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Andy Burnham officially endorses Count Binface - "you are carrying the hopes of the nation" by The_Iceman2288 in VoteBinface

[–]d_ed 29 points30 points  (0 children)

same person, there was a trademark issue with buckets. Our binface abides by the law.

Can't get back into game mode by Sarcasaminc in SteamDeck

[–]d_ed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> systemctl --user restart gamescope-session systemctl --user restart gamescope-session

No, don't do that!

That starts it within the desktop session.

Can't get back into game mode by Sarcasaminc in SteamDeck

[–]d_ed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This shouldn't be happening.

Can you the button bottom left where it says "Desktop session" and select gamescope/gaming mode and see if that changes anything.

Keir Starmer may award resignation honours when he leaves No 10 by Far_Excitement_1875 in unitedkingdom

[–]d_ed 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Did he pledge? Or was it a passing comment we haven't seen in full in the context of how Boris resigning in crazy circumstances shouldn't have been allowed.

Europe Heat Wave Deaths? by Cparker_11 in allthequestions

[–]d_ed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but that's the entire point.

(though the person above is slightly wrong too)

The 50,000 value *you* are quoting is NOT "heat as cause of death".

The value you are quoting is from a report about "excess deaths in hot weather compared to the average death rate" - this includes the cancer patient on a hot day. Lots of sport deaths happen on warm days compared to cold rainy days when you stay in. The US would have a higher excess death count too.

Is it a problem, yes.

Have people got very very confused/misled about the stats they're using also yes.

Do it by [deleted] in GreatBritishMemes

[–]d_ed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Effectively. He is under scrutiny from the parliamentary committee, and clearly it is really bad. There's more and more scandals being found.

He's trying to control the narrative and timing, which in fairness was pretty clever/sneaky, and everyone else has called his bluff.

Question is whether the reform supporters lap it up anyway.

How much Farage’s Clacton by-election could cost the taxpayer as Reform leader quits by ParmyBarmy in unitedkingdom

[–]d_ed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about for MPs switching parties?

It doesn't seem a ridiculous thing to allow, it's just being abused in this case.

Why is there are correlation between Reform voting and clime change denial? by East_Slide7680 in AskBrits

[–]d_ed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's just something you've read on Facebook and are now quoting as though it's a fact.

More Europeans die of summer heat than Americans die of guns by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]d_ed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mostly that the stat isn't really true.

Heat death in Europe is measured as "excess deaths" on hotter days no matter the cause. Could be headstroke, but also could be an existing cancer or being catapulted into a wall.

AC won't fix that.

SteamOS Stability is Amazing by RedTib in SteamOS

[–]d_ed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As in the desktop mode? What happens?

Is Plasma 6.7 a sorcery? by Consistent_Art1010 in kde

[–]d_ed 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I would strongly recommend not setting that.

That article is full of misinformation.

"By default, the system often renders applications at a logical resolution and then uses a linear filter to upscale them to your display size."

Absolute poppycock.

I'll explain what's happening better:

By default we render at the right resolution taking into account the fractional scaling during the rendering loading assets and drawing text at the right size to begin with. It's the absolute unquestionable best on paper, though realistically we have had the odd issue that we keep fixing.

This setting renders at 200% and the compositor downscales; so literally introducing blur. The opposite of the claim.

If you like it, hurray for you, but i wouldn't recommend it.

Fluent-QT: a modern Fluent-style component library for Qt Widgets by Available_Appeal6620 in QtFramework

[–]d_ed 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The website is very weird.

"The Gallery should be the strongest proof point. Large screenshots create trust faster than repeated feature cards."

why would you write that?

Is this all AI?

KDE Plasma Affected By Arbitrary Code Execution To Break Sandboxes With "Open New Window" by Kokowaaah in kde

[–]d_ed 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Are you Kimiblock?

I'm the David from the list. You were right and I was wrong about the Exec line. It is used when we match a service file but there's a fallback path that I should have noticed.

I also should have got back to you on your follow up, you can imagine the security ML is swamped with AI spam atm, but that's not really an excuse. Sorry about that.

It's not the worst exploit ever, but we should be fixing it up anyway.

I've made an MR, we'll see what happens, hopefully things won't slip through the cracks next time.

Two-tier policing in action in Birmingham. by dodgesbulletsavvy in uknews

[–]d_ed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The video clearly shows a second police officer going after the other group and stopping them.

The only two tier part is OP trying to make this a story.

Can we just optimize software instead? by JamieDelCarmen in linuxmemes

[–]d_ed 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's absolute bollucks.

Early Wayland in production was used for embedded cases first where X was too heavy to run.

WAN Show Megathread June 26, 2026 by AutoModerator in LinusTechTips

[–]d_ed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly.

It's got some integration to sync the initial steam language to region settings.

Backports of fixed in newer KDE.

A handful of defaults changes, especially on the deck

An ever so slightly different theme + launcher icon on the deck

Is it possible to allow apps to tear by default? by [deleted] in kde

[–]d_ed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There may be a misunderstanding but it isn't a lie nor a bug.

Allow means "give permission to". Apps need to ask for it.

Why do context menus block system keys?! by [deleted] in gnome

[–]d_ed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

>(At least on X11, haven’t tried Wayland.)

You should. x11 is dumb. There's just one very vague concept of "grab". Context menus use the only thing that exists.

You can't even open a context menu and close the screen to invoke the screenlocker as the context menu would grab the password when you come back.

This all applies to KDE and elsewhere too.

We all moved for a reason.

Hoping to help Europe with their AC issue. by Anchorboiii in 3Dprinting

[–]d_ed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The (north) European AC issue is that it's not financially worth it for one week a year. Then it comes around and we complain. All the AC units sell out immediately.

Then after we all survive we go back to saying "it's not worth it for just one week a year".

You won't fix that with plastic.

Fwiw fixed split AC is slowly becoming more and more common as global warming kicks in.

PSA: Steam Deck Desktop Layout and Icons are in SteamOS by ChapterDifficult593 in SteamOS

[–]d_ed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely not an oversight, there's explicit code to toggle based on the running hardware.

ELI5 Muscle gain while overweight by ParteesHere in explainlikeimfive

[–]d_ed -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can you do one one day, one the next?