I feel like in that case laws would suddenly exist for billionaires again, for just that case. “You defrauded the government!!”

Well I’m truly not trying to argue with you I’m just saying how I read it and I presume from the other comments how they read it too.

The question wasn’t a problem. The repeated implications that it’s too many is obviously what annoyed people.

Fair enough, but not everyone is your kid. Needing to have things plugged in at once shouldn’t need defending. I would prefer to leave things plugged in if I can. USB supports that, so why wouldn’t I?

The thing is though, every situation is different. I’m glad the designers of USB did not think like you do. Having the ability to use a lot of devices might be rare but it’s definitely been needed before, whether or not others can imagine it.

Doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in your imagination.

Yeah, but from Apple’s perspective, a lot of shitty things make more sense but I still ain’t okay with them :)

I was thinking of trying to do hackintosh before I switched to Linux. I think I dodged a bullet.

I mean, it’s pretty easy to imagine needing 10 USB ports. I think I’m using around that many myself on my desktop. Then just add a couple more for things that may be things needed temporarily.

What in the world kind of job makes you set up a Hackintosh?

Probably a contractor role at a company that uses some Mac software in the role they’re hiring for. So it’s more of a situation of “do you have a Mac you can use for this job?”. That’s my guess anyhow.

but why would you need [thing that is already technically possible and could conceivably be needed]???

Are you an apple dev?

Wow, that sounds pretty ridiculous. I rarely have seen it for years with ads but every time I have, it’s been pretty disgusting. I have also had the feeling I was watching more ads than content, which is very far overboard.

Without a graphics card? Of course not. Without 3d acceleration? Definitely not. Quake 3 was by far the most taxing game I was aware of when I came out. I barely saw any computers that could run it with maxed out settings until probably a year after it came out.

Probably quake 2. Quake 3 likely wouldn’t have run the best on a 3dfx card but I think it would have run.

Yep true

I mean, you might be older than me but I doubt it :)

I remember when YouTube was cool, before Google bought it. But at this point that was a relatively short time period. I know they bought it to make money and that’s not even necessarily the worst thing. My main issue with Google regarding YouTube is the slow enshittification of it. I remember when there was either no ad, or a 5-7 second single ad for a whole video. Those days are way gone though.

I think people have two problems with YouTube. 1 it is Google and therefore monumentally evil. 2 they started the service as free then enshittified it slowly. It’s not like they just added a few ads then left it alone. They have relentlessly added more and more ads to the point it’s disgusting. I think if it was always one way or the other, it would get far less hate. Me personally, I probably need about 30 minutes of YouTube per month. I’m damned sure not paying for that and due to said ads getting worse and worse, I’m using an ad blocker for sure.

Language is imprecise. What I’m saying is that I have known many, many boomers who actively do not give a shit about their fellow citizens. Millennials tend to give a shit. Be pedantic about it if you will, but I’ve no doubt that if such a study existed to measure this, there would be data to back up what I’m saying. I do not wish to enter into an argument about this or the words I used. I think my point is a fair one and many people have noticed the same trend.

Boomers are by and large objectively less ethical than the generations that followed them. However, no sweeping generalization can really be true and even if they could be, the original post here is not helpful.

No see it’s really hilarious. Why? Because it’s awkward and bizarre. Still don’t get it? Shitpost tho!!!1

Goddamn people are so reactionary