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  1. Comment on DIY haptic input knob: BLDC motor + round LCD in ~tech

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    While we're at it, there's also this video that showcases a similar DIY project with some home automation features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZa-Vqu-_fU Ploopy, maker of DIY and open-source...

    While we're at it, there's also this video that showcases a similar DIY project with some home automation features:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZa-Vqu-_fU

    Ploopy, maker of DIY and open-source hardware trackballs (and mice, and trackpads, and headphones apparently) also started selling a knob at some point. Ploopy currently isn't shipping to the US thanks to tarrifs, but it's still open hardware that you could make yourself if you wanted to:

    https://github.com/ploopyco/knob
    https://ploopy.co/shop/knob/

    I think these DIY knob thingies are really neat. I like the idea of having a knob with software defined physical properties, and I like the idea of being able to use something like that to control the environment around me.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on DIY haptic input knob: BLDC motor + round LCD in ~tech

  3. Comment on Deimos Loading Screens mod for Fallout: New Vegas in ~games

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    Bunch of neat artwork that's worth sharing

    Bunch of neat artwork that's worth sharing

    7 votes

  6. In Neovim, C-a and C-x will increment/decrement a number under the cursor in Normal mode

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    Also works in Vim. Thought this was neat. Wanted to share. Thanks @spicyq. It turns out Emacs does have this feature built-in (via Org-mode) with the commands org-increase-number-at-point and...

    Also works in Vim.

    Thought this was neat. Wanted to share.

    Thanks @spicyq. It turns out Emacs does have this feature built-in (via Org-mode) with the commands org-increase-number-at-point and org-decrease-number-at-point.

    The commands:

    • Work in any mode, not just org-mode
    • Support prefix arguments with C-u
    • Do not have a default keybind

    I bound the commands to C-z <up> and C-z <down>, since I had previously unbound suspend-frame from C-z:

    (keymap-global-unset "C-z" 'remove) ; suspend-frame

    Keep in mind you can repeat your last executed command with C-x z (and then just keep pressing z to repeat the command however many times you want).

    Of course, now that I've got this far, I'm realizing that typing out either C-u 10 C-z <up> or C-z <up> C-x z + z * 9 is probably a lot more keystrokes than just changing the number myself. (At least for a single number at a single point in the buffer.)

    I don't think there is a built-in Emacs feature that does the same thing. You can find several custom Emacs Lisp solutions by searching online though.

    21 votes

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  10. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    On Windows there's an open-source program called AltSnap that allows you to move/resize windows with Alt+left/right click. On Linux, this behavior is standard. I don't actually know of any window...

    On Windows there's an open-source program called AltSnap that allows you to move/resize windows with Alt+left/right click.

    On Linux, this behavior is standard. I don't actually know of any window managers or desktop environments that don't implement it, though the modifier key might differ between them (but is almost certainly Alt, Super, or maybe Control).

    2 votes

  11. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    Another nice thing about the Keyboard Manager utility in PowerToys is that you can disable default Windows shortcuts with it. So I can bind Super+d (that normally minimizes all windows) to...

    Another nice thing about the Keyboard Manager utility in PowerToys is that you can disable default Windows shortcuts with it.

    So I can bind Super+d (that normally minimizes all windows) to (instead) launch the Run or newer Command Palette utility, and get a dmenu or Rofi-like app launcher setup.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    CopyQ is a great alternative, at least on Linux. CopyQ actually supports Windows and macOS too (I didn't know that until just now), but I've never used it on those operating systems. It's probably...

    CopyQ is a great alternative, at least on Linux.

    CopyQ actually supports Windows and macOS too (I didn't know that until just now), but I've never used it on those operating systems. It's probably still great there, too.

    Pano is a similarly advanced clipboard manager that is supposed to integrate well with GNOME (I've never tried it), and KDE has a built-in clipboard manager called Klipper.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    You might find FancyZones useful. It's part of the larger PowerToys collection of utilities. Contains tons of neat and nifty tools.

    You might find FancyZones useful. It's part of the larger PowerToys collection of utilities. Contains tons of neat and nifty tools.

    5 votes

  14. Comment on Oracle, Silver Lake consortium to control 80% stake in TikTok in US in ~finance

  15. Comment on Oracle, Silver Lake consortium to control 80% stake in TikTok in US in ~finance

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    > TikTok's U.S. operations would be controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz > Andreessen Eggcellent. Glad they were finally able to crack this...

    > TikTok's U.S. operations would be controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz

    > Andreessen

    Eggcellent. Glad they were finally able to crack this deal, instead of just playing chicken with China. Lord knows it took a shell of a long time to get here. Hopefully they won't reggret it. They should have signed it on a fryday though.

    12 votes

  16. Comment on iOS 26 is here in ~tech

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    Is there a word that means "amused and disappointed at the same time"? Because that's how I feel, year after year, watching trillionaire companies chase design trends conceived and incubated in...

    Is there a word that means "amused and disappointed at the same time"?

    Because that's how I feel, year after year, watching billionaire trillionaire companies chase design trends conceived and incubated in the bowels of /r/unixporn and the desktop threads on /g/

    4 votes

  17. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    It's called "Night Shift" on iOS and macOS. Here are the relevant support pages to enable the feature: iOS macOS Android has a similar feature. On Linux, GNOME and Plasma have their own...

    Night Light in Windows. There is an option in MacOS too but I forget the name.

    It's called "Night Shift" on iOS and macOS. Here are the relevant support pages to enable the feature:

    Android has a similar feature.

    On Linux, GNOME and Plasma have their own implementations of the feature. For other desktop environments or window managers, one could use:

    I use Gammastep. I shared my config in a previous comment:

    https://tildes.net/~tech/1pbq/i_am_new_to_mac_os_give_me_your_favorite_or_preferred_settings_tools#comment-g3m5

    With Gammastep, I have set up automatic light/dark theme switching when the sun sets or rises, for all the programs that I use. I also have a block on my status bar that I can click to force-switch light or dark mode across the system, regardless of time of day.

    7 votes

  18. Comment on How can a post be reported or a moderator contacted? in ~tildes

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    For comments, you can label them as malice or message Deimos. He is the only person who can lock threads or delete comments. Deimos is also the only person who can delete topics. There is no quick...

    For comments, you can label them as malice or message Deimos. He is the only person who can lock threads or delete comments.

    Deimos is also the only person who can delete topics. There is no quick way to report or label topics, so you would have to message Deimos directly.

    However, some users (cfabbro, mycketforvirrad, kfwyre I think, and myself) have the abilities to edit the links and titles of topics, and to move them to different groups. This means that any of us could, if necessary, bury a topic in ~test where 99% of the site won't see it. I have done this before and would be happy to do it again.

    So, if you find a topic on Tildes that you think needs immediate attention because it's so obviously malicious, spammy, or otherwise doesn't belong, you can always message us (one of the users I mentioned earlier or myself) about it and we will review the topic and possibly "quarantine" it until Deimos can take a look himself.

    21 votes

  19. Comment on Atlassian acquires The Browser Company (Arc, Dia) in ~tech

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    I have used Zen for almost a year and it's pretty neat. Zen's sidebar and vertical tabs are cool, and I think I prefer them over normal horizontal tabs now. I'm not sure the way Zen handles...

    I have used Zen for almost a year and it's pretty neat. Zen's sidebar and vertical tabs are cool, and I think I prefer them over normal horizontal tabs now. I'm not sure the way Zen handles vertical tabs is much different or any better than the various Firefox extensions one could install (or your modification that you linked, that looks cool by the way). So, I can't really come up with any compelling reasons for why people should use Zen over rolling their own solution in Firefox... other than that with Zen, you don't have to roll your own solution in Firefox I guess.

    Actually, Zen does have other neat features than just vertical tabs. Its "peek" feature that opens a link as a temporary window (inside the browser's window), rather than a new tab, is cool. Split-view for tabs, customizing keyboard shortcuts (the lowest hanging fruit, c'mon Firefox), and Zen mods are all useful. I also like the way Zen presents pinned tabs in the sidebar better than how Firefox handles them.

    I wouldn't feel like I lost much if I had to go back to Firefox, but Zen brings enough of its own features that I'll continue to use it as long is it keeps up with Firefox updates.

    2 votes