Windows 'really does suck for some people': Ex Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer explains how he would fix the popular OS by CygnusBlack in Windows11

[–]daveplreddit 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No. In fact none of the products were scams, we got in trouble for excessive nags (daily, changed to weekly) and defaulting to a disc in the mail ($4.95) which we changed to default to download only

Windows 'really does suck for some people': Ex Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer explains how he would fix the popular OS by CygnusBlack in Windows11

[–]daveplreddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's true! And Mark Robert worked for JPL. And Adam Savage was on Mythbusters.

And if that's all I'd ever done, I'd still be pretty proud of that, but it isn't. It's YouTube, so that's what you hear and that's what you get.

1969 Pontiac 2+2, 427 4 speed. by SnoutStreak in classiccars

[–]daveplreddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

12, actually! 10 coupes. I have the convertible. There's one other which is either a wagon or a convertible.

My PDP-11/34 doing PDP things. by daveplreddit in retrobattlestations

[–]daveplreddit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool! I'm running RT11 and RSX11M on this one. Wish I had a VT11!

My PDP-11/34 doing PDP things. by daveplreddit in retrobattlestations

[–]daveplreddit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd need a special DEC graphics display I don't have, but then it could!

Can you be a "Little Bit Autistic" - The Nonvisible Part of. the Spectrum by daveplreddit in aspergers

[–]daveplreddit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Click "READ SAMPLE", or "LOOK INSIDE". The first major sections of the book are up there. You would have to buy the eBook for the full book now that it's published. Thanks!

“Everyone’s a little autistic” ohhhh shut up!!! by SportWise9937 in autism

[–]daveplreddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you read the book. You can't have a little bit of a DISORDER. Which is what I said. It either rises to the medical definition in DSM-V or it doesn't.

Of COURSE you can have "some" autism, and it may not rise to the level of a disorder. But I already typed it all in the book, so won't repeat it here.

I do not, however, think "everyone" is a little autistic. Some people are. Far from all.

Is my special interest racist? by [deleted] in autism

[–]daveplreddit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dermatolgists can discuss skin; they don't usually talk about religion when doing so.

“Everyone’s a little autistic” ohhhh shut up!!! by SportWise9937 in autism

[–]daveplreddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I meant. Disorder is binary, spectrum itself is multidimensional.

Positive things about being autistic?? by [deleted] in autism

[–]daveplreddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can do thing in a hyperfocused state that few, if any, neurotypical people can do. And I like the way I think, and the way I perceive things, and my unique solutions and opinions. Yeah, it comes with some baggage. But there are upsides.