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chasteinsect

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  • Jolla Phone Pre-order Voucher

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  • I've never heard about sailfishos before. Are there any phones running it now? Also, forgive my lack of knowledge, but what's stopping people from running it on their samsungs or whatever?

    The whole thing does look interesting. Hopefully it picks up so that in 2 or 3 years when i'll be shopping for a replacement to my pixel 8 I'll actually have some good options.

  • New to Linux which OS to use?

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  • Its not that bad to start with arch it's not as hard as it used to be. I started with endeavourOS approximately a year ago and most things just work out of the box and you don't need to do much and honestly i find it easier than having to navigate layers of abstractions.

    Most of my time went into configuring stuff like hyprland, nvim and other stuff and arch just worked.

    I came with 0 linux knowledge, the only terminal commands i knew were cd and ls and if not for arch I don't think I would have been hooked on linux. That being said, I get it and sometimes it is frustrating but just putting it out there that it's doable.

  • Why use a terminal pdf viewer?

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  • Yeah I noticed the main AUR package was last updated in June 2024. Thought they abandoned it but the GitHub shows the last release was around the same time. Downloaded sioyek-git instead and it works great.

    I think I'm sticking with Sioyek. It checks enough boxes for what I need from a pdf viewer. Well documented, no performance issues, and it supports epub too.

    The command line tools, portals, ruler for reading, keyboard text selection, searchable highlights, easy file opening, marking. Really vim-like. Need to customize some keybinds but otherwise don't see a reason to look elsewhere for now.

  • Saw this ghacks article for speeding up YouTube on FF and seems to help.

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  • Just tried it, setting gfx.webrender.compositor.force-enabled to true made firefox unusable with all sorts of visual glitches so I changed back both.

    Kinda annoying. Somewhere a month ago firefox suddenly turned sluggish. It loads fine, video playback is ok as well, but the UI animations on the video player like seeking, changing volume, subtitles or video speed are really laggy.

    I switched to a completely new profile and tried disabling all of my extensions but it's the same. Kinda accepted it at this point and am ignoring it. It came out of the blue hopefully it gets fixed as well.

  • Why use a terminal pdf viewer?

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  • Oh Sioyek looks interesting. Also the blog is great !

  • Why use a terminal pdf viewer?

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  • I personally want something more minimal.

  • (Full Interview) Creator of Kitty Terminal and Calibre | Kovid Goyal

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  • What are the main things Wezterm does better than Kitty, in your opinion? Back when I looked at trying a different terminal I was just not convinced there's that much of a difference between say Kitty and the other hyped ones.

    That being said, back then I didn't need any of this session stuff and multiplexing as I used ZelliJ.

  • (Full Interview) Creator of Kitty Terminal and Calibre | Kovid Goyal

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  • Yep, he showed around Calibre in the interview and most of it's features. The calibre-server thingy is cool, you can host it on your home server and access your library from any device through a web interface.

  • Mozilla Firefox gets new anti-fingerprinting defenses

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  • Oh interesting I wasn't aware of how all of these things work. So even on the strictest CSS font visibility setting system fonts are not hidden (provided Document Fonts is enabled)? Local fonts I assume are hidden?

  • Mozilla Firefox gets new anti-fingerprinting defenses

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  • I remember thinking how strange it is that websites can know all of your installed fonts when I was playing around with https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ and https://www.amiunique.org/

    I'm on linux and I have some extra fonts installed. Just the combination of them alone is so unique to me that you don't need anything else.

  • What do you think the future of Windows is?

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  • It has a lot of momentum, so it will continue to dominate. But I wonder if it will decline over the long term as Linux continues to improve. Similar to how smartphones barely differentiate themselves from one another these days (compared to the past) maybe operating systems will have a similar fate. Maybe I’m a bit naive, but perhaps Linux will eventually have all the stability and ease of use of Windows, while also offering privacy, customization, and open-source benefits so there will be no real reason to use windows and the split will be more even.

    Maybe... eventually...

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • I didn't like it either on first play-through but I will try it again soon !

  • Using Vim is Amazing

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  • Using Vim is Amazing

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  • On a related note, try Vimium (FF / chrome extension) that brings vim motions into your browser. You will have a more complete experience.

  • Vienna's war on parking

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  • For those that want a quick summary, they're doing these things:

    1. Reducing Parking Supply, Not Increasing It
    2. Creating "Superblocks": This is a flagship project where the city designates several city blocks, restricts through-traffic, removes parking spots, and transforms the space. The reclaimed asphalt is used for:
    • Green Spaces: Planting trees and bushes to combat heat islands.
    • Public Spaces: Adding benches and areas for people to meet and rest.
    • Active Transport: Expanding bike lanes and pedestrian areas.
    1. City-Wide Parking Management:
    • Eliminating Free Parking: Since 2022, all on-street parking in Vienna requires payment.
    • Time Limits for Non-Residents: Non-residents are limited to two hours, discouraging long-term commuter parking in neighborhoods.
    • Revenue Reinvestment: The significant revenue generated (around €180 million annually) is funneled back into improving alternatives, specifically cycling infrastructure. This helps build public support.
    1. Empowering Local Communities ("Neighborhood Oasis" Project): Residents can petition the city to convert parking spots in their area into small green spaces or seating areas
    2. Providing Strategic Alternatives (Park & Ride): Recognizing that some car use is inevitable, Vienna built convenient, affordable Park & Ride facilities on the city's outskirts. These large, cheap parking garages are directly connected to efficient and affordable public transport (buses and trains), making it easy for commuters to switch modes for the final leg of their journey.

  • What FOSS projects do y'all donate to?

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  • That's cool. Never heard of PostmarketOS before.

  • What FOSS projects do y'all donate to?

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  • I have a set amount of "donation money" for FOSS every month. Most of these donations are not recurring, if i find a valuable FOSS project that actually helps me I give back some % of that amount, sometimes if there's a lot of them I flip between them. That being said I have donated now 3 months in a row to Hyprland since I use it and I think it's great.

  • How stupidly easy file recovery is on Linux

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  • All of my notes are stored in markdown files (Obsidian), don't use any other apps. Syncthing to sync between phone and PC.

  • How stupidly easy file recovery is on Linux

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  • Oh fascinating you can just do it manually.