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What was your first operating system or Linux Distribution? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Probably some version of DOS, I can't remember. First Linux distro was Fedora Core 4.

Will GTA 6 live up to the hype? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I doubt it, but when does anything live up to the hype?

I reckon it'll be a decent game, but the multiplayer will likely be worse than GTA 5 as they try more things to get our money and fewer things to entertain us.

If you owned a magic library people donated to in order to preserve media for eternity but which was going through overpopulation, what criteria would you use to decide which media survived/discarded? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'd use a better compression method and kick the can down the road to the next sucker to take the job.

When did you get hit by "the tetris effect" AKA playing a video game so much that you get the urge to do moves/actions from the video game in real life? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guitar Hero was a bastard for this back in the day, every time I shut my eyes I'd see the notes coming for me.

What is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's nature's pocket.

You've heard of Fake Taxi but what are some other 'fake' scenarios that would make solid setups or just be humorous? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While you're down there doc...

Lemmy, what's your internet speed in mbps? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Damn, I pay something like £65 for that speed in the UK.

As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (18 children)

I have the words "software engineer" in my job title but I hate it.

We aren't engineers, we're a bunch of undisciplined hackers, engineers have standards and ethics.

Programmer is my preferred term, or software developer.

Code monkey is also acceptable.

What's a pressing question for you that (Ask)Lemmy should put its mind to? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Start a tech company, then sell out to a corporation.

Can you drive a manual transmission? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I'm 36, I live in the UK, and I've driven a manual car since I was 17. I've only driven an automatic twice in my life and I'll probably never own one.