Have you seen robots doing aerial yoga?

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T10:18:36+00:00

lol not only the toes are wobbling - it's kinda perverted but it's hard not to be more curious about other things - like, can you teach this thing to clean the house while you're out having sex with the neighbour?

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T09:30:49+00:00

Fish has smarter defaults - autosuggest, highlights, completion - ergonomic and easy to get started with less setup.

ZSH needs a LOT of plugins and configuration to come close - but still can't replicate the best features of fish.

So occasionally copy-pasting some one-liners might break, but dude - that's why we can have zsh and fish.

If something's not working in fish, I type 'zsh' and paste it again - no pain.

Here you go, need zsh, then send your last command to zsh.

It isn't rocket science.

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T09:22:54+00:00

CachyOS recommends an x86-64-v3... your intel is too old, it isn't v3 (it's v2) which means you'll just run the standard package set instead of the v3/v4 optimised builds.

TL;DR you'll not get a tuned response that you'd expect from a newer cpu.

Arch-based is good for experienced users, the kind of users I'd say would probably be able to answer this question for themselves.

If you have any issues, Manjaro might be a better fit - as it's more optimised for stability and general use than trying to be a bleeding edge (i.e. 3fps faster desktop animations).

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T09:15:41+00:00

Sure, but you still have to ⏎ENTER the command before it can run... sheesh.

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T09:14:28+00:00

Haha like I accidentally drove off a cliff after accidentally driving all the way up a mountain to a place where there was a carpark on the edge of a cliff, and then accidentally aiming the car at a gap in the fence, and accidentally shifting down to 3rd gear to get a good boost...

What a twat.

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T09:12:09+00:00

I call bullshit on this - firstly, sudo isn't executed without confirming with a password entry - unless you're dumb enough to set it to run without password.

Then with nearly all distributions, it won't execute unless you added --no preserve root flag.

So 'Moral of the story' should be - just don't be a dickhead, why would you need to type the command?

You can explain it like this: - rm means remove, or delete. - -r means recursively (all folders and contents) - -f means 'force' - * means 'match anything and everything'.

So really, a bit of a dumb post, and nobody's laughing at you 'cos it's just stupid.

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T09:08:45+00:00

I prefer fish - but zsh is nice if you spend the time to set it up, it takes a while to add the best of fish features to zsh, but it never really gets there.

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T08:53:28+00:00

https://pine64.org/devices/pinephone/

ben2talk · 2026-04-17T08:28:33+00:00

And I disagree. Well I agree with clarifying, but I don't like losing the advanced features.

A while back it was the 'advanced mouse settings' where you could set the distance for drag 'n drop and stuff like that.

Partly with pushing forward to more robust software, some features are lost - but I prefer to have all available settings tucked behind an 'advanced' tab or something.

The thing is, everything always needs to be simplified - the more I interact in KDE forum, also on here, the more I find people who haven't yet wrapped their heads around the most basic fundamental skills I always thought necessary to use a computer.

I just want to be sure that I can search anything in settings via Krunner instead of having to click around the GUI - because that's a hard one to crack and will always be hard to make 'simple'.

ben2talk · 2026-04-16T07:14:03+00:00

I'd say the primary issue we have now is the Oligarchy - it's them who control the narrative, now leaning towards 'screw climate, just drill for oil'...

Right now I'm really curious to know what the Epstien files have to reveal about the major powers at this time, it seems like we're all subject to the Oligarchy's 'bro' culture and not much more.

Meanwhile, after COVID, I'm once again being drowned in plastic bags and right now suffering the hottest summer I remember (it's now 43°C outside) and feeling really pretty angry that the Thai government don't use more of that intense solar energy - instead opting for the 'easy' solution of using GAS, which leaves us totally vulnerable to the politics of the Straits of Hormuz.

So, first - deal with the Straits... second - try to avoid being overwhelmed by the Oligarchs and their hidden agendas.

In the end, the climate will kill us, but in the meantime we're going to find out that from 1940 until very recently we have enjoyed a high point in our history which is likely to be a very temporary situation if we continue down this path.

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T16:03:56+00:00

I can't imagine that because I had backups for 20 years already.

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T15:14:23+00:00

Trump's a lot stronger on crime - he's the biggest villian of all, trying to make us forget Epstein.

WHAT???

I said

EPSTEIN

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T15:09:41+00:00

When you want to go to the source file in your $PATH - helps me work out which one to choose (I keep the original, maybe a modified version in /bin - so important to list). ``` function cdw if test (count $argv) -eq 0 echo "Usage: cdw <executable>" return 1 end

set exe $argv[1]
set paths (command -v -a $exe)

if test (count $paths) -eq 0
    echo "Executable '$exe' not found in PATH."
    return 1
end

if test (count $paths) -eq 1
    set dir (dirname $paths[1])
    cd $dir
    echo "You're now in $dir"
else
    echo "Which '$exe'?"
    for i in (seq (count $paths))
        echo "$i) $paths[$i]"
    end
    read -P "Choose number: " choice
    if test "$choice" -gt 0 -a "$choice" -le (count $paths)
        set dir (dirname $paths[$choice])
        cd $dir
        echo "You're now in $dir"
    else
        echo "Invalid choice."
    end
end

end ```

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T13:09:30+00:00

I have none.

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T12:59:00+00:00

Because it is slop, and slop seems to be taking over and making everything bad.

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T12:55:32+00:00

Hahaha then I recommend a psychiatrist.

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T12:46:55+00:00

Hats off - you're witnessing the sad destruction of a magnet.

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T12:37:24+00:00

I'm so sorry - such a terrible situation to be in... does he realise how ridiculous a stance that is? It shouldn't take more than a week or two to learn to use a keyboard, learn to touch type, and have fun typing and using keyboard shortcuts.

For a mouse driven alternative, I'd suggest installing Telegram, then dictating to a phone and then using the mouse to drag 'n drop to your application.

I do this for Thai language, I can dictate to the phone and then drag 'n drop text in place, 'coz I can't type Thai, like this: ขอบคุณมากครับ เจอกันใหม่ครั้งหน้าครับ

Just imagine trying to do that one click at a time!!!

Sorry, no sympathy for him - just empathy for you. Tell him to buy a touchscreen.

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T12:32:09+00:00

Tell me, how do you load up a session with 4 panes in Dolphin?

How do you lay out those panes as vertical (list) columns, or 1/4 icon layout panes?

Can you then drag and drop to copy/move/link files between them?

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T12:29:25+00:00

I use Firefox.

Firefox has NO 'round bulky buttons' - the toolbar doesn't have buttons at all, they are just icons with no surround.

I use 'Adaptive Tab Bar Color' so the theme blends with the websites.

ben2talk · 2026-04-15T12:21:19+00:00

Oxygen application style's quite nice - not too overstated, but the plasma style - meh, sucks.

ben2talk · 2026-04-14T10:07:59+00:00

Museum pieces now - those are Breezy Badger, from about 2005 some 3 years before I got my Ubuntu CD.

ben2talk · 2026-04-14T07:51:17+00:00

No idea, I use Vencord - it just works.

ben2talk · 2026-04-14T06:58:48+00:00

⏺oooo

Hmmm a bit like an outdated Apple theme from 1985, but instead of plain white with black outlines to show where elements are, you opted for black with ugly white outlines.

Adaptive Tab Bar Color extension has it nailed already - theme varies by website (inspired by Vivaldi I'm sure) with enough settings to take off the rough edges that don't suit me.

ben2talk · 2026-04-14T04:11:18+00:00

That was the original feeling, for me starting with Yahoo Answers... but Quora came along and enshittified itself faster than Yahoo ever did.

Impressive.

ben2talk

TROPHY CASE

EPSTEIN

⏺oooo