kari's recent activity
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Comment on Norway is a Winter Olympic giant. Why isn't it better at ice hockey? in ~sports.hockey
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Comment on Palantir was allegedly hacked, exposing CIA collusion and deep-rooted global surveillance/meddling in ~tech
kari Link ParentHe's mostly known for founding Megaupload and Mega, but he's also a massive conspiracy theorist/racist/PoS, as you've noticed.Who is KimDotcom?
He's mostly known for founding Megaupload and Mega, but he's also a massive conspiracy theorist/racist/PoS, as you've noticed.
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Comment on Border czar Tom Homan says Minnesota immigration surge is ending in ~society
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Comment on The internet wasn't built for live sports in ~tech
kari Link ParentOh yeah, I don't particularly care about sports betting, that's just what the video pushed as the main driver behind it. As far as NHL, yeah, you're probably right :P. I turned off scoring...Oh yeah, I don't particularly care about sports betting, that's just what the video pushed as the main driver behind it.
As far as NHL, yeah, you're probably right :P. I turned off scoring notifications so I only get end-of-period and end-of-game notifications so the only time it's really a spoiler anyways is when there's a goal in the last minute or so of the period/game. If it's a one-goal game, I usually just try remember to put my phone far away or on do-no-disturb near the end. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Comment on The internet wasn't built for live sports in ~tech
kari Link ParentIn the video it mentions that betting companies are part of what's driving this because they want to be able to have bets for things like "will X team get a first down on this play" in (American)...In the video it mentions that betting companies are part of what's driving this because they want to be able to have bets for things like "will X team get a first down on this play" in (American) football or "will the leader pit this lap" in circuit racing. Right now, that's difficult for them to do because of the large variation in latency, and they can't just keep the bet open longer because someone actually at the event could place bets after it happened.
The annoying thing for me, personally, is just when my phone sends me notifications before I see something happen during NHL games. I've turned off most of the notifications but there are still a few that I want for times when I miss games and those few still spoil me from time to time.
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Comment on The internet wasn't built for live sports in ~tech
kari Link ParentFYI, you've got a typo in the supplementary reading section, it's "Media" over QUIC, not "Messaging". Cool find, though! I've been doing a lot of research over the past month into QUIC and the...FYI, you've got a typo in the supplementary reading section, it's "Media" over QUIC, not "Messaging".
Cool find, though! I've been doing a lot of research over the past month into QUIC and the various QUIC+HTTP/3 implementations that exist right now for work and thought this was interesting. I didn't really know how HLS worked and that the chunking is part of why streams have such a big delay.
I wish it went into a little more detail about MoQ but I guess I'll have to go do some reading :)
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Comment on Police threatened to use LRAD devices ("sound cannons") in Minneapolis. There is misinformation online on how to protect yourself. in ~society
kari LinkI still cannot believe how anyone can genuinely believe cops are the good guys.I still cannot believe how anyone can genuinely believe cops are the good guys.
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Comment on Private trackers in ~tech
kari (edited )Link ParentYeah, I’m in a few private trackers but Usenet usually has the exact same releases. I think private trackers for a specific thing can be useful, though, since you can usually expect the quality to...Yeah, I’m in a few private trackers but Usenet usually has the exact same releases. I think private trackers for a specific thing can be useful, though, since you can usually expect the quality to be up to certain standards.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
kari Link ParentHaha yeah, but I’m hoping to integrate beanbag and beanclock into this wm at some point. Beanbag I initially just made as a clone of wbg written in Zig because it sounded fun but beanclock was...There’s a whole bean ecosystem lol
Haha yeah, but I’m hoping to integrate beanbag and beanclock into this wm at some point. Beanbag I initially just made as a clone of wbg written in Zig because it sounded fun but beanclock was just something I actually wanted!
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
kari Link ParentThe harder part to start was probably just remembering how to work with the Wayland, to be honest. The protocol is pretty decent at explaining what the event loop is/should be so once I got a few...Was it easy to get started with the river protocol or did it take some work to navigate because it’s still pretty new?
The harder part to start was probably just remembering how to work with the Wayland, to be honest. The protocol is pretty decent at explaining what the event loop is/should be so once I got a few of the basic bits set up (and looked at some other WMs), the protocol has become fairly straightforward. The people on the river IRC channel are all pretty helpful for the couple of questions where I genuinely had no clue what to do on my own.
I would’ve gone down a custom config DSL rabbit hole and never get to the actual window manager part :P
I feel like I'm still spending a lot more time than I expected on the config part xD but I'm enjoying what I've got so far.
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Comment on Feeling weird about my career with respect to AI in ~life
kari Link ParentI've managed to find some time to actually work on my wm a bit and just posted a comment on what I've got so far, if you're still interested :) I'll probably try to write a bigger blog post...I've managed to find some time to actually work on my wm a bit and just posted a comment on what I've got so far, if you're still interested :) I'll probably try to write a bigger blog post somewhere once I've got something that I can actually use everyday.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
kari LinkI've mentioned this on here a couple of times before, but I've been working on a window manager for the River Wayland compositor's newly-stable river-window-management protocol to write my own...I've mentioned this on here a couple of times before, but I've been working on a window manager for the River Wayland compositor's newly-stable river-window-management protocol to write my own window manager, beansprout.
Right now, it's not really daily-driveable, but you can actually spawn tiled windows and move them between tags, select different tags, etc. Ultimately, I'm probably just going to recreate most of the existing functionality in what is now called river-classic's WM (with a master-stack layout), but I'll see where it takes me.
Specifically, the most recent thing I've done has been working on adding support for a config file. I decided to go with kdl for the config language and I'm using this parsing library to handle it. I still need to figure out how to actually handle keybinds in kdl but I think I came up with an idea before bed last night that I'm going to try to implement after work today.
Also, I always forget how much I enjoy writing Zig. It just feels so good to write to me.
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Comment on Where to buy mp3s legally? in ~music
kari Link ParentThey're the first place I fallback to for releases I can't find on Bandcamp but be sure to back-up any purchases somewhere. I have a couple that are no longer available to download from my...They're the first place I fallback to for releases I can't find on Bandcamp but be sure to back-up any purchases somewhere. I have a couple that are no longer available to download from my 7digital account for whatever (licensing?) reason.
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Comment on Massive winter storm expected to dump snow and ice across United States in ~enviro
kari LinkHoping the ice isn't too bad here in Texas; I don't particularly want a repeat of 2021...Hoping the ice isn't too bad here in Texas; I don't particularly want a repeat of 2021...
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Comment on Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products in ~transport
kari Link ParentYeah, I just didn't feel like mentioning that since it's not really something a regular person could/should do lol. Admittedly, I did forget about this since the usual cars that people want to...You can get around that by federalizing a car, but that is a very expensive process.
Yeah, I just didn't feel like mentioning that since it's not really something a regular person could/should do lol.
For Canada specifically I believe there are ways to prove it’s compliant with FMVSS (which are very close to the Canadian standards).
Admittedly, I did forget about this since the usual cars that people want to import aren't sold in Canada, either (JDM cars, etc.). I think it's even easier going the other way, as in, importing USM cars into Canada is just a bit of paperwork (usually).
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Comment on Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products in ~transport
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Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk
kari Link ParentFor that, I found out that iPhones actually have a "background noise" accessibility setting that I started using when I'm in hotels. I just set it to the dark noise options and leave it playing...For that, I found out that iPhones actually have a "background noise" accessibility setting that I started using when I'm in hotels. I just set it to the dark noise options and leave it playing over night and it kind of mimics the fan noise.
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Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk
kari Link ParentThat's so funny because, growing up in Texas, I'm so used to hearing service workers, for example, say "sir" to me even since I was in high school. I don't personally really say it, but it's still...That's so funny because, growing up in Texas, I'm so used to hearing service workers, for example, say "sir" to me even since I was in high school. I don't personally really say it, but it's still super common for me to hear it.
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Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk
kari (edited )Link ParentYeah, even in the bigger* cities in Texas it's difficult to walk places. The only time I ever really walked regularly was in college at UT and that's only because the area around UT is pretty...Yeah, even in the bigger* cities in Texas it's difficult to walk places. The only time I ever really walked regularly was in college at UT and that's only because the area around UT is pretty small. Even downtown Austin/Dallas are both difficult to walk around (though public transport is like, usable, if you really wanted).
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Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk
kari (edited )Link ParentNot quite a culture shock, but a similar story I have is that during college (this is like, 7 years ago, not a particularly long time), I lived in an apartment where my bedroom window was maybe 50...Not quite a culture shock, but a similar story I have is that during college (this is like, 7 years ago, not a particularly long time), I lived in an apartment where my bedroom window was maybe 50 feet from the patio of a bar with dollar beers on Tuesdays. I got so used to falling asleep with the noise (and just street noise in general) that when I'd go home for breaks to my mom's suburban house that backed up to a golf course, I couldn't sleep because it was too quiet!
Watching the speed skating is funny because it seems like every skater the commentators bring up some story of how they transitioned from hockey.