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TIL: kakoune, which is like neovim, but not — Just learned about kakoune today. I looks like vim or neovim, but it's very different. The key combos are different, it feels like zero-config and decent out of the box, and it's very snappy, too. Because I'm used to vim key combos, it's a pain to learn something new, but I'm staying curious.

💬 5 comments · 2 likes · May 20 · 2 days ago · #til

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Fixed the printer, feeling good — So I have this medium-old ink printer sitting on the shelf and it’s just new enough to support AirPrint, which is great. It glitched once and lost the connection to the wireless hub, thus becoming unavailable to the rest of the network and forcing everyone in this house into a choice: either do a direct connection dance every time they needed to print a page or choose not to. And you can probably already guess where it’s going, but here I’m gonna say it: most…

💬 2 comments · 2 likes · May 18 · 4 days ago

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Death loop of revenge bedtime procrastination — So it's been for years, but not decades, that I find myself for days in a row, even weeks sometimes, just staying over until very, very late. Sometimes it's 5am, need to wake up at 7am kind of late. And I sure know I'll have to get up and live the regular life, but somehow I still find myself just sitting around, sometimes reading, sometimes taking care of the housekeeping chores. It's not always useless, but it's always a compensation for…

💬 2 comments · 1 like · May 13 · 10 days ago

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DaVinci resolve, but for photos — I've never used Lightroom, I've never touched the Adobe Creative Cloud after seeing my friend struggling to rid their machine of it, and I largely used Affinity and Pixelmator, but they're not exactly easiest or simplest tools that also require a ton of hand movements for basic edits, and my main game is basic edits (curvess shadows, contrast, sharpness, occasional warm/cold split contrast and some denoise). But now I see that DaVinci Resolve exists for photo…

💬 2 comments · 1 like · Apr 14 · 5 weeks ago

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Frying p-ai-n — People are talking about Claude Code the way they talked about a non-stick pan in the 90s "Holy shit, I can’t believe people don’t use this pan, they’re gonna fall behind so far, cleaning their stupid cast iron pans, gee" "Oh my, this pan makes me 10x productive! I can now roast, sear, fry, braise, which previously I would have had to hire someone to do to get the job done, look at me, I can do all of it myself!" "So I set up this new MCP (meat charring pan) and now I can just...

💬 10 comments · 3 likes · Mar 17 · 2 months ago

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Thinking about life, the end of it, and what it will have been all about — Been thinking about end of life and legacy. And besides solving the most obvious problems, such as ensuring the successors are educated slightly better, have better network, and in general are healthier, I don't think there's much else I would like to have done. Like, I'm serious: everything I can think of (improve the environment, leave a mark, solve a big problem) would be 99% virtue-signaling and 1% noble, bur...

💬 7 comments · Mar 10 · 2 months ago

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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wise people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell

💬 1 comment · 3 likes · Feb 10 · 3 months ago

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Digging Annalisa's latest albums big time — I need to take it out somewhere: I think Annalisa has fantastic voice. Much of this impression is amplified by the stellar mastering and production work, but it really takes skill, control, and versatility to sing like that. Call me basic bitch, I am absolutely glued to the latest 4 albums, especially the latest one, Ma io sono fuoco. Like, "Chiodi", amirite? I'm so enjoying it

💬 View post · 1 like · Jan 29 · 4 months ago

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Had a book on my desk, got asked, nothing significant — Today I got asked about a book on my desk. It's been there for a month, and I haven't progressed further than 10 pages or so. The book is there to remind me that I love reading and that the habit of learning things from a book, at one's own pace, on the topic they're interested on is actually a good one and needs to be maintained. I did not put the book on my desk as some form of flex. I don't virtue-signal using physical things. And...

💬 View post · Jan 27 · 4 months ago

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How to play HOMM3 in 2026 — It's been more than 15 years that I've touched Windows. I don't even know how to obtain a CD, and if Windows XP is still a beautiful, all-around-backwards-compatible thing it were in its heyday. I got a HOMM3 distro from GOG and now, being a cheap ass I am, looking for a PC to borrow and play a bit. A new one on Amazon is like 200 euro for absolute bonkers specs. There's a 100 euro refurbished one with okay specs (didn't know Intel Celeron is still being actively...

💬 8 comments · 2 likes · Jan 06 · 5 months ago

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Idiomatic expressions in Spanish and what they mean in English — Idiomatic expressions in Spanish and what they mean in English. This is a living capsule that will grow over time, as I discover more fun expressions to stick into everyday conversations. Estar metiendo las narices en todo - to poke one's nose into everything, to be annoyingly present to the extent where it's causing discomfort to other people Nos dejamos caer alguna indirecta - we dropped each other a hint (in a way that was not...

💬 5 comments · 2 likes · Jan 04 · 5 months ago

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Dealing with a SD card botched by a Switch (or just hard life it had before ending up in it) — Honestly, I think the easiest would be to just wipe the whole thing clean and then spend an hour or so downloading all the stuff again. I would hate wasting this much time in exchange to no fun, but hey, at least everyone in the house will be happy (for a minute). 2026-01-04 - Seems to be working fine. The device seems to have become slightly more stable when it comes to launching games even. Before,...

💬 2 comments · Jan 03 · 5 months ago

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