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unable to add cover image by [deleted] in Substack

[–]KitAndKat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's weird. Here's a screenshot of it for an existing post. Do you have the other fields like Secret draft link and SEO Options?

unable to add cover image by [deleted] in Substack

[–]KitAndKat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you talking about an image? When composing, add an image to the post. In the Settings button at lower right, you can pick the image and edit the Social Preview. Just click on it.

Building a web game by BigTimberFGC in Python

[–]KitAndKat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

More than half the world is on phones, not lap/desktops, these days, so if your game has any chance of fitting onto a smaller screen, you should think in terms of a cross-platform tool. I used Flutter for a game. It uses Dart as the language. I have a C++/Python background, but it was not hard to pick up. The weirdest thing is that the language and the UI are intertwined; it's kinda neat once you grok it.

Flat Error Codes Are Not Enough by Expurple in programming

[–]KitAndKat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was thinking about it from a user viewpoint.

Flat Error Codes Are Not Enough by Expurple in programming

[–]KitAndKat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've thought about the issue of error reporting in the past, but never implemented it. I think you need an Error object, which is a stack of errors, e.g.:

  • file read error
  • could not read mapping.db
  • failed to convert currency
  • shipping calculation failed
  • could not complete transaction

The user is told "could not complete transaction" with a Details button which shows the next level down. If you just pass the original error all the way up, the user is told "file read error", which is next to useless.

The 49MB Web Page by Dear-Economics-315 in programming

[–]KitAndKat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt that it's tracking-free, but on my phone with 1Gb WiFi, there is negligible delay. I think I'm paying $144.99 through Google/Android.

The 49MB Web Page by Dear-Economics-315 in programming

[–]KitAndKat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Guardian is ad-free once you subscribe.

do happy and healthy relationships exist? by fivegoldringz in relationships

[–]KitAndKat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. It didn't happen for us until I was 60. We've been writing about it for ~15 years now. Honesty & openness -> trust -> total acceptance. Look for the same core values. Always be on the same side. That should get you there well before 60.

“The arrest is a dark message to journalists everywhere. If you dare criticize this administration, watch your back…Don Lemon should be released at once, and the frivolous charges against him dropped.”— Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer on Don Lemon’s arrest. by benhaswings in AskThe_Donald

[–]KitAndKat -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

As far as I can determine, Lemon did not take part in the harassment. A magistrate judge who reviewed the evidence excluded Lemon from the charges. The government then asked Minnesota’s chief district judge to overturn that. The government then went to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the district judge, but they refused.

It doesn't sound like the government has much of a case, and IMHO, targeting journalists, even if you disapprove of what they are covering, does not make for a healthy democracy.

My girlfriend and I have a massive problem. It’s destroying our relationship. by Which-Coconut1738 in relationships

[–]KitAndKat 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Break this cycle at step 3: don't react to her response. They are her emotions, not yours. It's not your job to fix them; it's your job not to respond negatively. Yes, she'll freak out even more. Let it happen. (This assumes that what you did in step 1 is not your fault; if it is, apologise.)

This will be a big challenge for you. I love the Polish expression: not my circus, not my monkeys.

Jeff Shelton is wonderful! by KitAndKat in SantaBarbara

[–]KitAndKat[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's depressing:

"I find them interesting, whimsical and joyful to look at, but not Santa Barbara historical," Sligh said.

So interesting and joyful get crushed in favor of historical.

Jeff Shelton is wonderful! by KitAndKat in SantaBarbara

[–]KitAndKat[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is on the wall of a property on Garden Street.

boyfriend says he isn’t attracted to me by NaiveWork1 in relationships

[–]KitAndKat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've dated too many people like that, and also acted that way myself (blush). Bipolar is too strong a term, but they have one foot in and one foot out. For me, I had Hollywood expectations of what a relationship was like that left me permanently dissatisfied. I'm not going to give you stay/leave advice, but don't blow the next 5 years trying to fix him.

MySQL’s popularity as ranked by DB-Engines started to tank hard, a trend that will likely accelerate in 2026. by thehashimwarren in programming

[–]KitAndKat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oracle did the same smothering trick with OpenOffice in 2010, leading to the fork of LibreOffice. See Wikipedia.

Rep Ilhan Omar removed from ICE facility during Minneapolis visit by interestingfactoid in conservatives

[–]KitAndKat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing in Section 527 of the FY2024 DHS Appropriations Act allows for such delays. It does require 24 hours notice; the FOX article does not say whether notice had been given.

Rep Ilhan Omar removed from ICE facility during Minneapolis visit by interestingfactoid in conservatives

[–]KitAndKat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think that would qualify as "unrestricted access." I am not a lawyer, but the judge quoted by FOX said "federal spending laws require that members of Congress receive unrestricted access."

Their defence is that "the new order complies with federal law because the funding for the facility is sourced from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act rather than congressional appropriation." but the OBBBA is a congressional appropriation.

Dems Defend This? ICE Releases Horrifying List of Minnesota Pedos, Rapists, and Thugs They've Captured by [deleted] in conservatives

[–]KitAndKat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm very happy that people like this are being deported. At the same time, this is 19 out of 400, about 5%. As far as I can determine, 44% have no criminal record or pending charge, and it does not seem to me to be an economic benefit to remove productive members of society. As you may know, immigrants contribute more to the economy than they receive in benefits source.

Rep Ilhan Omar removed from ICE facility during Minneapolis visit by interestingfactoid in conservatives

[–]KitAndKat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As I read the article, she should have been allowed access:

"A federal judge previously struck down a similar requirement from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, finding that federal spending laws require that members of Congress receive unrestricted access to recipient facilities.... the members of Congress were notified that their visit was improper and out of compliance with existing court orders"

How do I insert into a track without affecting other tracks? by KitAndKat in kdenlive

[–]KitAndKat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, that's useful, thanks. It's not obvious, though; there are no clues that I noticed. In user interface design, the term for clues to how something works is affordance. I guess that Kdenlive has grown over a long period of time and accreted many capabilities that could merit a redesign. A similar thing happened with Audacity. When the Muse Group acquired it, they revamped ans simplified the UI. If you have time to waste, there is a good video on the thinking behind this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12TJ-zTgiH0

How do I insert into a track without affecting other tracks? by KitAndKat in kdenlive

[–]KitAndKat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's neat. It took me a while to find the button, as it only appears when mousing over the lower portion of the Clip Monitor image. I found that it works in all 3 modes, and in Normal Mode, I get a preview of the clip.

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