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Comment on Where MLS truly stands after its Club World Cup awakening in ~sports.football
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Where MLS truly stands after its Club World Cup awakening
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Comment on Give footnotes the boot in ~design
kovboydan LinkTufte’s CSS with inline sidenotes on mobile and actual sidenotes if there’s enough width?Tufte’s CSS with inline sidenotes on mobile and actual sidenotes if there’s enough width?
Sidenotes: Footnotes and Marginal Notes
One of the most distinctive features of Tufte’s style is his extensive use of sidenotes. Sidenotes are like footnotes, except they don’t force the reader to jump their eye to the bottom of the page, but instead display off to the side in the margin. Perhaps you have noticed their use in this document already. You are very astute.
Sidenotes are a great example of the web not being like print. On sufficiently large viewports, Tufte CSS uses the margin for sidenotes, margin notes, and small figures. On smaller viewports, elements that would go in the margin are hidden until the user toggles them into view. The goal is to present related but not necessary information such as asides or citations as close as possible to the text that references them. At the same time, this secondary information should stay out of the way of the eye, not interfering with the progression of ideas in the main text.
Sidenotes consist of two elements: a superscript reference number that goes inline with the text, and a sidenote with content.
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Comment on I need advice, which laptop would you buy now? in ~tech
kovboydan Link Parentdefaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false in Terminal.app or iTerm2 for the folks who never want desktop icons.defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop falsein Terminal.app or iTerm2 for the folks who never want desktop icons. -
Comment on I need advice, which laptop would you buy now? in ~tech
kovboydan Link ParentCmd+` and Cmd+tab behavior are useful for me. I regularly close all windows of a program but not quit the program, e.g. Firefox, so I tab to the program and Cmd+N a new window. Unless Finder was...Cmd+` and Cmd+tab behavior are useful for me. I regularly close all windows of a program but not quit the program, e.g. Firefox, so I tab to the program and Cmd+N a new window.
Unless Finder was the last used application, it wouldn’t be an issue in a quick Cmd+tab alternate between two programs situation. And if it’s a slower, hold Cmd+tab to another program situation, there’s a visual indicator of which program you’re selecting in the middle of the screen?
Not sure I’ve ever inadvertently tabbed to Finder, but I guess it’s possible?
If I do happen to have so many windows of a program open, 4+ probably, I tend to default to a three finger down swipe for app expose and select it, but there’s always ctrl+down as a keyboard shortcut that can be enabled in settings to open app expose. Ctrl+` cycles app expose through running programs. The arrow keys can be used to navigate to the window you want to open in app expose too, so you can open app expose and select a window with just the keyboard.
TL;DR: Enable the app expose keyboard shortcut. If you’ve got more than a few windows open, use ctrl+down to open app expose and then use the arrow keys to select a window?
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Comment on I need advice, which laptop would you buy now? in ~tech
kovboydan Link ParentI’ve used Spectacle now Rectangle forever-ish, so I don’t check as often as I should, but there seem to be more native features than I remember, like toggles for: andI’ve used Spectacle now Rectangle forever-ish, so I don’t check as often as I should, but there seem to be more native features than I remember, like toggles for:
Hold ⌥ key while dragging windows to tile
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Tiled windows have margins
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Comment on I need advice, which laptop would you buy now? in ~tech
kovboydan LinkIf I’m looking for something stationary, like a home media server, I’ll build it myself and install Debian (or Arch sometimes). If I’m looking for a daily driver laptop? MacBook all day everyday....If I’m looking for something stationary, like a home media server, I’ll build it myself and install Debian (or Arch sometimes).
If I’m looking for a daily driver laptop? MacBook all day everyday. The walled garden isn’t that walled. Download Xcode, install Brew, do what you want with the machine while not getting bogged down with gtk and qt themes clashing, worrying about whether the WiFi chipset is supported, etc. Really need linux running on it for some reason ? UTM is free and works pretty well.
I went from a new at the time 2014 MacBook Pro to an M* model, thankfully missing some of the less performant/useable intel models, but I wouldn’t consider anything else at this point. Maybe a secondhand Thinkpad to repurpose for something specific?
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
kovboydan Link ParentThose are top three for me because they’re the artist distilled into a single album. You could listen to more and pick up the other 5 to 10% of gold, but those albums get you 95% of the way. If I...Those are top three for me because they’re the artist distilled into a single album. You could listen to more and pick up the other 5 to 10% of gold, but those albums get you 95% of the way.
If I was super flexible with the “year” I’d drop Hall & Oates for Ice Cream Castle by The Time.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
kovboydan Link ParentThank You for the Music by ABBA and Rock 'n Soul Part 1 by Hall & Oates.Thank You for the Music by ABBA and Rock 'n Soul Part 1 by Hall & Oates.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
kovboydan LinkSpeaking in Tongues by Talking Heads. It’s good and the 3rd best album released that year.Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads.
It’s good and the 3rd best album released that year.
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Comment on What's a new skill that you've picked up recently? in ~life
kovboydan LinkI don’t know if this is a skill that I picked up recently, but if it isn’t then it’s a skill I’ve come close to perfecting recently. Zombies on CoD BO6 has super strong aim assist (on console, not...I don’t know if this is a skill that I picked up recently, but if it isn’t then it’s a skill I’ve come close to perfecting recently.
Zombies on CoD BO6 has super strong aim assist (on console, not sure about pc). If you hold down RT to fire and repeatedly tap LT to aim down sight, then you’re basically guaranteed crits. And because you’re basically guaranteed crits, every loadout can have the CHF barrel to increase headshot damage.
It’s nice, because you get more essence, a resource to purchase upgrades, from crit eliminations and if you’re grinding camos you can get somewhere between 1000 and 1500 crit eliminations in a single run up to round 31 or so.
It’s not nice because playing isn’t really enjoyable anymore without Rampage Inducer activated. Not until round 7 or 20, indefinitely activated. Most random lobbies aren’t down with that it seems, but in the last week or so there was one lobby that left it on. Grateful, I did my part; I ran through the entire EE, made 10 of 14 door buys, and had 36 revives.
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Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech
kovboydan Link ParentOS X Lion, circa 2011, had mixed reviews too. The more meaningful criticism was about functionality not UI, but there was some criticism of UI changes too.OS X Lion, circa 2011, had mixed reviews too. The more meaningful criticism was about functionality not UI, but there was some criticism of UI changes too.
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Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech
kovboydan Link ParentI avoided “modern” KDE longer than I should’ve because of early KDE 4. And completely agree it’s probably the best for average users these days.I avoided “modern” KDE longer than I should’ve because of early KDE 4. And completely agree it’s probably the best for average users these days.
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Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech
kovboydan Link ParentSupposedly something was posted on their blog around that time suggesting folks that didn’t donate were leeches or something. More bad PR / community relations than free beer vs free speech drama,...Supposedly something was posted on their blog around that time suggesting folks that didn’t donate were leeches or something. More bad PR / community relations than free beer vs free speech drama, as I recall anyway.
More “lol I’m donating to Debian not this unfinished desktop environment that’s an old fork of an Ubunutu LTE” and less “how dare a FOSS project ask for donations!”
Random aside: elementary OS and its Pantheon DE are also circa 2011.
Noise: Deepin 12.12 was the first version with Deepin DE instead of Gnome. It was also when they started emphasizing English version availability on DistroWatch announcements. 12.12 dropped in mid-2013. The elementaryOS payment drama was about 18 months later and comments pushing folks to Deepin instead of elementary weren’t uncommon.
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Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech
kovboydan Link ParentFor folks considering Debian testing: (1) be sure to track testing not a specific code name and (2) don’t blindly update things. I think Siduction is still around - since circa 2011 - for an...For folks considering Debian testing: (1) be sure to track testing not a specific code name and (2) don’t blindly update things.
I think Siduction is still around - since circa 2011 - for an example of a distro with Debian unstable as a base.
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Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech
kovboydan Link ParentGnome 3 is maybe just one part of a big bucket of drama: DEs at the start of the 2010s. Unity was circa 2010. Gnome 3 was circa 2011. Cinnamon was circa 2011. MATE was circa 2011. And this big...Gnome 3 is maybe just one part of a big bucket of drama: DEs at the start of the 2010s.
Unity was circa 2010.
Gnome 3 was circa 2011.
Cinnamon was circa 2011.
MATE was circa 2011.
And this big bucket of drama coincided with the sysvinit vs. systemd drama, which made that drama worse than it might have been otherwise.
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Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech
kovboydan (edited )Link ParentAs great as this summary is, part of me feels like you kind of had to be there; it was a world full of spinning drives, a time when install readahead was a standard response to the question of how...As great as this summary is, part of me feels like you kind of had to be there; it was a world full of spinning drives, a time when install
readaheadwas a standard response to the question of how to improve boot time, and if you had RTFM’d you knew how to squeeze out a bit more.More than a decade later, I still occasionally miss sysvinit. Not because it “works” better than systemd, but because it was familiar. And that’s largely because I need to do less meddling with systemd.
Here’s random threads, not necessarily the spiciest, from the Debian mailing lists if anyone wants to see primary material:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/07/msg00269.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/10/msg00651.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/11/msg00089.html
Edit: This drama coincided with a lot of DE drama in the early 2010s. A lot was changing quickly back then.
KDE 4 was controversial with some considering it unusable and some considering it promising.
Mint still had ikey around as a contributor and there was a new version with Debian as a base, LMDE. That wasn’t unique, lots of distros did move or considered moving to Debian as a base from Ubuntu, e.g. Crunchbang.
Joli OS was an idea, briefly. Peppermint was fresh hotness for Netbooks.
I guess my point is the init drama and the DE dramas didn’t play out in isolation. They played out simultaneously with each impacting the other.
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Comment on Jizz (Birding) in ~humanities.languages
kovboydan Link ParentYou might find this interesting: Avian Figures and the Fluidity of “Jizz”. First Paragraph of Linked Page In the United States, “jizz” most commonly appears as a slang term for semen, yet...You might find this interesting: Avian Figures and the Fluidity of “Jizz”.
First Paragraph of Linked Page
In the United States, “jizz” most commonly appears as a slang term for semen, yet initially emerged in British English as a fast method of field identification implemented by skilled birdwatchers and naturalists around the world. Jizz, as such, is messy, fluid, somewhat opaque, linked to embodied knowledge, and incredibly generative across diverse contexts. Linguistic evidence suggests the two semantic identities of jizz might be simultaneously inhabitable and etymologically interchangeable, yet all lineage is uncertain. Legend and literature have accused “jizz” of being a polysemic bastardization of an acronym, a backronym, and any one of a line-up of possible parent words. The extent to which this messiness, fluidity, and opacity penetrates jizz to its core makes this term ripe for generating a full-bodied rhetorical investigation. -
Comment on What in your opinion is the greatest guitar solo? in ~music
kovboydan Link ParentMaggot Brain will always be the first to come to mind for me. I can think of others but not before Maggot Brain. That whole album is worth a listen.Maggot Brain will always be the first to come to mind for me. I can think of others but not before Maggot Brain. That whole album is worth a listen.
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Comment on Jizz (Birding) in ~humanities.languages
kovboydan LinkThe concept was popularised in birdwatching, but is so useful that it has since been adopted increasingly widely by field biologists in referring to the impression of the general characteristics of other animals. It similarly appears in such fields of observational biology as microscopy. Ecologists and botanists may speak of "habitat jizz" or the jizz of a plant.
Sean Dooley described jizz as "the indefinable quality of a particular species, the 'vibe' it gives off" and notes that although it is "dismissed by many as some kind of birding alchemy, there is some physical basis to the idea of jizz."
Etymology
The term was first used in print in 1922, in the ornithologist Thomas Coward's "Country Diary" column for The Manchester Guardian of 6 December 1921; the piece was subsequently included in his 1922 book Bird Haunts and Nature Memories. He attributed it to "a west-coast Irishman", and explained:
If we are walking on the road and see, far ahead, someone whom we recognise although we can neither distinguish features nor particular clothes, we may be certain that we are not mistaken; there is something in the carriage, the walk, the general appearance which is familiar; it is, in fact, the individual's jizz.
Jeremy Greenwood concludes that the term was further popularised by its use by Miss E. I. Turner, "a popular author", in the journal Open Air in 1923.
There is a theory that it comes from the World War II RAF acronym GISS for "General Impression of Size and Shape (of an aircraft)", but the use of the term in 1922 precludes that. Another theory is that jizz is a corruption of gestalt, a German word that roughly means form or shape. Other possibilities include the word gist, or a contraction of just is. These theories were debunked by the ornithologist Jeremy Greenwood and his brother Julian in 2018.
I was happy with how the MLS sides performed, especially given (1) the extreme difference in salaries between MLS and other leagues; and (2) that the three MLS sides in the Club World Cup are middle of the table teams domestically this year.