matejc's recent activity
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Comment on Would it make sense to wrap my Calibre library in a Git project? in ~tech
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Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games
matejc LinkValve messed things up for me lately... Proton is just too good. I am that weird guy who likes to mess with Wine to make games playable and then not play the game at all.Valve messed things up for me lately... Proton is just too good. I am that weird guy who likes to mess with Wine to make games playable and then not play the game at all.
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What is still to be done to merge... the dragons?
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Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets
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Comment on Bungie announces final update for Destiny 2 in ~games
matejc LinkThere is a petition for Destiny 3 https://www.change.org/p/petition-sony-to-develop-destiny-3There is a petition for Destiny 3
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Comment on Tildes Survey #5: Pineapple on pizza? (Results) in ~talk
matejc LinkI like pineapple as a fruit, standalone or in sweet foods. I used to eat a lot of pizza, not anymore, because I'm living in Finland now... Here there is a pineapple on almost every second pizza, I...I like pineapple as a fruit, standalone or in sweet foods. I used to eat a lot of pizza, not anymore, because I'm living in Finland now... Here there is a pineapple on almost every second pizza, I just cant. Dont get me wrong I am not a picky eater I will eat pizza with pineapple if I have nothing else, but its just not my thing.
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Comment on Smartphone recommendations? in ~tech
matejc LinkI use Fairphone 6. I also had a Fairphone 4. You can replace many things, including the battery, they have their own OS which is a bit more privacy friendly (and Android which I am using), the...I use Fairphone 6. I also had a Fairphone 4. You can replace many things, including the battery, they have their own OS which is a bit more privacy friendly (and Android which I am using), the camera is decent, they do not have an audio jack, the finger print reader is on the side which needs a bit of adjusting but it's not that bad.
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Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets
matejc LinkThis Kitty does not like to be in boots, but bags, now that's the way, every new bag in the apartment gets to be sat on. https://drive.proton.me/urls/2F6W6GAET0#-9erjioPQc1sThis Kitty does not like to be in boots, but bags, now that's the way, every new bag in the apartment gets to be sat on.
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Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets
matejc LinkHe does not like cuddling, but he sure lets you know when he is bored, even if I am on the meeting working from home. https://drive.proton.me/urls/EC7B1T3RBM#dpZowLokOPsgHe does not like cuddling, but he sure lets you know when he is bored, even if I am on the meeting working from home.
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
matejc Link ParentOh yea, I am a NixOS user for a long time, I am from the times when nixpkgs and nixos modules were a separate repo on github. I have nixos on my servers, gaming pc, laptop, work laptop, I am...Oh yea, I am a NixOS user for a long time, I am from the times when nixpkgs and nixos modules were a separate repo on github. I have nixos on my servers, gaming pc, laptop, work laptop, I am pretty much assimilated.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
matejc Link ParentI am just over 1400h into the game, and I would not say that I have a very specific main... I tend to get bored of one single Warframe, but I guess first more played frame was Khora, after the...I am just over 1400h into the game, and I would not say that I have a very specific main... I tend to get bored of one single Warframe, but I guess first more played frame was Khora, after the rework last year I went with Valkyr, now days I have Uriel. Beside that, I love to recreate builds that others make on YouTube and Twitch if I find them useful enough. Although I play Warframe since 2018, I am more of a casual player, I do not know every secret of the game and rarely play steel path - maybe I should do that more...
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
matejc LinkI have months of gaming at the time, and then my mood changes and right now my time is occupied by 3D printing and Rust... so I can't say much at the moment... Maybe more in a couple of months. I...I have months of gaming at the time, and then my mood changes and right now my time is occupied by 3D printing and Rust... so I can't say much at the moment... Maybe more in a couple of months.
I play mostly single player games and when I finish them I usually do not replay them. As for the multiplayer games... I play now and then some co-op with my friends, like Satisfactory or the latest one was Star Rupture. I have to say that I lately dislike MMO games, but I fell in love with Warframe, especially I am fond of the gaming studio, DE and Warframe under the lead of Rebecca Ford is phenomenal. Really nice that in the year of 2026 not every gaming studio lives for all of your money. -
Comment on I switched my gaming PC to Linux, and this time I think it's for good in ~comp
matejc LinkI have been using Linux since the start of the Windows 7 era. I ran Windows in a VM for all my gaming needs, a few years back I switched to a purely Linux gaming with NixOs. I had one Windows...I have been using Linux since the start of the Windows 7 era. I ran Windows in a VM for all my gaming needs, a few years back I switched to a purely Linux gaming with NixOs. I had one Windows machine left in my living room for my son's gaming needs, but like things go in the Windows 11 era, certain games stopped working all together, and the Linux opportunity has risen once again, I installed CachyOS there, my son has been once again a happy camper.
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Comment on Drinking two-three cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk in ~health.mental
matejc Link ParentI also usually drink about 6dl, I thought I would be six... I guess I will be just five as wellI also usually drink about 6dl, I thought I would be six... I guess I will be just five as well
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Comment on What's a small thing that made you happy? in ~talk
matejc LinkJust seeing my girlfriend smiling makes me happy.Just seeing my girlfriend smiling makes me happy.
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Comment on What DE and distro do you use and why? in ~comp
matejc LinkDistro: I have been using Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Sabayon, Debian, Aptosid, Arch, .... but none of them come even close to NixOS that I am using for last years, the stability - I havent...Distro:
I have been using Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Sabayon, Debian, Aptosid, Arch, .... but none of them come even close to NixOS that I am using for last years, the stability - I havent re-installed NixOS to this day on any computer, still running the original installations, the rollbacks after each system upgrade are great if you want to go back, even several upgrades back. On this system, do you want Docker? Turn it on in the system configuration file like with virtualisation.docker.enable = true; option. Do not want it anymore on your system? Just delete that option or set it to false. Want fingerprint daemon? services.fprintd.enable = true; want iptables? networking.firewall.enable = true; you get the point... you want to fix a bug or add a new feature? clone nixpkgs and make a pull request, the community is very active. But there is one downside to use NixOS like an advanced user you will have to know Nix (talking about the language), learning curve can get steep quite fast, but once you get it you can make any change.Desktop Environment:
Like distros, I have been using all sorts of them: Gnome2, Gnome3, Mate, XFCE, Enlightenment, KDE 3,4,5..., for all of them I have been using them for work and home, and NOT just trying to use them for a month or so. I have setup them to my liking. Lately I do not want to loose too much time with configuring all sorts of small things... so I went with Gnome3 and KDE5, the winner was KDE5 because of it stability, Gnome3 is much more simple but even with i7 and 16GB of ram + integrated graphics if running for weeks it just turns sluggish, KDE5 just does not.
I do not count I3wm and Awesome and stuff like that here because those are not desktop environments but window managers. There is one more thing .. I am all for growing the Linux community ... with i3wm only you just not gonna get a lot of the Windows followers to use Linux -
Comment on What programming language do you use for work and what's your favorite language? in ~comp
matejc LinkAt work I use NodeJS for services, slowly switching my mind to Go, Bash for small stuff, Python for bigger jobs, Nix for building services and deploy environments. In the past I have been...At work I use NodeJS for services, slowly switching my mind to Go, Bash for small stuff, Python for bigger jobs, Nix for building services and deploy environments. In the past I have been experimenting with Delphi (long time ago), Java, C. If I really had to choose the favourite language ... probably Nix or Python, of course every language can be used for almost everything, but choosing the right language for the job is more important than sticking to one.
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Comment on Invisible Separator in ~comp
matejc Link ParentYea there are more characters like this in Unicode tableYea there are more characters like this in Unicode table
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Comment on Invisible Separator in ~comp
matejc LinkToday I learned that there is a character that has no width and is invisible, but supported by every system that has Unicode support, from browsers to even terminal emulators. Lets investigate, I...Today I learned that there is a character that has no width and is invisible, but supported by every system that has Unicode support, from browsers to even terminal emulators.
Lets investigate, I injected that character between characters of the word "abc":
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>>> len("abc") 5- nodejs
> "abc".length 5Also search engines...
try thishttps://www.google.com/search?q=Matejand thenhttps://www.google.com/search?q=Matej. First one is my name in plan, but the second has invisible characters embedded between every visible character. If Tildes is not filtering invisible characters from google link then the search results will be quite different.Here is my page that helps you inject this special character between every other character
Why would someone use this?
Well to be honest, this are just my findings. You can use this method to make words unsearchable in text, you can use it to obfuscate words that would be normally considered abusive and the automatic system would ban you from using it, but people would still see the word itself. Use case would probably be to mess with people. Let's say that you would like to write somewhere that has automatic abusive filter for words. Just write your dirty words into that static page I just shared and click Copy and then paste text to some portal that would normally automatically report/ban you for using abusive words. But I do not recommend this kind of behaviour for obvious reasons. -
Invisible Separator
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Your use case kinda reminds me of git-annex https://git-annex.branchable.com/ ... Its git based file syncing tool. But if your intention is actual backup, then I would suggest using some backup tool.