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  • Little frustrated with Github, gpg keys, access tokens and correct setup

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  • My goal is to use git only. The problem for me is, this application "git-credential-oauth" is not in the official repository of my distribution. Which is a huge no-no for security related stuff in my opinion.

  • Little frustrated with Github, gpg keys, access tokens and correct setup

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  • To program an operating system, you need deep knowledge how internals work. The language you are using needs low level access. And I don't think a garbage collected language is a good fit for an operating system either. Especially an interpreted language like Python requires an interpreter to run under. And Python is not the fastest language either, which is fatal for a low level os functionality.

    What do you expect from turning C code into Python code? Python does not have low level access, it requires C (even Rust requires some C functionality). I don't think it is even possible to write an OS purely in Python.

  • SteamOS is Finally Rolling Out to the Wild

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  • "linux desktop handheld" is not wrong.

  • Rant: I wish more people stopped using Github

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  • The thing is, having a "centralized" place makes it easier to cooperate with others, with a single account. Monopoly is probably not the right word here, because nobody is really dependent on Github. And the core functionality of hosting the code and builds for free does come at no cost (money) at all. All Git functionality work. It is still Git.

    I don't see anything in Github that is against Open Source and Libre Software. The features like searching might not be optimal, but that's just a feature of the site. On the other hand, I'm also just a little guy who does scripting and small CLI tools. So it does not matter at all what I do. In the end, I do not feel the need to stop using Github, despite disliking Microsoft a lot.

  • Fish Shell 4.0 drops C++ for Rust to simplify development and enhance performance

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  • Crash

  • New Package Management Tool Debuts

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  • Darktable 5.0 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

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  • https://www.darktable.org/2024/12/darktable-5.0.0-released/ direct link to the original article from the developers. This is the second blog post I have seen today that do not link directly to the article. To be honest, I was expecting an update soon. Because the Darktable devs almost always do a big update just before Christmas. I've used it since version 1, but no longer as I do not photography anymore. This tool has some serious shit (in a positive way).

  • Greppability is an underrated code metric

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  • The dash - vs underscore _ is also a common "problem" with CLI arguments --file-name, that are mapped to variable names file_name.

  • Greppability is an underrated code metric

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  • This is one of the reasons why I don't like short variable names, especially single letters (unless for very narrow use and obvious like i).

  • Greppability is an underrated code metric

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  • For code bases where this is a thing, you could use greps context lines: grep ---before-context 1 "^main"

  • diskonaut is ncdu, but with better visualization & Rust

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  • Nobody cares if their disk utilisation tool is in Rust.

    Wrong. You don't care. There are people who care. Not every information must meet your personal needs in order to be mentioned in the title. Edit: Also we are in a programming community, so this makes you double wrong.

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    How mouse-less can you make Linux?

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  • My point is, it depends on the workflow and the tools. Try editing complex images with keyboard alone with GIMP or Inkscape. I'm a Vim user and used tiling window managers for years, so I know exactly what you mean with keyboard centric workflow being productive. But sometimes ignoring the mouse can make the workflow harder, not easier. Off course it always depends on what you actually do.

    Edit: Guess I answered my ... question (even though it wasn't a question). Never mind.

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    How mouse-less can you make Linux?

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  • Unfortunately there is often a use case for mouse that is hardly doable without, such as nondestructive video editing or image editing. I even use the mouse in Vim. Why is there this obsession not to touch the mouse??

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    Why aren't 60fps or more the standard for videos?

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    Why aren't 60fps or more the standard for videos?

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  • Maybe a better place to ask would be one of the following places:

    For your question, are you talking about streaming videos? At least on YouTube videos are at 60 fps. The higher the fps, the more bandwidth and space is required on the servers. Therefore YouTube will limit 4k at 60 fps to paying customers. And for the casual smartphone videos, isn't 30 fps at 4k not the default? People like to have higher resolution, because they don't understand what fps probably is (I mean the non tech mommies).

    Are you talking about movies? Movies often aren't filmed at 60 fps, therefore it would be lot of waste to stream them at 60. I'm not sure if this is still true with modern films though. I didn't keep up with tech much.

  • Save your computer from Microsoft's Windows 10 end-of-life planned obsolescence

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  • I'm not sure if that was his goal, so I wouldn't say the person was a troll or like that. I think it was just a situation of frustration and then losing control a bit. I'm not excusing it, just trying to analyze and looking between the lines and above and after. Yeah, I pretty much learned this skill from Reddit days. :D

  • Save your computer from Microsoft's Windows 10 end-of-life planned obsolescence

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  • Sums up the average Windows user.

  • Save your computer from Microsoft's Windows 10 end-of-life planned obsolescence

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