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Who else gets tripped up by environments that are similar but not identical?
Example: the "refresh" widget is right of the address box in Firefox but left in Chrome etc.
...and the one that inspired this post.
I'm writing this on a dual-boot Ubuntu/Win10 box.
On both I run multiple desktops.
In Ubuntu the desktop switching shortcut is <ctrl><alt><arrow-key>
Try THAT in Win10! Good for a double-take if you haven't met it before.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Try moving the mouse around in a coordinated fashion after that, it's next to impossible!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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I once had a colleague who always held the mouse upside-down. She was a graphic designer and was drawing stuff like that with amazing dexterity.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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With the cord facing her, on the bottom of the desk, or using an old ball mouse as a trackball?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: Try THAT in Win10! Good for a double-take if you haven't met it before.
 And annoyingly, ctrl-alt-left-arrow did not revert it back! I had to go into display settings, fortunately it only mutated one of my three monitors.
You can stop laughing now. 
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You need to hit Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow to revert it to the default orientation. 
The keys are saying "this side up" not "turn it for 90 degrees"
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I've been fixing Firefox's UI to undo that ever since they got infected by internot exploited and moved it.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: In Ubuntu the desktop switching shortcut is <ctrl><alt><arrow-key>
Try THAT in Win10! Good for a double-take if you haven't met it before.
Is that not an Intel Graphics driver feature? Been around since before Windows 7 with it.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Nice bike-action. Would be a helmet, otherwise where would you mount the cam on?
Nice ads too. If you're paying more than a thousand euro for your bike, you're being played.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Depends on what you use the bike for. If the handle breaks when you're doing seventy in a downhill race, you're pretty much screwed.
Your face will look like a raw meatball and you will wish you had spent a few more dollars on it.
Yes, I've seen it, during my student years I worked as a bicycle mechanic at a bicycle shop.
Then again, the owner had an all titanium bike that cost like €8000, for the frame.
That he used between work and home.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Then again, the owner had an all titanium bike that cost like €8000, for the frame.
Most people will not be needing titanium.
A piece of pre-fabricated hollow steel frame is not that expensive.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I don't think anyone except maybe professional downhill racers need titanium.
For anyone else it's actually a really bad material since it's so flexible.
Personally I prefer steel to aluminum, the strength to weight ratio is basically the same, but steel isn't as prone to fatigue.
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Personally, I prefer something cost-effective. So yes, aluminium would do.
Titanium is what you buy if you want to brag
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Your face will look like a raw meatball and you will wish you had spent a few more dollars on it.
Kind of guessing though that a few dollars more will still not protect one from a broken neck.
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Oh hell no
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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Might need to inflate the tires on my bike. Pedal on over to the bar.
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Are they cheering at the end because he is still alive?
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Me and My Shadow
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: At least I hope he wears a helmet.
And a parachute in case he goes off the edge?
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The way I drive, a helmet cam would be very useful...
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That's some talent, and a whole lot of no fear.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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I was getting caught up on my Dilbert daily desk calendar and saw this one, Dilbert Comic Strip on 2014-07-15 | Dilbert by Scott Adams[^]
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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That can be done. No big deal.
P.S. Now I'm reminded of "blip-verts" in Max Headroom.
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