At this point, the feddiverse is growing fast, and demeta/degoogle/dex are not new concepts.

At this point, it isn’t about what service you use, but what you post.

Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024

Using that as a product name will introduce more risk of errors, and for the main consumer, businesses, it makes more sense to use a short product code.

Imagine an IT manager ordering new monitors, they can just call their supplier up and say:

Hey, I need some new monitors, can I order 8 new U2724D monitors and 8 new U2724DE?

Instead of saying

Hey, I need some new monitors, can I order 8 new Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024 monitors, and 8 new Dell Ultrasharp 27” 1440p 2024 monitors with the built in dock with networking?

The first one is far easier to parse and make sure you get the stuff you want, the other is far more prone to errors.

This is not even getting into the issues with product databases and inventory management.

Ok there are often resons for the madness.

Lets look at the naming standard of Dell monitors:

I have a Dell U2724D as my main monitor.

The syntax is [Series][Diagonal Size][Year][Ratio/Resolution][Features]

In my case the code for the Series is “U”

Since about 2010 their standard series has been:

E: Essential - Normally a TN anti glare panel, internal power, simple stand, 3 year warranty.

P: Professional - Normally an IPS anti glare panel, internal power, height/rotate adjustable stand, 3-year warranty.

S: Small Office/Home - Can be IPS, TN or VA panel, usually external power supply, slim stand, 1-year warranty.

U: Ultrasharp - IPS anti glare panel, internal power, height/rotate adjustable base, 3 year warranty.

UP: Ultrasharp with PrimerColor - additional color gamut.

AW: Alienware - High-end gaming

C: Commercial displays - Large format (50"+), for conference rooms and classrooms.

Ok so looking at my monitor, U2724D, we can see that it is from the Ultrasharp series.

The next section is the diagonal size, Dell uses two digits to represent the size, in my case it is 27, so I have a 27" monitor.

Then we come to the year section, this tells us the year the monitor was released, in my case it says 24, so my monitor was released in 2024.

Then we come to the resolution part:

S: standard ratio - 4:3 or 5:4.

no letter: computer widescreen - 16:10

H: HD widescreen - 16:9

W: Ultrawide - 21:9

D: QHD - 1440p

Q: 4K - 2160p

K: 8K - 4320p

In my case, the resolution letter is D, meaning my monitor is a QHD/1440p monitor.

Finally we have come to the Features section:

C: USB-C input - can accept DisplayPort over USB-C.

X: HDMI cable included, instead of standard DsiplayPort cable.

T: Touchscreen

G: nVidia G-sync

F: AMD Freesync

J: Wireless charging stand

Z: Videoconference camera

A: Monitor arm included, no stand

E: Ethernet networking, works like a proper dock.

S: Built in speakers.

My monitor does not have any extra features, but my dad has the U2721DE monitor which has a built in dock and networking.

The reason for the annoying names is to differentiate features, series, year releases and more.

Nicole! You know, the Fediverse Chick!

Our communal GF!

See, she is also into me!

Nope, dogs/wolves have evolved for speed, not endurance.

Humans have evolved for endurance, we hunted by stalking a prey until it was too exhausted to keep going or to fight back.

Eh, it means that I won’t steal your pen, calm down

Number 6, I like how the ink flows

This can probably only be enforced legally, not technologically…

I am a hobby photographer, and I am interested in some photo editing software, I heard great things about DoX Photo Lab, and wanted to check it out, I am not opposed to paying for software, if I get a perpetual license for a version, ok, they have that, looks good, so I try and find a trial version, ah, sweet they have that as well!

But I need to register to get access to download it…

Sigh…

Just allow me to get a trial version without registring, then I can decide later if I want it, I have bought several programs this way!

The only thing you will accomplish with forcing a registration on me in this case is a database full of temp emails…

STOP. DOING. THIS.

I need to see the regulations before I make a prediction.

No need, they can simply say that if the fuse is blown, the warranty is voided since the fuse will only blow if the device is used outside of its intended purpose

Have an e-fuse that is programmed to blow when this happens killing the keyboard?

1. The entertainment industry is not known to it’s job security, the earnings need to cover downtime as well.
2. Agents, artists have agents who get them their jobs, from what I understand they are often paid a percentage of the fee that the artist charge, so not all money goes to the artists pocket. The agent also knows the industry and how much an artist is worth to the productions, if a movie has a famous actor, it can be a huge draw and vastly increase earnings, since the actor is a draw, they should be compensated well.
3. When an artist gets well known in the industry, they have many more opportunities, so productions need to pay more to get the artist they want, this means booking a schedule way ahead in the future, blocking that time off from other projects.
4. It can be VERY physically demanding to change their appearance from role to role, one role might require the actor to play an overweight character and shortly after that production wraps they may need to play a character in near physical prime.

Note that I am not an actor or artist, I am an IT guy who has little inside knowledge, though this should be a reasonable explanation of what is going on

Apparently yes.

Clearly a spam call, ignore

rips off mask, exposing horrible insect head

“How did you know?”

Then you ask your friend for some sugar in water…

It is almost like I had not heard it for many years, was tired and didn’t catch that before posting (:

This started it IIRC:

https://youtu.be/l_bTTUihfx0

It spawned this music video:

https://youtu.be/k85mRPqvMbE

Excellent!