<Ellied>
it belongs to physics but they don't care about it, so I installed it with Debian and it's mine now
<UmbralRaptor>
\o/
<Ellied>
there's another one with a similar story (an slightly newer Dell) but that one might be new enough to remain useful.
<Ellied>
there's also another, larger thinkpad with a working XP install that has all the spectrometer stuff on it.
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<Ellied>
Also note that it has a trackpoint only and no touchpad: currently deciding how I feel about that.
<Ellied>
So far so good. I'm slower with the trackpoint now, but I miss less often, and it's nice not to have to move my hand much.
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<Ellied>
turns out that laptop has the dread battery issue where it refuses to charge due to a firmware bug. :(
<UmbralRaptor>
ack
<Ellied>
guess I'll be appropriating the dell instead.
<Ellied>
it's got better specs and an RS-232 port, but none of the nifty tablet transform stuff
<Ellied>
and the lenovo's trackpoint is way better.
<Ellied>
oh, but the dell has a 1280x800 display which makes it the largest I've owned to date. (owned is used loosely here, obviously)
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<Ellied>
there isn't a KSP mod to let you fly with a trackpoint is there
<Ellied>
not that this thing could handle KSP, just wondering
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<Tank2333>
Hi
* UmbralRaptor
understands that you can fly with the keyboard. Uh, I assume you can deal with parts via a trackpoint.
<UmbralRaptor>
Lo, Tank2333
<Tank2333>
O/
<Tank2333>
This keyboard on my new phone feels odd.. swuthed from a LG 4.5“ to a honor 6x 5.5“
<Tank2333>
I now have “öpßä“ keys
<Tank2333>
Wich is confusiong :)
<UmbralRaptor>
Ellied: yay for diode commentary.
<Ellied>
I should do that more
* UmbralRaptor
pokes Tank2333 with an ångström.
<UmbralRaptor>
hrm. Not german. Bremßtrahlung!
<Tank2333>
That was the smallest poke ive ever received
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<Ellied>
YIL facebook poking is still a thing
<Ellied>
I thought that disappeared in like 2007 but ok
<Tank2333>
YIL?
<Ellied>
yesterday I learned
<Ellied>
contrast to TIL
<Tank2333>
Today i learned?
<Tank2333>
Always this new interweb stuff...
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<Iskierka>
I think it's not exposed most places but old apps and third-party can possibly still trigger it?
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<TheKosmonaut>
Ellied: on a scale of 1-10, how much did you enjoy Shenzhen?
<TheKosmonaut>
I am probably going to HKG for work in the near future. Thought about swinging over there if I had a few days off.
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<Ellied>
TheKosmonaut: I give it a flat-out 10, but mainly because I'm so into electronics it was kind of like a pilgrimage of sorts for me. Beyond that, it's still a pretty cool city though.
<Ellied>
We were there in December though, so we got to see probably the clearest air and most reasonable temperatures it had to offer. Not sure what it's like in the summer.
<Ellied>
geographically speaking, I would have to say that HK is way more interesting. Shenzhen is fairly flat and has less park space. I can say with confidence that if my family were there for work and had a day off, we'd almost certainly go hiking in HK instead of up to SZ.
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<egg|df|egg>
(loose translation of the relevant bit: "to all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, activists, that the decision of the president of the united states disappointed, I tell you this: you shall find in france a second homeland")
* UmbralRaptor
hasn't eggsactly looked into how difficult applying for residency (and a job in industry or academia) would be.
<egg|df|egg>
UmbralRaptor: dunno tbh; I guess universities probably have pages detailing that? (though you'd have to get something in one of them)
* egg|df|egg
has no idea
<egg|df|egg>
UmbralRaptor: it's probably a right mess, as all administrative things, but then again almost certainly far less messy than applying for residency in the other direction :-p
<egg|df|egg>
well s/almost //
* UmbralRaptor
stabs other things, and waits for various paperwork processing things to finish up the GMU application.
<egg|df|egg>
!wpn UmbralRaptor
* Qboid
gives UmbralRaptor a rhenium hammer
* UmbralRaptor
fluoridates the rhenium.
<egg|df|egg>
UmbralRaptor: with a hammer?
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<UmbralRaptor>
Well, more so that the trap proposed in #kspacademia can work.
<kmath_>
<Msblerdess> Yes! @ErikDavis of @Fandango clapped back w/ receipts! Running list of male directors given big-budget blockbusters… https://t.co/tWfv99UmuW