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Techsmith. Passionate about open source, sustainability, and ethical software.

User of #alpinelinux and #openbsd.

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2024-08-10 20:08:15

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What architecture is this?

2024-08-04 09:27:04

@npub17gp…7p4g When I try to visit https://peertube.tv/ without Javascript enabled, the page tells me to "use one of the third party applications to browse this instance". The text "third party applications" links to a page which returns 404.

2024-08-02 09:32:47

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I didn't mean a popup dialogue, just a regular window.

2024-08-02 07:38:43

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Why isn't this just a regular windows instead?

2024-07-27 14:48:10

If you're writing a program that does XYZ and someone else writes another program that does XYZ with different tools and a different approach, they are not your competition. They're an opportunity to exchange ideas, insight and experiences. They're a perfect opportunity for collaboration, even if you both continue your own separate ways.

2024-07-27 14:16:14

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What headset do you have? Is it usable with glasses? I've been wanting to get one for some time, many don't seem to fit glasses.

2024-07-27 14:13:42

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Overcooked is a fun casual game for up to four players.

2024-07-14 18:12:30

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Steam works pretty well on Flatpak.

2024-07-11 11:42:59

I wrote a little tool in #harelang to implement hot corners for #wayland desktops: https://git.sr.ht/~whynothugo/wlhc

2024-07-10 10:46:21

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TBH, this is frequently in problem in the world of open source: a proprietary product has lots of dark patterns and anti-UX features with some nasty purpose.
Then some open source implementation is made, and in order to be familiar for users of the proprietary tool, they copy a lot of their UX, unintentionally copying the same dark patterns.

2024-07-10 10:45:01

Operating systems like iOS and Android are designed as media consumption devices (e.g.: for watching TikTok or Instagram). They are barely usable as a general purpose computer.
Several libre mobile operating systems aspire to imitate iOS and Android. With good intent: so that user familiar with these are familiar with the new libre OS.
The downside is that these new libre platforms are not well-designed mobile computer operating systems; they're mostly imitations of media consumption devices.

2024-06-13 19:04:55

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Alacritty?

2024-06-09 09:08:35

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Five servers getting lost in the mail is incredible. I can't imagine having to deal with this right after the attack and emergency migration.
Happy to see that IPv6 it working, and looking forward to EU payments.
What do you plan to use in place of Celery? Just Redis and Golang?

2024-06-09 08:57:36

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Hoorn and Enkhuizen are within thirty minutes and an hour of Amsterdam respectively (despite actually being a far away, the train is pretty fast).
I heard a few folks say that buying with a mortgage is easier than renting in this country and I have to say they weren't kidding. And your mortgage might even be lower than rent.

2024-06-02 15:36:43

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Will some of this x86 emulation stuff work on non-Apple ARM? Or does it depend on some exclusive CPU extension?

2024-06-02 12:46:40

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Are you sure this can't be expoited vi something like `apk update --repositories-file /path/to/fake/repo/file --allow-untrusted`

2024-05-26 16:14:55

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rss2email and rss-email will send you an email for each new RSS entry. If you keep your email in sync across devices, then the messages from RSS feeds will also sync their read/unread status. Plus, once you pull emails, feed items are available offline. I suggest using Sieve rules or something to avoid cluttering your INBOX.

2024-05-26 12:55:12

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Fuzzel looks so much nicer with no border radius!