacement after the company (whose name I’ve long forgotten) went tits-up. I think those tapes held a whopping 4GB - or was it 2? Whatevs - long since consigned to the bin of obsolete tech.
1·1 month agoI’m Mickey17, TYVM.
(Never read the book, but seem to be one of the few to like the movie.)
Better than a “John” of a… uhm… particular trade.
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Meh, I’m honestly surprised this is just now happening. “Never trust work-supplied devices for anything personal or unprofessional” seems a pretty basic rule.
7·1 month agoThere’s a parts list on the YT description.
Watch Apple TV’s new show Plur1bus for an idea along those lines.
Do the Borg actually shit, tho? I’m only a casual Trekkie, but I don’t recall them addressing that issue…
(And just to be clear - yes, I know what MP line you’re referencing.)
Same scam.