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kabe, 13 days ago

Studio executives.

kabe, 1 month ago

OnlyOffice is the main alternative to Libre these days.

I personally prefer it because offers better compatibility with the Microsoft 365 documents I need for work.

kabe, 2 months ago

The Intercept - For their insightful investigative pieces, which are becoming so rare these days.

Ground News - to see what different news sources from across the left/right spectrum are reporting and how they’re reporting it.

kabe, 2 months ago

Day ThemeNight Theme

Gnome + Dash to Dock + Arc Menu. Nothing too crazy.

kabe, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, so Gnome has an extension called Night Theme Switcher which automatically changes your background, icons, theme, cursor etc. based on a user-defined day/night schedule. It works great.

Arc Menu is another extension which gives Gnome a standard start menu (since it doesn’t come with one by default) in the top lefthand corner. It also comes with a KRunner-like app launcher that pops up in the middle of the screen instead of using the default Gnome Overview UI.

Both these extensions make Gnome feel a little more natural for desktop use, IMO.

kabe, 2 months ago

Yeah, the customization might not be as extensive as Plasma, but you can certainly add a ton of extra functionality with extensions.

kabe, 2 months ago

Tela icons.

(if you look at the night theme shot, there are other details of the setup in the terminal output)

kabe, 2 months ago

Wonka. I was low-key hostile to the very idea of an origin story, but within five minutes I realized that that it was going to be a fun ride.

kabe, 2 months ago

If anyone is wondering, you can download the .jxl files from here:

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/…/backgrounds?ref_type=hea…

kabe, 2 months ago

“We have investigated ourselves and found no evidence of wrongdoing.”

kabe, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Aaaaaaand it looks like a repeat of last season.

kabe, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Sadly, this headline seems to be misleading. Checking for additional sources, I can find none that confirm that he actually called for a ceasefire.

According to the Associated Press, he did decry the loss of life in Gaza and announce that the US are about to commence airdrops of humanitarian aid, but at no point did he seem to do what this headline implies.

A Reuters article covering the same conference mentions the possibility of a ceasefire, but this apparently referred to a previous conversation a few days ago.

Unless anyone can find evidence to the contrary, I have to assume that this Newshub article is clickbait.

kabe, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Thanks, I couldn’t find that part anywhere.

I’m personally not sure that saying “We’re trying to work out … an immediate ceasefire” has nearly the same urgency as as calling for one, but hey at least it’s something.

kabe, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

That’s why I did a double take when I saw the above headline. Biden finally putting his foot down and strong-arming Israel into a ceasefire would be huge.

But alas…

kabe, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Foobar2000.

By far the best, most customizable local music player app ever. Plus it’s open source free.

kabe, 2 months ago

Yep. A couple of years ago they released the 2.0 version, which supports 64-bit architecture and allows for dark mode support as well.

kabe, 2 months ago

Tell me about it.

I also use deadbeef because of the plug-in support, although I haven’t experienced much lag myself.

The media library management definitely doesn’t come anywhere close to FB2K, though, sadly.

kabe, 2 months ago

I haven’t had much luck installing via wine or bottles at all. Hasn’t ever worked properly for me. I’m not bothered enough to install the Snap either, lol.

I have a Windows VM that I run it in instead, please deadbeef is good enough for my Linux system.

kabe, 2 months ago

My bad, thanks for the correction.

kabe, 2 months ago

If anyone wants more context, you can read the document here.

The advice on the subject of informing parents reads:

Telling parents

Note that the ACLU is very protective of a student’s right to privacy in his/her sexuality. If a school employee believes that “a situation exists which presents a serious threat to the well-being of a student,” the employee must notify parents without delay. (Utah Code 53A- 13-302(6)(b)(i)). Other than a threatening situation, volunteering known information about a student’s sexuality with parents is not advised.

Consider the following factors in making a determination about talking to parents:

• Age of students
• Whether student is being bullied based on sexuality or gender identity
• Student requests
• Knowledge of parents’ relationship with students

What if a student asks to be called a preferred name/pronoun and parents object? Unless the student is 18, parents’ requests should govern.

Seems pretty reasonable to me.

kabe, 2 months ago

I don’t think so - to me it seems more about weighing up the student’s need vs the parents’ decision. The school district want to honor the student’s wishes as much as possible but if they are <18 they are not legally an adult, so the school ultimately should defer to the parents.

Sensible from legal standpoint, even though it would suck for the student.

kabe, 2 months ago

Not evil enough it seems, based on the fact that reactionary types are apparently getting their knickers in a twist over it.

kabe, 2 months ago

Nice work.

I’d suggest adding

Material Files (File Manager) looks more stock android than Amaze and even includes an FTP server function.

Kvaesisto (Launcher) is a non-traditional launcher but it’s easily the most polished FOSS android launcher IMO, and is still actively being maintained.

Noice (Uncategorized?) is a very good calming background noise app that allows you to create custom combinations of sounds.

Also, I spotted one small typo - Public Transport is an uncountable noun, so shouldn’t have an ‘s’ on the end.

kabe, 2 months ago

No worries.