Received my first 2 sets of programming socks. This one is black/purple, the other set is black/green. The more stripes, the better boost you get for programming, right?

I’ve been a programmer for many years but now I can finally go to the next level!

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      2 months ago

      Well, they are socks that boost your programming. So it makes sense, right? (I think it’s pretty funny too that it’s marketed like that on Amazon)

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    Those calves tell me this programmer taps their foot when they debug. Or when they think about being a cat boy 😺

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      Por qué no los dos? haha

      I have the big case of restless leg syndrome. I never really noticed my calves but I guess I do move my legs all day every day, so it makes sense? I cannot not move my legs while listening to music.

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      Well, shit just works? :)

      The reason I run it is because I hate gnome, and I can have a stable system without it becoming a second job. If I want to run a newer application, I can just use Nix if it’s not in the Ubuntu repositories.

      A friend of mine uses NixOS daily, but it’s far too much time I would need to spend to keep it working, and security updates on NixOS are just a nightmare. It’s great for one-off program runs though.

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        I was just kidding, it was a misleading joke that starts off implying your socks are disgusting (they’re not) but the punchline is your operating system.

        In the past I was the Arch btw meme guy, nowadays I install Mint and get the fuck on with my day. Just stick with what works, you’re right. :-)

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          Yeah I didn’t take it seriously, that’s why I put the smiley face. :)

          I used Mint for a few years at work. At the beginning it was pretty good, but over the years it kept breaking more and more, and there was no way to upgrade to a newer version of Mint at the time. I was already using Kubuntu at home and it was solid, so now I also run Kubuntu at work.

          The one thing I really miss about Mint is application vino-server. There is no good alternative for it anywhere, which is a shame.

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              I think I tried that, but it was nowhere near vino-server. With vino-server I could set the colorspace so low that it looked kinda bad, but the latency from home to work was unmatched. In all the other applications I tried I couldn’t set the colorspace that low (it crashed or wouldn’t start), which also meant that the latency was always too high to comfortably work from home with.

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                Ah, not an issue I’ve had to deal with so unfortunately no help there. Most of the time I’m accessing over ssh anyway (with occasional -X, none of those systems are using Wayland yet).

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      The left 2 displays are hooked up to my desktop (specs on middle display), and the laptop is standalone.

      I control both using 1 keyboard and mouse, using Symless’s Synergy program (version 1). There is zero latency, as I have both connected to a network switch below my desk.

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    I think fewer stripescis better. The wave should have, in my opinion, up to 10 periods, optimally somewhere around 5-7 periods. Yours have well over 2v periods.