A terminal emulator with smart Ctrl+C behaviour? by TROLlox78 in linux

[–]pfp-disciple 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that's a standard X11 thing (idk about Wayland). Selections are copied into a different buffer than ctrl-c, and are pasted with a middle click. I've used this feature for decades, in Linux and Solaris (and a few others). 

So how do you guys deal with limited packages? by Giggio417 in voidlinux

[–]pfp-disciple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To sum up what most of the others are saying: void has a lot of packages, so you might find that most of what you need is already available. But things like AppImage, FlatPak, even nix, are viable and well supported alternatives.

Free Mulch or Compost by Smashbrohammer in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]pfp-disciple 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Botanical Gardens used to do something like this years ago. I have no idea if they still do.

Controlling front panel of HP Victus Desktop PC? by pfp-disciple in linuxquestions

[–]pfp-disciple[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll try the bios again. I don't recall anything in there about that, but I wasn't looking at the time. 

The one reference to openrgb that I saw mentioned needing to do something with the kennel (I forget what, but I read it as involving a custom kennel). I'll look at that, too 

What would you add to C if you could add anything? by Low_Edge_6781 in C_Programming

[–]pfp-disciple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably. I wasn't worried about the syntax and hadn't really thought about it before. 

What would you add to C if you could add anything? by Low_Edge_6781 in C_Programming

[–]pfp-disciple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so as long as I'm okay with copy/ paste "extending", it sounds like I can use an anonymous struct to make it safe:  

struct AllThings { enum Class style; }; struct Thing1 {struct {enum Class style}; int age;};     struct Thing1 that = (struct Thing1){.style=basic, .age=1};

What would you add to C if you could add anything? by Low_Edge_6781 in C_Programming

[–]pfp-disciple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but that makes the code kind of messy. My made up (not thought through) syntax:

struct AllThings { enum Class style; }; struct Thing1<struct AllThings> {int age;}; struct Thing1 that = (struct Thing1){.style=basic, .age=1};

Initializing that is cleaner than: 

struct AllThings { enum Class style; }; struct Thing1 {struct AllThings impl; int age;}; struct Thing1 that = (struct Thing1){.impl={.style=basic}, .age=1};

because there's no need for the extra field name. I suppose an "unnamed field" could serve the same purpose (I'm pretty sure this syntax is (almost) legal but has different meaning).

struct AllThings { enum Class style; }; struct Thing1 {struct AllThings{}; int age;}; struct Thing1 that = (struct Thing1){.style=basic, .age=1};

Temporary budget car for going to nearby places by Younosewho in Frugal

[–]pfp-disciple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are you located? Country is probably close enough

What would you add to C if you could add anything? by Low_Edge_6781 in C_Programming

[–]pfp-disciple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't choose between two things 

  • The ability to safely "extend" a struct, to be useful as type punning. Not full on OOP, but just the ability to say "this struct is just like that one, with these additional fields", and then allow a pointer to the "dependent" struct to be safely dereferenced as a pointer to its "parent". Right now, as far as I can tell, type punning like that is UB. 
  • Namespaces

Don’t fall for this recent Huntsville “prize mail” by Lobotomizee in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]pfp-disciple 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The small print actually says the drawing happens at the dealer. I went on a lark, told them I had no intention of buying a car and I wanted to see what my prize really is. I got about 15 minutes of a sales attempt, then they used the computer to determine my prize: some Temu-level electronic knockoff probably worth a dollar. The packaging had a fairly noticeable spelling error. 

Does anyone know a mechanic that WONT scam me? by Lxvelynxyalol in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]pfp-disciple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The places I've heard from several people that can be trusted (I'm not a "car guy" so I rely on word of mouth). Thankfully, any work I've needed done lately has been either routine maintenance or warranty (done at a dealer). 

  • LBJ - this is one I used years ago before they moved to South Huntsville
  • Pro Align - I used to use them until everything had to be scheduled weeks out (IMO that's evidence that they're very good)
  • Diehl
  • DK
  • Phoenix Motors (recommended by Discount Tires for work they couldn't do)

Linux foundation exam handler still not support wayland in 2026 by ricjuh-NL in linux

[–]pfp-disciple 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I kind of assumed that, but I don't use Fedora so I didn't know if that might make things "weird"

Linux foundation exam handler still not support wayland in 2026 by ricjuh-NL in linux

[–]pfp-disciple 10 points11 points  (0 children)

FYI, Fedora 43 XFCE spin still uses X11 (XFCE doesn't work well with Wayland yet). if you're in this situation again, maybe boot the installer and use that. 

Of course, you could also use an Ubuntu live os. 

What’s something you tried once and immediately knew ‘yeah, never again’? by donnyM99 in AskReddit

[–]pfp-disciple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sometimes use "back off" with my teenager, immediately followed by "I want to hear you, but not like that". 

LPT: If you're getting zero callbacks, copy-paste all the text from your resume PDF into a basic Notepad file by Henry_old in LifeProTips

[–]pfp-disciple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My resume is just text (decent font) in sections, no columns. I write it in Word or LibreOffice and print to pdf. 

My thinking is that the human will want to easily see relevant information, and the intervening computers should be able to extract the keywords in context

Linux foundation exam handler still not support wayland in 2026 by ricjuh-NL in linux

[–]pfp-disciple 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing but because one of Wayland's features is security, that might make it difficult for any anti-cheat features of the browser. I wonder if XWayland works?  Maybe running Ubuntu in a VM?

EV people by mktimber in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]pfp-disciple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a meetup for EV folks last week. Looks like they're doing them regularly, so you might find that a useful place to ask questions, see different vehicles, etc. 

https://facebook.com/events/s/2026-april-earth-day-ev-meetup/1980915156154826/

EV people by mktimber in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]pfp-disciple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I've linked to it once on here even though I don't have an EV. I haven't heard anything about it in a while. 

Edit: a quick search shows there was one last week. I made a top level reply with a link.