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2023-12-05 23:23:53

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@npub109x…wvvl wtf is the alt-left?

2023-10-29 22:41:56

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@npub1qz2…nlrg You mean like all the 1 stars I keep seeing on archive.org for Windows 98 and XP ISOs from people who don't realize that the first CD key that comes up on Google is not a master key that unlocks every Windows install CD ever?

2023-08-30 21:49:13

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@npub1l3g…vu48 Not bad at all! I really want to start fooling around with mobile Linux. Postmarket looks like an interesting project but the most supported devices are mostly oddballs (well, that or ancient, lol), at least around these parts.

2023-08-30 20:17:12

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@npub1l3g…vu48 My understanding is it's the most supported recentish, reasonably capable mainstream device. Been wanting to pick one up for that very reason, but they still go for fairly decent prices, and I don't like having a phone that much to begin with, let alone enough to buy another for $300+ lmao

2023-08-30 14:17:58

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@npub109x…wvvl @npub1mf4…glar @npub1qzc…yetl 1. I didn't realize this was a necro'd thread, because I replied to a recent post, and 2. I'm not @npub1mf4…glar, so you're coming in a little hot. I'm not here to fight; I left that shit at Twatter, or Y or whatever tf it calls itself now.
And you know damn well when I said "these aren't open questions," I did not mean "cease your investigations, citizen." My point is that the scientific community collectively agrees that this is not a question of "hey, are these numbers weird?" so much as "WTF DO WE DO ABOUT THESE NUMBERS!?"
But the great thing about not living under a big red People's Rock in mainland China (to be clear, I don't think they're living in ignorance, so much as a dystopian gov't that squashes dissent) is that we can bicker back and forth about it freely, across borders (and oceans, apparently).

2023-08-30 13:18:00

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@npub109x…wvvl @npub1qzc…yetl These aren't open questions, and have not been for a long time. The threats have already arrived. I may live in a landlocked place with mild weather (that suddenly has regular tornado warnings every year, which was not the case for the first 25 or so years of my life), but that is not the case for everybody, so saying that the "threats will never come" is basically saying "everything is okay, until it affects me."
Ask any Pacific Islander if they have any doubt in their mind whether sea levels are rising. You'd be hard pressed to find much doubt among those who have watched the ground they walk on recede year after year.

2023-08-13 05:33:47

Welp, too late to turn back now 🤷
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2023-08-11 22:29:42

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@npub1ztx…t572 @npub1l3g…vu48 probably having a boat load of fun, by the sound of it.

2023-07-29 10:50:33

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@npub1ztx…t572 @npub1l3g…vu48 Windows Explorer is perfectly acceptable. Finder has its charms but feels like an unfinished prototype, which is unfortunate.
But every discussion I've ever seen on the topic sounds to me like they just go about things from a different angle, and those more familiar with one often find the other incomprehensible, so I'm willing to concede that I'm just more comfortable with the Explorer way, because I grew up on Windows.
Linux-wise, Jesus do we have some awful file managers. Dolphin is the only thing that feels anywhere near complete, but much like everything else KDE, it can be too much of a good thing. Nemo is "fine" but it's basically the Basecamp of file managers (aka minimum viable product). Everything else does something annoying or incomprehensible that my brain has chosen to wipe from memory as a self-defense mechanism (that or I'm just getting old, lol).

2023-07-14 14:13:55

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@npub19fy…n5nv Regardless of whether or not I agree with you (I'll get to that lol), in this case, and many just like it, 50% of the viewport is literally nothing, which would be fine, except that reading the content is made difficult by the how narrow its parent container is.

2023-07-14 12:15:16

You ever notice how the entire web is built on like, 3 or 4 idomatic templates? Most of the time just because that’s how it is, not because that’s how it oughtta be?
I can tell you that my general experience of browsing websites with code blocks is hopping into Stylus to make the content column wider, and then make the code blocks a whole lot wider.
Because there’s nothing that says usability like the content I actually came to see shoved in 500px wide div with “overflow-x: hidden”
My favourite is when the main content has a max-width of under 900px—and hey, don’t get me wrong, for long form text, shorter lines are better—but the container is left aligned, and the fixed social icons overlap the content 🤦‍♂️
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2023-07-10 11:55:52

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@npub1r4h…u0jf Honestly I don't love the space requirements of flatpaks, but from a "I just need to install this and use it and not think right now" standpoint, I definitely appreciate having the option available.

2023-07-10 10:37:51

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@npub1r4h…u0jf They are fun, aren't they? So fun I occasionally want to see how high I can make mine bounce by throwing it off my balcony 😁

2023-07-10 07:32:20

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@npub1r4h…u0jf Interested to hear the results, assuming you're inclined to share.

2023-07-10 05:58:57

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@npub1r4h…u0jf How so? That’s surprising, considering Mozilla’s entire mission, and the vast troves of educational materials they produce on the subject (to be clear, not doubting you. Genuinely curious to hear your experience).
I’m not thrilled with Firefox myself, since switching back about a year ago, but mostly for fiddly things like auto-fill not working for payment info, for example, but I’m also un-thrilled enough with the omni-box to never ever go back to Chrome.

2023-07-07 23:48:41

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@npub1wst…ez75 Did it come beautifully pre-riced? Or did you just move over your already beautiful config immediately?

2023-07-04 02:40:27

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@npub1r4h…u0jf Oddly enough, I have yet to see a single penis. My fedi feed is basically the anti-Omegle.

2023-07-04 02:39:33

I am incredibly amused. I alluded to this on bird site before I ever even joined the Fediverse, as an incredibly half-assed joke Twitter clone I was going to put together from scratch. I even bought the domain that day because .one's were on sale for like $1.50.
Thankfully, I am a hoarder, and I still had the work of art that is the magenta side-eye golden retriever logo I put together, before remembering I'm way too busy to be building a Twitter clone nobody will ever use to make myself laugh.
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