misk@piefed.social to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 15 days agoLinux ThinkPad Driver Ready For Reporting Damage Device - Starting With Bad USB-C Portswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down13
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minus-squareunexposedhazardlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·15 days agoWhat? Is that title english? Am i confused? ThinkPad ACPI driver to begin reporting damaged device detection
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·15 days agoI’m reading it as “A Linux driver for ThinkPads is ready to start reporting damaged devices on your system - starting with bad USB-C ports.” Headlinese is kind of ruining this one.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-215 days agoFixing the typo (‘damage’ instead of ‘damaged’) would’ve gone a long way.
minus-squareunexposedhazardlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoi think the the “s” on devices is also important to make it make sense
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoSo, usb devices that are connected to your laptop, or the laptop’s usb sockets themselves?
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·15 days agoYeah I read it multiple times and atill have no odea what it supposedly says
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoI frequently wonder whether English is Michael’s first language, because he has some extremely strange but remarkably consistent linguistic quirks in his writing.
minus-squareLiveLM@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoHuh, I was able to parse this one just fine. Now those Rock Paper Shortgun headlines are hell
What? Is that title english? Am i confused?
I’m reading it as “A Linux driver for ThinkPads is ready to start reporting damaged devices on your system - starting with bad USB-C ports.”
Headlinese is kind of ruining this one.
Fixing the typo (‘damage’ instead of ‘damaged’) would’ve gone a long way.
i think the the “s” on devices is also important to make it make sense
So, usb devices that are connected to your laptop, or the laptop’s usb sockets themselves?
I assume the latter.
Yeah I read it multiple times and atill have no odea what it supposedly says
I frequently wonder whether English is Michael’s first language, because he has some extremely strange but remarkably consistent linguistic quirks in his writing.
Huh, I was able to parse this one just fine.
Now those Rock Paper Shortgun headlines are hell