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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • At least usb-c is convenient and not prone to die as micro did. And sometimes small things about how things are done really matter - I just wrote another comment about my skill of effortlessly plugging usbs in at the back. But when it comes to hdmi - fuck me, why didn’t they make the edges smoother? The cable only plugs in if you approach the port at exactly 90 degrees and fully aligned, wiggling doesn’t help. I don’t have to blindly plug in hdmis often, but I recently made several updates to my pc+audio+tv+retro console setup, so it was painful when I was picking right cables for everything.
    Usb-C easily plugs in every time, one anxiety source less!


  • One of my first jobs was working at a computer store. We had like 40 pre-made desktops, connected to monitors. They all had windows with a Flash file at the desktop, that would show slides with special offers and such, if you start the file. Every fucking morning you would turn all desktops on, take a wired mouse, plug it into the first machine from the back, open the file, unplug, next…
    I can still plug stuff in at the back pretty fast, but back then I had a muscle memory of the expected height of ports, and for popukar case models I didn’t even need to touch anything at the back. Plus, I still find it comfortable to use my mouse while standing, with my leg as a mousepad.
    The most useless skill I perfected
    Note: “Why didn’t we use an autorun script for that?” - because someone would have to disable it when a PC is sold.