[-] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

The main reason I didn't move to Windows 11 when it was new was it being picky and refusing to install on a processor that was only released two years before the OS (my setup itself being only a year old at the time). Since most things I've read about it since then act as a deterrent to upgrading instead of an incentive I now have no real inclination to try and update from 10 until I'm forced to by software requirements.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

For the last while I've been randomising the dictionary of 3 or 4 character words and running down the list until I find something I like the sound of and is available. If it's a well populated username base I might need to drop back to a list of all permutations of a-z in that length and do the same.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

No login for updates is a welcome change, it'll save me downloading them manually (because screw making another login for something that shouldn't require one).

[-] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Technically speaking, no one outside of college demonstration engines are burning hydrogen

Toyota has made various working prototype hydrogen combustion engines, so it's not impossible these could end up in production in the nearish future (they've done a hydrogen version of at least the GR Yaris/Corolla engine, a V6, and a V8).

[-] Auk@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Indeed, at least for most modern speed limits. That was intended as more of a rhetorical question to lead the person I was replying to towards noticing speed limits are typically set with a wide safety margin, and not actually at the limit of what can be safe in good conditions.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

Probably should take into account people with learning disabilities and processing disorders

As an option, definitely. As a default though I too would prefer the standard spoken form if the time is going to be spoken rather than displayed. It's a bit like how simplified wikipedia is a good idea but I prefer regular English to be the default version.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There are obviously exceptions, hence why I said often instead of always. Think larger scale and/or involving fixed objects and cardinal directions tend to be logical, for example:

  • Install the equipment in the western plant room.

  • Please set up the workstation near the power point on the western wall of the room.

  • Come in via Foo Rd, when you get to the intersection with Bar Rd turn west.

  • My desk is in the south western corner of the office.

  • Walk west along the ridge from the carpark, then once you reach the giant boulder take the northern spur down to the river.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Two 500gb SSDs for OSs and stuff I want to load quickly (one drive for Windows, one Linux), and two 1TB HDDs as storage (shared, but primarily used as game storage from Windows).

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