@gsuberland
You'll just have to buy some ridiculous overpriced gaming mouse like everyone else. They're not quite as awful as the race-to-the-bottom economy mice.

@johnefrancis @anttipeltola
Ooh, yeah. That will be a nice upgrade from my current mix of 100G, 40G, and 10G.

@mcnees
Oh yeah? Well, I want to build a Dyson sphere... out of tofu!

@acsawdey @gsuberland
Awk is a bit awkward, but it's a piece of cake compared to Perl. But I, too, prefer Python.

@GrahamFluster
spicy laundry load

@Cookies
Me too.

@grumpygamer
Yeah, it's not fair. It should be only 50% more work.

@michelestrider
Before Mastodon, and the other site before, I mostly only new a few other people that did similar things as a hobby. Here, I've met many!
But also, many artists, musicians, writers, and other creators!

@michelestrider
create software
and also design hardware
(mostly for #retrocomputing)

@ryanc
Counterpoint: any would be more than none

@Lazarou @AkaSci
Tech predictions are tough. In Clarke's novel _Imperial Earth_, published in 1975 and set in 2276, computers weren't able to solve the pentominoes puzzle.
In 1976, my friend and fellow 6502 Group member, Bob Ulshafer wrote a pentominoes solver in 6502 assembly language.

@randahl Four years? Try twelve! The war began in February 2014. Has everyone forgotten the first eight years of it?

@StumpyTheMutt @bloor
Of course, Pease's conclusion didn't surprise anyone with even modest electronics knowledge, but it is very satisfying to be able to point to the words of one of the all time great EEs, when some audiophool doesn't believe me.
(But audiophools don't believe true experts, either. They only believe their preconceived notions, and those of other audiophools in their echo chambers.)

@Linux_in_a_Bit
None of us were born experts on Linux, or on any aspect of computing. We all had to learn it, though our individual paths varied. Perhaps some of us have forgotten how frustrating that was at times.
Saying RTFM in a smug and condescending way benefits no one.

@Linux_in_a_Bit
Sometimes a new user has a question for which it is obvious that there is no simple answer that they're likely to understand. It is possible to politely explain why, and still provide pointers to resources that might, if sufficiently studied, actually answer their question.
Sometimes a new user wants to know how to do something that simply is not possible in any practical way. Again, it's possible to politely explain that.

@Linux_in_a_Bit
Certainly teaching new users how to find the answers is worthwhile, but that isn't just saying RTFM. One can give an answer or pointer, AND help them learn how to find things on their own.
Being rude to new users doesn't impress anyone, other than other assholes who like to be rude to new users.

@Linux_in_a_Bit
A lot of subject matter experts think it is beneath them to explain something simple to a new user, and maybe even get off on making fun of them. I speak from experience, as someone who was that asshole in my younger days. A key difference between a junior vs a senior dev is not so much skill or knowledge, as mentoring other devs, helping them learn.
Saying "RTFM" is often unhelpful, whereas an actual link to TFM and maybe a section or page number might be helpful.

@Richard_Littler
The emperor has no brain!