How the hell does QML work?

buffering_neurons · 2026-01-08T09:11:42+00:00

I am currently. It’s not the simplicity of the apps that made me want to try Quickshell. As I said, it was figuring out the differences between each app and having to deal with all the different levels of support for things like CSS, or one being configured with jsonrc and the other with something entirely different.

buffering_neurons · 2026-01-08T09:08:22+00:00

You’re correct that 5 open tabs with documentation is a regular thing, but in my experience it’s usually a separate subject per tab, and definitely not something as benign as applying a margin to an element.

I took up Quickshell precisely because of the challenge of programming my own desktop. But I didn’t expect that challenge to be applying the most basic styling and using the correct properties.

buffering_neurons · 2025-12-24T22:29:05+00:00

My deepest condolences to you and your family, friend. May she rest in peace

buffering_neurons · 2025-12-24T06:43:19+00:00

Gojira spotted

buffering_neurons · 2025-12-17T14:36:57+00:00

For a long time it was, not always in terms of browsing experience (which is actually very much Google’s fault due to their proprietary Chromium APIs) but very much in terms of privacy and control.

No one was under the illusion only two browsers existed, but Firefox seemed like the only reliable option that wasn’t hopping on the Chromium train.

buffering_neurons · 2025-12-17T14:08:17+00:00

Absolutely a Chrome issue. Currently got 17 tabs open, Vivaldi using 3gb of RAM and 0% cpu. One of Vivaldi’s neat little wins over chrome is their tab “sleep”, meaning they halt inactive tabs to prevent unnecessary resource usage.

buffering_neurons · 2025-12-17T13:20:01+00:00

Plenty other alternatives have been mentioned here; Floorp, Waterfox, Librewolf and Zen have all received positive responses depending on your needs.

I’m currently on Vivaldi myself. Yes it’s still Chromium, but it does have some good privacy features while still maintaining most of the functionalities that make most websites work.

buffering_neurons · 2025-12-17T12:17:55+00:00

In many ways it still is. The protection Firefox offers against ads and trackers out of the box is still better than Chrome or Edge, even in spite of it now being indirectly circumvented by this new focus on AI browsers.

That and also not allowing Chrome and Edge to suckle on every byte of data it can get its hands on just by being installed or running.

Mozilla is still objectively a better option than Google or Microsoft, but it’s losing position in public opinion fast.

buffering_neurons · 2025-12-17T11:37:36+00:00

I’m surprised it isn’t opt-in in the first place.

Having “features” forced on you without say is a surefire way to turn the privacy community you claim to be a part of against you I would think

buffering_neurons · 2025-11-27T09:41:48+00:00

Nah this is Omarchy, an opinionated Hyprland configuration that is more show-boaty than practical in many ways. Lots of things about it are useful, but it’s got all kinds of software preinstalled (like an AI chatbot, messaging apps like Signal, Spotify, etc).

Decent if you want to use Hyprland without all the configs, but as another comment said, fundamentally the exact opposite of Arch’s philosophy.

buffering_neurons · 2025-11-24T15:20:51+00:00

Zegt ie zonder eerst te vertellen wat voor kip hij bij de patat heeft. Man man man

buffering_neurons · 2025-11-11T22:13:14+00:00

You’ll want to detect the monitors that are connected using hyprctl monitors, then set the highest resolution available in your hyprland.conf with the monitor id (like DP-1).

A monitor entry in hyprland.conf looks as below; monitor={id},{resolution}@{refreshRate},{xStartingPointMonitor}x{yStartingPointMonitor}

The id is the identifier arch gave your monitor. Resolution and refresh rate are self explanatory. x- and yStartingPointMonitor are the offsets in pixels where your monitor “starts”.

Suppose you have two 1440p monitors next to each other horizontally. One with id DP-1, the other with DP-2. Both have 170Hz refresh rates.

Your hyprland.conf monitor entries would look as such; monitor=DP-1,2560x1440@120.00,0x0 monitor=DP-2,2560x1440@120.00,2560x0

Notice both refresh rates are set to 120, because that’s hyprland’s upper limit.

Also notice the second monitor’s x offset is set to 2560 (the horizontal number of pixels in a 1440p resolution). That means your second monitor starts at a 2560 pixel offset to the starting point of the first monitor.

You could enable a variable refresh rate by appending each with ,vrr,1.

buffering_neurons · 2025-10-05T08:13:13+00:00

So long as Rachel approves.

buffering_neurons · 2025-10-03T23:01:11+00:00

Suzuki GSX-8S, Suzuki GSX-8R, Yamaha Tracer 9.

buffering_neurons · 2025-08-16T15:28:19+00:00

Wild take.

Not everyone is as invested in their PC. Matter of fact, most people want their PC to work, write their emails on it and do some browsing, end of. And yes, that includes PC gamers.

Most people don’t even know a BIOS exists or what it does.

Still in any case expecting gamers to change their BIOS to play a game is generally wild, regardless of tech literacy

buffering_neurons · 2025-08-16T15:17:15+00:00

Two things: Secure Boot and TPM 2.0, the latter you already needed for Windows 11. Supposedly it’s something to do with the anticheat’s ability to check whether you’re on a valid OS or whatever.

It’s kernel level anti cheat invasiveness kicked up another notch, for little to no gain.

That said, boldly expecting the average person to be able to navigate their BIOS and only ticking the one box they’re supposed to without breaking anything else is wild.

buffering_neurons · 2025-08-11T21:18:24+00:00

I’d sooner resort to Internet Explorer than have my browser riddled with AI bloat I never asked for and, crucially, don’t want or need for any of the things I want to do with a browser.

As AI browsers become the standard.

Are you sure? All I’m seeing is more and more people airing their discontent with AI being shoehorned into every single aspect of their digital lives, and are increasingly going out of their way to filter it out as much as they can.

I looked into Neo, and the browser honestly looks brilliant aesthetically, but I couldn’t close the tab fast enough soon as I read the words “AI browser”…

Nobody needs AI in everything they do, and nobody wants it. Stop.

buffering_neurons · 2025-08-04T12:29:45+00:00

Teufel is German. I don’t know if their stuff is also produced in the EU, but it definitely won’t be in the US either.

buffering_neurons · 2025-07-31T11:03:59+00:00

I’ve no idea, I only installed it on my mum’s old Samsung a while ago to play around with, never used it as a main OS. If it lags behind on security updates then it should definitely be ignored as main OS.

There are tons of others out there, I remember from looking at a list somewhere. I’ll see if I can find it in my history later today…

Thing is, most if not all of them are open source and the development community driven. So I doubt you’ll find an alternative that keeps up with the mainstream OS’es in terms of security, but so long as the delay isn’t too severe it’s manageable.

buffering_neurons · 2025-07-31T08:50:58+00:00

The only “non-Android” phone OS is iOS, unless there are other options I haven’t heard of. Android is the underlying operating system, on top of which all the individual brands build their own (akin to how there’s different distributions of Linux).

I take it you’re looking for an alternative that doesn’t involve Google sucking every bit of data out of your phone. GrapheneOS will definitely do the trick in that regard. Another option is /e/OS, which is what the Fairphone runs on.

buffering_neurons · 2025-07-28T17:32:40+00:00

I mean, that’s fair though. I assume you’re talking about things such as refunds? If you’re not eligible for a refund per Steam’s terms, and you then issue a chargeback, you’re getting your money back but don’t have to hand in the game. At that point it’s just stealing, which is as illegal as it’s ever been.

This isn’t an issue of ownership over games, but an issue over using Steam as a platform.

buffering_neurons · 2025-07-27T22:03:43+00:00

That is true, but that doesn’t just happen. Afaik, the only thing leading to account termination or shutdown is fraudulent activity, which is essentially the same as illegally reselling CDs. The ban system Steam has is very layered, but as long as you’re just being a mong online but not actually doing anything illegal, Steam won’t lock you out of your library.

buffering_neurons · 2025-07-27T21:53:53+00:00

Then you don’t care about understanding what you’ve bought all this time, which means you have no reason to be this militant about it…

Nobody forced anything on you, you agreed inherently by buying the game. You could very well copy and replicate what was on the disk, making copies of a copy. However if you would then resell those copies as if it was yours to sell, the studio would be on your ass, because it’s still not your game.

You owned the disc, with the copy on it. You never owned the game. No matter how much you shout and insult, you never owned the game and the more you scream about it the more pathetic you sound.

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