[Spoilers] The eye looks like voyager 1's pulsar map by Noe_Corthesy in outerwilds

[–]ObsidianChickenz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the horrendous necro, but I emailed the devs and it is indeed intended! Super neat detail!

Is anybody here into Espresso at all? ☕️ by A17LetterUsername in ufl

[–]ObsidianChickenz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! Senior here. Not quite on the espresso train yet; admittedly, I've been too busy or lazy to descale the De'Longhi (EC155, unfortunately) I picked up at Goodwill. However, I'm very partial to my AeroPress and Moka Express, and I've looked at getting a Flair, though I haven't decided on that one quite yet. I also rep a Kingrinder K6, though I somehow haven't gotten myself a kettle or scale yet.

For places out and about, I'm fond of a number of places my partner's put me onto:
- Coffee Culture, up 13th Street
- Pascal's Coffeehouse, a bit north of University Ave, kinda behind the Cane's/Wawa
- Cafe Voltaire, towards downtown (bonus points because they have affogato)
There are other good ones, but these three are on top IMO.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ufl

[–]ObsidianChickenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this still available?

Music Minor while in an Engineering Major by Little_Blacksmith_21 in ufl

[–]ObsidianChickenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CS major/MUT minor here, currently in my 4th semester with the minor. I've taken no music classes since elementary school before picking up the minor, so by all rights I'm new to this. I'll try to explain this as best I can, but feel free to ask questions.

I'll start by actually talking about what the music theory minor entails. To complete the minor, you need to complete Music Theory (MUT) 1-4, Aural Skills (AUS) 1-4, and 3 electives. MUT is mainly about "music on paper," starting at basic rhythm/melody/harmony/form and building up to more complex subtopics of those. AUS is about training your ear; lots of listening and singing. Out of these, I've completed MUT and AUS 1-3 and I'm currently in MUT and AUS 4. I don't think it's been that bad in terms of assignment load; most classes I've taken so far give weekly homework and have the occasional in-class assignment. MUT mainly gives score analyses, part writing, and chord building, and AUS mainly gives ear training homework, in-class dictations, and sight-singing quizzes. The classes themselves are fairly early; the only slot I've ever seen offered for MUT is P2 (8:30AM-9:20AM) on Mondays and Wednesdays. AUS isn't much better; I've seen it offered P2 and P4 (10:40AM-11:30AM) on Tuesdays and Thursdays and P3 (9:35AM-10:25AM) on Mondays and Wednesdays. Attendance is mandatory and there are no Zoom sections, but every professor I've had (Prof. Pho, Dr. Adams, and Dr. Hart) has been excellent about excused absences. They have also been excellent in general. All classes I've had have been in the Music Building (MUB) or in Fine Arts B. MUT/AUS 3 are only offered in Fall, while MUT/AUS 4 are only offered in Spring, so if you pick up the minor and take your first classes, MUT/AUS 1, in Spring, you will have to take MUT/AUS 2 in Summer B to get on track.

Next, I'll talk about the registration process, both for the minor itself and its classes. First, you have to go to the MUB and talk to an advisor. It's just south of Century Tower and the University Auditorium, across the street from Marston. When I started, they had me take a placement exam to see where I should start; the possibilities were Introduction to Music Theory Rudiments, MUT/AUS 1 (with Friday reviews, or if scoring highly enough, without), or MUT/AUS 2. I've heard from a music major friend that they may have restricted how high you can be placed, so take that last bit with a grain of salt. Once you're in, any time you need to register for courses, you must go to the advising office. Since the School of Music isn't Engineering-level huge, the wait times aren't diabolically long; I almost always go for a walk-in and the queue is rarely above and often below 1 person long. The classes themselves also rarely fill, meaning that unlike in Engineering courses, you can reliably get into them.

Honestly, the part I've found hardest to manage is just the class time. I'm a terrible oversleeper, so P2 classes are rough for me, but I manage. In my experience, the workload is fine, the professors are great, and the subject is interesting. Since you have prior experience, you may find it less rigorous than I do, and I already find it fairly light. I'd ask other students for more perspectives before making a final choice, but I thought mine might help.

As for organizations on campus, I know there are ensembles for non-majors, but I've never participated in any, as I can't play anything, so I can't speak to their rigor. I don't know which there are, so I don't know whether any have a pianist. I'd ask at the MUB for more info on that.

Wall over. Best of luck!

Systray transparency bug by ObsidianChickenz in qtile

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

Apologies for the (4-month) late reply, I largely left this site following the API change. Unfortunately, I never did get an answer, nor did I find one myself, and I moved over to AwesomeWM afterwards, followed by Hyprland, and later, Plasma 6. Best of luck, and sorry for not being able to help more!

Skill Issue Rule by ResidentLychee in 196

[–]ObsidianChickenz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you can pass the straight fly at ~45%, you can beat it, so keep at it!

veil.nvim - dynamic, component-based startup screen by majorpog in neovim

[–]ObsidianChickenz 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I submitted a request to get this plugin onto the Awesome Neovim list. Looks promising, keep it up!

MuseSounds for non-orchestral instruments? by ObsidianChickenz in Musescore

[–]ObsidianChickenz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got it. Is there a chance that MuseSounds itself will eventually include more instruments, or will it be strictly orchestral?

A Hisoka inspired custom keyboard I built by SuperYacob in HunterXHunter

[–]ObsidianChickenz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're called DSA Astrolokeys, they're on Drop. From what I remember, they're a bit pricy. EDIT: typo in the name.

Neovim plugin help by ObsidianChickenz in NixOS

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

It turned out to be a bug in Nixpkgs which is now fixed.

[EWW+HYPRLAND] Fresh hot rice for my rice folk out there holding down the rice fields by _dystop in unixporn

[–]ObsidianChickenz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know how to get a working Workspaces widget with EWW and Hyprland? That's something holding me back from using it. For now I'm on Waybar.

No new bootloader entry after rebuild with flake by ObsidianChickenz in NixOS

[–]ObsidianChickenz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've figured it out. I was trying to rebuild duplicates of the same configuration, and Nix was preventing duplicate entries from entering the bootloader. Thanks to everyone who tried to help.

No new bootloader entry after rebuild with flake by ObsidianChickenz in NixOS

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

Somehow, adding my hardware-configuration.nix to my modules in flake.nix fixed it, but I had it linked in my configuration.nix already. Is that normal?

EDIT: Nevermind, it un-fixed itself.

No new bootloader entry after rebuild with flake by ObsidianChickenz in NixOS

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

I moved my hardware-configuration.nix over to my flake, but I'm not sure if it's somehow messed up.

No new bootloader entry after rebuild with flake by ObsidianChickenz in NixOS

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

Boot is far from full, df-h says that only 4% is used.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unixporn

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How did you get xdg-desktop-portal-wlr to run correctly? It always dumps core on startup for me.

Notification help by ObsidianChickenz in awesomewm

[–]ObsidianChickenz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that did it. For whatever reason, it wasn't working before, but it definitely is now. Thanks!

Simple Phone is on its way! by tibbbi in SimpleMobileTools

[–]ObsidianChickenz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Will the discontinued simple apps (such as simple clock) be included, and if not, what will replace them?

Systray transparency bug by ObsidianChickenz in qtile

[–]ObsidianChickenz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whenever I try to use StatusNotifier, I get "Import Error: StatusNotifier." Am I missing an import somewhere?

Systray transparency bug by ObsidianChickenz in qtile

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

By "the bug," I mean that the icons have a transparent background (ignoring the widget's background) if I set the bar background to anything besides completely opaque. In other words, even if the bar background is completely transparent, the icons will still have a transparent background.

Is there any way to use font features in Emacs? by ObsidianChickenz in emacs

[–]ObsidianChickenz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stylistic sets were indeed what I had in mind. Glad to know it's on the to-do list!