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@worldsendless@qoto.org
Full Stack Clojure web app engineer
Joined Jul 2021
In the past I've had winning help from #Mastodon. This time it came from #Reddit. And now my #keyboard is back in shape, thanks to the #BootMagic I didn't know I had! https://orys.us/wH
Help please: GU_OFF ?
I'm using an unmodified Planck dropshipped keyboard. It is mostly as represented here https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/refs/heads/master/keyboards/planck/keymaps/default/keymap.c with the exception that the lowest-left key is 'shift' and not 'brite', although it would be nice if it were related to my keyboard backlight. See also https://config.qmk.fm/#/planck/rev7/LAYOUT_ortho_4x12, which seems to match except that both my spacebar buttons are, for now, really just space.
My toddler mashed some buttons for ten minutes before we realized where he was, and ever since then my GUI key is disabled. I have verified that it is, evidently, the GU_OFF command that was run, as it is strictly the GUI key that is disabled and even when I swap GUI and ALT (Meta) it remains the GUI key (even after it changes position) that simply does nothing. I have never installed my own firmware and mostly have just utilized the Dvorak layer. I really need my GUI key back. I've verified that it is the keyboard and not the system by using the keyboard on another, my Windows gaming box, and still there is no GUI key (there used to be, as it brought up the Windows start menu, which I used sometimes).
Any idea what could have disabled my GUI (Windows, Super) key on my Planck, and how I can get it back short of flashing the keyboard (I can't get to Flashing, but that's another post)?
Illustrating that os is struggling VS capitalism
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/open-source-companies-that-go-proprietary-a-timeline/
@borkdude thank you for the introduction
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The Shepherd 1.0.0 released: the init system written in Scheme
https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/news/2024/12/the-shepherd-1.0.0-released/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/news/2024/12/the-shepherd-1.0.0-released/
programming today: I thought I'd start with something little. Just get the latest General Conference talks in plain-text, as I've done for years.
Error: Syntax.
Error: my language version is too much older than some dependencies. Upgrade needed.
Error: my coding evironment is 30-version too old. Upgrade needed.
Error: my Java was too old, so upgraded.
Error: my system was missing a crucial tool (Pandoc. last time using this tool was on a different computer). Installed it, which also updated 22 system packages, including my printer stuff.
Status: my original web scraper is working beatifully. Fingers crossed that nothing else broke from the accidental updates...
@borkdude Great news! I don't know Eric or Oleksandr. What am I missing?
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Over the past few years, many people have unfortunately become more dependent on streaming media. But it's important to remember how streaming services can deprive you of important rights. Dis-services like Disney+ and Netflix mandate the use of a hardware-level backdoor called Widevine, giving them permanent access into deep components of your machine. Try video sites like the Blender Open Movies project instead.
@alcinnz I had this happen last night, with latex and a mysterious "b"
I want a usbc hub with two HDMI connections to be seen as two different displays, not as one oversize display. I have one old hub that manages this,but have had $ expense and frustration finding anything else with the same behavior. Insights please?
I spent 30 hours and a sick day debugging an issue I thought was my xorg setup when, in fact, it was a cruel #guix command combined with a bad version of the #LinuxKernel
@jwd630 it turns out it was an old piece of optimization borrowed from Doom emacs, where they had intentionally disabled garbage collection at the start and then intented to turn it back on later. I never turned it back on. Strange that this didn't come back to bite me until emacs 29
@javahippie ah hah! accessibility. I stand corrected!
@jwd630 @zrzz@emacs.ch it feels good to stop having that company popup, but I just had a crash when opening a browser link. Probably there is more going on here than I know. In any case, this emacs 29 is proving less stable than earlier, deprecated ones.
#CSS media queries are worth the time and effort to remove. Modern responsiveness doesn't require specific pixel values. Why did no one's code sense start tingling a warning that Media Queries were never a good idea? #ResponsiveDesign #DRY
@zrzz@emacs.ch I had a major issue with big operatiions causing lock-ups recently. Now I am very suspicious of plugins that work at all times, and my current attempt at a fix is to disable Company popups, which were on a long timer before, but today I found that "nil" lets me turn them off altogether. I'll keep you posted whether that works out nicely.
Why does my #emacs crash every couple hours of work? I can be doing whatever, even writing non-code. I can be in Gnome or in EXWM. Today it's occurred after about 2 hours of work, and then again 2.5 hours later. It doesn't seem to matter my window-load or my CPU load; I just hear my fans start whirring, my CPU usage goes way up, and I either freeze or even my cursor becomes sluggish. This didn't happen very often a month ago, back on emacs 28.2. What could be causing it now? Maybe #GarbageCollection?
@mitchmarq42xyz@emacs.ch ah, the queston: what is your `undo-limit` set at?
@mitchmarq42xyz@emacs.ch Ah! undo depth! I forgot that I had previously set it to a very large number as part of my crusade against.... well, I won't get into that. New question, though: since `undo limit` as apparently counting every keystroke toward that limit, I need to think on a good number for it.
Full Stack Clojure web app engineer
Joined Jul 2021
