A popular myth is that people who are #VeryComputer and #AlwaysOnline have pimped out huge fancy new computers…
The best I know use a worn out 12+ yr old notebook you can't separate them from, several Macs, NUCs, Raspberry Pis, Orange Pis, etc... running various OSes, have multiple screens, incl one oriented vertical, while they do 90% of their computing in multiplexed text terminals…
(And increasingly have 3d printers & DIY their own computers & have switched to dumb phones & mesh networks )
This tweet is just so much truth; as a person of VeryComputer™ there are so many novel ways my computer can not work compared to most peoples’
a popular myth is that people who are Very Computer have computers that work. nothing could be further from the truth. the Very Computer are capable of generating much more novel and fascinating ways to make computers not fucking work and exercise this capability wantonly
— taber (@cakesandcourage) November 18, 2021
a popular myth is that people who are Very Computer have computers that work. nothing could be further from the truth. the Very Computer are capable of generating much more novel and fascinating ways to make computers not fucking work and exercise this capability wantonly
Furthermore, I just had to grab a separate computer to print because my primary computer does not currently have my printer set up on it.
I'm a bit #VeryComputer tonight.
A #PopularMyth is that people who are #VeryComputer have pimped out fancy new computers …
the best I know have a worn out 10+ yr old computer you can't separate them from, several raspberry pi's, and do 90% of they computing in the terminal and their favorite editor
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