Posts by anahata@tech.lgbt
(DIR) Post #A9NmGO8EWSxEQdIuZ6 by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-17T14:24:34Z
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I enjoy using lesser known, but more elegant, powerful, cleaner versions of popular tools, especially CLI tools. Things like tmux instead of screen, htop instead of top, doas instead of sudo. Got any favorites like this?
(DIR) Post #A9Q50CUOKRUF8DaC5g by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-18T17:10:12Z
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@elb @millihertz Didn't see this thread at first (my client didn't show me as I was replying) and I think it's hilarious that we all came to the same conclusion that it was TOPS. Absolutely not surprised that it came from IBM, though. Eugh.
(DIR) Post #A9Q5PjhE0FLLMQlIMy by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-18T17:11:36Z
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@millihertz @elb And then the 80s happened and it's been MS ever since. -_-
(DIR) Post #A9Q7CGcYzaXzKUHq2S by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-18T17:15:52Z
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I feel like my computing formative years were robbed from me because of the ineptitude of MS. The most egregious thing, I think, is the lack of memory protection. Sure, treat your computer like it's a microcontroller, just write whatever address you want, it'll be *fine*!
(DIR) Post #A9Q7CHuKD2LhJrbXMW by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-18T17:17:08Z
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Spoiler alert: it was not fine.
(DIR) Post #A9QVuzO6JGXzoRNcKO by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-18T22:11:45Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Wow, that's lovely
(DIR) Post #A9QlPGwj5h5WGkTRbc by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-19T01:04:44Z
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Has anyone else just looked through a #DnD or similar book just because you enjoy the worlds described, not because you're researching anything?
(DIR) Post #A9QnKI8DSLkePDbJTc by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-19T01:21:03Z
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I'd like to get into graphic novels as a medium, but it seems so many of them do this thing where they bold words in every panel and it completely ruins my enjoyment of the medium. It's *like* they *think* I *can't* place *stress* by *myself* based *on* normal *speaking* patterns *and* it *drives* me *crazy*
(DIR) Post #A9QnKJGlE4BFw0beQy by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-19T01:24:30Z
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I'm actually pretty pleased with and proud of the wordwise iambic meter of that rant. It's funny (at least to me) and it illustrates (exaggerated, slightly) my point really well, and it's deliciously meta.
(DIR) Post #A9RaiqC1McyokViT56 by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-19T10:39:39Z
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@vaartis @siina I would disagree that ZFS isn't needed for a desktop. ZFS is needed *more* for desktops because desktop drives are awful lying pieces of shit and you need ZFS to protect you from their awful behavior. Enterprise drives aren't much better, of course, but desktop drives are worse. Try it, if you can spare the memory for it.
(DIR) Post #A9UFLXgoTgD58e32Js by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-20T17:24:56Z
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@ParadeGrotesque So it's 1999 / 2000 again in Linux land? yay!
(DIR) Post #A9WsCOM46DpW6rtHl2 by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-21T23:49:22Z
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@soft I voted no because "lifestyle kink" to me is things like a 24/7 master/submissive relationship and that's not at all what I want. Not sure how else you could mean it, would appreciate clarification
(DIR) Post #A9YcDgPB2cgxk83GHw by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-22T01:23:38Z
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I have found the most British source file in all of open source: xiph/opus-tools/src/opusinfo.c. Several of the functions start with "oi". Clearly British.
(DIR) Post #A9YhJl7iuVvPsxbXKS by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-22T20:40:58Z
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fie(1): used on a file you dislike to express reproach for it, e.g. fie /bin/systemd
(DIR) Post #A9h5nLZN06psT34wRU by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-26T21:50:36Z
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Reading about #KDE apps like Konversation getting a rewrite using Kirigami and seeing a number of other apps adopt this kind of UI and... I'm worried. I don't want a mobile-first UI on my desktop. Is this where KDE is going? I don't want another GNOME. If I wanted to use GNOME I would. I want more functionality and features. Kirigami apps provide neither.
(DIR) Post #A9h5nMdf1drVme5slk by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-26T21:53:14Z
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I'm especially wary of how JavaScript seems to be the primary language for Qt Quick. I REALLY don't want JavaScript to be the primary application all my apps use. The entire point of using rich native apps is to *avoid* JS. This seems to be the way things are going, though, and... sigh. I cannot fathom why. Sure, C++ is awful, but Electron is worse. :(
(DIR) Post #A9qoEETsVwDNraLXU0 by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-31T14:39:25Z
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@wolf480pl @lynne We had hypervisors in 1972 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_partition). And furthermore, just because a project did something a certain way 30 years ago it does not, in any way, mean that it needs to keep doing things that way today.Wine might be providing the Windows API but subscribing to the MS model of software is unwise.
(DIR) Post #A9v2XO7qfNtN5c2moq by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-08-02T15:38:37Z
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@ParadeGrotesque It'd be perfect, but capitalism. Oh, and republicans, who are the evangelists of the almighty dollar.
(DIR) Post #A9w5sApVmyZ6xI1uxU by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-07-25T05:43:43Z
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Protip to drivers everywhere: honking your horn for 60 seconds has no greater chance of achieving what you want than honking for 5 seconds or even a fraction of a second. All you're accomplishing is showing that you're unable to manage your anger while in control of a dangerous metal machine.
(DIR) Post #A9xBO9VYvsO13Fj7IW by anahata@tech.lgbt
2021-08-03T15:52:10Z
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@lynne Excuse me, .ass subtitles?