misk@piefed.social to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agoLinux ThinkPad Driver Ready For Reporting Damage Device - Starting With Bad USB-C Portswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down13
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkLinux ThinkPad Driver Ready For Reporting Damage Device - Starting With Bad USB-C Portswww.phoronix.commisk@piefed.social to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up41·edit-25 days agoWhat? Is that title english? Am i confused? ThinkPad ACPI driver to begin reporting damaged device detection
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·5 days agoI’m reading it as “A Linux driver for ThinkPads is ready to start reporting damaged devices on your system - starting with bad USB-C ports.” Headlinese is kind of ruining this one.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-25 days agoFixing the typo (‘damage’ instead of ‘damaged’) would’ve gone a long way.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoi think the the “s” on devices is also important to make it make sense
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoSo, usb devices that are connected to your laptop, or the laptop’s usb sockets themselves?
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoI frequently wonder whether English is Michael’s first language, because he has some extremely strange but remarkably consistent linguistic quirks in his writing.
minus-squareLiveLM@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 days agoHuh, I was able to parse this one just fine. Now those Rock Paper Shortgun headlines are hell
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoYeah I read it multiple times and atill have no odea what it supposedly says
What? Is that title english? Am i confused?
I’m reading it as “A Linux driver for ThinkPads is ready to start reporting damaged devices on your system - starting with bad USB-C ports.”
Headlinese is kind of ruining this one.
Fixing the typo (‘damage’ instead of ‘damaged’) would’ve gone a long way.
i think the the “s” on devices is also important to make it make sense
So, usb devices that are connected to your laptop, or the laptop’s usb sockets themselves?
I assume the latter.
I frequently wonder whether English is Michael’s first language, because he has some extremely strange but remarkably consistent linguistic quirks in his writing.
Huh, I was able to parse this one just fine.
Now those Rock Paper Shortgun headlines are hell
Yeah I read it multiple times and atill have no odea what it supposedly says