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cevn

1,254 karma · joined August 12, 2013

Working professional for 10+ years

Current favorite language is Rust.

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cevn··on Firefox 121 defaults to Wayland on Linux
I can't deny that, but the fact is, X still works fine.. and a lot of people use NVIDIA cards and don't want to throw them away. I guess they are the real culprit though, to be sure.

But if were a random new user who booted into Wayland-only new fedora only to find my installation is already borked... what are we supposed to tell them? Oh yea, Linux is only for AMD users.. sorry!

cevn··on Firefox 121 defaults to Wayland on Linux
Wayland sucks. At least for Nvidia users.

RN dealing with -

1- when it comes back from suspend, the whole screen is filled with Rainbows. Pretty, but useless. 2- display scaling setting is either ignored or completely broken, no in between. Display settings in general seem wonky.

If I pretend these two things don't exist, the smoothness during gaming is far superior though..

cevn··on Why do programmers need private offices with doors?
If we have the same access, we are both developers? You can ask things, just.. asynchronously. If it takes a long time for me to respond, you probably could have found the information yourself in that time.
cevn··on Why do programmers need private offices with doors?
Email
cevn··on Why do programmers need private offices with doors?
If I am a doctor in this situation, then you can create a JIRA ticket and I will see it .. eventually. Do you have instant access to all of your doctors?
cevn··on Why do programmers need private offices with doors?
We all have access to the exact same information. Sure, for a first time on boarder, I'll point them the right way.

But 90% of the time someone taps on my shoulder, they want me to think for them. You can do that by yourself. Just send an email.

cevn··on Why do programmers need private offices with doors?
Everybody thinks their question is simple and quick, then it takes 30 minutes of time at minimum. I dunno why you are getting so much push back, must be a bunch of managers. Developers need to be left alone.
cevn··on Evaluating new software forges
I was searching everywhere for this 3 months ago, then switched to forgejo lol. Good tip though.
cevn··on Programs are games, programming is a game
Yes, but it is more nuanced than that. Not that great at LoL, but in rocket league, I have sort of a 6th sense for how people will play up to a certain level. Badminton as well actually. Sometimes it feels like I can read the future when I simply calculated 3-4 hits ahead of time, and like the GP, it is supremely satisfying.

You have to calculate the probability of them hitting, also account for misses, and explore your reaction to each possibility in this tree, it sounds easy but only comes after 1000 hours or so of play..

In the code example, with that level of exp you would also foresee the possibility of failure and account for that. The more times you get knifed, the less often it happens.

cevn··on How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
I think it has to do with archive.is and cloudflare dns being incompatible
cevn··on AYA Neo Flip handheld gaming PC with clamshell and thumb keyboard is coming
It seems like one of their previous editions is working to some extent on Arch. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AYA_NEO_2021

It definitely won't be as supported as the Steam Deck, maybe you could use that for that purpose, although you need to tote a keyboard / mouse for the hacking experience.. I would love to see something along the vein of the Aya Flip but mainly w/ Linux in mind.

cevn··on AYA Neo Flip handheld gaming PC with clamshell and thumb keyboard is coming
Windows, hard pass.
cevn··on Hacking the LG Monitor's EDID
Wow this is so cool… might have to try it!! The real hacker news is in the comments!
cevn··on Why bumblebees love cats and other beautiful relationships (2021)
Isn’t this more of an example of “suicide by cat”? My cat gets dive bombed by crows occasionally but I think they are mostly playing on both sides…
cevn··on Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
Exactly. Doing all this math when the main estimator says X is exhausting. Obviously I use percentage now but there is a problem with that estimate and a lot of people just want to pretend everything is fine.
cevn··on Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
I also use percentage. It's not something that I usually think about. I just know that my "real range" is 180 miles at highway speeds. That's not something they tell you when you buy a Tesla.

I also just don't use navigation if I've been somewhere more than once. Just navigate with my head..

cevn··on Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
I don't use navigation, almost ever, after the first place I go somewhere. Therefore, the main battery estimator is just wrong. If it actually worked, as soon as you got to highway speeds you would see it half. Hiding the real estimation behind the navigation tool is cowardly
cevn··on Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
Ah I see. I will check on that but you would think that as soon as you get on the highway that estimator would change. It is also the first place someone would look for range, not inside navigation so I would call that false advertising…
cevn··on Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
They could, but they don’t.

Edit: someone else pointed out if you actually navigate then it will show remaining % more accurately. Still seems like false advertising..

cevn··on Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
It really does not learn. I have driven the same route to and from Richmond, VA as a range test over and over again since 2018.

My range is approx. 180 miles, in favorable conditions (summer, AC off). If it was actually accurate, as soon as you hit 70-80mph you would see your range half. Clearly that doesn't happen, so the estimator is off by ~40% for highway conditions, i.e. complete bullshit.

cevn··on Ask HN: IBM Model M Keyboard Alternative?
I second the Realforce R2 recommendation :)
cevn··on Ask HN: IBM Model M Keyboard Alternative?
Ha.. never even seen that AT connector! I can't believe you would type on that around another human being, it's like explosions going off!
cevn··on Ask HN: IBM Model M Keyboard Alternative?
It was expensive, but it's supremely satisfying to type on such that.. I want more! But I think my days of buying expensive keebs are behind me...
cevn··on Ask HN: IBM Model M Keyboard Alternative?
I'm something of a keyboard collector..

I have the OG model M from 1993 or so, the Unicomp Model M, and a Model F keyboard from modelfkeyboards.com.

Of the 3 my favorite is the New Model F. It has a satisfying ping-y The Model M is good too, but the cable is fraying and I'm afraid to use it and accelerate its demise. Probably I can send it to someone for fixing or fix it myself somehow but haven't gotten around to it.

Nothing is wrong with the Unicomp technically but it is my least used... not sure why.

If your complaint about mechanical keyboards is that they are loud, be prepared that the buckling spring keyboards are several times louder than anything Cherry-like.

On the other end of the spectrum I have a Realforce R2 PFU edition. It has silenced topre switches which are sort of a fancy rubber dome. This is the keyboard I use 90% of the time and for this comment.

cevn··on Signal walks the line between anarchism and pragmatism
Yeah I am not clicking on wired posts again. What garbage.
cevn··on I assume I’m below average
That is definitely true. "I know nothing" is an extremely poor way of putting it, more like false modesty than an accurate assessment of skill.
cevn··on I assume I’m below average
To your point about being a black belt, I find that more mastery of an ability makes you aware of how much you still have to learn. Like at first you assume you are 30% of the way there as a beginner but at the high levels you find that almost everyone at your level has something new to teach you and there is infinite potential for growth.
cevn··on Jazz Comping (2021)
I played a lot of Chopin, especially the Nocturnes, although none to perfection, and other classical music. That gave me a solid background in music theory, I do believe you could learn all the basics from playing Chopin and thinking about the music.

As an aside, music skill (and many other skills) can be divided into Reading and Writing. Reading consists of either actually reading sheet music, or Playing by Ear. Writing is executing what is in your mind. In the context of improvisation, it's coming up with those things to execute in the first place.

To be honest, I am a good Reader, but a poor Writer myself, and still in the beginning of this part of my journey. I love listening to jazz, and playing along, but devising my own melodies is almost beyond the current me. But what's great about music is that every day you practice is one that you get better.

cevn··on Jazz Comping (2021)
Honestly, this approach makes a lot of sense. The transcription piece was something I have looked for in the past and not found. Thanks for your advice, I think I will check on those books as well.

edit: This Seventh String software has an old school interface, but it's actually brilliant. This completely changes my approach, thank you!!

cevn··on Blizzard’s bringing its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2
It is so positive that they had to basically super nerf widow and hanzo from the game(I mained widowmaker, so I quit), and queue times are 10+ minutes. I would go back to 2019 OW in an instant, but they deleted it. So its not really OW2 but OW 1.5. Very dishonest and par for the course for Activision Blizzard.

It’s also easy to say how much better the game is when there is no OW1 to compare side by side. I will say I had much more fun in the beginning than now. I think Birgitte being released was the beginning of the end for me, and Tracer had hard nerfs as well making her almost useless except in pro hands.

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