samtheDamned

edit: unsure of how to delete this, I commented on the wrong state's election oops.

> when eye-tracking software was used to test the claim [camelCase is easier to read than under_score], two conclusions emerged: (1) developers are equally accurate regardless of style, but (2) the under_score style can be processed faster and easier.

I hadn't heard about hype for this but it's cool to see that it was put to the test.

It's really nice to see projects outside of the Linux/BSD hegemony still exploring new approaches to the server. I hadn't considered this sort of setup as an option before I discovered SmartOS, but with it in mind it's definitely a convincing proposition.

The original link is: https://ladybird.org/newsletter/2025-09-30/

yikes yeah thats pretty bad

Gnome web is based off of webkit-gtk

> There a lot of people who rail against fascism in a hateful way and if you replaced the word fascism with something else other people would say “that person talks like a fascist”.

If you change the words in someone's sentence, the sentence changes it's meaning. Nothing is new there. Regardless, to your point I would like to bring up the paradox of tolerance[1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

The whole situation seems to be pretty disappointing but on an unrelated note a installing a beta bios sounds wild to me.

I really identify with this. I think the worst offender was KDE when I could [meta]+drag and move taskbar applets all around the screen like a regular window. Like you said it's understandable since there is a vast funding difference between windows/MacOS and the linux DEs but it is unfortunate.

I don't get the problem with hitting [meta] checking the time real quick, then hitting [meta] and being put back into your work. I do it with full screen games all the time with almost no issues.

This isn't really an antifeature. If someone has Google as the default search engine I doubt they are going to be against this. If you don't have google as the default you won't even see this.

I believe what the OP you replied to meant was that when entering your address in a form, the zip code allows for verification that the address was all entered correctly. Lets say someone wants to buy a book and they put their address in as 154 Broad Street, Philadelphia PA but they actually live in a neighboring county, when they put in their zip code the system will be able to see that the address was slightly incorrect and can be adjusted to ensure a smoother delivery.

I know where I live what "city" you live in can be a complex situation because of unusual classifications of cities compared to the rest of the country so I can see this being a useful system to have.

That's fair but most of these browsers simply fork chromium and make their changes there instead of genuinely building something new off of blink.

Yeah I've always written this off as a fun side project for a group of people but after seeing consistent updates and improvements over the last several years I've been so impressed by how far this project has been going.

Oh I remember this website nice to be reminded of this!

A couple more fun ones:

Compose: LLAP = "emoji doing the vulcan salute"

Compose: FU = "middle finger emoji"

Compose: <3 = ♥

You can also type music notes using Compose: # + QeEsf or #: ♩♪♫♬♮♯

Source: https://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/libX11/i18n/compose/e...

edit: minor formatting and describing emojis since they don't seem to be allowed

I just got a framework 12 and the first day I set it up a latte spilled all over it and thankfully the keyboard survived but the peace of mind that, even if it wasn't, a replacement keyboard is $50 was/is so valuable.

I remember the first time I got to use OSX and realized just how much of it looked and felt like a less intuitive gnome haha

> People don't want their whole desktop to fly everywhere and zoom out when they just want to quickly switch or launch an application with the mouse. They just want to mouse over the bottom of their screen and click.

for switching between programs, gnome is designed around workspaces instead of stacking and covering windows so you aren't expected to fly into the expose view to switch apps you just swipe to the side to your other program (or scroll in the corner with the mouse, or press meta+alt+left or right).

For launching programs just press meta and type the first couple letters of it's name. This is exactly the same how I open software on windows, and imo it's quicker due to not taking my hands off the keyboard.

I think it's silly to look at a new desktop and be mad at it for not behaving exactly like other desktops. If you grew up using computers that behaved like gnome you'd likely be just as uncomfortable with a stacking based desktop like windows.

I have an iphone and I feel a frequent nagging in the back of my head to switch to android despite the serious created by ecosystem lock-in and it's solely for the benefit of sideloading. Like you said, why would I leave apple's refined and increasingly customizable walled garden for google's half-assed one? Especially when Google is explicitly an ad company (I know apple isn't that much better).

This is my experience too, I distrohopped for about 2-3 years, and then when I found fedora it just clicked. I've been using it exclusively ever since. It was my first experience with vanilla GNOME and like you I wanted to meet the OS in the middle. The stability while still having reasonably up-to-date packages is so pleasant and everything felt like it was part of a whole in a way that my prior experimentation with arch and its derivatives and the different ubuntu skins didn't fully achive.

Emphasizing this, the biggest pain point for me with previous laptops I've used isn't battery or performance decreasing. It's the little bits that really hurt: A broken hinge, a dying keyboard, or a broken charging port.

I'm lucky that the keyboard incident happened on a recent enough dell that parts weren't the hardest to find, though I basically had to disassemble the entire laptop and rebuild it on a new keyboard. The broken charging port happened on an older laptop and I couldn't find any reasonable options to repair or replace the piece. And for the hinge, a replacement hinge itself wasn't impossible to find, but finding the correct parts around it that it broke when it tore itself out of the frame (including the display) took so many purchases and returns that I was worried amazon would take action on my account.

I put a lot of value in the fact that any minor issue I may encounter will remain a minor issue. Also I appreciate the fact that if I do upgrade my framework I can put the old mainboard into a standalone case and have a relatively low power desktop to use for whatever I think up.

maybe this is a knee-jerk reaction but I don't see any good reason for this. At it's core Google's job is to take an input and list outputs. The marketshare of people using lynx is small enough that whatever advertising or ai extras they want to squeeze in won't be meaningfully impacted by not working on lynx.

Edit: corrected spelling error

Tab groups is pretty useful. My partner refused to try firefox in the past because it didn't have tab groups and now they're able to use it as their main browser.

From Oxford: "the profession of journalism"

This reminded me of a feature in windows where if you were dragging something and reached the end of the touchpad, the cursor would continue on the same trajectory as long as you kept your finger at the edge of the touchpad. Then you could overshoot a little so you could bring your fingers back to the middle to regain maneuverability. I haven't missed it since I switched to linux but now that I'm thinking about it that was a very nice touch (no pun intended).

That would still amount to ethnic cleansing by israel though.

> The primary thing that makes advertisements disagreeable is their irrelevance

I disagree but not for the reasons I was seeing in the existing replies here. I believe that advertising is manipulative, and I don't want advertising companies to use the fact that most of my data is in their hands to pull the right strings and push the right buttons to try to get me to buy a product I wouldn't have otherwise.

It wouldn't change the fact that I don't use it (I almost never work with images) but it would definitely change the fact that I don't recommend it to anyone outside of the FOSS community.

I am not from a region that uses the name as a slur, but even the reference to an unsavory scene in Pulp Fiction and the overall negative connotation make it awkward at best and with the fact that it is a slur I run the risk of being downright offensive for no good reason. I just recommend Krita and explain that it's not an exact photoshop place in and that there are other options out there as well.

> Bottom line: you should work at the level of technology that best does the job. Anything beyond that is nothing but toots and whistles guaranteed to do nothing more than put money in Bill Gates's pocket.

and

> People say to me, "But the computer makes it easier." It shouldn't BE easier!! Art is not supposed to be "easier." Art is supposed to be harder. Commerce should be easy. Friendships should be easy. Good marriages should be easy. Driving a car should be easy. Getting laid should be easy. Art should be DIFFICULT.

really speak to me. We've spent so much time trying to optimize our lives away and I believe it's costing us so much more in the long run. The second point in particular is a big part of why I believe AI (LLMs) being used for artistic fields (creative writing, image generation, etc.) is either a fad or a very unfortunate change in how we interact with the world around us.