Re: Computing chops (was: Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control)

On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:57:50 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in
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vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:16:06 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in
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pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

On 2025-03-28, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

On 2025-03-27, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

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Realistically, Joel would be fine using a Celeron with no more
than 8GB of RAM.

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Ridiculous, that would function more or less, but not very *well*.
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Some people should not be allowed anywhere near a computer.
You are one of them.

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That's just spew, I'm a fairly accomplished computer user, you
aren't better than me, you aren't so great.  You're just a leftover
from times past, which is why you make such idiotic political
statements. You're an emotional thinker.
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Sugar, I was using computers before you were able to poop in your
diaper.
I started out feeding punched cards into an IBM 3505/3525 card
reader/punch.
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You consider yourself an accomplished computer user?
Like snit you have no clue.

 
I would absolutely compete with you, I'm perhaps younger but I'm not
that young, I have a long history with computer use.  You're not
better than me.  You're just a relic, in truth.

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Now now, let's not devolve into a pissing contest/cat fight/whatever
this is turning into.
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While pothead's politics are atrocious, they do know a thing or two
about computers.  You, I'm not so sure about -- after all, you think
you're Jesus.

 
 
What does my identity have to do with what I know about computers? I'm
as good as the next computer nerd, we're all skilled.
 
 

Meanwhile:  what was the last large software project either of you
compiled?
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ObLinux:
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For me, it was Pan, preceded by a few minutes by Linux 6.14.
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(ng snecked)

 
 
I just use Linux effectively, I don't have to compile things from source
as a general rule.

Wellugh, okay.

I hate to say it, but I don't think you _need_ 32GB of RAM -- you just
have it because RAM was cheap and it made sense to buy matched RAM.

My number-crunching colo server that I bought for HA experiments has
32GB.

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