EnsignWashout

joined 2 years ago
[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Last time I set it up, i3wm basically does run "on top" or rather mixed in with componenets of other desktop environments.

Tehnically, one can run i3wm alone, but really, it wants a bunch of parts from another desktop environment to be loaded, and it's not particularly opinionated about which ones.

If I recall correctly, picking it (a friendly i3wm meta-package) on Ubuntu gave me i3wm with a bunch of pieces of Mate pre-loaded to fill in the edges.

The previous time I set up i3wm, there was no friendly package (yes, I'm old), so I looked up the names of about a dozen Gnome services and applets, and added them to the i3wm config to launch them on i3wm start-up.

(Edit: missed an important not)

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

But he made up for all that by breaking the chronological prime directive, losing control of his ship to mutineers, and allowing his racism to nearly start a war with the Klingon empire.

So really, who are we to judge.

I could do the same analysis for Admiral Janeway, but I'm afraid she would shoot me, Tuvix me, or write me out of history.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The "or some such" was pretty wild.

Spoiler for DiscoveryThey pretty much fully eliminated USS Discovery from the timeline, to solve their earlier lazy super-ship writing.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm also a big VNC fan, but I imagine RustDesk is solving for CGNAT better? I'm not aware of anything in VNC that solves CGNAT being a PITA.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yikes! You can't just tell people about the

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

i3wm is my favorite window manager, but I find I can get a good 90% out of either Gnome or KDE Plasma, with a bit of settings fiddling.

I think I added "Metacity" plugin to Gnome, to get proper tiling. It was okay.

In KDE Plasma, I just poke the settings to maximize windows by default, and enable keyboard shifting windows into half screen increments.

It's an annoying compromise, but it's nice not to have all the jank that comes with tuning my i3wm setup to add basic features that KDE Plasma ships with.

Edit: And I'll be reading along, hoping someone else has a better answer than mine!

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've watched Doctor Who in the wee hours of Sunday night on broadcast TV, on rented VHS tapes, animated on the BBC iPlayer, purchased as mp3s from Big Finish Audio, purchased from random providers in the early days of digital media, streamed through complicated VPNs from BBC iPlayer, and purchased or borrowed from the library on DVD.

But Disney's shit-tier steaming (and streaming, sometimes) app for Android is what managed to kill my Doctor Who fandom.

I'll catch up using my DVD player - which still works reliably - whenever I happen to catch a sale on the latest seasons at a used book store.

Long live Doctor Who.

And may Disney Plus rot in infamy.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Great points.

My family watches as a group all the time, and Doctor Who features prominently.

But my DVD purchases probably aren't being accounted for in their stats.

Also, Disney almost certainly lied to the BBC about streaming popularity, to save on license fees or something.

I think I just read "we're spending big on AI because it maximizes our profits. Now we aren't as cost competitive. Let's talks about what else we can cut to save money." before I stopped reading.

Let me take a wild guess: It'll be about using AI to deny claims to recoup the money spent on AI...

Whether the article goes there or not, that's the playbook.

Epic! A convertible Seabring is such a delightful vehicle.

I'm pretty sure this is the real reason my taste for spicy food advanced so far after I became a parent.

It's nice to have a snack that the kid won't loot and empty.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"The Parlor Room" is everything I wished Tom Vassal's "Dice Tower" and Wil Wheaton's show had grown into.

I think the big difference is DropOut has such a deep bench of comedians.

Even so, The Parlor Room is my favorite effective and entertaining way to shop for board games and learn the rules.

I wish my second favorite, "Beer and Boardgames" would join DropOut so I could watch them ad free more easily.

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