The lonely tech post thread.

[Saul Goodman]

errm where's the mouse?

There are two of them, on the right of the picture... both Logitech

 

[existentialist]

Yes... Instead of spending 50 quid every 3 or 4 years to replace your mouse, you can spend 100 quid a year and keep the same one until we say you can change it.

I keep at least one spare mouse and keyboard "in stock", against Eventualities.

These eventualities almost invariably involve a glass of something alcoholic

 

[Artaxerxes]

I bought a 50 quid logitech vertical mouse at the start of the month and it broke my wrist for a week.

 

[two sheds]

I don't think they are, this is a mouse



you only need one of them and it's got a wheel and two buttons

 

[Saul Goodman]

I keep at least one spare mouse and keyboard "in stock", against Eventualities.

These eventualities almost invariably involve a glass of something alcoholic

They're essentials. Unfortunately, I set up a mini PC to run alongside my main PC, so both of my spares have been commissioned, and I need more

I don't think they are, this is a mouse

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you only need one of them and it's got a wheel and two buttons

Mine also has a wheel and two buttons But I reckon that one there ^^^ has at least 6 buttons, which is only a few less than mine

 

[two sheds]

I had a mouse with more than two buttons once but I never used them aside from accidentally clicking the bottom ones which took to you some random computer state.

You're thinking of getting another one or two mice? And it's fewer

 

[Saul Goodman]

I had a mouse with more than two buttons once but I never used them aside from accidentally clicking the bottom ones which took to you some random computer state.

You're thinking of getting another one or two mice? And it's fewer

A spare keyboard and mouse.
Actually, I think I have a new Corsair mouse somewhere.
Yes, I'd forgotten about that. You just saved me from buying a new one. Thanks.



You can't have enough meeces.
And I know, but a few fewer always sounds wrong, so I change it to annoy people

 

[Sasaferrato]

Yes... Instead of spending 50 quid every 3 or 4 years to replace your mouse, you can spend 100 quid a year and keep the same one until we say you can change it.

If you get three years out of a mouse you're lucky. Mine last about a year, the scroll wheels die.

 

[Chz]

Off topic somewhat, but you're reminding me that that aren't any good mousebidextrous mouses any more. I've got a really nice SteelSeries that's not right or left, but even they don't make one any more.

 

[two sheds]

what makes them ambidextrous? I can use both of mine with left or right hand and they're symmetrical.

 

[Chz]

what makes them ambidextrous? I can use both of mine with left or right hand and they're symmetrical.

It's rare that nice mouses are ambidextrous. Ones with adjustable dpi, switches rated for 100k clicks and that sort of thing.

 

[two sheds]

my mice are nice and they don't do any of that shit

 

[Chz]

my mice are nice and they don't do any of that shit

Ergo not nice!

 

[Lazy Llama]

I’ve had to put my nice Logitech 3-device Bluetooth switchable mouse in the cupboard because the parrot finds the rubberised coating irresistible and attacks it.
So I bought a cheap Amazon Basic wired mouse. Lasted two days before he stripped the cable.

I now have an AliExpress £13 Bluetooth track ball which has been great, and a hard plastic wired (fabric-wrapped cable) gaming mouse I got with a keyboard 10+ years ago.

Parrots are not “cool” IT friendly. My work MacBook has a keyboard protector to prevent poop seepage.

 

[two sheds]

With me it's just that I or the dog knock it on the floor. We've done that a few times and it always surprises me when they still work but (touch wood) they do.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I just went rooting, and I fear I may have a problem, not least with my memory, as I just found another Logitech mouse and keyboard



At least I won't have to buy any for a while

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Even in this crazy subscription driven world I predict this will sink like a stone.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Even in this crazy subscription driven world I predict this will sink like a stone.

It's worrying, though, because you know what else they said that about... bottled water. I laughed my bollocks off the first time I saw it. I laughed the first time I heard Adobe were going subscription only. I laughed when I heard BMW were going subscription for heated seats. Fortunately, they backed down, but Mercedes are charging 500 quid a year to unlock your 4 wheel steering. I wouldn't have believed Microsoft could get away with renting you games on a permanent basis, with no option to buy some of them.
We're allowing these companies to fuck us over, royally. It needs to stop.

 

[Sasaferrato]

It's worrying, though, because you know what else they said that about... bottled water. I laughed my bollocks off the first time I saw it. I laughed the first time I heard Adobe were going subscription only. I laughed when I heard BMW were going subscription for heated seats. Fortunately, they backed down, but Mercedes are charging 500 quid a year to unlock your 4 wheel steering. I wouldn't have believed Microsoft could get away with renting you games on a permanent basis, with no option to buy some of them.
We're allowing these companies to fuck us over, royally. It needs to stop.

I could not agree more.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

They're essentials. Unfortunately, I set up a mini PC to run alongside my main PC, so both of my spares have been commissioned, and I need more


Mine also has a wheel and two buttons But I reckon that one there ^^^ has at least 6 buttons, which is only a few less than mine

Why not just use a USB hub with a button to switch? It's how I do WFH on the cheap.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

It's worrying, though, because you know what else they said that about... bottled water. I laughed my bollocks off the first time I saw it. I laughed the first time I heard Adobe were going subscription only. I laughed when I heard BMW were going subscription for heated seats. Fortunately, they backed down, but Mercedesu are charging 500 quid a year to unlock your 4 wheel steering. I wouldn't have believed Microsoft could get away with renting you games on a permanent basis, with no option to buy some of them.
We're allowing these companies to fuck us over, royally. It needs to stop.

Unlike Adobe though it's pretty easy to just buy another mouse.

From what I'm told Gamepass is pretty good value if you play a lot of different games. I don't so it doesn't, but I've not seen anything I can only get on a sub worth playing.

All this bollocks comes because most companies prefer to fork out a monthly cost vs buying an expensive license. Op ex vs cap ex. Weirdly I can see the software companies POV for a product that has constant updates. Obviously I'm not paying it.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Why not just use a USB hub with a button to switch? It's how I do WFH on the cheap.

A KVM was my first thought, until I looked at the price of decent ones and thought thought 'fuck that', and I had a spare mouse and KB.

I hadn't actually planned on having two 'puters set up here, It just happened. I was sat here one day, feeling the warming heat from my PC, and I thought 'I wonder how much power that's using..." So I plugged in a power meter, and it was averaging 400W, for about 18 hours a day, so I swapped it with this N100 thing, which has no problem running Photoshop. I even run Solidworks on it for small jobs, and including 2x 27" monitors, a router, amplifier, Echo show and phone charger, it's at 75W, so It's saving me a fortune.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Unlike Adobe though it's pretty easy to just buy another mouse.

From what I'm told Gamepass is pretty good value if you play a lot of different games. I don't so it doesn't, but I've not seen anything I can only get on a sub worth playing.

All this bollocks comes because most companies prefer to fork out a monthly cost vs buying an expensive license. Op ex vs cap ex. Weirdly I can see the software companies POV for a product that has constant updates. Obviously I'm not paying it.

That's what'll stop them, the fact there are plenty of other mice available. But when all the big players decide to go down this route...
Gamepass used to be OK when they gave you three free games to own every month, then they took that away and replaced it with fuck all for more money, just as they're all doing now. Less is more, literally.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

A KVM was my first thought, until I looked at the price of decent ones and thought thought 'fuck that', and I had a spare mouse and KB.

I hadn't actually planned on having two 'puters set up here, It just happened. I was sat here one day, feeling the warming heat from my PC, and I thought 'I wonder how much power that's using..." So I plugged in a power meter, and it was averaging 400W, for about 18 hours a day, so I swapped it with this N100 thing, which has no problem running Photoshop. I even run Solidworks on it for small jobs, and including 2x 27" monitors, a router, amplifier, Echo show and phone charger, it's at 75W, so It's saving me a fortune.

Yeah a decent KVM isn't cheap. Especially for one that does the resolution and refresh rate I wanted.

I've got a switcher for just USB which is about 20 quid. Not so pretty, but two cables out of each monitor and I just manually switch them over on the OSD.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

That's what'll stop them, the fact there are plenty of other mice available. But when all the big players decide to go down this route...
Gamepass used to be OK when they gave you three free games to own every month, then they took that away and replaced it with fuck all for more money, just as they're all doing now. Less is more, literally.

Apparently if you use a VPN to buy it in Turkey you can save a few quid.

I suspect the future of console gaming is firestick like devices for a certain publishers games. Or just an app on your TV. And much like the current cluster fuck there will be multiple subscription services,

That said I don't think giving me random free games to own would entice me. It's not the cost of the things, it's the time to play then!

 

[Silas Loom]

Fucking OneDrive has rolled back a business-critical spreadsheet to 2021. It’s the worst cloud storage system possible, because it can decide arbitrarily to fuck up documents on the C: drive without offering any recourse through version control or rollback. Fucking Microsoft. It probably hates me because I’m using a cheapo Office Home and Student license, as well. Cunts.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Fucking OneDrive has rolled back a business-critical spreadsheet to 2021. It’s the worst cloud storage system possible, because it can decide arbitrarily to fuck up documents on the C: drive without offering any recourse through version control or rollback. Fucking Microsoft. It probably hates me because I’m using a cheapo Office Home and Student license, as well. Cunts.

I paid about twenty quid for the whole Office suite. I can't remember the year, 2021 maybe? Yep, 2021.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Fucking OneDrive has rolled back a business-critical spreadsheet to 2021. It’s the worst cloud storage system possible, because it can decide arbitrarily to fuck up documents on the C: drive without offering any recourse through version control or rollback. Fucking Microsoft. It probably hates me because I’m using a cheapo Office Home and Student license, as well. Cunts.

Assume you've no backup?

You could set it how you describe with a small bit of faff. Save files in another folder and then do a manual sync. But anything business critical should have a proper back up really.

 

[Sasaferrato]

A KVM was my first thought, until I looked at the price of decent ones and thought thought 'fuck that', and I had a spare mouse and KB.

I hadn't actually planned on having two 'puters set up here, It just happened. I was sat here one day, feeling the warming heat from my PC, and I thought 'I wonder how much power that's using..." So I plugged in a power meter, and it was averaging 400W, for about 18 hours a day, so I swapped it with this N100 thing, which has no problem running Photoshop. I even run Solidworks on it for small jobs, and including 2x 27" monitors, a router, amplifier, Echo show and phone charger, it's at 75W, so It's saving me a fortune.

I had a series of high end PCs, including water cooled.

Then my neighbour who is an IT professional asked me what I was using that Big Blue level of computing power to do.

My PC at this moment (or the chip at least) is drawing 7W, running browser and IPTV. The last one was drawing 450W.

 

[Silas Loom]

Assume you've no backup?

You could set it how you describe with a small bit of faff. Save files in another folder and then do a manual sync. But anything business critical should have a proper back up really.

Yeah, I know.