ℹ️ Bilingual disabled socialist who can easily imagine the end of the world or the end of capitalism. Feminism is for everyone. 🗨️ I’m here for the social part of social media, for the rest I have RSS. 🔇 I turn the boosts off. 🤖 I make a reasonable effort to avoid anything made with machine learning. ✏️ If you see a mistake, an error or a typo, feel free to correct me! #DoDisturb
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Last Notes npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Bed Pull vs. Red Bull. Is that even a pun? It’s a visual or typographic pun, I suppose. Just in case: I don’t know anything about Red Bull, never had it, not endorsing it, simply making a joke. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew You know how they say that we know more about outer space than we do about the deep ocean? And then they keep discovering new planets in our solar system? New planets! Right on our cosmic doorstep! npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew #StarTrek brandied snacks (bars): Protein Torpedo. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew What boss, sorry?!.. https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/522/970/350/805/197/original/3ad92f35ead6f20e.png npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew What do #ChocolateRain, #NumaNuma, #OverlyAttachedGirlfriend, and #Firefox have in common? They’re no longer relevant. … (I use Firefox, BTW, so while this is a mean joke, it is also a sad joke.) npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew My first #fishshell script is very simple: #!/usr/bin/env fish set date ( LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 date +"%A, %B %-d" ) echo "date|string|$date" echo "" (It’s for yambar.) Even then, I had to learn how to set variables from commands and output them. Why am I learning fish? I’m diversifAIng… My hints are very subtle. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Original character, Donna Steel. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Charcuterie, Ouija and Surf walk into a board meeting. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I’m happy to use #VoidLinux, #Niri and #Fuzzel. You can guess whAI. #DOSBoxPureUnleashed recently moved to #Codeberg, so I’m guessing… npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I’m happy to use #VoidLinux, #Niri and #Fuzzel. You can guess whAI. #DOSBoxPureUnleashed recently moved to #Codeberg, so I’m guessing… npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew https://space_station.flydigi.com Huh. Need to test it fully before I praise it, but all hardware manufacturers should go this route. Win, Linux, Mac, etc.? Who cares, just open a browser! (They should keep offline apps, too. Just in case.) #Flydigi npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXSyQjppqG0 Something reminded me of this. Careful, can get stuck in your head! #WamdueProject #KingOfMyCastle #GhostInTheShell npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Of course there is #steamcmd, and of course I’m using it. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew It’s been a month since I moved. Putting everything else aside, I took this opportunity to continue my minimalism experiment. Sure, let’s call it that. Just a couple of thoughts. I really like the ultrawide monitor. There’s no other screen to distract me, but there’s plenty of space to open windows. As I said before, this is pure Void Linux — no Steam, no Wine — but that doesn’t help much with deciding what to play. Even if I ignore DOS and emulators, there are still too many games. 😖 npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew What would ReDeads look like? Do we know? #TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime2026 #OcarinaOfTime #TheLegendOfZelda #zelda npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew It’s fun to think that the suspension of disbelief was invented. It’s difficult to do that with theater for obvious reasons, but you can compare old and new fiction books. Nowadays, you’re immediately in the story, go-go-go. Back then, there would be a justification: Who is the narrator? Why are they telling the story? What is it about? Who it is intended for? An unskippable tutorial, if you will. And the language would not conceal the artificiality. It’s *a story*, there is *a narrator*. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I don’t know about planes, but if you can walk away from assembling furniture, it’s good assembling. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Pheature fone. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew If you believe that any actor can play any role, how do you justify casting? npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew You look at the design of the aliens in #Babylon5 — mysterious Vorlons, basically evil Shadows, Roman-looking Centauri, etc. — and think that it’s too on the nose. But then you look at Garibaldi and think that he’s the kind of guy who would have a podcast (yes, in *that* way). Life itself isn’t so subtle. (Explanation: Jerry Doyle, the actor, has a podcast. Yes, in *that* way.) npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Why people worry so much? Just put CAPTCHAs on important bits, those let only real humans through. AI apocalypse averted! (Is that too dark of a joke? I don't know. Have darker.) npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew My dog and I are now partners in crime for realsies. What crime? 🤐, but I don’t know any moral system that would consider it a bad thing, unless you are *really* into letter of the law. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew “I’m into g&t.” “Gin and tonic?” “Games and tech.” npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Cold months: septemBRRR octoBRRRR novemBRRR decemBRRR *cough* feBRRRuary npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Since the first release of #MSDOS, no American president has had a first or last name longer than eight characters. Just sayin’. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Probl-o-matic. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Star Trek: The Strange New Gimmicks Am I complaining? I guess I am complaining. But not *complaining* complaining. Just grumbling. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew #DesktopFriday https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/211/094/818/927/332/original/4edc3f972ea107fa.png npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Here’s a trick I just learnt: spawn-sh-at-startup "runsvdir -P ~/.local/service/" You put that in #niri’s config (should work everywhere). Since you launch Niri as a user and Niri spawns it in its environment, this solves a lot of problems. Isn’t #runit neat? #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting #voidlinux npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew #dunelegacy just in #voidlinux, huh. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew #devilutionx just in #voidlinux, huh. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Now what. #quake2 https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/177/837/252/875/695/original/30e52552739c3856.jpg npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I learned that wbg is pretty bad at #SVG #wallpapers, but #swaybg is perfect. Now I want to make more, with inspiration from https://simpledesktops.com #DesktopFriday https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/171/882/878/480/935/original/63f5290260e54c6d.png npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I learned that wbg is pretty bad at #SVG #wallpapers, but #swaybg is perfect. Now I want to make more, with inspiration from https://simpledesktops.com #DesktopFriday https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/171/810/313/141/565/original/58cde1c9ae4fe384.png npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Mutual assured distraction. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew As I said, I want to keep my new machine relatively free of games. The hard line is Steam and Wine, I suppose. But funnily enough, I already have #DungeonKeeper and #Fallout (both DOS), #Quake2 (#yquake2) and #OcarinaOfTime (#ShipOfHarkinian). You know, these ones: https://mastodon.online/@alsorew/110994208384851926 Perhaps I’m in the mood for something more familiar. In this world of ours, who can blame me! #4GamesThatImpressedMe npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Video? #mpv. Audio? mpv. Images? mpv. Wait, what? mpv. No, go back one. Images? Yes, mpv. Huh. mpv. PDFs in mpv, too? Don’t be silly! #firefox, of course. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I would be the first to admit that including concise statements in your profile can be helpful. I can quickly see what you’re into and what you’re not. However, there are plenty of issues I don’t want to deal with, no matter what side of an argument I’m on. Ugh! So, I added this to my profile: > 🤖 I make a reasonable effort to avoid anything made with machine learning. I can expand, but I hope it’s clear enough. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew What am I doing? I’m playing #quake2 with a #DualShock4 gyro for science. What? You don’t? That’s strange. #yquake2 https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/150/334/272/061/675/original/67d58c5eeac94ddf.jpg npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew BTW, press Alt+R. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Look at those chunky pixels! For some reason, the GOG version wouldn’t work in #DOSBoxPure. However, there is an obscure website – the name begins with an “a” and ends with “rchive-dot-org” – with an old DOS version of the game. Also, some time ago, I tested #KeeperFX on the #SteamDeck, and I was pleasantly surprised. You have to tweak the controls, but the default keyboard and mouse profile works well enough for both the RTS and FPS modes of the game. #DungeonKeeper https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/145/624/869/378/951/original/30f553ac9febd199.png npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…a236 No problem! Of course, don’t do this unless there’s a clear benefit. As you might guess, it was useful for me since I was jumping between multiple operating systems and also fun, since I was learning nu. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…a236 It’s written in nushell, so I don’t know how helpful it will be. But I can send you (or anyone, really) the file, put it on Pastebin, or do whatever the kids are doing these days. (I already see so many bugs! >_< Why is it “mmirrors”? I don’t know!) [2/2] npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…a236 > I'm only an intermediate level linux user with few years (& distros) of experience. Never stopped me! :D > My only edge is that I know what I want That's my approach, too. I want to learn enough to do something. Fortunately, it accumulates. At one point, I considered releasing "hey", so it even has help. However, I ultimately decided against it and accepted that it would remain in an "under construction" state indefinitely. [1/2] https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/145/326/216/067/615/original/80923d093bcc507e.png npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…a236 I have a wrapper for multiple package managers. `hey xbps install <package>` or just `h x i <package>`. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Wait, #DualShock4 works out-of-the-box on #Linux with the touchpad as a mouse and some gestures? Neat. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…49v8 🤐 npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew `###onetrust-consent-sdk` I won’t explain it, but you could consider this a rant. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew The least boring part of this setup is that I turned my laptop into a Nintendo Switch. What do you mean, the name is taken? Fine, I’ll call it the Nintendo Switch 2! Happy?! Basically, there are two magnetic USB-C plugs. One goes into a hub (USB switch to a keyboard and mouse, and HDMI), the other is just for power. Ideally, I would only need one plug, but none of my hubs (admittedly cheap) will charge the laptop for some reason. A problem for another day. #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I got an ultrawide monitor for watching those 2.40:1 TV shows. Joking aside, my setup is almost perfect with an external monitor. #wireplumber seems to be handling the audio, and #niri – the monitors, closing the lid, etc. #waybar gives the option to adjust some settings for different monitors while keeping everything else the same. As an added bonus, having two windows side by side would give you a resolution of almost 1280×1024, which is nostalgic. #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting #DesktopFriday https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/131/590/706/951/959/original/7e1f204d9e510fb1.jpg npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Someone can easily say, that #TheOrville is better than the current #StarTrek. The Mirror Universe it is. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 Real time combat? We could get too deep into the weeds here, but I think of CRPGs as only turn-based, with the active pause of Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, etc., as a separate but related branch. A rough definition (lines are always blurry, of course) is a game with turn-based combat, a character creator, somewhat free progression, and skills that work outside of combat, providing multiple ways to solve a problem. Fallout, basically. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 Party-based, turn-based, a lot of numbers, those CRPGs? Then there is something wrong with me, too. I was actually reminded about the Evil Islands game a couple of days ago. I realized that if you solo it, you will gain a lot more experience and resources. Plenty of naked companions standing in camps, yep. Can’t say I recommend that game, btw. It’s been too long since I played it to remember everything, but there is at least one plot point that is very questionable. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew There are people who inherently know whether it’s “leng-h-t” or “leng-t-h”, and I don’t like them. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…cqtz In theory, Niri should move all workspaces to an existing monitor when one disconnects and put them back when it reconnects. I’m not sure how reliable it is because I just started using a two-monitor setup. Another thing that can help is an “open-or-focus” script that opens a program or switches to it if it is already open. That way, you can at least find the program quickly :) npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…cqtz What kind? You can reduce the number of keyboard shortcuts by using “-or-” commands, such as “focus-column-or-monitor-left”. You can set the horizontal struts to 0 and set one of the preset-column-widths and the default-column-width to “0.99” to leave gaps for viewing the focus ring. You should dig into "niri msg" to write your own scripts to add features that you think are missing or difficult to achieve otherwise. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew TIL https://alex.dandrea.io/2024/07/20/fixing-idle-inhibitor-behaviour-in-firefox-with-wayland/ #firefox on #wayland is… a thing. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I am planning to write a second edition of Das Kapital, switching it to a classless, skills-based system. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew • https://niri-wm.github.io/niri/Configuration%3A-Key-Bindings.html • https://man.voidlinux.org/xkeyboard-config Also, since the Void version of Kanata cannot launch apps, I’ve been using it in combination with Niri anyway. Niri had a ridiculous shortcut, such as Mod+Shift+Ctrl+F, and Kanata sends those keys with just CapsLock+F. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I’ve figured it out! options "grp:shifts_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch,lv5:caps_switch,nbsp:level3,misc:typo" lv3:ralt_switch, misc:typo and nbsp:level3 give me a typographic keyboard. And lv5:caps_switch just gives me another button that I use as a keyboard app launcher (ISO_Level5_Shift+F → Firefox). Sure, I can't make the tap, hold and double-tap do different things, but now I don't need #kanata (no offense). #niri #typography #keyboard #VoidLinux #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/100/315/942/926/746/original/2e38015a8b6b0a4a.png npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…hl5m > font awesome icons that were displaying way too small If I may make a suggestion, check whether you are using the “mono” variant of a font. I’m not sure if Awesome has it, but the Nerd Fonts that include Awesome do. The mono variant would make every icon the width of a regular letter, making them pretty small overall. Apologies if you already knew that! :) npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I often see cars with rubber 🦆 ducks on dashboards. What are people trying to explain to them? *While* driving?! #RubberDuckDebugging npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I’m switching to the #NotoSans and #NotoSansMono fonts. I think I’m creating the most boring machine possible. Do you see the number of packages? 100. That includes NPM and AppImages. Another thing I did was set up states in #waybar that hide almost everything until a certain threshold is reached. I don’t need to know if the CPU load, memory use, etc. are below 30%; “call me” when they’re higher. I also swapped mako for #fuzzell’s relative, #fnott. #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting #DesktopFriday https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/092/053/533/222/879/original/e5a32fde58c0b186.jpg npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 Every day when I walk the dog. Animals walk on their toes, more or less. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew > When using ALSA sound output under Linux, the "sound.device" setting "default" is Mednafen's default, IE "hw:0", not ALSA's "default". If you want to use ALSA's "default", use "sexyal-literal-default". sexyal-literal-default 🤨 npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Argh, #waybar is so frustrating! On the one hand, you can do some really cool things with it; on the other hand, a third of the options don’t work for no apparent reason. {bandwidthUpBytesCompact} doesn’t work. {bandwidthUpBytes:U} doesn’t work. {%-H} doesn’t work. "format-en" doesn’t work. … Out of 9 modules, 5 are now custom scripts. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Here’s a quick #nushell tip for apps that don’t have auto-reload on configuration changes: let $app = the-program-in-question watch $"( $nu.home-dir )/.config/( $app )" { ps | where name == $app | first | kill -s 12 $in.pid } Launch it however you like. The command “kill -s 12” sends a reload signal. https://www.nushell.sh/commands/docs/watch.html npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I need to be careful here because this isn’t my lane but it’s fascinating to think about how many monsters in sci-fi movies were played by actors of color. Bolaji Badejo in #Alien. Kevin Peter Hall in #Predator. Ahmed Best in #StarWars. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Speaking of car games, if you tolerate #EpicGames, the extremely good #CaravanSandWich will be free next week: https://store.epicgames.com/p/caravan-sandwich-05ff58. I played it on the Switch, and it struggled a bit, so I’m kind of tempted. #EpicGamesStore #FreeGame #FreeGames npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I trimmed my game wishlist. Lately, it was for “oh, right, that game exists,” rather than “day one purchase!” or anything like that. Sorry, devs, but I already have too much. The fun part is that out of the 14 games left, 10 of them are about cars or something car-like. Huh. I guess, in every other area, I have a decent number of games, but not many of those. None of them are straight racers, though. They’re more survival-ish. Post-apocalyptic. Anti-war. You know, in my taste :) npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…nltl I’m even more out of my depth here, so I apologize if I suggest something very basic. Is `dhcpcd` running? It shouldn’t be if you’re using NetworkManager. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Why is everyone so concerned with inclines nowadays? … (It’s a “slope” joke, and if you don’t understand it, that’s actually not bad.) npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew https://shademap.app Neat. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…hl5m Do you want something better than what Waybar already has? https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Module:Keyboard-State I’m trying to keep my bar minimal, so I’m not sure why I would need one. It would be nice to have a state of media/function keys (those that you access with Fn+F1-F12 and that you can switch with Fn+Esc on many laptops and some keyboards), but I don’t think any of them can do that. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew People don’t know why the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attacking Wildberries and not the other Russian Amazon-like companies, Ozon and Yandex. I think it’s simple. Unsurprisingly, Wildberries doesn’t have good, or just consistent branding, but one of their most used “logos” is just lowercase “wb”. The “w” is two “v"s. The “b” is an upside-down “p”. Get it? vvp: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Besides, “wp” sounds like “vp” anyway. Solved! npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 You may know them by their brand names: Picross and Refuscross. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew “If the peasants had no bread, then let them eat the rich.” #MarieAntoinette npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew dEAd npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I updated something, and now my laptop’s speakers work. I’m concerned, though. Suspicious, even. (The speakers aren’t great quality, but they’ll do in a pinch.) npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 …and we never saw them again. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/03/multiple-flaws-in-googles-synced-passkey-implementation-allow-attackers-to-take-over-your-accounts/ You know the multi-unit mailboxes in apartment buildings? The ones where you can open your box with your one key, but the post office person can open the whole thing with their one key? Yeah. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Valve is steadily releasing updates to #gamescope, making the DIY #SteamMachine more and more viable. In fact, I’d say they’re almost on par right now: there are some benefits to going with an official machine/distro, and there are some benefits to building one yourself/choosing a distro you like better. The latest thing they fixed was my biggest complaint: how the gamepad would change back to the default preset for no reason. Now, the only issue is the glitchy UI – a minor annoyance at best. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Do you ever think, #MudRunner and #OverTheHill are cool, but what if you could transport a giant, severed hand of a dead god?¹ Why am I even asking, of course you do! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4067370/Prospice_Anomalous_Logistics/ It’s a playtest, so it’s a bit rough, but the driving is already pretty good. Also, it doesn’t have reliable navigation, which is great! Is this game made specifically for me?! ¹ – I don’t know if it’s actually a god. #prospice npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I don’t have any passkeys. I don’t have anything against them, but no one has ever explained why I need them or how they are better. I just tried to add one. The website said your system can handle them. I pressed the button in the browser, but nothing happened. Cool. Call me back in 10 years. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Most of the changes are hard to show. For example, since you can do “focus-column-or-monitor-left” and “move-column-left-or-to-monitor-left,” I drastically reduced the number of #niri keybindings to what I think I will actually use. I kept the logic of “Mod+” for navigation, “Mod+Ctrl+” for movement. I also didn’t want to cover a great wallpaper: https://www.mattvince.com/product/zelda-x-ghibli-desktop-wallpaper/ There’s more! It asks for an email, but you know about “10 minute email,” right? ;) #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting #DesktopFriday https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/013/183/573/996/827/original/8bee5d1bd67e6899.jpg npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…zw5g I’m wondering who we all are, too. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 You’ve been pun’d. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew No dealbreakers, but I think it’s important to mention that there are some problems. No sound from the laptop’s speakers, a known bug. HDMI and audio jack work perfectly, which is what I want. I gave up on figuring out the signals (the thing you send to a program – waybar). There are a million ways to do something, I’m fine. Styling, ugh… That gave me more reason to keep it minimal. As I said before, besides web browsers and image editors, I avoid anything GUI now. #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew #fuzzle is fun! I immediately made an emoji picker: `Mod+Period { spawn-sh "uni emoji all -f '%(emoji) %(name) %(cldr_full)' | fuzzel -d | awk '{print $1}' | wl-copy"; }` …and clipboard manager: `Mod+V { spawn-sh "cliphist list | fuzzel -d | cliphist decode | wl-copy"; }` #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew #mako is pretty simple but has a reasonable amount of configurability. You can customize how different notifications behave. For example, you can create volume and brightness sliders, place them in the middle of the screen, and make them disappear. All others would remain in the top right corner until dismissed. #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew Okay, #waybar… I’m not complaining, but I’m baffled by it. It’s as if someone decided #Conky was perfect, just arranging things horizontally was difficult. There are no modern niceties of any kind. Fine, now I have a multi-command script. It checks if the configuration was updated and reloads Waybar. It pulls some custom info. It even renders the clock because displaying the time as “9:30” instead of “09:30” is apparently problematic. #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew There is an infinite horizontal line of windows and an infinite vertical column of those lines. The navigation is simple and easy to grasp (the default bindings are perfect). Occasionally, I still move in the wrong direction, but it is very quick, so I only waste a couple of keystrokes and a little time. Just one complaint: there is no “open or focus” command, so I made my own. As a bonus, it opens a new tab in the browser if the last item in the clipboard is a URL. #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew At least let me write something… As always, questions are welcome. So, #niri. Why a window manager (compositor) instead of a desktop environment? It seems like the next logical step in choosing everything I want. I’m not going to rant about everything that’s happening in here this our neck of the software woods, but that’s feels like the only reason left to choose Linux over anything else. And niri makes much more sense to me than tiling wm’s. #NotFullyLiveVoidPosting npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 If it never breaks, there’s no need to remember how to fix it. *temple tapping emoji* npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew It seems to me that progress is when people improve their lives a little, giving them the resources to improve their lives even more. So what if billionaires finally convince politicians to tax them? Some of that money will go toward a universal basic income, another idea supported by billionaires. And while we’re at it, how about a four-day workweek? I would say that’s a plausible scenario we can work toward. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew `ls | each { update name ( open $in.name ) }` That alone gets you (OK, me) about 75 percent of the way to a working notes system. A scratchpad, if you will. #nushell is neat. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 “What time?” “What time what?” “What time Tomorrow are you gonna tell me who’s hacking?” npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew @nprofile…pqf3 Ready to edit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology_retelling npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew We need a franchise like #TheExpendables, but with women. #HalleBerry will gather everyone, as Stallone. #MichelleYeoh would play Lundgren as a no-nonsense veteran. #AngelinaJolie would play Willis, but with longer hair. #NicoleKidman would play Statham: white, but with an accent. #JenniferLopez would represent music. In a twist, #JamieLeeCurtis would play the antagonist. #LindaHamilton would make a cameo. At some point, the whole cast of #Oceans8 would pass by, like that bit in #ShaunOfTheDead. npub1r0vd5mmpefx6fg6cgnv7vrdrhshd7wkypgffxxptgpgdgjh776zq8fj22x Andrew I don’t plan on playing games on this machine. I was just testing my script for downloading AppImages. I swear! https://dusklight.org #DuskLight #TheLegendOfZelda #TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess #TwilightPrincess https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/934/793/720/896/505/original/6e62545eb8088abb.png