Ian Douglas Scott

Compiler of compilers.

Github: https://github.com/ids1024
Blog: https://iandouglasscott.com
Location: SF Bay Area

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2025-04-29 00:58:40 GMT

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The word that comes to mind for me is "anschluss".
Not sure why I don't seem more people making that comparison. The similarities are not coincidental.

2024-11-09 18:34:07 GMT

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What is it called when everyone is your enemy instead?
If there a complete alignment chart of aircraft identification systems?

2024-11-09 02:48:22 GMT

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Pedro Oberon

2024-10-12 00:49:07 GMT

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Some people do that too. (But then the same hold for them.)

2024-09-03 05:00:44 GMT

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Obviously the real Linus Torvalds would only use a fediverse server that lets you post using `git send-email`.

2024-08-23 03:23:01 GMT

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Client-side, we've done some work on integrating accesskit into Iced, but that still needs to be finished.

2024-08-23 03:22:34 GMT

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Proper support for screen readers on Wayland will require some kind of agreement in the ecosystem on how to handle screen reader shortcuts.
Though in the mean time it looks like it wouldn't be too hard to patch at-spi2-core with a backend to support a cosmic-comp specific mechanism for that. I've been looking into this recently. Then that's something that could be proposed upstream at least as a demonstration of what's required here.

2024-08-21 05:11:15 GMT

The #COSMIC desktop environment, powered by the gay agenda.
The panel/dock run applets as separate processes that create a #Wayland window for the panel to display. So with a native Linux game like Celeste, that works with `SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland`, it's possible to run in a panel applet.
It "works" if you can play with a lot of the window cut off. I wonder if Gamescope could be used to do funny tricks with scaling (why not add a third Wayland compositor to the stack).
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/998/260/690/541/116/original/485e3fdd90d9249c.png

2024-08-12 01:20:10 GMT

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There is no law of conservation for garbage. You can always produce more.

2024-06-10 04:24:07 GMT

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Apparently some countries have citizens use smart card readers to use their ID cards online. That at least should be possible to use securely.
If it's just handled by having you enter your ID card number on a bunch of websites, it might as well just ask you for social security number and mothers maiden name. (If you ever forget your SSN, you can always buy it from hackers on the darkweb.)
The other concerns apply regardless of how it's implemented.

2024-06-10 03:30:11 GMT

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Even if I thought this was a good idea (not inherently bad for profiles that are tied to my legal name anyway) I don't have much trust in their ability to implement it in a way that isn't stupidly bad in one way or another.