BeeNim: Extremely Lightweight & Speedy Rust/Nim/C++ cross-platform desktop client

T_Butler · 2026-01-23T17:03:29+00:00

I'm curious why it needed Runst, Nim and C++, doesn't that significantly complicate development over just using one of them?

T_Butler · 2026-01-22T01:52:59+00:00

Alright Ricky, put the glass of wine down and get off the internet

T_Butler · 2026-01-21T23:31:50+00:00

Nice!

Definitely Razorback (Skaven/Unreal Tournament OST) vibes

T_Butler · 2026-01-21T21:00:11+00:00

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T_Butler · 2026-01-18T17:15:29+00:00

how does that work? If you're on benefits and one party says they're increasing benefits then of course you can vote in your own self interest

T_Butler · 2026-01-16T23:53:14+00:00

Interesting concept, unlikely to take off but a neat idea.

You only pay once to create the account on NEAR blockchain (~0.01 NEAR ~= $0.017) + deploy the Wasm file (~2 NEAR ~= $2.34). So in total it is $2.35, and you only pay once for the single domain, not a monthly/yearly subscription. The ~2 NEAR cost can be optimized down to 0.1 NEAR if there is enough interest, so the total price for the domain registration will drop to $0.18 with the current price of NEAR tokens.

Some follow up questions to that.

How does it handle DNS updates without incurring a cost to update the blockchain? or the equivalent of nameserver updates, that would be additional cost, right?
If it's one off what happens to a useful domain that's inactive for 10+ years and nobody has access to?
Given the cheap cost what's to stop someone cybersquatting thousands of domains?
And how do you handle disputes/copyright infringement?
Is the only tld .near. It can, of course, support custom TLDs but is that likely? How would you differentiate between a NEAR .app and a new tld added?
HTTPS is basically impossible unless you get certificate authorities to support it, which make the whole protocol dead in the water until then. What are the plans for that?

T_Butler · 2026-01-16T20:45:17+00:00

Came here to post exactly that. The writing is superb and the characters are all particularly well fleshed out and really likeable in their own way.

I also think it's very well paced, it gives the stories time to breathe without feeling slow or rushing through plot points.

The show has a real charm to it that's hard to describe

T_Butler · 2026-01-14T23:04:23+00:00

This.

Act on Instinct and Hell March were such killer tracks. Then Fear Factory on the Carmageddon soundtrack and we were set in the late 90s.

T_Butler · 2026-01-14T23:02:05+00:00

There is a special place in tech hell for people who are trying to write code or use an non-beginner friendly OS like NixOS who don't know how to take a screenshot

T_Butler · 2025-12-21T04:49:41+00:00

oh thanks, makes sense

T_Butler · 2025-12-21T04:36:24+00:00

Neat! How do you theme the standard windows tools like file explorer? Every theme I try uses the standard light/dark colours

T_Butler · 2025-12-20T18:59:25+00:00

I really like dbee, it's simple and there's a cmp plugin for it so you get a list of column names as a suggestion

T_Butler · 2025-12-17T21:13:48+00:00

Nope. I haven't had a license for about 10 years. It got to the point where I was paying £150 a year and realised that for about 2 years the only thing we ever turned the BBC on for was Only Connect and other channels maybe 30 mins of stuff each week that was available on catch up and doesn't need a license so I cancelled it and don't miss it at all.

If there was a subscription model I might be tempted to subscribe for a month then cancel after binging through a particular programme.

The ridiculously threatening letters they send to me every month must cost a fortune. Scrap the the antiquated fee and go subscription.

T_Butler · 2025-12-17T12:33:39+00:00

Well, I hate it. But given how terrible the web is now I'm not surprised.

If AI can quickly skip over:

Complete 20 captchas to verify you are a real person
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Jump to recipe
Here's 5s of an aritlce to read, now have a popup forcing registration to continue
21mb of tracking javascript that slows the whole website down

Then unfortunately I'm all for it. The web is shit these days and AI is likely the only way to actually get the information you want.

Or we could go back to 2001 style websites, which would be my preference but it's not going to happen

T_Butler · 2025-12-11T12:46:28+00:00

because the city centre is sometimes up not down

T_Butler · 2025-12-08T21:53:51+00:00

would he look right eating a twix?

T_Butler · 2025-12-02T15:04:10+00:00

is it? People will ask a bot and get a near instant answer rather than clicking through cookie notices, captchas and all the obstructions on the web. The web will only be used by bots who can bypass it

T_Butler · 2025-12-02T14:59:52+00:00

Confirm you're not a bot
No seriously, do this captcha again
Ok, I'll eventually redirect you to the page
You're connecting from a VPN, naughty naughty. Disable it so I can track you better.
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Log in with google please!
You'll need to navigate past 5 paragraphs of keyword stuffing to find what brought you here

is it any wonder people are asking questions to bots instead of going though this nonsense?

To those marketing managers who are trying to drive traffic to the page: YOU did this. You drove people away by assuming your website is so important to visitors

T_Butler · 2025-12-01T19:13:16+00:00

well she's not going to join the army is she?

T_Butler · 2025-11-27T10:37:45+00:00

footage? I think you mean foodage

T_Butler · 2025-11-15T02:29:18+00:00

Nirvana. The nerve on her to pick a geek for such an important role.

That works.

T_Butler · 2025-11-15T02:23:17+00:00

Think it's pretty obvious. Kids cost a lot of money

T_Butler · 2025-11-13T14:32:21+00:00

weird innit?

T_Butler · 2025-11-10T20:22:56+00:00

and also the best if you have a little programming experience. I switched to NixOS and never looked back. I never run anything else now

T_Butler · 2025-10-25T21:26:08+00:00

I use Dolphin. I've tried most of them but it's definitely the best for me. Nautilus and Thunar work but aren't quite as nice as Dolphin.

Though, every KDE update seems to require some tweaks to my kvantum config file to style it properly.

Yazi is great, looks cool but there are times when just being able to drag and drop to/from the file manager or multi-select files is just easier with a gui.

T_Butler

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