Kalcifer

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To help you decide on your next daily driver in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Except that a tablet sized screen is not accomplishing the same goal as proper visibility

I never said that I was specifically advocating for that as the only solution. All that matters is if the same end is accomplished. If it is indeed true that the safety of a vehicle is only maximized when objects are directly visible to the driver, then so be it. If not, that is an unnecessarily specific and restrictive regulation. And, in any case, regulating a limit, and letting the market work within it, accomplishes the same end with the benefit of freedom of choice. An equivalent example would be regulating the maximum allowed emissions for a vehicle rather than mandating a specific design of the engine, exhaust system, etc.

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Who is your favorite artist and what song/album would you recommend? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
To help you decide on your next daily driver in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (5 children)

This makes me wonder if there could be a regulation mandating front facing cameras on vehicles where vision is obstructed when moving at low speeds. Perhaps collision alert systems are sufficient. At any rate, there should probably be something that mandates some form of compensation for the lack of vision.

Linux rule in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 30 points 6 days ago (3 children)

And Arch Linux instead of openSUSE Tumbleweed and Fedora 😊

Small linux-friendly laptop in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ah, so it does [1]. Apologies! Perhaps another older Thinkpad has a 12" screen? From what I've heard, and from my experience with my own T460, they're usually pretty solid laptops, so if you could find one with the specs that you are seeking, I would say that it's worth considering.

References

  1. "Product Specification Reference" (Version 506, May 2017). Lenovo. Published: 2017. Accessed 2024-09-11T19:41Z. https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/i_pdf/psref506.pdf.

    [§ThinkPad T460 Platform Specifications]

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[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Older Thinkpad (eg T460)?

[SOLVED] Have you ever experienced stuttering in a game if you receive a message in a desktop messaging app during gameplay? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thank you! Solved!

[SOLVED] Have you ever experienced stuttering in a game if you receive a message in a desktop messaging app during gameplay? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thank you for the information! Perhaps that's what this setting is:

I will disable it and report back.

EDIT (2024-09-09T22:09Z): @ccf@lemmy.world, unfortunately, with that setting disabled, I still am experiencing the stuttering.

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[SOLVED] Have you ever experienced stuttering in a game if you receive a message in a desktop messaging app during gameplay? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Solution

This is a bug in KDE Plasma [1.1][2]. It appears that it might be fixed in KDE Plasma v6.2 [1.2][3].

Original Post

I have noticed this behavior with Element and Signal while playing Deadlock. The game will have a pretty severe stutter, ie the frame-rate will substantially dip, for half a second or so at the exact moment that a message is received. It seems to happen with every message. Do note that these are only messages that would result in a system notification. All other messages that are silent, ie they have no pop-up notification, do not result in any stutter.

  • OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: v6.6.49-1-lts
  • DE: KDE Plasma v6.1.4
  • WM: Wayland
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-4690k
  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Updates

  • I have tried disabling this setting in Deadlock:
  • I have tried windowed-borderless
  • I have noticed that the moment that the stutter occurs, my CPU spikes maybe 20% and my GPU drops to 0%.

References

  1. @narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee. "Have you ever experienced stuttering in a game if you receive a message in a desktop messaging app during gameplay?". sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2024-09-09T23:12:24Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:03Z. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/13818926. https://lemm.ee/comment/14674507.

    1. it’s a bug in KDE Plasma

    2. [the bug] might be fixed [in KDE Plasma] 6.2

  2. "Bug 487780: Fullscreen game stutter when Plasma receives notifications.". Robert. bugs.kde.org. Published: 2024-05-30T03:58Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:06Z. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487780.
  3. Zamundaaa. "Bug 487780: Fullscreen game stutter when Plasma receives notifications.". bugs.kde.org. Published: 2024-08-19T12:01:08Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:13Z. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487780#c13.

    There are some remaining code paths that can block direct scanout - namely effects that haven't been fixed, or that may need to block direct scanout in some situations. There's a new API in 6.2 that effects can use though, https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6203, which blocks direct scanout only when really necessary. It's implemented for all built in effects, and external javascript effects automatically make use of this API too.

KDE Goals - A New Cycle Begins in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Dang, that's pretty neat! Man, there's probably going to be some funky bugs with legacy code getting included into Rust.

What are your first principles (rules you've developed) in your life? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Make it work, then make it better.

I really like this one. It's borderline a mantra.

KDE Goals - A New Cycle Begins in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought Rust already had several different methods for interacting with C++?

Oh? Would you mind sharing them? It would be absolutely fantastic if such a thing existed and is mature enough to be practically used.

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PSA: Git exposes timezone metadata (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Git records the local timezone when a commit is made [1]. Knowledge of the timezone in which a commit was made could be used as a bit of identifying information to de-anonymize the committer.

Setting one's timezone to UTC can help mitigate this issue [2][3] (though, ofc, one must still be wary of time-of-day commit patterns being used to deduce a timezone).

References

  1. Git documentation. git-commit. "Date Formats: Git internal format". Accessed: 2024-08-31T07:52Z. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt-Gitinternalformat.

    It is <unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>, where <unix-timestamp> is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. <time-zone-offset> is a positive or negative offset from UTC. For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is +0100.

  2. jthill. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2014-05-26T16:57:37Z. (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:27Z). https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23874208/how-can-i-ignore-committing-timezone-information-in-my-commit#comment36750060_23874208.

    to set the timezone for a specific command, say e.g. TZ=UTC git commit

  3. Oliver. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2022-05-22T08:56:38Z (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:30Z). https://stackoverflow.com/a/72336094/7934600

    each commit Git stores a author date and a commit date. So you have to omit the timezone for both dates.

    I solved this for my self with the help of the following Git alias:

    [alias]
co = "!f() { \
    export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    git commit $@; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Autor: %an <%ae> (%ai)\"; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Committer: %cn <%ce> (%ci)\"; \
}; f"

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If you have installed Linux on a Microsoft Surface Pro, what was your experience? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm looking for a cheap and portable tablet that I can use for writing. Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, at least around the gen 4 models, are rather cheap to buy used, and they seem decently well made. Naturally, were I to buy one, I would have to install Linux onto it.

I've been peripherally aware of the Linux Surface project for some time now. I looked at it recently, after having not for some time, and it seems that they have really made good progress compared to what I remember, and it's making me much more interested in trying to install Linux on a Surface Pro.

Having never owned a Surface Pro, I'm not sure which models are the most reliable and sturdy. I'm not looking for something that's the flashiest; I want something that works well. I want something pragmatic — something akin to the idea of an older era of Thinkpad (eg T460). I want a pen with low input delay and good accuracy, reliable and responsive touch controls, and a decent display. I was thinking the Surface Pro 4 might be a good choice, but it's hard to know as there aren't many videos out there of people installing Linux on them, so I'm wondering what your experience has been with Microsoft Surface Pro's and installing Linux on one.

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[META] Current moderator actions occurring in this community are not visible in the modlog (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev
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In one of my posts, I noticed this removed comment:

I was curious what it was, so I checked the modlog, but it states that the last mod action in this community occurred a month ago:

What's up with this? Are mod actions being scrubbed from the modlog?

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Have you installed Linux on a Microsoft Surface Pro? If so, what was your experience? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev
9 comments fedilink
 

I'm looking for a cheap and portable tablet that I can use for writing. Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, at least around the gen 4 models, are rather cheap to buy used, and they seem decently well made. Naturally, were I to buy one, I would have to install Linux onto it.

I've been peripherally aware of the Linux Surface project for some time now. I looked at it recently, after having not for some time, and it seems that they have really made good progress compared to what I remember, and it's making me much more interested in trying to install Linux on a Surface Pro.

Having never owned a Surface Pro, I'm not sure which models are the most reliable and sturdy. I'm not looking for something that's the flashiest; I want something that works well. I want something pragmatic — something akin to the idea of an older era of Thinkpad (eg T460). I want a pen with low input delay and good accuracy, reliable and responsive touch controls, and a decent display. I was thinking the Surface Pro 4 might be a good choice, but it's hard to know as there aren't many videos out there of people installing Linux on them, so I'm wondering what your experience has been with Microsoft Surface Pro's and installing Linux on one.

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What medication/pill tracking app do you recommend? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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I'm looking for an open-source medication/pill tracking app.

Requirements:

  • Android support
  • Ability to create custom medication/pill entries
  • Ability to set notification reminders for taking pills
  • Ability to arbitrarily create entries at any date/time

Nice-to-haves:

  • Data export/backup
  • Data-at-rest encryption
  • Data visualizations

Cross-posted at https://sh.itjust.works/post/23572613

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What keyboard layout do you use? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I use Workman.

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The growth of Linux desktop marketshare, in percent of total, since 2009 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev
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References

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Do you have any recommendations for an opensource mood tracking app? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Cross-posted to https://sh.itjust.works/post/23047054

I'm currently using Daylio. It works fine, but, given the sensitive nature of the information, I want something more private/trustworthy. The following is what I am looking for in the app:

Essentials:

  • Android app.
  • Support custom tags and notes when recording a mood.
  • The ability to add a mood for a specific day/time other than current (for example, if I miss an entry).
  • Support multiple entries per day.

Nice-to-haves:

  • Visualizations of the moods, and other data, over time
  • Data exports/backups
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A new play structure, now Canada's tallest, has been opened at Millennium Park in Castlegar (www.castlegarnews.com)
 

Cross-posted to https://sh.itjust.works/post/21102211

Here is a before on Google Street View, and here is an after (while under construction).

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A new play structure, now Canada's tallest, has been opened at Millennium Park in Castlegar, B.C. (www.castlegarnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Cross-posted to https://sh.itjust.works/post/21102275

Here is a before on Google Street View, and here is an after (while under construction).

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If instance A defederates from instance B does that mean that users on A will never see users from B? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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For example, say an instance C is not defederated with B nor A. Can a user on A see users from B if they visit a community on C? If so, to what extent can the users from A and B interact with each other on C?

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