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> QMK itself is great, but I was never able to find a non-columnar split ISO keyboard to use it with.

https://keychron.de/products/keychron-q11-qmk-custom-mechani...

You can already use https://github.com/arichorn/uYouEnhanced today on iOS.

I assume you are using an iPhone now?

You could try e.g.: https://github.com/arichorn/uYouEnhanced + https://github.com/powenn/AltServer-Linux-PyScript (or alternatives)

I dislike that I have to sideload the app every week again or it stops working but better than nothing I guess.

7839284023on Monaspace

I am having the same issue in KDE Konsole: https://imgur.com/a/Dj1HZiu

I have to explicitly set the "Show all fonts" checkbox which shows all "non monospaced" fonts.

7839284023on The Philips Hue ecosystem is collapsing

Checkout: [1]

I am using Adaptive Lighting with Home Assistant & Zigbee2MQTT + Hue bulbs.

My home has never felt this "smart" before. Every time my lights turns on I find the color and brightness to be perfect.

[1]: https://github.com/basnijholt/adaptive-lighting

7839284023on Yazi: Fast terminal file manager based on async I/O

This awesome project really could use better documentation / quick-start guide...

I took a long look at the "docs" but I did not find them helpful at all [1]

Even figuring out that you can press `?` to open the help panel took me way to long to figure out because it is not referenced in any obvious way.

[1] https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/tree/main/config/docs

7839284023on Double Commander – Changes in version 1.1.0

For Windows I liked Directory Opus (paid) the most [1].

I miss it daily on Linux.

[1] https://www.gpsoft.com.au/

7839284023on ZSA Voyager: Low profile split keyboard

I don't think they will or at least not with QMK running in the background. They would need to switch to ZMK first in my opinion.

See this comment chain: https://old.reddit.com/r/olkb/comments/s95y98/is_bluetooth_w...

7839284023on ZSA Voyager: Low profile split keyboard

That's very expensive!

I would recommend buying a Dilemma instead: https://bastardkb.com/product/dilemma/

or building one of the hundreds of DIY open source keyboards e.g.:

- https://github.com/mmccoyd/hillside (46-56 keys)

- https://github.com/GEIGEIGEIST/TOTEM (38 keys)

7839284023on Fish – A friendly interactive shell

I hope that you are joking since you just have to press `Alt` + `S` to rerun the previous command with sudo in fish-shell:

> `Alt` + `S` Prepends sudo to the current commandline. If the commandline is empty, prepend sudo to the last commandline.

https://fishshell.com/docs/current/interactive.html#shared-b...

7839284023on PDF Tool – Modify PDFs in the browser without uploading

On Linux I like to use:

https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger and https://gitlab.com/scarpetta/pdfmixtool for such tasks.

7839284023on Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users

Use this: " uBlacklist is a Google Search filter for Chrome, Firefox and Safari. "

https://iorate.github.io/ublacklist/docs

7839284023on KLOR – A 36-42 keys column-staggered split keyboard

Have a look at the [1] Dilemma with build in thumb touchpad or the [2] Charybdis with build in thumb trackball.

[1] https://bastardkb.com/product/dilemma/

[2] https://bastardkb.com/charybdis/

7839284023on KLOR – A 36-42 keys column-staggered split keyboard

Image: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GEIGEIGEIST/KLOR/main/docs...

> KLOR is a (open-source) 36-42 key column-staggered split keyboard. It supports a per key RGB matrix, encoders, OLED displays, haptic feedback, speakers, a Pixart Paw3204 trackball, the SplitKB tenting puck and four different layouts, through break off parts.

7839284023on Build your own private WireGuard VPN with PiVPN

> GL.iNet GL-SFT1200 (Opal)

According to https://docs.gl-inet.com/en/4/tutorials/tailscale/ the GL-SFT1200 (Opal) does not support Tailscale but different models from GL.iNet do.

7839284023on My shell setup with Fish and Tmux (2021)

I like https://github.com/meaningful-ooo/sponge

> Sponge quietly runs in the background and keeps your shell history clean from typos, incorrectly used commands and everything you don't want to store due to privacy reasons.

___

Also here is a nice list you can take a lookt at: https://github.com/jorgebucaran/awsm.fish

7839284023on Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?

I use the same Behringer UMC204HD interface but I paired it with a SM-58 "clone": the Behringer XM8500 [1]. I think its performance is unbeatable considering the price. I love the combination.

[1] https://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_xm8500.htm?

7839284023on Making a keyboard layout

You could try to use https://github.com/manna-harbour/xmk from the same developer in order to run Miryoku on every keyboard.

7839284023on Making a keyboard layout

I'd suggest to try Miryoku [1] on an ergonomic (split) keyboard running QMK, ZMK or KMK firmware. It's a very well though out layout using only 36 keys.

"Miryoku is an ergonomic, minimal, orthogonal, and universal keyboard layout."

[1] https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku

7839284023on CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum by Carnegie Mellon

How can I actually use this course? When I try to Sign Up as a student I need a Registration Code. I don't have such thing since I am located in a different country.

7839284023on Motion Canvas: Visualize Complex Ideas Programmatically

"Motion Canvas is now Open Source": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5GETOP7ivs

https://github.com/motion-canvas/motion-canvas

7839284023on Sudo: Heap-based overflow with small passwords

> The main problem I have with it is that the "don't require a password for ___ seconds" timeout is unconfigurable as far as I'm aware.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Doas#doas_persist_feature

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Doas

With the persist keyword doas can remember an authenticated user and will not require confirmation by password for five minutes.

7839284023on OCRmyPDF: Add an OCR text layer to scanned PDF file

I loved NAPS2 on Windows! Sadly on Linux I could never got it working reliably and had to switch over to VueScan... But I'll always miss NAPS2.

7839284023on Let's Encrypt swag is here and I love it

Oh man I thought this post would be about https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/swag since it also lets you choose Let's Encrypt as a cert provider.

7839284023on Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard

> QMK

Have a look at ZMK then, if you want to go wireless!

https://zmk.dev/

7839284023on WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

I'd love there to be an AppImage, Flatpak and / or an AUR version for Arch users...

7839284023on Vuescan – Software support for 6500 abandoned scanners

I love Vuescan. The UI could use a bit of polishing, but the software works perfectly.

Just don't use the build in OCR function. For some reason it always made many errors compared to OCRmyPDF (Tesseract OCR) [1].

Sadly the Vuescan AUR package (unofficial) [2] breaks several times a week because of sha256sum check miss-match since the Vuescan developer pushes many silent updates.

Also the developer behind Vuescan is against other downloading options [3].

[1] https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF.

[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vuescan-bin

[3] https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2021-May/0...

7839284023on My essential Firefox fixes in 2022

Currently I am also testing Tab Session Manager & https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-stash Tab Stash side by side.

7839284023on Digital Tools I Wish Existed

I really do dislike your promotion video. Way too fast & flashy. Too many cuts taking me out of it.

7839284023on Severe brain injury and paralysis temporarily reversed with a sleeping pill

I am happy that this works for you, but you can't really compare a Z-Drug with an atypical antipsychotic. That's some dangerous medical advice.

Also (from wikipedia) on Seroquel / Quetiapine: "Despite being widely used as a sleep aid due its sedating effect, the benefits of such use do not appear to generally outweigh the side effects."

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8812/afd4bc713c03435b68f2bb...

Personally I would only take antipsychotics when absolutley necessary. Nasty stuff.