lemmy_outta_here

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[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yep. Especially when you've been using computers for 40 years, as I have. Do you know how many times MS (or any tech company) has moved each and every button? Do you have any idea how many times something as simple as saving a document has changed since I started my career? Over the years, I have saved documents to at least six different types of physical media including the local hard drive. Then I had to start saving to a network drive, then a different network drive, then a cloud drive, then a different cloud drive. I have worked with Linux, Windows, Mac. Techniques and keyboard shortcuts I learned in the 80s and used for decades get changed/dropped/redesigned. I have had to go back and alter little programs I wrote years ago because the corporate file system was redesigned for the 25th time and now all my file paths have to have forward slashes instead of backslashes for the code to run... When I ask a less experienced colleague where to find the screen share button, it is because I know they have only had to relearn its location 1-3 times, so their memories won't be all jumbled yet.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

yep. trump controls all three braches of government. who is going to do something about it?

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The cleanup took forever.

My mom started developing dementia about a decade before she died. 5 years after we first noticed the changes, she could barely form a sentence. That is when I mourned her because that is when I lost her. When she finally died I felt mostly relief. I will always miss her but I was happy when her suffering finally ended.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Me too. But i’m gonna fight these fuckers anyway. Please hang in there. I don’t want to fight alone.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks, Trudeau!

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago

You say ‘politics’ like it is some trivial thing. Politics involves beliefs on personhood, human rights, racism, equity, crime and punishment, and fundamental ideas about morality. I think it is totally appropriate to make judgments about a person’s character based on their politics.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 107 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Hi! With the OED, it has been like that at least since I started university in 2007. However, lots of public libraries have subscriptions. I just go to my library website, login, and follow the link to the OED. There are many other reference tools that are also included in my library card. Libraries rule!

Edit: you can check merriam-webster for free, I think