jg1i 1w ago • 72%
OK. I know I'm about to get blown the fuck up but... You will own nothing and be happy. But. Like. Unironically.
I really don't think most people want to manage thousands of music files on their computer. Or hundreds of movie files. Or thousands of picture files. Or hundreds of video game files.
There are definitely options for doing this, but people who go this route are usually tech elite nerds. Not your parents or grandparents. Not normies.
(I self-host Navidrome, Jellyfin, Immich, etc.)
jg1i 1w ago • 50%
You know, I tried telling them this at Hertz, but they still called the cops on me! WTF! I gave them money, they gave me car. What's the problem officer?!?!?
jg1i 4w ago • 100%
I program for a living.
I can't stand all the smart shit people talk about. I hate installing software updates. I hate having to download an app just to use some shitty hardware. I hate needing an internet connection to use something. I hate having to charge yet another device.
I really hate software. I try to avoid it as much as possible.
jg1i 4w ago • 100%
They maybe use Plaid to connect your bank? I still wouldn't do it though. Fuck Plaid. Fuck handing out creds. Find another way.
jg1i 4w ago • 100%
Cy: People buying million dollar homes think they're getting the A-Team. They're not. It's the same builders that build the cheap homes.
jg1i 4w ago • 66%
That's a great start! Taco Bell is probably the healthiest fast food. A power bowl is lettuce, tomatoes, beans, a little cheese, a little beef. Way better than greasy burger with oil drenched fries!
jg1i 2mo ago • 100%
Explain how!
jg1i 2mo ago • 80%
- Syllabuses, not syllabi
- Matrixes, not matrices
- Indexes, not indices
- Cactuses, not cacti
Standardize plurals!
jg1i 2mo ago • 100%
It's all right otherwise. Not phenomenal, but not crap. The specs you can get with other laptops. The hardware feel isn't as good as a Dell XPS or an X1 Carbon. The expansion card stuff is kinda cool, but other laptops have ports too. I've never swapped out the cards.
The main reason I bought this laptop is repairability. If that's not your main priority, then I probably wouldn't recommend this laptop.
If you want to use this laptop with Linux and not spend time fixing hardware compatibility issues, then I definitely would not recommend this laptop. Definitely get a Dell XPS for a Linux laptop that Just Works.
jg1i 2mo ago • 17%
Agreed! Not saying it's not a software issue. Of course the software is broken. Of course I wish it was updated.
But, Framework seeing the landscape and picking hardware with known issues is a bad choice. They could offer lower DPI and eliminate entire pages of workarounds and half fixes.
Yes, high DPI should work, but it doesn't everywhere. That's just the reality, I wish it wasn't.
jg1i 2mo ago • 3%
Blurry and tiny apps come from Framework's poor choice of display. Other laptops don't have this problem.
Yes, I'm aware of software-side issues, but it's still their fault for seeing the software issues and then picking a broken display anyway.
jg1i 2mo ago • 48%
HiDPI has to be supported by all toolkits, desktops, and applications at this point. There are no excuses.
I mean... yeah, I agree. Would you mind sending that email to the millions of devs around the world? Not sure if they're aware of this.
I just want to be able to read my screen. 😭
jg1i 2mo ago • 34%
If it meant I could actually see my apps because they're not blurry and not tiny. Then hell yeah! Luckily, it's not a choice between all the DPI and none of the DPI.
- Dell XPS 13 - 1920X1200
- Lemur Pro - 1920x1200
- Thinkpad X11 - 1920 x 1200
It's possible.
Wuuttup. I'm here complaining again about Framework's Linux unfriendly display. The new one this time. https://frame.work/products/display-kit?v=FRANJF0001 # Old display, 2256 x 1504 (3:2) ## GNOME 100% scale - Nothing looks blurry - Everything is tiny - Unusable 100% scale + large text accessibility - Nothing looks blurry - Most apps scale appropriately - Some apps don’t respect GNOME’s large text setting (Alacritty) 125% scale - Most apps look blurry (Picard, Firefox, Spotify, Alacritty) 200% scale - Everything is way too big - Unusable ## Plasma 100% scale - Nothing looks blurry - Everything is tiny - Unusable 125% scale + Apply scaling themselves - Nothing looks blurry - Most apps scale appropriate - Some apps can’t scale themselves and look tiny (Picard) 125% scale + Scaled by system - Most apps look blurry (Picard, Firefox, Spotify, Alacritty) 200% scale - Everything is way too big - Unusable # New display, 2880 x 1920 (3:2) ## GNOME 100% scale - Nothing looks blurry - Everything is tiny - Unusable 100% scale + large text accessibility - Nothing looks blurry - Most apps scale appropriately - Some apps don’t respect GNOME’s large text setting (Alacritty) - Everything is tiny 150% scale - Most apps look blurry (Picard, Firefox, Spotify, Alacritty) 200% scale - Everything is way too big - Unusable ## Plasma 100% scale - Nothing looks blurry - Everything is tiny - Unusable 150% scale + Apply scaling themselves - Nothing looks blurry - Some apps can’t scale themselves, but look a little better here? (Picard) 150% scale + Scaled by system - Most apps look blurry (Picard, Firefox, Spotify, Alacritty) 200% scale - Everything is way too big - Unusable # tl;dr In the old display, GNOME at 100% + large text was the best compromise. In the new display, Plasma at 150% + Apply scaling themselves is the best compromise. Interestingly, Picard scaling itself looks super tiny in the old display, but in the new display it looks... better. It's still not correctly scaled like native Wayland apps, but it's better. # Warning If you can't stomach moving from GNOME to Plasma, then 🚨 DO NOT BUY THE NEW DISPLAY 🚨. The new display is worse for GNOME. # Once again I am once again begging Framework to just give us a damn regular DPI display that works! Without workarounds. Without forcing users on specific DEs. Without forcing users to stop using their favorite apps. This new display has basically all of the flaws as the previous one.
jg1i 2mo ago • 100%
I use Gboard. I really want to like the FUTO keyboard, but it unfortunately sucks for typing. Not sure what magic secret sauce Gboard has, but with the FUTO keyboard I basically mistype almost every word. Maybe Gboard has some tap target corrections or something? I've tried pushing through with the FUTO keyboard for about a month, but I think I'm ready to uninstall it. )`:
jg1i 2mo ago • 100%
if you’re forced to make your order $35 to get free shipping, you’re likely buying stuff you don’t want/need just to get to that amount.
Nnnnooo. I'm pretty sure I need toilet paper. My order was $33 for the main stuff I needed to buy and then I threw in toilet paper to push the order over $35. I needed that anyway.
Also, you could ask your spouse if anything else is needed around the house. Also, also, you could just wait until you need something else and batch the orders into 1 order over $35, instead of ordering a bunch of single $5 items.
If you really need something urgently, then it's perfectly fine to pay for shipping. But this probably doesn't happen very often.
It's really not that hard. You should try it. Cancel Prime for 3 months. If you hate living without it after 3 months, then you can resubscribe. There's no penalties.
jg1i 2mo ago • 100%
OMG YES. I canceled my subscription 2-3 years ago and I've never once thought about resubscribing!!! Highly recommend. 99% of the time I still get free shipping because I exceed the $30 threshold. If I don't, then I'll just add an item to the cart and wait until I need something else. If it's something urgent, then I do pay for the shipping, but it's still way cheaper than $139 per year. Bro, it's fine.
I don't care about Prime Video or Music, so for me it 1000000% made sense to cancel.
I hate that Amazon tries to trick me into signing up for Prime on every purchase, but that just pisses me off even more and makes it less likely for me to consider signing up.
jg1i 2mo ago • 97%
I stopped caring about British units in 1776! Metric all the way, baby! 🇺🇸 We decimalized their dumb ass currency and we need to finish the job with weights and measures! A vote for imperial units is a vote for red coats! Vote for me for President and I will liberate us from British tyranny! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🦅🦅🦅
jg1i 2mo ago • 96%
It's possible! We can switch! I'm US born and raised and I voluntarily switched to metric in college. It took me maybe we few months to start building an intuition for Celsius, grams, liters, and meters. And that was with me in isolation. I would imagine it would be much faster if everyone else was also transitioning.
Over the years, other people have asked me about this and I've been shocked at how many people don't realize most of the world uses metric. Someone asked why I was using "Mexico units" once... Also, I've met lots of people who think the US invented inches, pounds, etc, which is... uh... interesting. The arguments y'all are having here are way more advanced than what I've run into.
For anyone who wants to voluntarily switch, I highly recommend not to convert between imperial and metric. Just read the metric number and that's it. The weather says it's 25c outside? Don't convert to F. Go outside, experience 25c. Over time you'll build an intuition. Smartphones and computers have made the switch easier these days.
Of course, until we all switch you'll really end up being bilingual...
jg1i 3mo ago • 100%
The Honda Fit is one of my favorite cars I've ever owned. So damn practical and affordable.
jg1i 3mo ago • 94%
*California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
Let's say I become a citizen of a country that doesn't allow dual citizenship. During naturalization, new country B tells me I have to renounce citizenship from old country A. Does that have any effects back in country A? How would country A know? Would country A even care if they found out?
I'm currently working on my sprinkler valve box. It sucks ass. It's dug in the ground. I'm on my knees trying to replace a Hunter valve. This is the second time I'm back here this week because replacing the diaphragm didn't fix the leak. I think I'm gonna have to replace the whole valve, but the stupid valves are in the stupid valve box. So now I have dig out the box anyway (which is something the valve box is supposed to save you from). I don't get why people think valve boxes are a good idea... It's making maintenance a bitch. It also hid the leak from me for a while. I only found this problem because I had a HUGE helldivers2-style bug breach here. Which makes sense: the box provides shelter and water. I'm thinking of redoing this part of the Irrigation system and having the valves stick up out of the ground. Obviously now I have to protect against the weather, but that seems like a decent trade off for easy maintenance, easy malfunction discovery, and less potential for a bug infestation. (Don't give a crap about looks.) Does anyone have any recommendations for above ground enclosures? The main weather I have to protect against is sun. I don't get snow or crazy wind. I just need something like a wooden crate or something to cover the valves.
My lower res, lower DPI display from my old Dell laptop looks much more sharp and crisp than the fancy pants Framework 13 high res display.
In 2024, with GNOME 45, Wayland, and 1.25 fractional scaling, regular DPI displays still look better than HiDPI displays. This is a photo of Discord on two laptops side by side. The blurry one is the HiDPI display from Framework 13. The sharp one is a regular DPI display from Dell XPS 13. Both laptops. The difference is even more stark in person. Even the screenshots from the Framework are blurrier than the screen shots from the Dell.
Maybe I don't understand how Lemmy works yet... I've created an account on lemmy.world. I've subscribed to memes@lemmy.ml. In the browser, I can up-vote posts on lemmy.ml. However, when I tried the same thing it the app, it told me I had to log into lemmy.ml to up-vote. Is this right? How come it works in the browser?
I'm starting to get tired of people talking about Reddit on Lemmy. I personally don't care about Reddit anymore and am not interested in Reddit news. I already blocked c/reddit that helped. Is there anything else I can do? Is there a way to hide posts that contain a keyword?