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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 voting topic in ~games
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 lobbying topic in ~games
xk3 Link ParentAlso not to be missed are the reviews he made of his own games... well not much critique going on but you can hear him cringing at his past self: The Ego ReviewBen "Yahtzee" Croshaw, better known for his web series of video game reviews
Also not to be missed are the reviews he made of his own games... well not much critique going on but you can hear him cringing at his past self: The Ego Review
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 lobbying topic in ~games
xk3 LinkA lot of really interesting options, as always! Maybe this round we'll finally get to Freddy Pharkas? Beneath a Steel Sky and Another World are both classics which I hope people play at least...A lot of really interesting options, as always! Maybe this round we'll finally get to Freddy Pharkas?
Beneath a Steel Sky and Another World are both classics which I hope people play at least once. BASS has a bit more replayability IMHO but, on the other hand, Another World has achieved global cultural significance (perhaps in no small part due to its lack of dialogue).
If you've played and like Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) definitely check out its modern sequel Beyond a Steel Sky (2020): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1146310/Beyond_a_Steel_Sky/
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: September 2026 nominations topic in ~games
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Beth Gibbons - Mysteries (2002)
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Comment on What's a show you love that's from before your time? in ~tv
xk3 Link ParentIt's campy and muscle more than brains but I've been on a McCloud binge recently. I'll have to check out Columbo!It's campy and muscle more than brains but I've been on a McCloud binge recently. I'll have to check out Columbo!
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Comment on What are your "how on earth did I not learn this sooner" tech moments? in ~tech
xk3 (edited )Link Parentecho $0 is a POSIX standard but it doesn't work in all shells. Fish shell might have supported it in v3 but in the v4 rust rewrite it doesn't print anything. However, I've done echo $SHELL before...echo $0is a POSIX standard but it doesn't work in all shells. Fish shell might have supported it in v3 but in the v4 rust rewrite it doesn't print anything. However, I've doneecho $SHELLbefore and that seems pretty robust. I haven't seen a shell that doesn't supportecho $SHELLbut I'm sure there are a few...
In fish shell I like that you can partially type any argument (not just command-name or last CLI argument of the last command) and press
alt+.and it will complete with argument which match what you've already typed--I use that a lot but it didn't click with me until I accidentally discovered it a few times.
One thing that I've learned from using
opencode/agyetc via tmux (where shift+enter isn't supported and just acts like regular enter):Ctrl+jto do a line break.But actually looking into this more while writing this comment... maybe I learned the wrong lesson. Maybe I just need to update my tmux config to something like this?
set -gu terminal-features set -as terminal-features ',xterm-kitty:extkeys:RGB' set -g extended-keys on set -g extended-keys-format csi-uhttps://github.com/chapmanjacobd/computer/commit/49bf759c52877046d245513681a3955fd486868f
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Comment on LEGO Skylines | Announcement trailer in ~games
xk3 Link ParentI hope there will be a wide variety of older sets and hopefully even a reference or two to Lego Loco and Lego Island. If they don't include at least one buildable Classic Castle 6075 Yellow Castle...I hope there will be a wide variety of older sets and hopefully even a reference or two to Lego Loco and Lego Island.
If they don't include at least one buildable Classic Castle 6075 Yellow Castle I would say something is indeed... Something is perhaps rotten in the state of Denmark!
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Comment on LEGO Skylines | Announcement trailer in ~games
xk3 LinkHopefully more wimmelbilder potential than Cities: Skylines? It will be interesting to see if we can capture and live inside of that late '90s Lego Magazine aesthetic.Hopefully more wimmelbilder potential than Cities: Skylines? It will be interesting to see if we can capture and live inside of that late '90s Lego Magazine aesthetic.
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Comment on What workplace absurdity are you forced to live with? in ~life
xk3 Link ParentOne time I was accidentally bumped up to premium plus on a 16 hour flight. I think it was one of those 'your first hit is free' things. But it didn't work on me! Honestly it didn't feel much...One time I was accidentally bumped up to premium plus on a 16 hour flight. I think it was one of those 'your first hit is free' things. But it didn't work on me! Honestly it didn't feel much different. Sixteen hours in a seat in a tin can is sixteen hours in a seat in a in a tin can.
However, if they bumped me up to first every so often I might just refuse to fly economy...
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Comment on Automating immersive reading in ~comp
xk3 Link ParentDid you know that Max Fleischer invented the "follow the bouncing ball" technique in 1924 for this animated short films? 'Follow the bouncing ball' is not quite technical sounding but it does have...Did you know that Max Fleischer invented the "follow the bouncing ball" technique in 1924 for this animated short films? 'Follow the bouncing ball' is not quite technical sounding but it does have an intuitive and well-defined meaning.
You might find this article interesting: https://www.nydailynews.com/2005/04/12/point-man-max-fleischer-and-the-bouncing-ball/
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Comment on Songs about doing chores / daily routines? in ~music
xk3 LinkI guess it's not everyday you get to bake a cake for a prince but I feel like this fits: Donkey Skin (1970) - Cake Baking SongI guess it's not everyday you get to bake a cake for a prince but I feel like this fits:
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Comment on California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt in ~tech
xk3 Link ParentInteresting to see such a distinction between package managers and app stores codified into law. Time will tell whether this will be a good thing...Interesting to see such a distinction between package managers and app stores codified into law. Time will tell whether this will be a good thing...
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
xk3 (edited )Link Parentxournalpp is not a complete replacement but it's very handy! There's also pdftops and ps2pdf And recently I've really enjoyed using https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger for high level tasks...Adobe acrobat
xournalpp is not a complete replacement but it's very handy!
There's also
pdftopsandps2pdfAnd recently I've really enjoyed using https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger for high level tasks like rotating pages (xournalpp doesn't know how to rotate)
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
xk3 Link ParentI've never had problems like this with schedutil I would try compiling with systemd-run --user --scope -p MemorySwapMax=0 -p MemoryMax=28G ... I would say it's more likely I/O related as CPU...I've never had problems like this with schedutil
I would try compiling with
systemd-run --user --scope -p MemorySwapMax=0 -p MemoryMax=28G ...I would say it's more likely I/O related as CPU stalls recover pretty much instantaneously in comparison. Could be from reading lots of tiny files? Or maybe there's something quadratic going on in your build processes?
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
xk3 Link ParentUnless it's a grounding issue, try this next time instead of restarting the whole OS: systemctl --user restart pipewire-pulse.socket pipewire-pulse.service pipewire.service wireplumber.service or...forced to restart
Unless it's a grounding issue, try this next time instead of restarting the whole OS:
systemctl --user restart pipewire-pulse.socket pipewire-pulse.service pipewire.service wireplumber.serviceor if your OS is older perhaps:
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
xk3 (edited )Link ParentThe other alternative is to prefix the command with systemd-inhibit: systemd-inhibit mpv ./audio.mp3 (if you are using mpv maybe you just need to set this in your config: stop-screensaver=yes (or...The other alternative is to prefix the command with systemd-inhibit:
systemd-inhibit mpv ./audio.mp3(if you are using mpv maybe you just need to set this in your config:
stop-screensaver=yes(oralwaysif you want it to prevent sleep even when playback is paused)... But I think that's the default anyway--ahh it only works when there's a window so playing audio only won't do it, you needforce-window=yes) -
Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
xk3 (edited )Link ParentI forget how I did it but I disabled middle click paste. Then configure your terminal to copy and paste. Like in Kitty terminal: map ctrl+c copy_and_clear_or_interrupt map ctrl+v...I forget how I did it but I disabled middle click paste. Then configure your terminal to copy and paste. Like in Kitty terminal:
map ctrl+c copy_and_clear_or_interrupt map ctrl+v paste_from_clipboardAlthough... I understand some of the appeal that middle click paste has. I recreate some of that with this config:
copy_on_select yes mouse_map shift+right press ungrabbed mouse_selection extend mouse_map right press ungrabbed paste_from_selectionThen for pasting for stdin (or inside of ssh) use
vipefrommoreutils:vipe | git apply -I was inspired by https://github.com/niedzielski/cb and made something similar bin/cb. Sometimes it's handy to put a file onto the clipboard (cb.file) (or maybe you just really need dragondrop) and to read the clipboard every time you press enter to append to a temp file to later parse out the links inside the HTML (cb.append.html) so having some programmatic way to work with the clipboard can be quite handy.
(and for images... bin/cbi though I rarely use this I think it's super interesting. You can see an example here: https://github.com/niedzielski/cb/issues/8)
Install CopyQ or some other clipboard manager too
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Comment on Greg Saunier - Don't Design Yourself This Way (2024) in ~music
xk3 LinkGregory Lovell Saunier is a musician, producer, and composer best known as the drummer and founding member of Deerhoof.
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Greg Saunier - Don't Design Yourself This Way (2024)
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