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RIP. Thank you for the tool that I’ve arguably used the longest.

It is a software that brings joy each time I use it.

There is the world of ergo and/or split keyboards, which is quite fascinating, but rather expensive to `try one that best fits me`. (Ergodox EZ, Kineses advantage, OLKB splits and many more)

There is also the Alice layout, which is an interesting step towards ergonomics on a traditional keyboard.

I wish there was a keyboard club or something that let you try these out for a week or so.

The other comparable setups:

NvChad: https://github.com/NvChad/NvChad

AstroNvim: https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim

LunarVim: https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim

Never got into any of these, but I love that they showcase what's possible.

> Love the type checking, which I think is better than Rusts. But since I think Rust will win the market, I hope it improves.

Could you please elaborate on this? What specific stuff are you suggesting that F# does so well?

That looks fun. Although cassettes don't enjoy the same attention as vinyls from audiophiles, I really enjoy the sound for certain genres of music and think cassettes are a definitive way to listen to some albums.

Nice, do you just use USB adapter for the DIN connector?

Did you consider the one from Unicomp?

Nice! Which model?

>Incadescent lamps for their deep red color

Any specific ones that you like but are hard to find now?

Another popular example of rust in web development - https://lemmy.ml/

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy

Somewhat tangentially related, if anyone is interested in writing eBPF programs in Rust, check out aya-rs (https://aya-rs.dev/).

Rustc supports eBPF bytecode as a target, and aya-rs avoids using clang/llvm. So you can use rust to write eBPF code in both user and kernel space.

This is a different beast from the usual rust though - lots of `unsafe`s.

Off-topic - I love the fact that Apple takes care to make the insides look as nice as the outside. Everything from the layout to the boards looks so good.

Thanks for sharing. The high frequency doesn't seem to matter (example newer Macbooks). Unsure additional parameters like temporal dithering play a role.

That is very good to hear!

Does it use PWM or DC-Dimming? (Don't see it mentioned at a quick glance)

Kitty is my favorite but acts weird when ssh-ing into other machines for reasons discussed on their github. (To do with setting the $TERM correctly)

Please see my reply to sibling comment.

I was commenting based on my recollection of this article. Granted it's for AMOLED, so it may not apply to microLED.

    In this regard, AMOLED displays have a strong disadvantage. If you feed less voltage to the organic diodes, not only do they limit their brightness, but their color also changes, so that there might suddenly be visible differences in the color reproduction.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Analysis-DC-Dimming-vs-PWM-Can...

Based on that article, non-PWM based solutions seem to be very hard to implement for smaller devices anyway.

Apple has already unfortunately abandoned PWM flicker free displays on almost all their devices. So I have no reason to believe this will change.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but micro-LED, by design is going to suffer from PWM flicker.

That is a deal breaker for many.

I was the biggest fan of LXDE for ten years, then they abandoned all the polish and maturity for the brand new LXQt. They lost me due to the bugginess and relative bloat.

Before that, it was the same with GNOME 2 to 3.

I’m sure there were good reasons for both of these, but I have moved on to XFCE.

The plugins fzf.vim and telescope.nvim made vim/nvim ridiculously more useful. Taking the time to set these up to your liking really pays off.

I love the nvim project especially for how it has rejuvenated the vim landscape and creating a cutting edge plugin ecosystem due to lua plugins.

For rust development, rust-tools.nvim and rust-analyzer have fared really well compared to VSCodium.

Same here, I go back from time to time.

I wish the author did some more, these are so high quality.

Those books are a gold mine too.

Try Hack too.

I love Fira Code, and Hack (https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack).

In another lifetime I coudn't imagine using anything other than Consolas/Inconsolata.

> Honest question: why do developers insist so much on using command line based tools? What's the advantage over using an IDE? (e.g. VS Code or PyCharm)

Unix is an IDE. CLI (and GUI) tools are the plugins.

Thanks, I'm all set then. Onwards to fun things. Cool app!

Could someone please confirm whether successfully validating through the v2 authenticity checker[0] is sufficient to establish it's a v2? (I know, silly question).

[0] https://pinecil.pine64.org/

Thanks for making the Henry Rollins' carbohydrate reference. It's a great way to label these two modes of listening that we all experience.

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"I have two basic food groups of music: protein and carbohydrate.

The protein listening is new music, where it’s unfamiliar to me so I’m listening, sometimes taking notes, researching the band while the music is playing. I do quite a bit of this, usually during the week.

On the weekends, I will allow for some carbohydrate listening, which would be records I’m familiar with, that I’ve been playing for years. This music is not exactly background, but more of an environmental asset for elevation of mood."

https://www.discogs.com/digs/music/henry-rollins-food-groups...

Is there a way to get these machines:

- without the branding in such large font? (I understand it's an important form of advertising for small companies). - with a touchpad that has actual physical buttons?

Same questions for framework laptops if anyone knows.

If you don't want an older version from your distro, it's easy to use the appImage.

    cd ~
    wget --quiet https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim.appimage --output-document nvim
    chmod +x nvim
    sudo chown root:root nvim
    sudo mv nvim /usr/bin
    mkdir -p .config/nvim

To uninstall, one would delete the binary, and .config/nvim + any other folders specified in your plugin manager.