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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 5 points 17 hours ago

There was some old interview with Linus. He said that the first thing people usually notice about the setup is the standing desk (this was long ago, and he was a bit of a trendsetter). The second thing they notice is the wall colour. It's used in mental hospitals. It has a calming effect on human mind.

[–] the_wiz@feddit.org 7 points 21 hours ago

And the guys who invented UNIX did so by using toggle switches and teletypes...

Yea because to make Linux and GIT you have to have starkly different world view.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 22 hours ago
[–] andybytes@programming.dev 5 points 23 hours ago

The computers get faster the code gets slower and tech bros slither into our DMs

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He should probably get that wood treated.

I thought it was a rug, assuming you meant on the bottom

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

Its the treadmill.

The treadmill gives you infinite power.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

I suspect the actual PC used is at least fairly powerful though. Like someone else said it's likely using ECC as its mission critial, so chances are it also has other expensive server parts inside. Not all powerful computers actually look like anything fancy at all. This post reminds me of things like the watercooling subreddit and the amount of effort and money they put into things like aesthetics, that don't actually improve performance at all. Even though the original point of watercooling was performance.

[–] foo@feddit.uk 18 points 1 day ago

The most recent info I can find (2020) is that he's using a Threadripper. I daresay he might have upgraded it by now, but it should give an idea what he goes after. There are a few links from reputable sources around that time, here's one.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/24/linus_torvalds_adopts_amd_threadripper/

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When i was still into building computers, i really liked elaborate watercooled builds. But the whole maintenance and the little gain wasn't even worth it for me. I don't wanna know how much an average watercooled pc is suffering

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Christ on a stick! As someone who builds computers for fun all I see is fan control modules and cables. So many cables. Cables as far as the eye can see!

[–] sulgoth@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could be daisy chained fans, I admit I don't know how many you can chain together though.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Still gotta be a mess in there.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Bottom needs a gamer chair to prove that he's a gamer. A gamer games 45% better with a gamer chair. That's why they're shaped 45% differently. Without a gamer chair, a gamer does not truly game. But it's very important that they see it.

[–] Zeddex@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

I feel attacked. For real though I actually do own a Secret Lab Titan and it is the most comfortable computer chair I've used. I bought one for home when our whole office was working remotely during COVID and liked it so much I bought a second one for the office, before I knew our company would purchase chairs like that. 🙃 I had assumed it was too expensive since until that point we just had shitty Staples chairs.

Ergonomics are pretty subjective though. I know people who use those big balls as a "chair" and people who swore by the kneeling chairs. Tried both and hated them.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago

Don't forget the Dew Drip® feedtube for max gameage.

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[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 247 points 2 days ago (16 children)
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[–] Darako@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

El puto Xokas xDDDD

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 211 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I keep getting caught off-guard seeing current photos of Torvalds. He's just like...a guy.

And honestly I'd rather my mission-critical software be written by "just a guy" than by whoever Mr. Battlestation is down there on the bottom.

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I remember trying to use one edition of MSDN (MicroSloth Developer Network if I recall correctly) on my laptop a few years ago. Whoever had developed the UI for it had been using a giant monitor because on a small laptop screen the article contents in the right-hand detail panel didn't word-wrap correctly, so reading the article required constant scrolling left-and-right with the horizontal scroll bar (which sometimes didn't even show up). For six months I just got in the habit of copying-and-pasting the contents into a simple text editor so that I could actually read the shit normally.

I've long advocated making developers use the shittiest equipment and no extra monitors, just to ensure that what we build actually works on most machines. I'm not a monster: the money saved could be used to give developers ACTUAL FUCKING OFFICES.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

There are browser tools to emulate different devices.

It's two button clicks to test layouts. Just laziness or lack of ability.

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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 164 points 2 days ago (19 children)
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[–] straightjorkin@lemmy.world 88 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why is this guy posing like he doesnt have the default windows background?

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

Why is he posing like he doesn't run Windows 11?

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[–] pelya@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not shown: a cubic meter of obscure developer boards and gadgets that hardware manufacturers randomly send to Torvalds to integrate into Linux.

Also his RAM is ECC.

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