jcarax

@jcarax@beehaw.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lenovo is removing the iconic Trackpoint with its new ThinkPad X9⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using Thinkpads since the X61s, and used the trackpoint extensively back in the day. Hell, I had the X61s that didn’t even have a trackpoint, and I rarely used a mouse with it.

  But I really don’t understand how anyone still uses the thing extensively. Once in awhile I’ll use it for some bit of specific precision work when I don’t have a mouse handy. I feel like the Trackpoint quality has gone down significantly over the years, and stuff like anti-drift seems to have been neglected.

  If not for the horrible arrow keys that I already hate on my Macbook Air, I was all for this transition. I’d much rather have a great trackpad at this point. I want something more compact than a Framework, and I’m comfortable with Lenovo’s Linux support at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wish I had a choice, at work. Technically I can run Linux or MacOS, but I’d need to run a Windows VM for a few things anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's discuss: Half-Life⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  TLoU scratched a lot of the same itches, for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's play a game. How would you reboot The Jetsons if you were tasked with doing so.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the difference is, Star Trek has always been very detached from our own lives. It’s not placing the average day in modern times into a futuristic setting, like The Jetsons is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's play a game. How would you reboot The Jetsons if you were tasked with doing so.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right. I don’t think it can be successfully made, today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's play a game. How would you reboot The Jetsons if you were tasked with doing so.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like I’d be compelled to go fairly dark with it. When The Jetsons was made, it was largely a period of optimism and prosperity in the US. That is most certainly no longer the case, with the middle class pretty much having evaporated, and so many people struggling to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.

  I think I’d probably focus on the company store construct, that has become the foundation of capitalist society. Where everything you earn is due to the good will of those you’re obligated to give it back to. In a world with all sorts of wonderful technology, for most, it exists solely to make your toils for the sake of others more efficient.

  I don’t see how the optimism of The Jetsons can exist today, at least not without mocking the hell out of it.