• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Anyone else here baffled by why people take pictures of text instead of just copying it? The latter is inherently more useful …

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      4 months ago

      i mean images allow for syntax highlighting to carry over, so I prefer them if my relation with the code/log is going to be read-only

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        Just run the copied text through the same highlighter, then.

        Or use a platform that supports text formatting.

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      4 months ago

      For memes; I screenshot on my phone. Takes less time and makes the print bigger for my old friends.

      Anything actually important I will copy and paste.

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      4 months ago

      copying some text is more annoying to format. Sometimes i copy paste wiki text, but the formatting is a little fucky, and the notes are a little fucky wucky.

      Also phones are a terrible UI, so people don’t use them properly.

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        4 months ago

        I haven’t used writer or anything like that in so long that I forgot about that. I think most apps allow you to press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste without formatting. Images sound worse though.

        I like copying from terminal to terminal…

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          4 months ago

          yeah on PC it’s generally a lot better, you could also just dump the output to a text file and call it a day. That’s a personal favorite of mine.

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      4 months ago

      Proof of authenticity? If anyone sends you a block of text, the formatting could be compromised, there could be auto correct mistakes, they could have left out important feedback clues from the terminal output.

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        4 months ago

        Proof of authenticity? I have gimp.

        Also why does your auto correct edit things you paste?

        If the important feedback from the terminal is out of view a screenshot still doesn’t help. The entire output piped into the clipboard is far more useful.

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          4 months ago

          Are you seriously suggesting photo manipulation is a risk factor for sending and receiving software crash reports?

          Manually typing or copy/pasting is vulnerable to typos, auto correct, formatting issues

          If the important information is out of view of the screenshot, that’s a skill issue that exists above the method of communication.

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            I don’t think there’s a reason for anyone to fake crash reports. But an image still doesn’t prove anything.

            How is ctrl+shift+c, ctrl+shift+v vulnerable to those? (Or do you mean typing it by hand? That sounds really inefficient).

            Almost all crash reports are multiple pages long, I wouldn’t call missing relevant information a skill issue.

            I’m starting to wonder if we use vastly different setups…

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          Oh yes indeed, sorry, well, when you kernel panic or are inside a VM, copying is not always an option!

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          4 months ago

          I understand what it means in context here, but what does GP stand for? Figure it’s not a typo of OP.

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                4 months ago

                This is the first time I’ve ever encountered “GP”. Most people I’ve seen just use “OP”, and people just understand which comment the person is referring to based on context.

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      4 months ago

      You might not be logged in to the program you want to share the text with on that device. If you mean screenshots I don’t know either.

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        4 months ago

        A photograph, if you’re severely airgapped, is better than nothing, but chiefly I’m whining about screenshots.

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      is complaining about this while totally OK with the exact same thing occurring with the post

      “but it’s not the same because […]” aaaand you have the answer to your question

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        Who said I was okay with it? Screenshots of text instead of the actual text accompanied by a link to the original tweet etc. is a stupid trend and I don’t know why people prefer it.

        For the record, though, it isn’t the same because tweets are limited to a few hundred characters, and the font size is usually pretty big, so they’re usually easy to read through a screenshot. Crash logs are – how shall I put this – not, especially when they’re often photos of computer screens because crashed software, especially on servers, rarely lends itself well to taking actual screenshots.

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    4 months ago

    PD ALERT #8008132 on Pants Rotation: Escalation, Critical Outage. Reply 14:ACK 16:Resolve 17:Escalate