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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I actually enjoy* fucking around with older-ish computers and making them kinda useful again

^*^ ^involves^ ^lots^ ^of^ ^cursing^ ^and^ ^groaning^ ^when^ ^things^ ^don't^ ^work^ ^and^ ^I^ ^have^ ^to^ ^troubleshoot^ ^or^ ^start^ ^over^

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Narrator: "However, that Vic-20 would never be useful ever again, despite what he told himself."

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Its a good hobby. I have a 14 year old Iomega network drive that I loaded Debian onto. It will serve audio or samba shares without overloading the 256MB of memory

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I knew someone that worked at an Audi dealer that can recognize everyone's voice and associate their purchase.

I called him 4 years later to inquire about a new Audi and he asked me how my TT was treating me and if I was ready for a bigger car(I mentioned that I was going to start a family soon).

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Born politician right there. Seriously, some of the shittiest villains in politics would nonetheless wow you with how they can legitimately work an entire room full of people, remember names, make you feel special, etc.

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Honestly, if I was in the market in buying another car, I would love that kind of personalization.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Making a paper airplane that looks like a star trek shuttle

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yep. Long as there isn't an insane amount of wind. Light breeze can carry it quite a ways

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I can pop mine by using the muscles that open close the escutcheon tubes

[–] DanForever@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think this skill could easily translate to one of those "lore keeper" or "continuity expert" jobs people have on TV shows.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Script supervisor?

They must have been one of the main markets for Polaroid. They must have been dejected when production stopped.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can build majority of flat pack furniture without the instructions, first time, every time.

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

Do you have any leftover screws?

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

Never! Unless they gave me too many...

But seriously I don't use the self tappers or nails they give you as they awful, made of soft cheese.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Astounding!

I'm in awe of you. Genuinely

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I can throw dog treats with absurd accuracy and nearly always bounce/spin/toss them right near my dogs. Until I point it out.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I have this same skill, but with voice actors.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

My SO can identify all actors by voice (she follows all films by ear because she's playing some kind of Candy Crush game — several of them, because she runs out of levels). And as a lot of them are foreign, and dubbed, she'll tell me that this was the guy that was doing the voice in (litany of roles).

Of course I have to pick films accordingly. She's never seen Tenet.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Me with anime

Granted I watch mostly >decade old stuff dubs, so it's mostly the same 30 VAs in every show

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If it's an elf woman that ~~may or may not be particularly~~ is either extremely horny or ace, i have a pretty solid guess of the English voice actor...

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What, I said guess 🤣. Maybe check again I'll try

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

writing code that doesn't need a browser to run on

[–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oh man so much love went into crafting code for low end MP3 players in the Rockbox project, then everyone ended up carrying around smartphones with tons of compute and memory resource to waste

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I used rockbox on a recent holiday for my ipod 6g. It's always my go to for holidays so i don't need to use up my phone's battery

[–] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Man I still use my iPod with rockbox. A terabyte of storage and a massive battery and I never have to worry about giving streaming revenue to pedo rapists like red hot chili peppers, or worry about rumors being true about pedo rapists like panic at the disco

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

Preposterous! What can code run on if not a browser!

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 17 hours ago

most code from the before times, from the long-long-ago, actually didn't need a browser, and could fit on a floppy disk!

[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 97 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I know we’re all here for the LOLs, but just a quick reminder: it’s ok to enjoy things without being able to monetize them.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 days ago

Very wise.
Do you have a Patreon?

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[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (5 children)

God forbid we have a piece of our lives that isn’t monetized for the grind.

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[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My useless skill is software development ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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

Don't feel bad, I used to work as a writer.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

clearly you have a long road ahead of you if you still can't escape your backslashes lol

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[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I think recognizing a person by hearing them once would be useful as:

  • spy
  • bouncer
  • detective
  • headhunter
  • diplomat
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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago (5 children)

My father was frustratingly difficult to watch movies with, because of this exact thing. He would pause the movie to explain that the actor on screen had been in some other obscure movie a decade ago. It was especially bad if two actors had previously worked in the same project, because then he would start listing off other cast and crew they had worked with in the past.

Okay, great, please press Play. I just want to watch the goddamned movie.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ah shit. I do this and I just assumed my kids were cool with it. Thank you for being the mirror I didn't know I needed.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Your kids might appreciate it. Just ask.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

I'd be cool with discussing it afterwards. That kind of thing is really interesting to me. My dad doesn't know shit about fuck though.

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[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 4 points 1 day ago

I know the year most Disney movies came out. Not all of them, but probably more than I should know. Generally, I know the year of release for most movies I have seen.

When it comes to remembering useful things, I might as well have dementia.

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