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2022-05-01

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hackers.town: 2022-05-01 Sun 00:37

another one of those things where “give myself half an hour” was actually three hours.

That’s kind of annoying.

hackers.town: 2022-05-01 Sun 09:36

The docs: Your MacBook Pro supports 1 (one) external monitor.

Me: sweet I’ll just hook up my 49" ultrawide and —

My Mac: No.

hackers.town: 2022-05-01 Sun 09:42

@yenzie Necromancer party games are distinctive.

hackers.town: 2022-05-01 Sun 09:54

@riveck Well, my 2015 MBP would start wheezing connected to two QHD monitors, so odds are that’s right out.

There’s a thing called Displaylink that supposedly will let your macOS device support more monitors than in specs, but I haven’t felt like installing kernel exts just yet.

And I’m sufficiently content with the ultrawide that I likely won’t be looking at 4K any time soon, so no info from me on that.

hackers.town: 2022-05-01 Sun 18:42

@zkat I don’t know if it’s supposed to be like this, but yep that’s the way it has always been for me. Eventually less so.

It does produce a sizable endorphin rush when I finally get down something that looks kind of like what was in my head. So that keeps me trying.

hackers.town: 2022-05-01 Sun 19:51

She: “I was over-exuberant with the meat.”

Me: “yep. That’s what I love about you.”