This seems like a very inefficient use of government resources.

If only there there was a department overseeing the efficient use of government resources.

So that politicians couldn’t doge their accountability.

Ducky keyboards are fantastic!

I currently have two, but have had a few others.

I started with a Ducky Shine 2 with white keycaps, orange LEDs and red switches, then killed it when I dropped a 2 L bottle of fanta on it, bought a Shine 4 with brown switches to replace it, then got a Ducky One 2 Skyline with blue switches and later a Ducky One 2 Tuxedo with blue switches.

Currently using the Skyline base with the absolutely fantastic keycap set Trailblazer from Alohakb:

https://www.alohakb.com/en-se/products/alohakb-trailblazer-cherry-profile-keycaps

I would like to have a white Duky One 3 base and put the keycaps on that, but so far I have not seen a white base from Ducky…

At this point, the feddiverse is growing fast, and demeta/degoogle/dex are not new concepts.

At this point, it isn’t about what service you use, but what you post.

Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024

Using that as a product name will introduce more risk of errors, and for the main consumer, businesses, it makes more sense to use a short product code.

Imagine an IT manager ordering new monitors, they can just call their supplier up and say:

Hey, I need some new monitors, can I order 8 new U2724D monitors and 8 new U2724DE?

Instead of saying

Hey, I need some new monitors, can I order 8 new Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024 monitors, and 8 new Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024 monitors with the built in dock with networking?

The first one is far easier to parse and make sure you get the stuff you want, the other is far more prone to errors.

This is not even getting into the issues with product databases and inventory management.

Ok there are often resons for the madness.

Lets look at the naming standard of Dell monitors:

I have a Dell U2724D as my main monitor.

The syntax is [Series][Diagonal Size][Year][Ratio/Resolution][Features]

In my case the code for the Series is “U”

Since about 2010 their standard series has been:

E: Essential - Normally a TN anti glare panel, internal power, simple stand, 3 year warranty.

P: Professional - Normally an IPS anti glare panel, internal power, height/rotate adjustable stand, 3-year warranty.

S: Small Office/Home - Can be IPS, TN or VA panel, usually external power supply, slim stand, 1-year warranty.

U: Ultrasharp - IPS anti glare panel, internal power, height/rotate adjustable base, 3 year warranty.

UP: Ultrasharp with PrimerColor - additional color gamut.

AW: Alienware - High-end gaming

C: Commercial displays - Large format (50"+), for conference rooms and classrooms.

Ok so looking at my monitor, U2724D, we can see that it is from the Ultrasharp series.

The next section is the diagonal size, Dell uses two digits to represent the size, in my case it is 27, so I have a 27" monitor.

Then we come to the year section, this tells us the year the monitor was released, in my case it says 24, so my monitor was released in 2024.

Then we come to the resolution part:

S: standard ratio - 4:3 or 5:4.

no letter: computer widescreen - 16:10

H: HD widescreen - 16:9

W: Ultrawide - 21:9

D: QHD - 1440p

Q: 4K - 2160p

K: 8K - 4320p

In my case, the resolution letter is D, meaning my monitor is a QHD/1440p monitor.

Finally we have come to the Features section:

C: USB-C input - can accept DisplayPort over USB-C.

X: HDMI cable included, instead of standard DsiplayPort cable.

T: Touchscreen

G: nVidia G-sync

F: AMD Freesync

J: Wireless charging stand

Z: Videoconference camera

A: Monitor arm included, no stand

E: Ethernet networking, works like a proper dock.

S: Built in speakers.

My monitor does not have any extra features, but my dad has the U2721DE monitor which has a built in dock and networking.

The reason for the annoying names is to differentiate features, series, year releases and more.

Nicole! You know, the Fediverse Chick!

Our communal GF!

See, she is also into me!

I have no explicit source for this scenario, but I am a 365 admin and extrapolated from my knowledge of Intune.

The way I see it, there is nothing actually preventing Microsoft from blocking computers from using personal 365.

Just look at the autopilot service in intune, you add a machine to it using either a machine ID or a serial number, then it is locked to that tenant and can’t be used outside of that with windows.

There is no checking of actual ownership of the device, and once a device is added to autopilot, it will prompt for a tenant logon even after a complete reinstall.

This means that MS will check any computer that checks in with their servers for their ID and s/n, and against a blocklist.

Now with 365, they can ban you from your own computer by simply flipping a variable from 0 to 1.

And it wouldn’t matter if you tried to reinstall the machine, as long as the HW identifiers on the machine are the same the ban will stop the machine from be used after being connected to the internet.

Nope, dogs/wolves have evolved for speed, not endurance.

Humans have evolved for endurance, we hunted by stalking a prey until it was too exhausted to keep going or to fight back.

Empathy is the cornerstone of a successful society.

By helping people who needs it, society as a whole will grow stronger.

Lack of empathy only causes cracks to form and will sooner or later ruin any society built from it.

Musk has once again shown himself to be an utter idiot.

Eh, it means that I won’t steal your pen, calm down

Number 6, I like how the ink flows

Good points!

So, to be a greencard holder, you need to run at least one social media account that is active?

I just realized that I have a huge number of NSFW pics on my phone, though they are in a separate paid app that hides them away…

Anyway, over the years I have gathered thousands of pics.

I am a bit confused as to why we don’t have landmines that has a chemical self disarming mechanism, I mean a compound explosive charge that would was armed by combining two liquids that reacted to form the explosive, but then slowly kept reacting to go inert after 10 years or so.

From the top:

• Seldom used pants, shirts and other clothes.
• Pants
• Shirts
• Shirts
• Shirts
• Underwear/Socks

lol nope.

I am happy with my 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV hatchback.

There are three outcomes here:

1. Trump disregards any security measures and put the portrait in the Oval Office.
2. Trump can only be convinced to put the portrait outside the Oval Office, he can’t be convinced to put it outside The White House, still no security meassures.
3. Trump gets convinced to have the CIA/NSA deal with it after obviously accepting it.

Personally I am 50/50 on either 1 or 2…

Sorry I should have been clear when I edited my post, the previous commenter was correct, I messed up the math.