RL_Dane

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

I'm wondering if it's about time for this clean-shaven #unixbro #neckbeard to switch to #Wayland. 🤔

It seems X11 is really coming to a crossroads and turning into maintenance-mode software.
At this point, it runs fine even on my 12th-Gen intel machine, but if I ever get newer hardware (not anytime soon, obvs.), I might need to make the switch. :/

RL_Dane, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to fediverse

Dear #Fediverse app devs (including the #mastodon web interface itself): PLEASE stop autocorrecting my #CamelCase'd hashtags into all-lower-case.

That's just silly. You should be autocorrecting lower case to camel case instead! Grab the list of all hashtags with the same letters without regard to case, and if there's a plurality of them with the same capitalization (not counting all-lower-case), suggest that. Duh! ;)

#Accessibility

edit: self-tone-policing. I come across a little too snippy.

RL_Dane, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

How many apps do you have on your phone?

iPhone: Go to Settings > General > About
Android: Go to Settings > Apps, look at "See all ### apps"

#BoostPlease

RL_Dane, 10 months ago to random

When you're on a really high-end machine and using gmail is so slow that it gets your letters out of order when typing them into a search field, something is SERIOUSLY FLARGING BROKEN with the modern web.

#ThanksIHateIt #LetsGoBackToWebTwoPointOh #ThisReallyBites #DeGoogleBeforeItsTooLate

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

Kinda wish I could ask kwin to force window decorations on all windows, even on top of CSDs.

Because CSDs are hella fugly. They don't look like the platform I'm running (#KDE #Plasma), and they have very poor active/inactive contrast.

Man, Mr. Thanos, I just need to borrow that blingy glove for like five whole minutes. I'd fix ALL the UIs. X-P~

(For shame, #Gnome, for flerpin' shame. Ruin your own DE, don't make me regret using your apps on other DEs.)

RL_Dane, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to fediverse

New blog post, everyone!

"Time for a new 'Geek Code'!"
https://rldane.space/time-for-a-new-geek-code.html

This one was inspired by a recent @thelinuxcast video on @tilvids (#PeerTube), so definitely check that out too (linked in the blog).

My #LinuxGeekCode: g4 b6 u2 a1 s1 r6 n3
(short form: lgc: 04621163)

#rlDaneWriting #1000DaysToOffload #NonReligiousPost

What's up, my chorus?
@benjaminhollon @sotolf @joel @pixx

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

Remember when YouTube was just 240p, and we all thought it was so amazing?

RL_Dane, 10 months ago to random

Feeling listless today. Not really frustrated or anything, just pretty meh. Mainly, I feel like scheduling and finding time for things I want to do is just a Sisyphean feat lately.

What've you got going on today?

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

The flip side of "Linux is great as long as you don't respect your time" is
"Windows is great as long as you don't respect yourself."

RL_Dane, 10 months ago to random

Who's in need of some #encouragement?

I will respond to each toot, although it may take me up to a day or more to do so (if this blows up).

RL_Dane, 10 months ago to Electronics

Is my soldering iron ok?

I hit it with tons of flux, and applied tip tinner and solder several times.

Solder still beads up on it. Isn't it supposed to get coated nicely with solder? It's been a long time since I soldered.

#AskFedi #Electronics #Soldering

RL_Dane, 2 months ago to random

Integer version numbers are dumb*.
There, I said it.

*Unless each digit place (e.g., ones, tens, hundreds) is significant, in which case its just implicit fixed-point.

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

Hey #calckey folks,

What's the benefit of calkey beyond just the pretty web interface?

(I rarely use the mastodon web ui)

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

Is anyone using the @PINE64 #PineNote yet?
Is it ready for early adopters, or is it still dev-only status?
It's almost a couple years old now, and I'm not seeing much in the way of status updates AFAICT.
I'm tempted to get a kindle scribe, but dang if I don't want to make Lex Luthor any richer or more powerful. :P

RL_Dane, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to photography

Hey #AskFedi,

Wondering if any #Photography or #ImageProcessing gurus know of a #FOSS #CommandLine utility to find similar images or generate a hash from image content (and not just raw data).

I'm trying to de-duplicate some images, but realized some have been renamed AND re-compressed, so there's no easy way to find and eliminate the dupes

I've already done deduping based on sha512sum, but that doesn't help when the image has been recompressed.

Edit: @'ed where I shoulda #'d

RL_Dane, 9 months ago to random

My sideburns aren't graying symmetrically...

Where do I lodge a complaint?

#MiddleAged

RL_Dane, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

Just ordered a new phone (Pixel 7), and it's coming first thing in the morning.

Which De-g**gled ROM should I pick?

Please vote AND comment why.

Thanks!

RL_Dane, 10 months ago to Youtube

Of course #YouTube had to hide the incredibly useful "Add to queue" button behind a flerpin' hamburger menu.

This is why I scarcely watch YT anymore. :P

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

Back to #KDE #Plasma.
The occasional bugs "bugged" me, so I went to #xfce, but I found its limited keyboard controls... limiting.
I tried #Gnome for about five minutes and ran screaming for the hills. :D

RL_Dane, 11 months ago to random

Guys, I have a problem. I'm confessing this in the name of transparency, accountability, and openness.

I just can't stop thinking about the MNT Reform.

That chonkbook is the stuff of my dreams, and I can't figure out why. It's slower than my pinebook pro, but everything about it (other than processor power and battery life, probably, lol) is just amazing. :D

#MNT #Reform @mntmn #MNTReform

...

RL_Dane, 9 months ago to random

#dearmastodon,

Me not want.

:blobcatsad:

#kthxbai

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to random

Imagine a world where...

• Web apps responded just about instantly
• Every action was clearly labeled with no "mystery meat" buttons
• After discovering basic features visually, you can learn to fly through options quickly with a few intuitive keyboard shortcuts

Dream on, because web apps are awful.

#NativeAppsForTheWin

RL_Dane, 11 months ago to random

silly++;

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=Ygg0bXls8CA&local=true

( if anyone wants to take a stab at a translation, that would be marvelous)

RL_Dane, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

#Terminal Jockeys:
Do you rock a:

(#BoostPlease? ;)

RL_Dane, 1 year ago to linux

Are there any easy-to-use #JBIG2 tools for #Linux?

#GIMP doesn't seem to support it (yet?), and I just can't wrap my head around how to use jbig2enc -- it spits out some data to STDOUT that 'file' can't identify.
I just find the concept of lossy bilevel images compression fascinating, and I'd love to play with it to see how badly it would butcher something like a Floyd-Steinberg dithered image (and how much compression it'd actually accomplish)