Ivan Sagalaev @isagalaev@mastodon.social

"Why Do Rich People Love Quiet?"

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/let-brooklyn-be-loud/670600/

Your cultural bias is showing, Atlantic. I loved quiet my entire life, even when having two hotdog sausages for dinner wasn't an everyday occurrence, and when making it in life meant being able to afford a car.

People have different preferences. It's that simple.

Remember how I's complainin' about all intrestn' things I wanted to watch being 3+ hours long and I hadn't got no damn time for all of 'em? Well, here's another one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I845O57ZSy4

Thanks, Universe, I guess…

Oh and now you don't have any time left in your life either :-) You're welcome!

#LexFridman #JohnCarmack

I saw clouds in the sky today.

If you don't find it remarkable, you don't live where I live.

@yisraeldov hm... I still call myself that after doing it for 20+ years.

@ehashman your request is accepted. Estimated time to repair is approximately one month.

@tsturm the plaque sounds quintessentially British to me. Wouldn't have guessed it was America :-)

@craigmaloney @evilchili this is some kind of myth? My Thinkpad X1 Carbon has Intel graphics only, and works smoothly at 2560x1440. Gnome (with fractional scaling!), full screen videos, etc. It's around 5 years old, and my previous Thinkpad was no slouch either.

@evilchili you're lucky then. After my first Thinkpad where I couldn't see individual pixels there's no going back for me.

@evilchili also, a 1920x1080 screen. I'm so mad at Linux laptop manufacturers for sticking with these for so long. It's not okay.

@oppen it's a cargo cult. You're supposed to do it because everyone does it.

@22 @babelcarp oh no, I don't even remember where I learned about it, it's been sitting on my shelf for half a year now!

@22 @babelcarp reading it now too. A bit behind you, but I already agree on how profound it is.

Trying to read a book (of the regular, paper variety) while watching my kid running around with her friends playing with water guns. Don't know why I thought it might work...