kari's recent activity
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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
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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!
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Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk
kari Link ParentBut even American-style barbecue has so many variations!But even American-style barbecue has so many variations!
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Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk
kari Link Parentかれ is also both he/him and "boyfriend"! But I'm also just a learner for fun (maybe like almost to N5 level but I haven't taken the test or anything).かれ is also both he/him and "boyfriend"! But I'm also just a learner for fun (maybe like almost to N5 level but I haven't taken the test or anything).
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Comment on Recommendations needed: Favorite “comfort” movies in ~movies
kari LinkI haven’t seen Ferris Beuller’s Day Off mentioned; I probably watched it close to a dozen times in high school and still watch it every year or soI haven’t seen Ferris Beuller’s Day Off mentioned; I probably watched it close to a dozen times in high school and still watch it every year or so
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Comment on Scott Adams dead: Dilbert creator was 68 in ~comics
kari Link ParentI fell a couple years behind on BtB and my next up is the two Scott Adams episodes with Matt Lieb, which made me chuckle when I saw this news.I fell a couple years behind on BtB and my next up is the two Scott Adams episodes with Matt Lieb, which made me chuckle when I saw this news.
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Comment on Doppi, the nicest player for your music files in ~tech
kari Link ParentYeah, that's definitely a big thing. If it wasn't relatively common for Last.fm scrobbling to be supported, I probably wouldn't do it, but you (usually) just have to log in once on any music...between last.fm and trakt, there is nothing required from me.
Yeah, that's definitely a big thing. If it wasn't relatively common for Last.fm scrobbling to be supported, I probably wouldn't do it, but you (usually) just have to log in once on any music player that supports it and it'll happily scrobble till the end of its days. I don't even check my stats super often, but it's fun to go in every month or so and see what I've been listening to.
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Comment on Doppi, the nicest player for your music files in ~tech
kari Link ParentI just think it's fun, to be honest :Pi don’t ever get why anybody cares about that stuff
I just think it's fun, to be honest :P
I still cannot believe how anyone can genuinely believe cops are the good guys.