vhstape

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[–] vhstape 3 points 1 week ago

That’s what I get for being a hater 🤣

[–] vhstape 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

AGI apparently doesn’t mean anything anymore

[–] vhstape 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Pebble was my first and all-time favorite wearable. That said, I’m a bit reluctant to purchase a new one, since I recall the build being somewhat low quality. I had several units whose screens began to fail. Might still have to though… Nothing has filled the gap they left

[–] vhstape 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That’s a bomb headline 😂

[–] vhstape 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have our attention spans deteriorated so much that something like this is actually profitable???

[–] vhstape 2 points 1 month ago

Love this! I’m always excited to see tools that use plain text formats

[–] vhstape 2 points 1 month ago

Or maybe… hire a diverse set of journalists to cover different points of view???

[–] vhstape 3 points 1 month ago

That’s quite the oxymoron

[–] vhstape 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s great that there are new languages coming along that strike a balance between performance and safety. However, there’s always going to be a need for unsafe, low-level code. I work in semiconductors and occasionally have to write firmware and drivers for our devices. There’s no avoiding C in those environments.

[–] vhstape 7 points 1 month ago

What this administration fails to understand is that the USA currently lacks the workforce to be self-sufficient in semiconductors. Cutting off the supply of chips via tariffs and constricting federal funds to foundries isn’t going to magically make the country a semiconductor powerhouse. We’ve got the capability to build fabrication sites, sure. What we need is a workforce—people with graduate degrees in electrical and computer engineering. And that’s going to take time. This whole ordeal is sloppy and embarrassing

[–] vhstape 1 points 1 month ago

This would be a best-case scenario for me. I’ve never used Pixelmator, but I have extensive experience with Photoshop and Affinity Photo. Over the years, the addition of advanced editing features to the Apple Photos application means I open those advanced tools less and less. I don’t expect Photos to ever become a full-service editor, but it’s exciting to imagine where they can take it with this acquisition.

That, and I think Apple generally does justice to applications they acquire. Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro are prime examples.

[–] vhstape 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that’s great. I don’t know of any other program that supports iWork files.

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Pilet Mini Computer (www.raspberrypi.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by vhstape to c/raspberrypi@lemmy.ml
 

I have my Mac desktop configured to snap icons to a grid. However, for a while I've noticed that moving an icon causes them to snap to the upper-right corner of the screen, ignoring where I actually want them and overlapping existing icons. The only way around this seems to be going into Display Settings, changing any parameter such as Grid Size, and then moving the icons again. Has anyone else been experiencing this?

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Help Finding Comic (self.standupcomedy)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by vhstape to c/standupcomedy@lemmy.world
 

I'm trying to find a YouTube video of a stand-up routine that I loved, but I can't remember the name of the performer! Here's what I do remember. She had long brown hair and a voice that reminded me of Mickey Mouse. I believe the video was taken from one of those late-night shows. Her routine was about getting older and not wanting to date casually anymore. It was pretty raunchy too. Two punchlines I remember had to do with drinking c-m and claiming her biggest weakness or red flag was that her p-ssy is too tight. Thanks in advance!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by vhstape to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I am interested in dual-booting a Linux distro (probably Ubuntu) on my 2019 MacBook Pro. Ideally, I would have a shared data partition so that I could access my documents from both OSes. Does anyone have suggestions on the best way to accomplish this?

UPDATE: created macOS, Ubuntu, and data partitions. Was able to mount and access data partition from both systems without any issues. As a bonus, Ubuntu let me replace the standard documents, photos, videos, etc. folders with symlinks to the data partition.

 

My partner and I bought a low-end 3D scanner on Amazon to create this visualizer for a song I wrote!

The scanner aided in created a 3D mesh and texture map, which we brought into Blender and added fluid simulations via the FLIP plugin.

The song was recorded in Logic Pro, featuring my childhood Yamaha Portasound PSS-270. The video was comped in Final Cut Pro.

I'd love to know what you all think :)

 

Does anyone here have a BOOX e-paper tablet? I'm a big fan of e-paper devices—I love my Pebble smartwatch, Kindle Paperwhite, and Light Phone II. I've been eyeing the Tab Ultra C for quite a while, and I am considering the pros and cons. Mostly, I intend to use it for browsing the web and maybe some light note taking and document writing.

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Suzuki Omnichord OM-108 Unveiled (www.suzuki-music.co.jp)
submitted 1 year ago by vhstape to c/synths
 

Suzuki's much anticipated re-issue of the Omnichord is here! It's a faithful modernization of the iconic form factor and sound of the OM-84, and it's expected to retail for around $800. Given that in 1984 these instruments went for between $260-$300 ($700-$1500 today), that's exciting!

I've got an original OM-84 that's still going strong, but I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this new line.

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Yubikey on Linux? (self.linux)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by vhstape to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Hi friends! Has anyone here had success using Yubikeys on Linux? I've been going back and forth with support to no avail, trying to get my Yubikey 5C NFC to play nicely on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Any suggestions are appreciated.

I have the following Yubikey-related packages on my system:

libyubikey-udev 1.20.0-3 [Ubuntu/jammy universe]
├── is installed
└── udev rules for unprivileged access to YubiKeys

libyubikey0 1.13-6 [Ubuntu/jammy universe]
├── is installed
└── Yubikey OTP handling library runtime

python3-yubikey-manager 4.0.7-1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe]
├── is installed
└── Python 3 library for configuring a YubiKey — transitional package

yubikey-manager 4.0.7-1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe]
├── is installed
└── Python library and command line tool for configuring a YubiKey

yubikey-manager-qt 1.2.4-1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe]
├── is installed
└── Graphical application for configuring a YubiKey

yubikey-personalization-gui 3.1.24-1build1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe]
├── is installed
└── Graphical personalization tool for YubiKey tokens

libfido2-1 1.10.0-1 [Ubuntu/jammy main]
├── is installed
└── library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects

python3-fido2 0.9.1-1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe]
├── is installed
└── Python library for implementing FIDO 2.0

pcscd 1.9.5-3ubuntu1 [Ubuntu/jammy universe]
├── is installed
└── Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC (daemon side)

UPDATE: After working my way down the entire software stack, I contacted the vendor of my USB-C port and requested a replacement. It did the trick...

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by vhstape to c/macapps@lemmy.world
 

Hi friends! Can anyone recommend a good RSS reader for Mac, which supports the Fever API? I run a self-hosted FreshRSS server which I prefer to access through a client application. I have tried Fluent Reader, but it does not support the "starred" articles feature.

UPDATE: I've been using NetNewsWire for a while now, and it's perfect.

 

An attempt at blogging from your friendly neighborhood FPGA engineer. Hope you enjoy :)

 

"Nothing Chats, powered by Sunbird, allows you to directly message other phone users from your Nothing phone via blue bubbles."

I don't think this solves the problem, but it is a step in the right direction.

 

I recently acquired an Intel Compute Stick during a liquidation sale. Has anyone used one of these as a home server? I currently host UmbrelOS on a RPi 4, which works great, but I can't imagine what I would use the Compute Stick for...

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