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Comment on Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series in development in ~tv
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Comment on Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series in development in ~tv
hungariantoast Link ParentIs there an actual source for this claim? And I do mean an actual source. I've already suffered through reading the blog posts and social media comments that amount to "westerns are set after the...a thinly veiled Confederate Lost Cause in space
Is there an actual source for this claim?
And I do mean an actual source. I've already suffered through reading the blog posts and social media comments that amount to "westerns are set after the Civil War and Firefly is a space western set after a civil war". An analysis I find unconvincing.
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Comment on Game testers wanted for science fiction game in ~games
hungariantoast LinkI'd be happy to take a look and give some feedbackI'd be happy to take a look and give some feedback
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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
hungariantoast (edited )LinkWhen I got tired of Visual Studio Code I switched to Emacs. So I guess that's my recommendation. See some of my previous comments on Emacs if interested:...When I got tired of Visual Studio Code I switched to Emacs. So I guess that's my recommendation. See some of my previous comments on Emacs if interested:
- https://tildes.net/~comp/1hkw/thinking_of_getting_into_emacs_any_advice#comment-d6id
- https://tildes.net/~comp/1ijl/emacs_writing_studio_a_comprehensive_guide_for_writers_seeking_to_streamline_their_workflow_using#comment-dk1c
- https://tildes.net/~comp/1iru/seek_and_you_shall_find_a_list_of_recent_updates_that_make_ready_player_a_better_media_player_and#comment-dmfg
Emacs is the most extensible text editor and provides great interfaces for just about every text-based work you can imagine, not just writing code.
However, it does have a very low "introduction velocity". If you switch to Emacs, you will spend a lot of time extending (configuring) Emacs. That's a very rewarding experience, but it might not be what you want to spend time on. You don't have to abandon VSCode immediately for Emacs. You could ease yourself into Emacs/wane yourself off VSCode, that's what I did, but the process of switching to Emacs is still... well, a process.
Beyond Emacs, it's hard to make a confident recommendation for anything else, because my other recommendation would have been Neovim. Without knowing why you don't want to use Vim, it's hard to make other recommendations. Do you not want a terminal text editor? Do you not want a modal text editor? Do you just not like Vim specifically?
So I will cautiously recommend Helix and Kakoune as other terminal-based, modal text editors that are like-not-like Neovim. I don't know as much about Kakoune, and it seems less popular than Helix these days, but both editors use their own modal editing "languages" that are supposedly easier and better than Neovim's. At least for Helix, it also has more/better default features baked into the editor, but it is not as extensible as Neovim. I would say Helix has a high "introduction velocity" compared to Neovim or Emacs.
Other than those:
- Lem is an interesting take on what Emacs could be like if it was written today
- Zed is also notable, but I have not used it yet
- Micro is a terminal editor with normal keybinds (
C-cto copy,C-xto cut,C-vto paste,C-sto save, etc), but it's pretty barebones. - NotepadNext is "a cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++". Have not used it yet
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Comment on Ghostty 1.3.0 has been released in ~comp
hungariantoast Link ParentIt's in there: https://ghostty.org/docs/config/keybind/reference#toggle_quick_terminal Do yourself a favor and skim the About Ghostty and Configuration pages of the documentation. Then install...I still don't see anything like a quake mode implemented
It's in there:
https://ghostty.org/docs/config/keybind/reference#toggle_quick_terminal
Do yourself a favor and skim the About Ghostty and Configuration pages of the documentation. Then install Ghostty and try it out for a week.
I can write a big long comment explaining exactly why I like it so much, but you would be much better off just trying it out yourself. I will share this though:
I have tried many terminal emulators in the past: urxvt, termite, alacritty, tilix, kitty, foot, st, konsole, zutty, xfce-term, and gnome-terminal, off the top of my head. Every single one of those terminal emulators failed in at least one criteria I considered important:
- Font rendering
- Scrollbar
- Clickable URLs
- Automatically copy text selected with the mouse
- Infinite scrollback/output history
- Doesn't consume a ton of memory to support infinite scrollback
- Doesn't consume a ton of resources while sitting idle
- Doesn't have high resource usage every time it outputs
Ghostty now supports all these features, correctly, without caveats and with good performance. In as much as software can "just work", Ghostty does a very god job while remaining highly flexible and configurable.
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Ghostty 1.3.0 has been released
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Comment on Can coding agents relicense open source through a “clean room” implementation of code? in ~comp
hungariantoast (edited )Link ParentWhy not a license like MPL then? It's a very permissive license, but still has a "modifications must be kept open source" rule at the file-level. Or do you consider the "modifications must be kept...Why not a license like MPL then? It's a very permissive license, but still has a "modifications must be kept open source" rule at the file-level.
Or do you consider the "modifications must be kept open source" rule to be the part that's "constraining"?
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Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies
hungariantoast Link ParentPeople have been tweaking the design of the Liberator to shoot dozens of rounds since 2013. That gun is completely 3D printed plastic except for the firing pin (that the OG Liberator used a nail...but you can't print an entire gun that lasts more than a few rounds with a 3d printer yet. At least not without some extremely expensive, advanced metal sintering printers that are way outside the range of non professionals.
People have been tweaking the design of the Liberator to shoot dozens of rounds since 2013. That gun is completely 3D printed plastic except for the firing pin (that the OG Liberator used a nail for lmao).
I'm gonna be real with you: your notions of the capabilities of 3D printed guns are outdated by several years. That's not surprising, because the "3D gun building scene" moves really fast, and mostly exists as Discord servers and private forums. It's hard to keep up with and easy to lose track of. There are some public blogs/news sites you can read, and videos, mostly on Odysee not YouTube, you can watch that give an idea of what people have come up with. Most of the "envelope pushing" things aren't public though, you'll have to dig for those yourself.
For now, here's a video on Odysee where a guy shows off his 3D printed AK that he's put over 4,000 rounds through:
https://odysee.com/@IvanPrintsGuns:1/3d-printed-firearm-longevity-the:2
The glass-filled nylon he used to print that gun can be printed by consumer-grade printers.
Building a decent gun out of mostly 3d printed parts is still way harder and more expensive than just buying an 80% lower kit as well.
Having built both, I agree that an 80% lower is the easier option, though not nearly as fun :)
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Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies
hungariantoast Link ParentThe physics/benefits of a rifled barrel apply to just about any type of projectile, not just bullets. Paintball guns, pellet guns, and even BB guns with rifled barrels are ubiquitous.The physics/benefits of a rifled barrel apply to just about any type of projectile, not just bullets. Paintball guns, pellet guns, and even BB guns with rifled barrels are ubiquitous.
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Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies
hungariantoast (edited )Link ParentGun builders have been making firearms with 3D printers and hardware store parts, that remain operational after firing thousands of rounds, for years now. No receivers, no pre-made parts, DIY...3d printed guns are still wildly impractical. They're weak, they're unreliable, and they break after a few shots.
Gun builders have been making firearms with 3D printers and hardware store parts, that remain operational after firing thousands of rounds, for years now. No receivers, no pre-made parts, DIY everything, fully automatic conversions, etc... thousands of rounds.
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Comment on New accounts on Hacker News ten times more likely to use em-dashes in ~tech
hungariantoast LinkThis isn't proof of anything, but it is funny. It's also easy to believe. Researchers have already demonstrated that they can deploy LLMs to: Participate on social media websites Post content that...This isn't proof of anything, but it is funny.
It's also easy to believe. Researchers have already demonstrated that they can deploy LLMs to:
- Participate on social media websites
- Post content that is well-received
- Not get discovered by human users
There's nothing stopping that from happening on Hacker News, and I find the culture promoted by HN to make dead-internet-operations even more likely there, than on Reddit.
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New accounts on Hacker News ten times more likely to use em-dashes
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x86CSS - An x86 CPU emulator written in CSS
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Comment on Ladybird chooses Rust as its successor language to C++, with help from AI in ~comp
hungariantoast LinkOh turned the how have tables -
Ladybird chooses Rust as its successor language to C++, with help from AI
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Comment on The Claude C Compiler: what it reveals about the future of software in ~tech
hungariantoast LinkThe author of this blog post is the CEO of Modular, a company that develops and sells generative AI products.The author of this blog post is the CEO of Modular, a company that develops and sells generative AI products.
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Comment on In Neovim, C-y and C-e insert the same character as the column above or below the cursor in Insert mode in ~comp
hungariantoast Link ParentGood catch, reworded the title(s) a bitGood catch, reworded the title(s) a bit
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In Neovim, C-y and C-e insert the same character as the column above or below the cursor in Insert mode
Thought this was neat. Wanted to share. https://neovim.io/doc/user/insert.html#i_CTRL-E https://neovim.io/doc/user/insert.html#i_CTRL-Y
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Comment on Hold on to your hardware in ~tech
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Hold on to your hardware
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I don't think any of that makes Firefly "a thinly veiled Confederate Lost Cause in space".
What are missing are any elements in Firefly that actually espouse Confederate values.
I'm struggling to see things your way for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is that the protagonists of the show are regularly depicted as being opposed to various forms of servitude, including slavery. I get that (especially in the beginning) Mal and the crew are depicted as morally gray and otherwise just trying to survive, not right the wrongs of their world (because, you know, they fought and lost a war over that already). However, as the story progresses, it becomes clear that the crew still have a sense of justice and want to do good (and they do!).
The protagonists fought and lost a war against the Alliance, and Whedon was inspired by narratives from the Civil War like basically every other Westerns author (space or otherwise), but...
None of that automatically makes the show a "Lost Cause narrative", primarily because the show does not actually depict or espouse any values from the Lost Cause.
I like the way @ahatlikethat put it in another comment:
You can say this about almost any defeated force in history. Narrative attempts to reframe defeat so that it's easier to swallow are the norm. The show depicts Mal and crew as loyal, tough, and having believed in the cause they fought for... but what else would you expect? Maybe if they were the bad guys in that war there would be room for good criticism (and probably a much more interesting story actually), but they weren't.
"Firefly is a Lost Cause narrative" seems like a tortured interpretation that relies more on the circumstances of Whedon's inspirations for the show's setting, than any actual content of the show itself. No thanks, I think that sort of analysis is uninteresting and incomplete.
I prefer to interpret media by what it actually depicts. What its story and characters say and do. The web of inspirations that lead to a work's creation and setting are important; we should not ignore that, but it is not determinant of what the work itself is or means.