m0xEE @m0xee@librem.one

@thatguyoverthere @albertcardona @gemlog
My computing power needs seem to be only diminishing over time — I'm typing this reply now on a ThinkPad that is nearly two decades old 🤪 Sure, its age shows, but I can still find uses even for this machine.

@thatguyoverthere @albertcardona @gemlog
There is not a single computer I own that is less than a decade old and at least some of these computers still fit the bill. Well, in it's time all of them were top of the line hardware — that, at least in part, explains the longevity. I think if I get one of the more beefy System'76 laptops or Framework, hell, even the already old HP Dev One — I'd be easily set for another decade.

@thatguyoverthere
And then use cryptocurrencies to anonymously pay the electricity bills of your neighbour to whose line your top-secret server farm is wired illegally 🥷
@threat

@threat
FFS, even this is considered suspicious nowadays? 😩

@gemlog @albertcardona @danielgibert
Other than that, average *consumer* should probably be fine with anything that is "younger" than a decade and in many cases older than that.

@gemlog @albertcardona @danielgibert
I have no idea what the computing power of modern CPUs is used for. Sure, there are those who work with video or with professional audio in real time (these loads are often also well parallelized), there are those who often build huge projects (although there are few which might indeed benefit from more than a dozen threads), there are those who use many VMs and there are server loads — also well-parallelized.

@ferrous
Both are in working condition and both were popular models so it's easy to get refills and I think even parts for them — although I never had to.

@ferrous
I have two: old Epson dot-matrix one and also old, but much less so, HP Laser Jet. For the former I even have a standalone print server, but I don't have a good permanent place for it so it's mostly not used, cartridges for it are dirt-cheap and I have a few — so if I have a lot to print, I can always use it, and the latter is connected to a machine that is always on, so it's also kinda networked.

@lain
Does it work well with screenshots and memes?

@ZySoua @metallcorn
Энергосберегающий стелс-режим 😹

@mono @kopper
Non-stick catting 😹

@gnarley_boot
They have gods' phone numbers 🤭

@kirby
The backend is equally terrible — I mean… it's fucking Node.js!
Except for that fork that aims for a complete rewrite of it in C# — as bad as it is, it's still better than Node.js — a whole ecosystem built on top of GoogleShit™, what can possibly go wrong? 😏

@meduza_unshackled
Ха-ха-ха-ха! Но слоган — это пять!
«Сначала была буква, потом было слово»,— это олицетворение прогресса, движение от простого к более сложному, стало быть тут — обратный прогресс, или, выражаясь проще — деградация 🤣

@khm @drewdevault
Exactly! The movie gave me the feel that intellect became socially ostracised and considered useless and maybe even harmful, the protagonist gets into trouble because acting logically gets him somehow rejected by the system, those who become his allies also feel that something is off, but they don't have the *skill* to figure out what exactly — and they are soft of social outcasts in this system themselves, they have never made it high up.

@Hyolobrika @dwarf
Perfect for my favourite bulgur dish 😋