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  • I don't know about any protests and I don't care enough to stop watching it.

    But embarrassingly enough I actually watched all the seasons of Curb a few months back and finally decided to try the Seinfeld. I was expecting it to be the usual sitcom routine but I shouldn't have prejudged it esp considering Larry's sense of humor.

  • I let my younger sis modify my kde desktop.
  • Well the best thing about it is that she wouldn't even touch linux before this. She's primarily a mac user. But after I dragged her to see my desktop modifications, after 10 eye rolls, she said she could do much better job than me.

    Hours later she was still at it, hairs scattered, baffled looking... saying how could someone live with so many choices lol.

    The good thing out of this was that now she's starting to see the point of linux after all these years.

  • I let my younger sis modify my kde desktop.

    Hour after I come to this, I'm loving it. She modified it so it retains original kde look but has enough tiny details to keep it interesting. She says she'll resume the work tomorrow 🫡

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    "The Vale: Shadow of the Crown" and the value of immersion
  • TYSM for bringing this game into attention. After hours of staring at the screen everyday, last thing I want to do is to stare some more. I love playing video games and this sounds like a good compromise compared to listening to audiobooks.

  • The realtime preemption end game — for real this time [LWN.net]
  • After going through a rabbit hole what I learned that this patch does is to allow time critical applications at top priority.

    Most of popular linux distributions already have this patch applied in one form or another.

    What I think it means for end user is that if applications use this part of linux kernel correctly, then they can speed up some core parts, be more responsive, and stable. But if it's abused, it can end up slowing the whole system.

  • Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative?
  • I can't say I've ever noticed any significant audio quality difference between this and something like Vinyl even on very good headphones.

    But I would say that I've been trying to find equivalent equilizer functions that this app has on desktop. The bass boost function is the best one I've ever used. It even turned my very neutral etymotics er3se into solid thumpers.

  • Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative?
  • There are so many. By usage however:

    Smart Audiobook Player: None of the apps I tried had all the features in one, like reading my complex audiobooks folder structure and auto grouping the books based on that. Timer to pause audiobook that is automatically reset by moving the phone.

    Maps: No foss solutions work better where I live than GMaps

    YTMusic: So this is a tough one to beat because of the nature of the platform itself.

    Notes: I am looking for a P2P syncable note app that can also have a web interface or atleast a Linux version of the App. Allows drawing your notes on an android phone or tablet using stylus, and other usual features. Can also use cloud storage as a backup or sync source. I know this one is a really tall order.

  • What type of pen do you prefer to use?
  • My man wrote a whole essay to start a casual conversation lol.

    Anyways to answer: fountain pens. I got some cheap chinese ones from Ali Express, the company is Jinhao. A really good bang for your buck. You can get a pretty good one under 10 bucks these days...

    Anyways the appeal of the pens to me lie in how deliberate they feel. You give importance to your writing by using a FP.

    Another appeal is the feels of the pen. I have on occassion thrown away ball point pens by pure gut reaction if I accidentally grabbed one.

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