ButteredToast's recent activity
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Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech
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Comment on We’re seniors. It’s not our responsibility to fix the housing supply. in ~society
ButteredToast Link ParentAnd zoning is usually just one of many forms of obstructionism regularly performed by members of these communities. Some will go to any length required to keep places frozen in time and have been...And zoning is usually just one of many forms of obstructionism regularly performed by members of these communities. Some will go to any length required to keep places frozen in time and have been responsible for the demise of numerous housing and infrastructure projects.
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Comment on How we're designing Audacity for the future in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentKrita seems to have a better grip on things like marketing and such which also helps. It actually reminds me of how Blender is run.Krita seems to have a better grip on things like marketing and such which also helps. It actually reminds me of how Blender is run.
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Comment on How we're designing Audacity for the future in ~tech
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentThe things that bug me about GIMP are those that work differently from everything else for no good reason. Take the layers palette for instance. It looks like a typical list view but doesn’t act...The things that bug me about GIMP are those that work differently from everything else for no good reason.
Take the layers palette for instance. It looks like a typical list view but doesn’t act like one (no shift-click multi select and such) and while its design might’ve made sense when it was conceived, the world has long since standardized on layers palettes that act roughly like that of Photoshop, meaning it’s not just former Adobe users that it bothers.
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Comment on It's impossible to evaluate your sleep with only one number in ~health
ButteredToast Link ParentInteresting. As a smart watch and ring user I wonder if it might be worth it to keep some of these on hand to enable a swift response. The main concern would probably be with the shelf life of the...Interesting. As a smart watch and ring user I wonder if it might be worth it to keep some of these on hand to enable a swift response. The main concern would probably be with the shelf life of the products.
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Comment on Google details Android developer certification requirement, and it’s as bad as we feared in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentWhat’s Linux support for PC cell modems like? If it’s decent, for some an ultraportable with a cell modem could fill the smartphone gap pretty well. Many Android apps run fine through Waydroid and...What’s Linux support for PC cell modems like? If it’s decent, for some an ultraportable with a cell modem could fill the smartphone gap pretty well. Many Android apps run fine through Waydroid and banking, etc could be done through a web browser.
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Comment on Brannon Braga calls for longer Star Trek seasons in ~tv
ButteredToast Link ParentIt felt like a bait-and-switch. It starts exactly like one might expect and then becomes something else entirely.It felt like a bait-and-switch. It starts exactly like one might expect and then becomes something else entirely.
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Comment on Hot take: 4:3 > 16:9 in ~tv
ButteredToast LinkIt's too bad that 16:9 caught on instead of 16:10. I've always thought 16:10 to be the better-balanced of the two and more cross-functional between entertainment and productivity. It handles 4:3...It's too bad that 16:9 caught on instead of 16:10. I've always thought 16:10 to be the better-balanced of the two and more cross-functional between entertainment and productivity. It handles 4:3 video a little better too, with less extreme letterboxing. That 16:10 has become popular for laptop screens (for a second time – it was the standard for laptops up until the mid-late 2000s when the "HD craze" came about) in the past few years has been wonderful, unfortunately there's no chance of that for TVs and desktop monitors.
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Comment on US solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after in ~enviro
ButteredToast Link ParentWould this shift economics towards burying powerlines wherever feasible? Naively it seems like it might, since you want to try to reduce maintenance load as much as possible.Would this shift economics towards burying powerlines wherever feasible? Naively it seems like it might, since you want to try to reduce maintenance load as much as possible.
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Comment on US solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after in ~enviro
ButteredToast LinkSolar makes more sense the more you think about it. Why wouldn't you take advantage of a limitless energy source that doesn't require anything to be trucked or piped and mitigates the risks of...Solar makes more sense the more you think about it. Why wouldn't you take advantage of a limitless energy source that doesn't require anything to be trucked or piped and mitigates the risks of centralized sources, provided that doing so is reasonably affordable? The only reason not to is price.
I think the decentralization aspect probably terrifies power companies. If a city had 75% of its rooftops and parking lots contributing to the grid with a few neighborhood battery facilities scattered around to cover for night, how much demand would be left for a plant to supply?
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Comment on How I escaped MAGA. Critical thinking woke me up. in ~society
ButteredToast Link ParentSo much of this resonates with my childhood experiences. No Pokémon (for the same reason), no Harry Potter (long before the author’s problematic nature was known), no Halloween. Anything with...So much of this resonates with my childhood experiences. No Pokémon (for the same reason), no Harry Potter (long before the author’s problematic nature was known), no Halloween. Anything with references to magic or similar was on thin ice. Church was the place where I’d sit and be bored out of my skull for a few hours as the pastor held a “hellfire and brimstone” style sermon or ranted about how something of practically zero consequence was proof of how the world looked down on Christians and the seed from which their persecution during the end times would bloom (depending on the church). Best case scenario they’d talk about something more innocuous that they’d covered already 5 times before.
Some of the people were fine and even lovely outside of services but similarly, I don’t have a lot of fond memories associated with church.
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Comment on imgur.com geoblocks the UK in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentProbably because this is only nominally about protecting the kids. All this is pretext to mass surveillance and consolidation of control, which a browser header wouldn't accomplish.Probably because this is only nominally about protecting the kids. All this is pretext to mass surveillance and consolidation of control, which a browser header wouldn't accomplish.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 labels common beliefs as terrorism “indicators” in ~society
ButteredToast Link ParentIt'd be interesting to see the pie chart for the types of areas these people hail from. As someone who grew up not too far from the middle of nowhere, being asked to hole up wasn't a big deal...It'd be interesting to see the pie chart for the types of areas these people hail from. As someone who grew up not too far from the middle of nowhere, being asked to hole up wasn't a big deal because the first 20 years of my life were basically that since there was nowhere to go and nothing to do more often than not. "Oh, so it's like summer back home, except this time I have unlimited entertainment and people to talk to."
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Comment on Brannon Braga calls for longer Star Trek seasons in ~tv
ButteredToast Link ParentThe "in-between" bits (often called "filler" these days) in general is important for developing that sense that you really "know" the characters. This applies not just to Trek but other series...The "in-between" bits (often called "filler" these days) in general is important for developing that sense that you really "know" the characters. This applies not just to Trek but other series too.
For example with anime I think the golden number of episodes for most series is somewhere in the ballpark of 50-80, with somewhere between a third and a half of those concerning themselves with low-stakes character development and world building. It can be done with fewer (e.g. ≤ 24 episodes) but that requires the director and writers to execute a fine balance of plot, action, and slower moments that can be difficult to pull off without appropriate source material, meticulous planning, and an experienced crew.
This style doesn't seem popular with the younger generations, though, who apparently do things like watch shows at 2x and/or never deeply engage with them and have them on as basically background noise.
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Comment on Starship was doomed from the beginning in ~space
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentIndeed. If something akin to a Shuttle revival were to be attempted, it’d need to be a full clean sheet redesign and the end result would be barely recognizable. Its many compromises in attempt to...Indeed. If something akin to a Shuttle revival were to be attempted, it’d need to be a full clean sheet redesign and the end result would be barely recognizable. Its many compromises in attempt to make it a do-everything low orbit launcher instead made it bad at everything and needlessly expensive.
Having grown up in the 90s I absolutely understand that it’s nostalgic for many of us, but it was a serious leech on NASA’s budget and dramatically reduced the scope of what was possible.
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Comment on What are some of your personal misheard lyrics? in ~music
ButteredToast LinkFrom Somewhere I Belong — Linkin Park I misheard that first line as… …which didn't really make sense but for some reason I didn't question it.From Somewhere I Belong — Linkin Park
I will never know myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel anything else until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything 'til I break away from meI misheard that first line as…
And I will never know
My cellphone time
Do this on my own…which didn't really make sense but for some reason I didn't question it.
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Comment on Looking forward to Apple Container/Containerization tool in macOS 26, an alternative to Docker in ~comp
ButteredToast Link ParentI could see them adding that as an optional mode, similar to current lockdown mode, for people who want to go the extra mile for security. It probably wouldn’t work as a default though because so...I could see them adding that as an optional mode, similar to current lockdown mode, for people who want to go the extra mile for security.
It probably wouldn’t work as a default though because so much desktop software is built expecting to have access to the whole universe. Adobe CS probably wouldn’t run in a sandboxed container for example.
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Comment on Deus Ex Remastered | Announcement trailer in ~games
ButteredToast Link ParentOnly tangentially related to your post, but RE 4 is my go-to example of “good looking 2000s game”. Insane how good it looked given the hardware it ran on (GameCube) — the CRT iMac I owned back...Only tangentially related to your post, but RE 4 is my go-to example of “good looking 2000s game”. Insane how good it looked given the hardware it ran on (GameCube) — the CRT iMac I owned back around 2000 was roughly equivalent in horsepower (same PowerPC G3 400mhz CPU, even) and nothing it was capable of running looked anywhere near as good.
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Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentI started computers in the mid-90s on a Mac, but for code editors switched to dark themes as soon as I found out it was an option primarily because syntax coloration “pops” much better in dark...I started computers in the mid-90s on a Mac, but for code editors switched to dark themes as soon as I found out it was an option primarily because syntax coloration “pops” much better in dark themes, making fragments easier to visually latch onto. In light themes the coloration kinda gets washed away in the sea of brightness unless you use garish primary colors.
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Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentI’ve had a hard time using light mode ever since flat design became trendy, because suddenly light mode (standard) themes shifted away from mid-grays and other mid-to-dark colors towards stark...I’ve had a hard time using light mode ever since flat design became trendy, because suddenly light mode (standard) themes shifted away from mid-grays and other mid-to-dark colors towards stark whites and very light grays. It’s hard on the eyes unless you drop monitor brightness so much that you lose color vibrancy (on IPS panel monitors anyway).
Flat design light mode themes tend to have worse contrast than their dark counterparts too, for some reason. Like where in dark mode a slightly lighter background color might be used to signify a grouping light mode will either use a gray so light it’s barely distinguishable or forego the grouping color altogether.
So these days the only time light mode gets used is when I’m on a laptop in an area getting blasted with natural light where it’s the only way to cut through the glare.
And the more closely the desktop environment resembles that of the platform they’re coming from, the better. Even differences that users with a technical inclination might consider minor can be the fly in the figurative soup.
I really don’t think that Linux world recognizes this enough.