@WildEnte@vivaldi.net
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WildEnte

@WildEnte@vivaldi.net

Semi old, semi wise, full on silly humanist with interest in sciency things and all things #vivaldibrowser.

Motto: Nobody gets up in the morning with the intent to make my life miserable. Oh, and oderint dum metuant.

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WildEnte, to random
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Every so often I remember that I haven't listened to this song in a while. And then I so. And it blows me away, every single time. And then I listen to it three times in a row because I just have to. The story it tells, the melody, the intensity of the singing, the drums, the way the music drives home what's happening in the lyrics. Driving the Last Spike is always an experience. Love it.

https://youtu.be/aZrMQwM8owI

WildEnte,
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@publicvoit they'll never see the likes of us again!

mike, to random
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Hey @Vivaldi, what's the chances I could get a "Watch Tab" feature added? Have a configurable periodic reload (already a feature obviously) in the background and just notify either through a simple dot on the tab or a popup (having that a configurable option would be nice) when the page changes?

WildEnte,
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@mike @Vivaldi I think that's a valuable request, I took the liberty to post it in the feature request category of the forum

https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/97912/watch-tab-feature-indicator-for-periodic-reload-tabs-triggered-by-content-change

pallenberg, to random German
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Letzten November im Airbnb in Austin. Das ist das Wohnzimmer und 2h lang war ich fasziniert, dass die ja da ueberhaupt keinen Fernseher hatten.

Jetzt habe ich so einen Samsung "The Frame" fuer die Tech-WG mit dem @Casi bestellt. Die Dinger sind einfach sowas von sensationell

WildEnte,
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@pallenberg @Casi hm sieht schon nett aus. Aber der Stromverbrauch ist nicht unerheblich: "Considering the Frame is technically always-on, you may have reservations about the TV’s energy usage. In art mode, Samsung says a 65-inch Frame consumes about 50 watts of power." (Link unten)
Ich hoffe die Dinger gehen von alleine aus, wenn ich nicht drauf gucke (c:=

https://www.engadget.com/samsung-the-frame-tv-irl-153546368.html

WildEnte, to random
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May the Fourth be with you (I bet I'm the first one in your timeline saying this!). As a @Vivaldi afficionado, I obviously need to play around with a theme today.

The video shows a browser with the user interface themed to dark colors. The background image is slightly animated Jedi version of the Vivaldi browser's mascot Tony.

brucelawson, to random
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82 people are running to be President of Iceland, at least 11 of them accidentally. "As a content designer, I was intrigued. How could so many people accidentally start a campaign for President of Iceland?" https://uxdesign.cc/how-do-you-accidentally-run-for-president-of-iceland-0d71a4785a1e

WildEnte,
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@jon are you running?

jon, (edited ) to Vivaldi
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I have been building browsers for 30 years now. First Opera and now Vivaldi. My estimate is that more than 1 billion have used one of my browsers or both. Have you?

Feel free to share your story!

WildEnte,
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@HalleAndert @nick @jon one more here.

WildEnte, to Youtube
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Yey YouTube ads!

What @Vivaldi don't say in their release blog post of version 6.7 today: if you use the updated Vivaldi Feed Reader to watch subscribed youtube channel videos, you don't get to see any ads. Not sure how long this will work until Google shuts shuts this circumvention down, but right now if you're sick and tired of youtube ads, just use Vivaldi's feed reader (it's a great browser/mail program for everything else anyway)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E00sqFtAirI

Note that if you do that, you may want to consider other ways to support the folks who produce the videos, (which is generally the case with adblocking. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Make sure that people who create things you enjoy get something in return).

benni, to random German
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We ultralost dieser 12-Punkte-Plan der FDP ist, demonstriert am besten der letzte Satz des Papiers:

"Für die Kernfusion fordern wir die Modernisierung der rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen
mit dem Ziel eines Fusionsgesetzes"

WildEnte,
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@benni im Gegensatz zu Einhörnern existiert Kernfusion nachweislich schon einige Milliarden Jahre, und ist auch schon auf der Erde in Reaktoren gelungen. Dass die Technologie irgendwann da ist steht nicht so sehr im Zweifel. Die Frage ist wann, und da ist jede Frustration nachvollziehbar. Allerdings zeigen uns andere Beispiele, dass existente Legislatur zum Zeitpunkt der Nutzbarkeit einer Technologie extrem sinnvoll ist. Genschere, klonen, künstliche Intelligenz, Raumfahrt (wem gehört der Mond...).

Wenn dann irgendwann doch mal ein Einhorn entdeckt wird, dann tun wir als Gesellschaft auch gut daran, uns auf den Umgang mit denen zu einigen, bevor sie alles mit Regenbogen vollkacken.

WildEnte,
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@benni sollte irgendwann mal wer irgendwas in Deutschland investieren wollen, braucht es rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen. Über den Zeitpunkt darf man streiten

WildEnte,
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@mina ich würde mich zum Beispiel über eine Diskussion zum Umgang mit radioaktivem Müll (ja ich weiß, ganz andere Größenordnung als bei der Spaltung) freuen. Aber eigentlich habe ich mich auch nur gegen die Gleichsetzung von Kernfusion und Einhörnern gemeldet.

saschadiercks, to VivaldiBrowser
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Made a small update to my @Vivaldi mod. It adds some drop-shadow to active tabs (including tabs with background audio) making them even more visible and it adds a nice little transition.

You can still get it here:
https://github.com/saschadiercks/vivaldi-ui-mods

A small transition when tabs are changing states of being active or not.

WildEnte,
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@saschadiercks @Vivaldi love the stuff you do here. looks really cool.

jon, to random
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Monday is the #Eclipse. Are you going to be watching it?

I plan to. Never have before and this time I am lucky to be in the right spot at the right time.

WildEnte,
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@jon I'm going to watch the (if the weather permits). I also saw the 1999 one over Europe. Stunning.
12 August 2026 there's a total eclipse going north from Spain and passing over the western part of Iceland. Makes for a nice team event!

WildEnte,
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@jon it was all cloudy where I was. Hope you got to see the full thing!

timixretroplays, to random
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What email client are people using on desktop these days? Is still the go? My MS Office subscription gives me access to Outlook but it's terrible for personal use (arguably it's terrible for any use, but it's annoying enough that I don't want to use it even though I'm already paying for it).

I was going to make a joke here about going back to Lotus Notes, but it looks like IBM sold it back in 2019, so it wouldn't even feel nostalgic.

Boosts welcome.

WildEnte,
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@timixretroplays give the client that's integrated in the @Vivaldi browser a try.

jarnomarkus, to Vivaldi
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I installed newest Vivaldi Browser 6.6 in my laptop and phone yesterday. I used Vivaldi's first versions few years ago. In that time I had some compatiblity issues and "missing functions" issues with it.
For a while I have not used it, but yesterday I decided to test it again after reading some news about Vivaldi development and new functions.
Now I have to say that Vivaldi might be my new favorite browser.

WildEnte,
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@jarnomarkus Vivaldi comes with a helpful community built in. If you have a question how to really make it yours, just ask on the forum.

drahardja, (edited ) to cars
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I propose these levels of comprehension for (California) vanity license plates, from most inscrutable to most understandable:

(Most inscrutable)

  1. Physical comedy, where you have to manipulate the plate to get it: X32TTU8 (read it in a mirror), 3SI73 (flip over to read ELISE).
  2. Inside jokes. Only 4 people will get it: N4BLOOP. What the hell does that even mean?
    2a. Uncommon language plates. I think this one is a subcategory of Inside Jokes because most people have no idea what they mean.
  3. Topical memes for the Chronically Online: COVFEFE, SKIBIDI.
  4. Nerd references: NCC1701, GANDALF, FFFF00
  5. Car People Things That Only Car People Get: 997C2S, RMR6MT.
  6. Car People Things That Non Car People Get: GO2FAST or REVVIT.
  7. Major sports teams: 40NINRS or KCHIEFS.
  8. Description of car ownership: WIFEYV8 or BOBSLEX.
  9. Names and nicknames: SLAPPY or JIMBOB.
  10. Nouns: 3LATTES or SHIHTZU.
  11. Phrases: BRUHH or OHWOW.

(Most understandable)

Did I miss anything?

WildEnte,
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@drahardja would ROFLMAO be a valid vanity plate?

WildEnte,
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@drahardja would it fit category 1, 2 or 9?

linuxuserspace, to Vivaldi
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Today in User Space
📝We try out #Vivaldi for note-taking
⚙Return to 1996 to tell @kde 's #history
🔪Ride the bleeding edge with Plasma 6
🍵And finally, pick another desktop

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #LinuxUserSpace
https://www.linuxuserspace.show/412

WildEnte,
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@linuxuserspace @kde you are fun to watch!

cliffwade, to email
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One thing I am discovering about @fastmail is that it actually doesn't have Labels of any kind. It has folders, but not labels.

I rely on labels quite a bit and not having labels is kind of disappointing.

WildEnte,
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@cliffwade @fastmail I'll never understand why people use folders and/or webmail interfaces.

jspath55, to physics
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Outside a 19th century building and seeing which panes of glass look original and which are replacements. Glass, flowing liquid over the centuries.
#Physics

WildEnte,
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@jspath55 I think the "glass flowing over the centuries" part is a myth (not that I'm absolutely certain).It's a matter of not having been made super flat in the first place.

WildEnte,
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@jspath55 great article, and it refers to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y which I had the pleasure of visiting some time ago - it is awesome.

Vivaldi, to Oslo
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Wishing everyone a wonderful ! It’s -15ºC in , so our plan is to stay home all day. 🥶

Yours too? Then how about you sit down with a ☕️ and finally customise the ?

Choose a theme, rearrange icons, organise your tabs, create keyboard shortcuts or mouse gestures…The possibilities are endless!

WildEnte,
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@Vivaldi just took out the Christmas tree 🎄 and having a nice cozy fire in the fireplace. Heavy clouds, yucky weather.

megschwamb, to physics
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I am going to be teaching the thermodynamics sections of the freshmen (year 1/level 1 in the UK) intro physics course for Physics majors starting in mid-February, anyone have suggestions for good in-class demos?

WildEnte,
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@megschwamb

Maxwell's demon vs the Vortex tube

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_demon
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_tube

and Stirling engines as a close mechanical equivalent of the Carnot process is nice.

kohelet, to random
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okay I configured CalDAV with my calendar and NextCloud.

Now, what do I do with this calendar thingy?

(all my days are the same lol 😭)

#NextCloud #davx5 #caldav

WildEnte,
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Add some birthdays next. It should be useful when it needs to be all the time, but it doesn't need to be useful all the time 🙂

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