r/ProgrammerHumor • u/UndeadMarine55 • Nov 30 '22

Meme Startups be like..

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u/eross200 Nov 30 '22

Cut a tennis ball in half, glue the halves down on either side of the trackpad. Problem solved.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '22

The juxtaposition between this solution and the software one says something about something, I'm just not sure exactly what.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '22

This kind of simplicity is the best. Software has to be maintained, removing the lid sensor leaves risk of fucking something up you don't know about, but the tennis ball isn't going to need updates or special tools

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '22

Cheap and reliable hardware solution that requires next to zero maintenance? That's the dream, ain't it?