[-] speck@kbin.social 33 points 4 weeks ago

How about we shift to talking about portion control and be less all or nothing?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by speck@kbin.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Is there any way to have SHIFT + CTRL + - create an em dash in Pop_OS?

I know there is the option to use CTRL + SHIFT + U followed by 2014 + ENTER. But that's way too long. And in keyboard settings it seems that I can only add a Composer Key? where I then have to, again, type in a numerical code. Any way to have the straight keyboard shortcut like in MacOS?

EDIT: Per two suggestions below, Command Key followed by 3 regular dashes works to create an em dash.

afa setting my own combo, I discovered AutoKey as a possible solution. Haven't tried that route yet, though.

[-] speck@kbin.social 26 points 3 months ago

The preview gave it away, but I could sense that trap coming anyhow

[-] speck@kbin.social 33 points 4 months ago

Somebody should invent an economic system where, like, no one gets a lot more, so that others also get something and that takes away the incentives for petty theft? Since we're spitting ideas here

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submitted 4 months ago by speck@kbin.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I've been playing with both the Thumb and the Unexpected keyboards. I like 'em both but, man, I have to admit I'd like them more if they had that top bar that predicts what you might be. Is that just a no-go from a privacy perspective? Can that functionality be local?

(I also wouldn't mind a good voice typing feature)

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by speck@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

They always obscure part of the text, no matter what. I juat want the full text.

nb that I use KES so maybe that's where the issue is?

Edit: should probably mention that this is on mobile, android

Edit 2: the code snippet below, provided by @pamasich, seems to have fixed the issue. I added it to my mobile browser (Firefox nightly) via the Stylus add-on:

div.more:not(:nth-child(1 of .more)) {
    display: none;
}

Edit 3: Latest KES update seems to have fixed the issue. More deets here: https://kbin.social/m/enhancement/t/777616 Thanks @shazbot

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submitted 5 months ago by speck@kbin.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I recently created a HD for dual boot Win 11 and Pop Os. I created a shared partition for Data, and separate partitions for the respective OS. I used gParted to create the partitions. It looks like Win then added bitlocker to this data partition.

(It's not really encrypted, I guess, because I didn't create a microsoft account, and didn't receive a recovery key)

So now I can't access that partition when booted into Pop OS without entering a password (which I don't have).

I'm wondering a couple of things: what's the best practice in these scenarios? Have the shared data drive not be encrypted with Bitlocker? If so, is there something else that should be done for security purposes? If not, it looks like using Dislocker is a common solution to access the drive in Linux?

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submitted 5 months ago by speck@kbin.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Will be installing either Mint or Pop_OS on a new laptop which has a 512gb SSD. Will keep Windows for gaming, at least for now, with the games installed on an external HD. But otherwise, this is to experiment with living in Linux.

I understand that I can unallocate HD space from Windows in order to make room for the LInux OS, leaving at least 25 or 30gb for the Linux OS itself.

Do I then extend that space further, so to speak, to allow for any other programs I might install as well as for data? Do I create a third partition for data that will be shared between the two OS?

What's a reasonable breakdown?

e.g.
Windows 100gb; Linux 400gb or
Win 100gb; Linux 30gb; Data (NTFS) 370gb?

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submitted 5 months ago by speck@kbin.social to c/linux@kbin.social

Just bought a pc laptop and want to dual boot Linux. Windows will be for some games, Linux for everything else. Would this be the right place to ask for advice?

[-] speck@kbin.social 36 points 6 months ago

Okay so I'm not insane

I don't want a five or ten minute video communicating something I can read in thirty seconds.

[-] speck@kbin.social 40 points 7 months ago

Anyhow as a woman apparently her body has ways to prevent molestation if she doesn't want it

[-] speck@kbin.social 41 points 7 months ago

The Onion is really slaying it on this conflict

[-] speck@kbin.social 56 points 7 months ago

Well, that was straight up feels

[-] speck@kbin.social 40 points 8 months ago

Boy, no one could have seen this coming

[-] speck@kbin.social 32 points 8 months ago

They have the money and/or ignorance to continue hiding from reality

[-] speck@kbin.social 43 points 9 months ago

And one of those bastards is responsible for balding

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by speck@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I've been using NZBPlanet for years. I guess they've recently changed their model so that, unless you pay, your account is deactivated within 24h.

Any other suggestions to find files on usenet?

Alternatively, how can I go about paying them anon? Go get a gift card credit card or something?

If it helps, mostly looking a shows or movies. Not games

[-] speck@kbin.social 40 points 10 months ago

It might not even kill it. Facebook is still kicking, after all, for all its enshittification. It's just... idk, some of us were freed to move on to a more satisfying experience. That's all. Life continues here, life continues there

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submitted 10 months ago by speck@kbin.social to c/BuyItForLife@kbin.social

Looking for old school types of boxers that I can wear as pjs and around home. Constructed so my dick won't flap out, and thick enough (the boxers) so I don't feel like I'm putting on a show

[-] speck@kbin.social 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They had me with

"Threads feels like when a local restaurant you enjoy opens a location in an airport.

It feels like a Twitter alternative you would order from Brookstone."

Perfectly captures the banal uncanny valley of it all

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