Barney's recent activity
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Comment on EU packaging regulations land another blow to an already precarious tabletop industry in ~games.tabletop
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
Barney Link ParentIt's over network. Unfortunately, the printer is in a completely different room, but I am going to try the cable approach just to see what happens. Thanks for the idea!It's over network. Unfortunately, the printer is in a completely different room, but I am going to try the cable approach just to see what happens. Thanks for the idea!
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
Barney LinkI am a linux veteran, and have been using Void Linux for a while, doing everything from scratch myself. I, however, cannot get my printer to work properly. I have CUPS set up and configured (IMO...I am a linux veteran, and have been using Void Linux for a while, doing everything from scratch myself.
I, however, cannot get my printer to work properly. I have CUPS set up and configured (IMO properly), yet half of my apps don't see it in their printer dialog. When they do, custom sizes will randomly print incorrectly etc. It's just an all around mess.
This is probably my fault, as it worked on previous, pre-made distros and I'm only having this issue on Void, where I did everything myself. Still, I have no idea how to fix it, and nobody I talked to about it did either.
At this point I have accepted that i need to print from my phone.
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Comment on Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games in ~tech
Barney Link ParentThe point is not the activity itself, but the fact that it can mimic complex movements, like running, and be very good at it. If you compare this to what humanoid robots could do and how advanced...The point is not the activity itself, but the fact that it can mimic complex movements, like running, and be very good at it. If you compare this to what humanoid robots could do and how advanced robotics like this was 10 years ago, the improvement is super impressive.
Assuming they keep improving, this could have incredible uses. Think firefighters who can walk into burning buildings no problem. The potential is very exciting. On a more sombre note, humans will human and somebody is going to stick a gun on these things as soon as possible.
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Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk
Barney Link ParentBad interactions are highly subjective. There are very few interactions on Tildes done in bad faith, but that doesn't necessarily mean they can't be unpleasant for parties involved. Spending time...Either way I've neither seen or read about any bad interactions on here to be honest...
Bad interactions are highly subjective. There are very few interactions on Tildes done in bad faith, but that doesn't necessarily mean they can't be unpleasant for parties involved.
Spending time on Tildes is ultimately a completely optional free time activity, so when that arbitrary personal "unpleasant threshold" is exceeded, people leave. Which is completely understandable.
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Comment on Is it time to include pronouns? in ~tildes
Barney LinkI fully support pronouns in general, but I find that referring to a user by @-ing them is the most polite way to talk about someone (on tildes). It: makes it abundantly clear who you're talking...I fully support pronouns in general, but I find that referring to a user by @-ing them is the most polite way to talk about someone (on tildes). It:
- makes it abundantly clear who you're talking about.
- notifies the person that they are being talked about.
- avoids any and all conflicts regarding pronoun misuse.
Barring that, if you prefer to use a pronoun regardless, on an online forum like tildes where we are all faceless, digital entities, the centuries-old polite they / them suffices.
As for adding pronouns in general, users can already do that if they so choose in their profile bio, which can be quickly opened when in doubt.
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Comment on Choosing a printer in ~tech
Barney Link ParentThe main reason is convenience. I do have to print, sign and scan stuff a couple of times a month at least, and I am not willing to go through what you just described haha. That sounds awful to me.The main reason is convenience. I do have to print, sign and scan stuff a couple of times a month at least, and I am not willing to go through what you just described haha. That sounds awful to me.
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Comment on Suggestion for a new label: "Misinformation" in ~tildes
Barney LinkI would 100% support this, but how would that work? If someone incorrectly labels something as "misinformation", how would we combat that? Re: our (short) exchange regarding the misuse of the...I would 100% support this, but how would that work? If someone incorrectly labels something as "misinformation", how would we combat that?
Re: our (short) exchange regarding the misuse of the "exemplary" label.
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Comment on Tildos, let's be unserious for a while; show us your dankest memes and god-tier shitposts! in ~talk
Barney LinkNeither a dank meme nor a shitpost, but this sums up my weekends as of late: https://files.catbox.moe/dho8ud.jpgNeither a dank meme nor a shitpost, but this sums up my weekends as of late: https://files.catbox.moe/dho8ud.jpg
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Comment on Any obscure songs you'd like to share? in ~music
Barney LinkLove this post! One of my all time favourite lo-fi songs is Blossom by Thaehan, timestamped at 9:31. It's nothing fancy, certainly not that unique either, but there's just something super...Love this post!
One of my all time favourite lo-fi songs is Blossom by Thaehan, timestamped at 9:31.
It's nothing fancy, certainly not that unique either, but there's just something super captivating about the melody, to me at least :P
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Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Barney Link ParentThe exemplary label is very (ab)usable, but thankfully it doesn't stick so giving it out like candy under a post like this isn't that damaging. It definitely loses its intended meaning for the...The exemplary label is very (ab)usable, but thankfully it doesn't stick so giving it out like candy under a post like this isn't that damaging. It definitely loses its intended meaning for the entire post though.
Maybe there should be a way to remove an exemplary label if enough people find it "unexemplary"?
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Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Barney Link ParentYes!!! Just minutes ago, I put a frozen pizza in my air fryer and I am going to eat it soon. It's 12:21 am here. Nobody can stop me. I am unstoppable.Yes!!!
Just minutes ago, I put a frozen pizza in my air fryer and I am going to eat it soon. It's 12:21 am here. Nobody can stop me.
I am unstoppable.
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Comment on GOG confirm they are working towards GOG Galaxy on Linux in ~games
Barney Link ParentThis is just the way most large and multinational companies operate. I do not claim to know how GoG works or big it is, but the one I work for would certainly allow this to happen. Not willingly,...This is just the way most large and multinational companies operate. I do not claim to know how GoG works or big it is, but the one I work for would certainly allow this to happen. Not willingly, but the chain of command is very long.
Here's a rough breakdown of how it happens:
- Global marketing team comes up with an email in language A and gets it approved. (likely oblivious to what the symbols mean)
- Email is then sent to the individual teams in each country for translation.
- When translating, someone in the german team notices it and reports it to their superior.
- The person in charge of the german team reports it to the global team.
- (ideally) the global team reviews the report by the german teams and notifies everyone else.
Now even between departments in the same building, communication takes a very long time, and depending on how meeting-heavy the company is, virtually everything needs a meeting.
At the company I work at, a design mistake, for example a typo, noticed by a local team will often take weeks to propagate and come back with the fixed version.
The reason they sent out the email in the other languages is simply this. A delay in internal communication that didn't make it before the email was sent out. The german team could correct their version because they noticed it. Maybe you think this is implausible, but that's only because you haven't worked in such environments. I have, and it really does take a bloody long time.
And as an aparte, I will be frank here. I had no idea whatsoever what the symbols could mean, and I'm sure 99.9% of "average" people didn't either. It's not like they sent a 'heil hitler' in their email. Why is it so difficult to believe that the initial email chose the emojis because to the unknowing person's eyes, they look like cool runes, and that's it? Why do so many people immediately assume that there must be some hidden agenda everywhere, and that they're frothing at the mouth to send out nazi symbolism, instead of looking at it objectively for what it is? We are all humans. Not everybody is as aware of every symbol that could mean something vile.
The apology made their stance very clear as well. The persecutory behaviour is not warranted. There are loads of nazis out and about in broad daylight, there is no reason to jump on shadows.
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Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Barney Link ParentI have! And that was the catalyst of my intense dislike for western spoons. I yearn for the ladle. Now that you mention it though, I realised nothing stops me from simply buying ramen spoons and...I have! And that was the catalyst of my intense dislike for western spoons. I yearn for the ladle.
Now that you mention it though, I realised nothing stops me from simply buying ramen spoons and using them at home.^
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Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Barney Link ParentThis is fully unrelatead to the discussion, but I actually hate every single spoon. Give me a small ladle instead (sob). Spoons are so bad to eat with. Why are they 1/100th of a millimeter deep?...- Exemplary
This is fully unrelatead to the discussion, but I actually hate every single spoon. Give me a small ladle instead (sob).
Spoons are so bad to eat with. Why are they 1/100th of a millimeter deep? Please just let me scoop up a reasonable amount of liquid without spilling half of it, because my hand isn't as steady as surgeons.
/noise
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Comment on Women should be able to open things in ~life.women
Barney Link ParentI don't really want to engage with this conversation, and admittedly, didn't read most of it, just showed up on my feed and thought I'd respond to your question. They are. This isn't reddit.I don't really want to engage with this conversation, and admittedly, didn't read most of it, just showed up on my feed and thought I'd respond to your question.
Is this really the purpose of tags? I always though they were just there to categorise the topic and filter
They are. This isn't reddit.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Barney Link ParentReminds me a bit of hobbit software :DReminds me a bit of hobbit software :D
Pretty chill, keeps to itself, tends to its databases, hangs out with other hobbit software at the pub, broadly unbothered by the scheming of the wizards and the orcs, oblivious to the rise and fall of software empires around them.
Oh, the Electron empire is going to war with the Reacts? Sounds ghastly, sorry to hear that. Me and the lads are off to the pub to run some cronjobs, wanna come along?
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Comment on MapTap: Daily challenges to test your geographical knowledge in ~games
Barney Link ParentThat's good to know because I played it and wrote it off as "ridiculously easy with anyone who knows a bit about countries that aren't obscure". Will give it a go for a week, thanks for the heads...That's good to know because I played it and wrote it off as "ridiculously easy with anyone who knows a bit about countries that aren't obscure".
Will give it a go for a week, thanks for the heads up! The idea seems super cool.
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Comment on Zig creator weighs in on the Bun Rust rewrite in ~comp
Barney Link ParentI have nothing to add, you phrased it better than I could ever have. I fully agree with absolutely everything you wrote. Thank you for elaborating. These days I find myself writing mostly Odin,...I have nothing to add, you phrased it better than I could ever have. I fully agree with absolutely everything you wrote.
Thank you for elaborating.These days I find myself writing mostly Odin, despite finding gingerBill difficult at times. C3 keeps just a tiny bit too much of C to be my go-to language, but it's certainly the second.
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Comment on Zig creator weighs in on the Bun Rust rewrite in ~comp
Barney LinkI know very little about the creator of Bun, so I will not comment on anything regarding that, but this stood out to me: What sort of "bigger plans"? They keep pretending that Zig is like the...I know very little about the creator of Bun, so I will not comment on anything regarding that, but this stood out to me:
His singular focus on productivity and his startup's exit strategy was increasingly at odds with my longer term vision for the Zig project. I remember he kept nagging me to drop all my other priorities and work on a Language Server Protocol implementation and VSCode integration, while I had bigger plans.
What sort of "bigger plans"? They keep pretending that Zig is like the invention of the wheel. A complete joke, when the language is wholly unergonomic and effectively unusable for everyone who isn't actively working on developing it. Zig has been in development for a decade, and Kelly still acts like it's some pilot project in its early stages.
Posts like this are actually infuriating to read due to how holier-than-thou it comes across. I've been a big Zig critic for years and think the language is massively misguided and sells false promises.
Regardless of that, more than anything the surrounding people and general culture make it so repulsive to me. This entire post is insulting and unprofessional, even if it might be partly warranted.
Aparte: For anyone looking for actually usable languages in the same niche, I recommend checking out Odin and C3 instead.
I really really really dislike the modern EU.
Don't particularly feel like elaborating, but my main issues are:
I genuinely believe the European Union is doomed to fail in the coming decades and it's going to take Europe many decades to recover from the damage it caused, if it can recover at all. At this point, the main thing holding the EU together is not its values or benefits, but the astronomical cost of its dissolution.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's all bad. It has done many good things and has overall been a net positive for Europe up until the early 2010s.