I hate using a phone. It’s small, the screen is tiny, the keyboard sucks (all touchscreen keyboards suck), you can’t have more than one thing in the tiny screen at a time (yes split screen exists and Android has freeform windows, but they suck even more).
A desktop is a breeze to use. It feels liberating to use after being on a phone.
I program on pc. Programming on phone is pretty terrible, I have spent a decent amount of time doing this and you kinda need to accept that a lot of regular dev programs on termux don’t work. And you also have to accept using the terminal for everything
Being able to program with a mouse is pretty convinient for things like debugging
Fair. But you also conceded that you can do it on a phone, just not as efficiently.
My comment specified “outside work.”
I think a lot of people downvoting and defending their PCs so . . . vociferously are just old and set in their ways. Not everyone is a programmer/coder.
You have options that are infinitely more efficient and less annoying than babysitting a PC.
I get personal preferences, but saying the words “more efficient than babysitting a PC” is on a whole new level.
I guarantee I can type faster on a full keyboard than you can even talk and can simply get things done faster and more efficiently on a computer than you can on any mobile device.
At some point you must face the question: Are you using a PC because it’s how you’ve always done it?
No, I don’t have to face that question, because you have no idea how old I am. You’re blindly assuming that I only started using mobile devices well into adulthood, and you’d be wrong.
My keyboard works just fine. I’m sorry yours doesn’t.
I didn’t say my keyboard “doesn’t work”, I said “sucks”. The difference in ergonomics between a (relatively) tiny mobile touchscreen keyboard and a full sized mechanical keyboard is like comparing a 40w lightbulb to the sun.
At some point you must face the question: Are you using a phone instead of a PC because it’s how you’ve always done it?
Edit: to be clear, both of these comments (and 99% of my comments on Lemmy) are all done with my phone using the keyboard that “sucks”.
I mean, it’s been a lot of work lately because I’m learning a new OS and mucking about with shuffling some data around on a couple different drives, but for the last 5 years or so, the “work” involved in keeping my desktop running was mainly plugging it in again after moving to a new apartment.
Ugh sounds like my nightmare. I try to keep the phone away and only use desktops or laptops. I just use the phone for calls, texts, photos when I don’t have a better camera, Lemmy/rss and some light web browsing.
It’s me. Outside work, I dumped PCs a decade back and have lived a much better digital life.
I seriously get annoyed at the amount of work it takes to keep a PC running.
I hate using a phone. It’s small, the screen is tiny, the keyboard sucks (all touchscreen keyboards suck), you can’t have more than one thing in the tiny screen at a time (yes split screen exists and Android has freeform windows, but they suck even more).
A desktop is a breeze to use. It feels liberating to use after being on a phone.
Then get a larger phone or a tablet and a keyboard. You have options that are infinitely more efficient and less annoying than babysitting a PC.
At some point you must face the question: Are you using a PC because it’s how you’ve always done it?
EDIT: I happened to open the Voyager app and saw your comment. I responded within a minute. My keyboard works just fine. I’m sorry yours doesn’t.
I program on pc. Programming on phone is pretty terrible, I have spent a decent amount of time doing this and you kinda need to accept that a lot of regular dev programs on termux don’t work. And you also have to accept using the terminal for everything
Being able to program with a mouse is pretty convinient for things like debugging
Fair. But you also conceded that you can do it on a phone, just not as efficiently.
My comment specified “outside work.”
I think a lot of people downvoting and defending their PCs so . . . vociferously are just old and set in their ways. Not everyone is a programmer/coder.
I get personal preferences, but saying the words “more efficient than babysitting a PC” is on a whole new level.
I guarantee I can type faster on a full keyboard than you can even talk and can simply get things done faster and more efficiently on a computer than you can on any mobile device.
No, I don’t have to face that question, because you have no idea how old I am. You’re blindly assuming that I only started using mobile devices well into adulthood, and you’d be wrong.
I didn’t say my keyboard “doesn’t work”, I said “sucks”. The difference in ergonomics between a (relatively) tiny mobile touchscreen keyboard and a full sized mechanical keyboard is like comparing a 40w lightbulb to the sun.
At some point you must face the question: Are you using a phone instead of a PC because it’s how you’ve always done it?
Edit: to be clear, both of these comments (and 99% of my comments on Lemmy) are all done with my phone using the keyboard that “sucks”.
It took you two days to type that out. I did this in 30 seconds.
Checkmate, atheists.
Nah, I just have a life and only do quick replies to you while I’m in the washroom. Otherwise, I’m doing more useful things like everything else.
You keep your computer in the washroom?
I guess you missed the part where I replied to you that nearly all my Lemmy comments are done from my phone.
Readings hard, huh?
I chose to ignore some of what you typed. You know, emulating you.
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I mainly just turn mine on. Not a lot of work.
I mean, it’s been a lot of work lately because I’m learning a new OS and mucking about with shuffling some data around on a couple different drives, but for the last 5 years or so, the “work” involved in keeping my desktop running was mainly plugging it in again after moving to a new apartment.
Sir this is a Lemmy’s
Ugh sounds like my nightmare. I try to keep the phone away and only use desktops or laptops. I just use the phone for calls, texts, photos when I don’t have a better camera, Lemmy/rss and some light web browsing.