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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
smores Link ParentFrom what I can tell, no one realized they reverted a fix. Someone was in adjacent code, making tangentionally related changes, and decided to include a "realignment" with web standards for their...From what I can tell, no one realized they reverted a fix. Someone was in adjacent code, making tangentionally related changes, and decided to include a "realignment" with web standards for their click events. No one checked why it was the way it was (I guess), and the bug doesn't seem to happen on whatever machines most Zed devs use, so I guess no one noticed?
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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
smores Link ParentNice! I used neovim for a while a few years ago, so I'm pretty comfortable with the modal editor aspect, but honestly it's cool that you can do so much in INS mode. I do really like the...Nice! I used neovim for a while a few years ago, so I'm pretty comfortable with the modal editor aspect, but honestly it's cool that you can do so much in INS mode. I do really like the configuration system, especially the LSP configuration system. I just added the LTeX plus LS for my blog repo so that I can get live spelling and grammar check while I type, and it was like two lines of config.
I personally have caps mapped to the Compose key, so I can more easily type em dashes and curly quotes (and, like, the trademark and copyright symbols occasionally). My escape key is in a pretty accessible location on my desktop keyboard, but I think I'm probably gonna map jk to escape for my laptop
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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
smores Link ParentWe're not alone! Hahaha it actually seems like quite a lot of folks have this issue, on sufficiently varied hardware that it seems like maybe only Macbooks don't have this issue?We're not alone! Hahaha it actually seems like quite a lot of folks have this issue, on sufficiently varied hardware that it seems like maybe only Macbooks don't have this issue?
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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
smores Link ParentIt's especially frustrating because VS Code, for example, which is literally a website running in Chrome, does not have this behavior. Like, sure, make your low-level UI layer follow web...It's especially frustrating because VS Code, for example, which is literally a website running in Chrome, does not have this behavior. Like, sure, make your low-level UI layer follow web standards. But if that default behavior doesn't actually work for text editors, you then have to build another layer that provides the correct behavior. I'm just frustrated that they would merge a "fix" that seemed to only be necessary for standards adherence without fixing (or even really being open to fixing) the actual user facing bug that it caused.
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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
smores Link ParentThank you for affirming my misery haha. It truly got under my skin, exactly because it was non-deterministic. Even worse was that it was fixed for most of the year, so I had re-developed the...Thank you for affirming my misery haha. It truly got under my skin, exactly because it was non-deterministic. Even worse was that it was fixed for most of the year, so I had re-developed the muscle memory and constantly forgot that it was broken again! Also sometimes I would manage to make several edits to the type declaration file before realizing, sometimes even managing to close it and then having to find it again to undo the changes I made 😩
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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
smores LinkWarning: this is mostly just me whinging, if you don't have the specific issue I had, this probably don't matter. The actual developers I interacted with at Zed have been very kind and thoughtful,...Warning: this is mostly just me whinging, if you don't have the specific issue I had, this probably don't matter. The actual developers I interacted with at Zed have been very kind and thoughtful, generally speaking.
I happily used Zed for a few months, but I've had a pretty frustrating experience with them that's led me to eventually switch to Helix (which I'm very happy with).
Way back at the beginning of the year, I (and several other users) reported an issue with Zed's handling of special keys on click events. Unlike every other text editor I've used, Zed only considers modifier keys that are held during the mouse up event when determining behavior for a click event.
On some laptops (like my Framework), the trackpad reports pretty delayed mouse up events. Maybe a fraction of a second after I actually lift my finger.
The result is that I (and several other users, this was reported in at least three separate issues) would click on a variable and then (after I lifted my finger from the trackpad!) quickly press, e.g., Ctrl+D to expand the selection to that term. Instead, Zed would interpret this as a Ctrl+click, and go to definition, at which point I would find myself making changes to, e.g., a random type declaration file in a node module.
So, no big deal, Zed is open source, so I fixed it. This took a while to get released, but I could also just run my own local build in the meantime, so that was fine!
Only then it got reverted. This drives me insane, like no one looked at the git blame to see why this was the way it was. The reasoning here (this layer of the system should match web standards) is totally fine to me, but the outcome (so let's reintroduce this bug) is pretty frustrating.
So I attempted to re-fix the bug, and that was rejected because it violated web standards. Again, this is fine, but... Like how do we fix this bug?
Anyway, I got sick of maintaining a fork/local build and switched the Helix. That bug was driving me nuts multiple times a day and it was really frustrating that no one at Zed was interested in helping me fix it (again).
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Comment on Donald Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for US children in ~lgbt
smores Link ParentRight, totally understand. I think I'm reacting to the usage of "must" here: I just... No longer feel that it's responsible for news organizations to make assertions like this about this...Right, totally understand. I think I'm reacting to the usage of "must" here:
The federal government must go through a lengthy rulemaking proces
I just... No longer feel that it's responsible for news organizations to make assertions like this about this administration, at least without some qualifiers about the fact that they have a tendency to bypass required legal processes.
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Comment on Donald Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for US children in ~lgbt
smores Link ParentI will be glad to be wrong about this, but this seems overly optimistic of AP. The administration could simply leverage it's ability to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding tomorrow to force the...The proposals, set to be announced by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his deputies, are not final or legally binding. The federal government must go through a lengthy rulemaking process, including periods of public comment and document rewrites, before the restrictions become permanent. They are also likely to face legal challenges.
I will be glad to be wrong about this, but this seems overly optimistic of AP. The administration could simply leverage it's ability to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding tomorrow to force the issue, and there's nothing anyone can (or at least will) do about it.
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Comment on Experiences with foster system and support for removed relatives in ~life
smores (edited )Link ParentThis is ultimately what I wanted to emphasize as well. I have a close friend that spent years as a public defender, representing parents who had their children taken from them by CPS. In the US,...- Exemplary
This is ultimately what I wanted to emphasize as well. I have a close friend that spent years as a public defender, representing parents who had their children taken from them by CPS. In the US, at least, CPS has an unbelievably racial and anti-poor bias, and is keen on removal as a first step in many cases.
What I think she would emphasize is that removal is very often the single most traumatic event in the lives of both the children and parents. Parents are often required to follow very specific and restraining protocols after removal, which they often struggle with because they are contending with the emotional upheaval if having their children taken from them. Children, like @RoyalHenOil says, rarely have any tools for dealing with this trauma, and it can come through in unpredictable ways.
I guess my two takeaways from this (though I defer to @RoyalHenOil who unfortunately has firsthand experience) would be:
- Search for patience and grace in interactions with the parents. Even if their relationships with their children and/or you have been complicated in the past, they are now likely experiencing one of the most emotionally and psychologically challenging events of their life, and they will potentially act in ways that will be challenging to you.
- If the child doesn't have a therapist, try to find them one, ideally one with specific experience with forced family separation. @RoyalHenOil said "being seized from your family is a far more horrible experience than I could possibly describe to someone who's never gone through it" — it's not entirely on you to wrap your head around this and understand it. Find professional support!
Ultimately, I suspect that taking this child into your home as soon as possible is probably the thing that will have the least negative impact on them, but that's basically a guess. It just feels right to me. Non-familial group homes and foster care seem to lead to astonishingly poor outcomes across the board, and staying with family instead seems to mitigate a lot of the worst of those harms.
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Comment on Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options. in ~tech
smores Link ParentHere's the full build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/s.moores/saved/#view=TTzXnQ I'm using a Pulse Eight USB CEC adapter, which basically uses USB as the transport layer for the CEC protocol, and...Here's the full build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/s.moores/saved/#view=TTzXnQ
I'm using a Pulse Eight USB CEC adapter, which basically uses USB as the transport layer for the CEC protocol, and provides a little module with the proper CEC header for the HDMI out to connect to.
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Comment on Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options. in ~tech
smores Link ParentI'll try to rember to elaborate tomorrow, but I built my own fanless "home theater PC" (HTPC) and it's our primary entrypoint to our TV. It's just running Ubuntu. I installed FlexLauncher on it...I'll try to rember to elaborate tomorrow, but I built my own fanless "home theater PC" (HTPC) and it's our primary entrypoint to our TV.
It's just running Ubuntu. I installed FlexLauncher on it and configured it to use CEC to turn the TV on and off when it comes in and out of sleep.
It's... Fantastic? We love it. We use an "airmouse" (basically a Wiimote with mouse buttons and a keyboard on the back) as a controller.
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Comment on What's your favorite RSS reader? in ~comp
smores Link ParentThanks for mentioning Capy Reader — I just have it a shot and I really enjoy it!Thanks for mentioning Capy Reader — I just have it a shot and I really enjoy it!
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Comment on Supergirl | Official teaser in ~movies
smores Link ParentThis is a weird artifact of those other representations (especially CW, which didn't put much effort into representing its characters "accurately" to the source material), not an attempt by these...This is a weird artifact of those other representations (especially CW, which didn't put much effort into representing its characters "accurately" to the source material), not an attempt by these current writers to differentiate her. This is a very comic accurate take on Supergirl, and is heavily inspired by Woman of Tomorrow, widely regarded as the best Supergirl story!
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Comment on What's your favorite RSS reader? in ~comp
smores LinkMaybe not helpful for you, @3dge (sorry!), but I selfhost miniflux and I like it a lot. I have used the PWA on Android and iOS and it's pretty much perfect for me. -
Comment on Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled? in ~life
smores Link ParentSo glad you pointed this out. Taking this completely at face value, these are students who got accepted to Stanford despite their disability. I would, in fact, expect them to do better than...So glad you pointed this out. Taking this completely at face value, these are students who got accepted to Stanford despite their disability. I would, in fact, expect them to do better than average (even Stanford average) when their disability is accommodated.
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Comment on Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us” in ~tv
smores Link ParentOh, yikes, thanks for the heads up. I often only have small chunks at a time to watch and have lost all sense of what happens in what episode. Removed the potential spoilery bit!Oh, yikes, thanks for the heads up. I often only have small chunks at a time to watch and have lost all sense of what happens in what episode. Removed the potential spoilery bit!
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Comment on Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us” in ~tv
smores (edited )Link ParentFirst of all, thanks for the overview of different hive structures in nature, that was neat. Also, thank you for expressing this sentiment! I agree that this seems to be how the hivemind in...First of all, thanks for the overview of different hive structures in nature, that was neat.
Also, thank you for expressing this sentiment! I agree that this seems to be how the hivemind in Pluribus is represented (so far, at least), and it's been kind of a trip seeing people liken it to something authoritarian.
I think one of the most fascinating things about Pluribus so far is that it hasn't really leaned into very many existing tropes, but I've seen a lot of viewers seem to bring their favorite tropes with them. There have been assumptions that They must be behaving insidiously or nefariously, or that this virus must be some sort of pre-strike infection from an alien force. And, maybe! But I think it's pretty interesting that, so far, the biggest tension in the show is between two fairly reasonable philosophies of socialization — this brand new psychological assimilation, and bog standard human individualism. "Who is right?" is not a trivial question to answer with the information we have so far.
There's an aspect of The Vampire Problem here, too. Carol seems, by and large, miserable — even before her only loved one died in front of her and the entire human species was forever transformed. An entity, with seemingly iedetic memory of nearly every moment of her life that was shared with another person, tells her that she, personally, would be infinitely happier if she "became a vampire," and she can't actually imagine the other end of such a transformative experience.
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Comment on This climbing gear is designed to fail in ~hobbies
smores LinkThat was fascinating! Those folks look like a blast to hang out with haha. I hadn't heard of these devices — it took me a second to understand the purpose, but they're pretty cool. It seems like...That was fascinating! Those folks look like a blast to hang out with haha. I hadn't heard of these devices — it took me a second to understand the purpose, but they're pretty cool. It seems like only the G Screamer actually managed to keep the load at around 4kN, though the other devices obviously still helped to some extent. It's definitely prompting me to think about how meaningful various factory test load numbers really are for aid devices.
Also, super interesting how much more load was placed on the rope by the rock than the bag of water! Obviously humans are able to absorb some amount of shock by both having compressible anatomy and by actually moving our bodies in response to force, but I wasn't expecting over a kN of difference!
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Comment on This climbing gear is designed to fail in ~hobbies
smores Link ParentOh, hi! Yeah, I've been climbing indoors and outdoors (mostly top rope and sport lead) for about a decade. Looking forward to watching this video (even though trad scares the poop out of me, and...Oh, hi! Yeah, I've been climbing indoors and outdoors (mostly top rope and sport lead) for about a decade. Looking forward to watching this video (even though trad scares the poop out of me, and I'm not sure I'll ever try it 😅)
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markdown-oxideLS seems to have some pathological edge cases. It has more than once pinned all of CPU cores at 100%! I tried to open an issue about it but was redirected to the markdown-oxide repo, and I didn't know how to reproduce the issue.