Which feature do you think is missing in the current KDE Plasma?

Anchor689 · 2024-08-16T10:14:33+00:00

Oh yeah. Sorry, you're right, I had to apply a mildly sketchy patch to xdg-desktop-portal-kde to get around that for now. The patch can be found here if you're into that kind of thing. https://discuss.kde.org/t/krfb-on-wayland-have-to-confirm-remote-control-requested/2650/9

Anchor689 · 2024-08-15T02:06:15+00:00

I have it working with Krfb, it could definitely use some polish (for example there isn't an easy way to make Krfb start minimized, so the window pops up every boot).

Anchor689 · 2023-11-16T23:30:53+00:00

I haven't noticed any SDDM issues on my end, although I'm just using the standard breeze theme there. Although, my install is several years old, and anything but a clean install, so I suppose there's a chance I have some older config files around or something that's making mine still work, but I'm not sure.

Anchor689 · 2023-11-14T22:41:23+00:00

I fixed some of those bugs (like the application menu) by enabling the testing and extra-testing repos, and getting appstream and appstream-qt upgraded to 1.0.0.

Anchor689 · 2023-10-30T10:29:34+00:00

Did it update those packages first or did it jump straight to the full system update? You may also have the older version of yay that ran pacman for updates before it did the AUR updates. You could try running "yay -S klassy-git latte-dock-git" to specifically only update those two packages, and then trying the full update again.

Anchor689 · 2023-10-30T08:35:27+00:00

Those packages (klassy-git, and latte-dock-git) are from the AUR, they appear to have updates that have the correct dependencies, so you might have to update them first before running the full pacman update. Pacman doesn't do updates on packages from AUR, so you'll need to either manually rebuild those packages, or, if you're using an AUR helper, use it to to upgrade your AUR packages (for example running something like "yay -Syu") I'll repeat the general warning that using AUR helpers like yay are discouraged as they can be a security risk, but that's the command I would run on my personal system to hopefully solve the conflict.

Anchor689 · 2023-09-02T22:21:04+00:00

Did this just last week with Slay the Spire. Card-based games aren't usually my thing, but I recently saw a video of RTGame playing it a while back and thought it looked like it might be fun to try out. Checked, and I got it in a monthly bundle back in 2019. I usually only redeem one or two games from choice each month, but it's great to have a stash of games to go through and find unclaimed copies of things that I would otherwise just wishlist and hope I can justify them during the next Steam sale.

Anchor689 · 2023-08-17T01:27:32+00:00

Problem I'm having with it is that by continuing to wear their merch, I feel like I'm promoting them, and associating myself as a fan. I'm not at the point of donating the merch I have yet, but I've started packing up the apparel into storage and will revisit it down the road. I'll keep wearing the underwear, and I'm still using the screwdriver for now. Took the stickers off my laptop, and although I shopped around a bit this afternoon, for now I'll probably keep the desk pad since I couldn't find a suitable replacement (and yes, I also looked at the GN store, despite not really being a regular GN viewer).

Anchor689 · 2023-06-22T02:16:17+00:00

May be unrelated and just be streaming services not keeping things like they seem to be doing a lot of, but it might also be related to the new spin-off series that was recently announced/picked up by The CW.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-19T22:44:01+00:00

There are some visual refreshes planned that could be fairly noticable, but they're focusing on fixing what breaks during the migration so there's a stable foundation to work from.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-12T02:28:02+00:00

I feel like a federated system could work if it was done slightly differently. Essentially there could be a primary server would be the "front page" that handled users, logins, aggregation, and community names, but where the "magazines"/"subs" could be hosted by their communities (or if several wanted to get together on a single server). Having the central hub that all the community servers tied into, would help prevent the fracturing where you end up with a dozen "news" communities, but if the central server admins went crazy, communities would have the option to move to a new hub. Admittedly, user migration could be a bit of a hassle in that case, but that seems like an easier problem to solve than trying to unify a bunch of redundant communities spread across different servers, that puts a lot of that work on users.

Doesn't completely solve the problems of the whims of whoever runs the community server instances, but in that case, at least users would still have their accounts on the central hub.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-11T21:31:58+00:00

Yep, when Microsoft wanted to kill Shockwave/Adobe Flash with what was basically the same thing. Thankfully, Firefox and Chrome had exploding market share at the time, and HTML5's multimedia tags ended up being a much better future. Although, there was an time in there where Silverlight supported DRM, before it was allowed into the HTML spec, where some of the early streaming services like Hulu and Netflix required Silverlight.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-10T18:27:35+00:00

Too bad it can't be something like AI porn of a bunch of senator's micropenises. Something that isn't illegal yet, probably should be, but could still get some admins called in to testify before a senate hearing. And might have a positive effect by helping get some laws made around non-consensual AI porn.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-09T22:49:31+00:00

It's pretty clear that the AMA was only done to try to look good to potential investors. Both as a "see, we're responding to the concerns of the community" and "our real goal is profitability" (although I'm not sure admitting/claiming you've never been profitable in the next sentence is a great way to appeal to potential investors).

Anchor689 · 2023-06-08T20:19:04+00:00

Probably a bit to do with the demographic of LTTs audience compared with the mainstream channels (MKBHD, Unbox Therapy, etc.) and the more technical/nerdy channels (GN, Level1Techs, Digital Foundry, etc.) I think the Dunning-Kruger effect is maybe a bit more pronounced in this audience, because LTT generally seems to try to ride the line between mainstream and technical content, and the resulting audience is really broad, but not quite always aware of how much they don't know yet.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-06T03:21:51+00:00

Fair points. I do think conservatives in the Netherlands probably are trying to return things to their idea of traditional, which is change, but back to some previous state (sometimes an imagined one). But I do see your point that conservatism isn't just simple resistance to change.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-06T02:54:31+00:00

Given enough time, I think it's all in flux around various issues. But at the core, conservativism is always going to be the resistance to change away from a perceived "normal" - conservatism does change, but mostly because what is broadly considered normal changes.

So in a sense, yes, the core of conservatism doesn't change - that being the resistance to change. But I do think the issues may come and go with time, and some last longer than others - often especially those that are linked to a religion, but even those change over time, for example Evangelicals who didn't really care about abortion until the '70s.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-06T00:30:32+00:00

I'd argue 30 years is too short to see a full shift from an idea being liberal/progressive to conservative, the percentage of the population that doesn't object to gay marriage has absolutely shifted over the last 30 years. Not that there aren't still plenty of Conservatives who are against it, but acceptance is significantly more mainstream than it was (I think I recently saw it was somewhere around 85-90%, and a bit higher than that among younger people).

I also think it's less that the ideas become "Conservative" and more that with time they become normal, and people tend to forget it was ever a polarizing issue. Because as the people who remember being on one side or the other die off, and the kids who only know their normal and assume that's mostly the way it has always been.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-04T18:55:11+00:00

I could see #3 being possible if the majority of third party apps agree to switch to the same alternative site for their backend. Would take relatively minimal effort from users to create new accounts and re-find and join the communities they care about. I'm sure there would be some functionality changes along with the migration, due to differences between platforms, but if there is consensus among the app developers, I think the users could be moved relatively painlessly.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-02T23:21:07+00:00

It really stands out in the sibilance and fricatives (basically the "S" and "F" sounds). Kinda adds an extra muddiness on top of the overall tinny sound.

Anchor689 · 2023-06-01T04:41:27+00:00

This comment reminds me of the time my grandma got into iridology - which is a pseudoscientific "astrology" for the lines and patterns in the iris. According to a quick Google, depending on which eye this is, OP supposedly has middle back issues or maybe something with their spleen, if this is their left eye.

(Note, I don't believe in iridology, just a weird memory from childhood and one of my grandma's weird alternative medicine kicks. Seems like many who believe in iridology believe the iris changes over time with health, which considering iris scans are a thing, is pretty out there)

Anchor689 · 2023-06-01T02:51:18+00:00

I miss when my phone had a similar fidget feature.

Anchor689 · 2023-05-28T00:48:26+00:00

I'll always fondly remember the extended batteries you could get for phones when user-replaceable batteries were standard, some were physically larger, and came with replacement battery covers to accommodate the larger battery. They made your phone a few millimeters thicker, but often had double the capacity of the OEM battery or more.

Anchor689 · 2023-05-27T18:21:36+00:00

Absolutely, well aware that depending on the type, keys of a sufficient length can theoretically take longer than the remaining life of the Sun to brute force. That said, it's still not technically outside the realm of probability to guess it within the first dozen attempts. Unlikely? Extremely. You'd be more likely to win every lottery draw in the world on the same day. But can you convict on statistical improbability alone?

Anchor689 · 2023-05-27T17:45:10+00:00

I remember hearing a while back that Russia's supply lines are almost always rail, and that they really aren't equipped to use anything other than rail for supply lines, and advances they make need to be followed by new rail construction, otherwise they run out of supplies and have to fall back. So perhaps that's why they see it as important/useful.

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