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@yoasif I might give that a try, but (a) it's probably going to be slow since I don't seem to be able to trigger the problem quickly, and (b) I've been using this version of Firefox for two or three weeks without issue, so I'm not convinced the problem is due to a change in the code rather than some setting got corrupted or something.

@yoasif I ran updates after I first noticed the problem, rebooted, and the problem recurred some time later. Firefox was not among the packages that received an update.

Today Firefox has started having a weird cursor-displacement issue, wondering if anyone can shed some light on it.

Whenever I open a popup menu, the arrow stays where I left it, but the cursor coordinates (i.e. what option gets highlighted and what registers a click) reset to the top left corner. So if I right-click and slide the arrow onto the menu, I'm actually clicking on things like my back and refresh buttons (the same distance down and to the right of the top left corner as the arrow is from the point where I right-clicked to open the menu). For nested submenus (e.g. folders in the Bookmarks menu) the process repeats for every level of popup. However, this only applies to the browser chrome; links on the webpage highlight according to the actual position of the arrow.

The problem doesn't occur until some time (maybe ten minutes to half an hour, I haven't really measured) after browser startup, and resets when I open a new window - temporarily fixing the problem in the original window, too.

I'm flummoxed; search turned up a lot of stuff about people who accidentally turn on caret browsing, but that doesn't really seem to explain these symptoms. Browser version is 64-bit 117.0.1 on Arch. Any suggestions appreciated!

#firefox #error #techsupport

@barefootstache alternatively, multiple profiles on Firefox, or another browser that offers the feature. Configure different about:config and uBlock Origin privacy/convenience tradeoffs based on how much you trust the websites you'll visit on that profile, and you get all or nearly all the benefits without having the friction cost of different interfaces and keybindings. Plus a profile is tiny compared to a whole 'nother browser, so you're saving disk space too.

@mitch It's really neat how we all get our own little slices of the network. I've seen a couple posts referencing fediverse drama in my home feed this week, but QOTO's (busy, ~2k active users) local timeline hasn't had any mention of it, so I just catch tiny glimpses of what's going on through other people's subtoots. [XKCD remarked on this](https://xkcd.com/2071) years ago, but the discoverability rules here amplify the effect.

@shayman I like the ones that show the history. YFB - Frobisher Bay, YYT - Torbay, etc.

Not sure whether my audio is desynced or if the referee is blowing the whistle way too early in this game.

#cflom

For anyone using the DHCPv6 client app (be.mygod.dhcpv6client) on a recent version of Android, here's something that might save you some frustration - I learned it the hard way.

In theory, you'd only need the app to run occasionally if your leasetimes are reasonably long, so it's tempting to try and save battery by not exempting it from background restrictions. I figured I'd be clever and rig up a trigger to fire it every day plus whenever I reconnected to the network, which is probably cheaper than running a separate app constantly. And lo and behold, my wifi just couldn't hold a connection anymore.

After a lot of troubleshooting, it turns out that, when the app is killed off by the system, the underlying library removes any addresses it's acquired. On its face, this doesn't seem so bad, as the network should revert to IPv4-only after those addresses are removed. But it gets worse: because you stop receiving IPv6 traffic immediately, but the connectivity check takes a while to invalidate the cached IPv6 address it's monitoring, Android will interpret the fact that it's no longer receiving responses as evidence that the network failed. So your phone disconnects from the wifi - and if the whole cycle triggers on every connection, you'll never get more than about a minute of connectivity before it all comes crashing down.

So as far as I can tell, there's no alternative but to exempt it from background restrictions, and leave it running constantly even though you only need it to exchange a couple packets with the router every 24 hours. If anyone figures out a way to overcome this, I'd love to hear about it. Otherwise, I hope this helps someone else facing similar frustrations.

#android
#ipv6
#dhcp
#dhcpv6

@mitch oof I feel that

@mitch that's fair. I'm not much good at interpreting radar returns so I usually just want the quantitative precipitation probabilities.

@mitch what's missing from the Android ones? Never had an Apple device, but I've always found Geometric Weather (wangdaye.com.geometricweather) very satisfactory.

@deli_rum selection bias. Suppose the opposite were true: it's usually a greater personal risk to do the wrong thing. In the majority of cases then, people who do a thing because it's right and people who do a thing because the incentive structure rewards it have no disagreement. There's little point in a deep discussion of "the right thing" in circumstances where the alternative is obviously stupid. So the expression would be disproportionately used in that minority of situations where that's not the case, and if you only look at those situations you'll see the same trend as if the personally risky thing was in fact usually synonymous with right. So the observation therefore isn't strong evidence in either direction.

TL;DR: The conditions under which the expression is used aren't necessarily representative of all the conditions created by society's incentive structures.

@Diggler67 I think the panel would benefit from an ex-ref, too. There are ex-players, ex-coaches, career broadcasters - but no retired officials that I can recall. Maybe Foxcroft will get an interview for his retirement, but that's about it. Having someone on there regularly could really improve the public perception of the officiating, and that perception definitely needs all the help it can get these days.

@Bahais_Mexicali Si: Preferencias > Preferencias > Otros > Configuración por defecto de publicaciones > Privacidad de publicaciones

@nomi inspiration?

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/mrs-hammer/

@Diggler67 we have a similar option here for motorcyclists - there's a coursework option or a test option. As I understand it, the coursework option is meant to be the default for new riders, but if you already have the skills, you can challenge the exam directly to save fifty bucks and avoid burning a month's worth of Saturdays.

I would guess that the average test-qualified rider is safer overall, but mostly from selection bias: the experienced riders will go that route while most new riders will take the course. On the other hand, for someone who's never ridden before, it's possible to learn just enough to pass the test without picking up all the save-a-bad-situation skills you'd learn from the course, so among new riders those who are coursework-qualified may well be the safer.

@mitch I learned "drop it and run right home or else accident" but Americans leave out the O so I don't have a good one.

Now we just need one for how to spell "mnemonic" ;)

@cyrilpedia reminds me of this local gem, albeit without the race angle:
'Second, none of these council members was ever elected-they were all appointed, by one another. The last time a council member was elected by voters was in 1979, and even that involved a pair of write-in candidates. The clan's position is that they don't bother to run for election because no one else in the village wants the job. With just nine or 10 homes, they say there are few volunteers for council.'

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15134952/town-without-pity/