markstos

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What would make you change distro? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I stuck with Ubuntu over a decade, but eventually Arch had several packages I was interested in that Ubuntu did not, plus the Arch wiki. I wanted to use Sway with several rofi/dmenu type utils, and Arch had a lot more of those packaged.

Musk's SpaceX town in Texas warns residents they may lose right to 'continue using' their property in c/usa@midwest.social
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Right. Seems like a common rezoning change. There’s a trend towards more mixed use.

This does not appear to be exceptional.

It’s my 80th birthday on Sunday. Ask me anything! in c/askmeanything@lemmy.ca
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Are you planning a military parade to celebrate?

$1.5 Billion AI Company That Reportedly Used No Actual AI Goes Belly Up in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Years ago there was a voice to text transcription service sold as automated that worked by people listening to your voicemails and typing them out.

Fall is a Good Time to Die (2025, dir Dalton Coffey) in c/trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I counted about 15 shots of men’s faces not saying anything during the two minute trailer. Impressive, really.

Sugarcane (2025, dir Pat Baker) in c/trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Characters forced to confront their past is a broad genre.

Fall is a Good Time to Die (2025, dir Dalton Coffey) in c/trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Watch it a second time and notice how little the stoic men in this trailer say vs how much they respond with pained looks.

What did they think was going to happen… in c/desire_paths@sh.itjust.works
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Desire path" is a valid noun phrase where "desire" functions as an attributive noun modifying "path." This construction is grammatically correct in English.

FunOS - Have any of you used this in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

For 60+ I might recommend ChromeOS Flex, Mint, or Ubuntu.

IT’S THE FEDS! in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

It’s grow lamps simulating full sun brightness in a windowless room.

What did they think was going to happen… in c/desire_paths@sh.itjust.works
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (6 children)

These paths are called “desire paths”— paths that desire follows.

Or does and doesn't care? in c/memes@sopuli.xyz
[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

If an alarm is set for a time doesn’t exist, I expect a big warning on the Lock Screen that there’s a problem so I can fix it. Or set the alarm off early assuming that it’s better to be early than late for whatever it was.

Both are better than silent failure.

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Switch to Sway windows by selecting them by label, like wmfocus or Vim easymotion (lemmy.world)
 

You've got multiple monitors and watch to switch to a window several windows away.

You could switch focus there with a number of arrow key movements.

"sway-easymotion" allows you to use to press a key that prints a one or two character label on each window. Press that key and your focuses switch there.

Over the weekend I submitted patches for a couple of new features. First, I added multi-monitor support. Second, I added a visual confirmation of which window was selected.

If you are familiar with Github and Rust, you can review the patches and try them out here:

https://github.com/edzdez/sway-easyfocus/pulls

More about sway-easyfocus: https://github.com/edzdez/sway-easyfocus

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Using custom keyboard firmware to enable copy/paste shortcuts on Linux that work in terminals too. (mark.stosberg.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29330696

Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux

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Using custom keyboard firmware to enable copy/paste shortcuts on Linux that work in terminals too. (mark.stosberg.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29330696

Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux

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Progress towards universal Copy/Paste shortcuts on Linux (mark.stosberg.com)
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Your business is so last century. (lemmy.world)
 
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New traffic barriers installed at 3rd and Clarizz (bsquarebulletin.com)
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‘Today in Bloomington’ Is Not the Local Newsletter It Appears To Be - Limestone Post Magazine (limestonepostmagazine.com)
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Corporate Auth in 2025 (lemmy.world)
 
  1. App redirects to identity broker
  2. Identity Broker redirects to social login
  3. Browser prompts to open password manager to access social login password.
  4. Password manager prompts for master password and redirects back to social login
  5. Social login prompts for security key.
  6. Social login redirects back to identity broker.
  7. Identity broker redirects back to app.
  8. "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'length')"
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Inside a network of AI-generated newsletters targeting “small town America” (www.niemanlab.org)
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All QT apps gaining support for special keycodes in 6.10 (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by markstos@lemmy.world to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
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Keyboards with custom firmware supports keycodes like XF86Copy and XF86Paste. These are great for having truly global copy/paste shortcuts that also work in apps like terminals where "Control-V" and "Control-C" aren't supported by default.

I advocated that these keycodes be supported in a web browser, Qutebrowser. The author of that project, Florian Bruhin liked the idea and submitted a patch upstream to the QT framework, which is used by many apps associated with the KDE Linux desktop. And about 5 years later, apps will be packaged with QT 6.10 that include the fix.

Here’s the change description.

This adds support for the Help, Open, Close, Save, New, Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Back, Forward, Refresh, ZoomIn, ZoomOut, Find, Settings, Exit, and Cancel keys to the default keyboard shortcuts.

The bug report:

https://bugreports.qt.io/plugins/servlet/mobile#issue/QTBUG-93269

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Any Linux users out there who have tried the OSBOT Meet 2 webcam? (www.obsbot.com)
 

It is reportedly plug-n-play for basic features, but for more advanced features, something like this project would need to be patched to add support for the camera.

https://github.com/samliddicott/guvciew-meet4k

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Fuzzel, app launcher and fuzzy finder has feature-packed 1.11 release (mark.stosberg.com)
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