What was your last “impulse buy” and was it worth it?
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Fancy jar of honey from the grocery store for me. Tasted pretty good.
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Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 260. Stuck Linux mint on it (because I'm a Linux noob). £170, cheap.
It's pretty great. I just wish I could get a consistent touchscreen experience because I like to fold the keyboard back and use it like a tablet in bed. It works like a charm on Firefox, but outside of that, the touchscreen is hit or miss. I just want it to work like an iPad or Android tablet in terms of navigation (swipes, long presses, etc.)
Overall though I'm pretty happy with it. Excellent for torrenting and file management and mostly lightweight shit.
Try running GNOME on it. It has pretty good touch support.
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may i ask which model it is? im looking for something similar lol
Sure! It's this one:
https://x-plus.store/products/n150-netbookOf course windows is going to be replaced the moment it arrives
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Fancy jar of honey from the grocery store for me. Tasted pretty good.
I bought one of those inflatable raft things that you can fill with water and lounge in (it has an inflatable pillow and cup holders!) and it's still in the box. I bought it in early June and then got very, very sick and by the time I felt better, I just...forgot about it.
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I bought a pint for an acquaintance at my philosophy discussion group because he was moving away and this was his last session. I'm pretty poor at the moment, so even a small purchase like this was a lot. It was definitely worth it though, because it convinced him to stay for a while longer than he would have (the group session is held upstairs in a pub, but afterwards there's usually informal discussions that continue downstairs in the main pub).
It felt very much like I was performing human socialisation in a deliberate, but nice way. I already told the dude that I would miss his presence at the group, but buying a farewell drink for him was a way of reiterating that sentiment.
Wholesome
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it was all pretty sweet back in 2013
No argument there! I also had a 970 back when it was new. Upgraded to a 2070 and I am still on that one. The 970 was pretty great, even got two of them at one point, then found out how useless SLI was and gave it to my mother lol.
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Fancy jar of honey from the grocery store for me. Tasted pretty good.
I've been rewatching my favorite anime, "Super Dimension Fortress Macross", and I impulse bought the PS2 game on Mercari. Cost about ¥2,000, but I've been enjoying the hell out of it.
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Fancy jar of honey from the grocery store for me. Tasted pretty good.
Bought trackball mouse
My workflow is not as fast as before but it is so much more comfortable, definitely worth it.
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Sure! It's this one:
https://x-plus.store/products/n150-netbookOf course windows is going to be replaced the moment it arrives
Of course windows is going to be replaced the moment it arrives
I bet people will look at you weird when you pull that thing out in a coffee shop
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Bought trackball mouse
My workflow is not as fast as before but it is so much more comfortable, definitely worth it.
I've been using trackballs for 25 years. What do you think of the M575? I've got a fleet of old and tired M570s that will need replacement soon.
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Fancy jar of honey from the grocery store for me. Tasted pretty good.
Bought some frozen burgers, the TGI Fridays sliders. They're alright. Problem with them is I can eat the entire box of four in a sitting.
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Made a lateral upgrade from GTX 1080 to 6600XT. The performance is more or less the same but compatibility with Linux is much better for gaming. Games finally "just work" and was totally worth it for me
I've still got a GTX-1080 in service on my "HTPC." Which...is starting to be a problem, honestly. It's getting to where that card is too old to support things, like Bazzite's HTPC system apparently involves things the GTX-1080 can't do. It's a kickass graphics card but it's also a decade old and software has moved on. And I hate that shit, computer hardware outlives itself too damn often. I've got a literal pile of perfectly working ten year old computers.
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Pickles, is that you?
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Fancy jar of honey from the grocery store for me. Tasted pretty good.
I was going to wait to purchase Silksong until I actually had time to play it... and then I ended up buying it on release day. I've only played a few hours but damn did I enjoy it.
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Try running GNOME on it. It has pretty good touch support.
I've actually already tried Gnome, which definitely works the best with touch. It seems to lack the amount of system settings that the standard cinnamon DE has though.
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Pickles, is that you?
What is that from? She's pugly.
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Fancy jar of honey from the grocery store for me. Tasted pretty good.
Chicken buillon powder at the Asian Market.
It's nice! I like it better than the store brand I normally get.
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What is that from? She's pugly.
That's Pickles Aplenty from the netflix show Bojack Horseman, specifically season 6 episode 11 at around 21:40.
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That's Pickles Aplenty from the netflix show Bojack Horseman, specifically season 6 episode 11 at around 21:40.
I've seen the show, but not in years. Thank you!
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Bought trackball mouse
My workflow is not as fast as before but it is so much more comfortable, definitely worth it.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I had to reconsider. My thumb joint was grouchy after a few months.
Edit: my clone reminds me he absolutely loves his neu-logitech-trackpad thing he uses. He likes that it's got three buttons instead of two and a dinky little rolly-nub, and he wouldn't part with his without a fight (and he's trained in pistol, c-7 in 'party mode', sword, staff, hands, and impolite words, so he'll have it even after the fall of society)
