boring_bohr

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Just a lil spicy in c/opossums@lemmy.world
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago

Finally a sponsor I can get behind!

Why choose CoMaps over another project? in c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 21 points 1 week ago

CoMaps is a fork of Organic Maps that emerged after some drama with Organic Maps, the details of which (or even topic) I don't remember.

Comparing to OsmAnd, I suppose it's a matter of a relatively clean and simple UI but more limited features, while OsmAnd (from what I've heard) does kind of everything but has a less intuitive and more cluttered UI. I can't speak to that from first-hand experience but I've heard that quite often.

Can't speak to any other alternatives, personally. I find CoMaps perfect for on-foot navigation, and that's all I need since I hardly ever travel by car.

**Reading All-Star** in c/memes@lemmy.world
Chalcopyrite from Michigan in c/cool_rocks@lemmy.today
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago

Damn that really is a cool rock

**Reading All-Star** in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (9 children)

If you feel like it, tell me the first random astronomy thing that comes to your mind 👀

You find yourself teleported onto the stage of a TED talk right NOW with a large audience. What topic do you speak about? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

4kW CO2, Jesus xD. I don't know if that is a lot, but sure sounds like it ^^

I'm happy I even got to work with some CO2 lasers around the 100W mark at a rapid prototyping workshop for a few years. I loved working with those, even if it was just on wood and acrylic (and they constantly needed recalibration and tuning).

Now I just sit at a computer all the time... I honestly miss that even just slightly more hands-on work ^^

You find yourself teleported onto the stage of a TED talk right NOW with a large audience. What topic do you speak about? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I've seen the xTool MetalFab laser cutter/welder thingy pop up in some DIY and metalworking YouTube channels somewhat recently and it seems wild to me that you can reasonably just buy a machine like that for non-astronomical (for an individual) prices nowadays. I mean, it I assume it probably can't compete with actual industrial machines but still, the fact that this is even feasible for a home workshop... I have absolutely no use for it but I really want one anyway, these things are so cool >_<

Fedora/KDE keyboard woes in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, I am already on Plasma 6.7, it updated to that maybe around a week ago or so! That long press is at least more streamlined that the Compose key, so that's something! Good to know, thank you a bunch, I didn't know about that feature :)

Fedora/KDE keyboard woes in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

I have the original Halo75 (not the V2) which sadly doesn't support QMK/VIA yet. I remember there was some dedicated app to configure the keyboard (NuPhy Console maybe?) but I don't know if it's worth trying to get that to work on Linux and that seems to be basically abandoned/obsolete

Fedora/KDE keyboard woes in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thank you for your answer!

  1. I had already tried that before but forgot to mention it, in Mac mode it flips the function/media key behavior as expected; in Windows mode, it does nothing (the function keys still always act like media keys, no matter what)
  2. Not quite sure what that would do, maybe I'm misunderstanding you, that seems to just type the angle brackets that are on the layout in Windows mode and nothing in Mac mode
  3. I just tried that, and while it does work, it is very unintuitive to me (instead of just Alt+Q to get an ä, it's now , followed by Shift+' to get a double quote, and then a/o/u to get the umlaut. That would be suboptimal for me at best, but I'll keep it in mind as a backup solution

I'll keep looking for and trying some more options :)

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Fedora/KDE keyboard woes (feddit.org)
 

Hello people,

I have been experiencing some trouble with my keyboard lately since moving from Windows to Linux and have yet to find a proper solution. I'm running Fedora 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop), specifically:

Operating System: Fedora Linux 44
KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.27.0
Qt Version: 6.11.1
Kernel Version: 7.0.13-200.fc44.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

The keyboard is a NuPhy Halo75 (ANSI-US layout). It has a toggle to switch between Windows and Mac mode/layout and media keys on the function row; I want the function keys to be function keys by default and media keys when pressing Fn. On Windows, I was using the "US International" layout (primarily for Ä/Ö/Ü on Alt+Q/Y/P and € on Alt+5).

Now, sadly, on Linux, with the keyboard toggle set to Windows and either the "English (US, intl., with dead keys)" or "English (US, intl., AltGr. Unicode combining)" layout enabled, I can type my precious umlauts etc. perfectly fine, but the function keys always act like media keys, no matter what else I press, and I have not found any way to change that behavior. With the toggle set to Mac, the function keys work fine (as do the media keys with Fn), but I can no longer type umlauts (and what even am I without my umlauts). I enabled the "Alt is swapped with Win" keyboard option, since those are swapped on the Mac layout. From the keyboard preview, the key presses seem to be mapped correctly (left and right alt show up as "Meta L/Alt L" and "Meta R/Alt R", respectively, the Windows key shows up as "Super L").

I'm probably just missing some option or something, but I've looked everywhere I could think of (and, considering I am quite new to Linux/KDE, that isn't too many places) without luck. My web searches didn't really turn up anything useful either. So, if anyone has an idea or knows where to look and what to change, that would be highly appreciated! I hope my description of what I'm looking for is understandable.

I apologize for the somewhat long-ish post, but if you read this far, thank you :)

Help Me Understand The Proton Hate... in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but, regarding the first point, in what way are the calendar clients proprietary? Unless I am missing something, the clients for iOS and Android are open source and licensed under GPLv3 while the desktop client (part of the mail app) appears to be licensed under AGPL v3.

The email system not working with Thunderbird etc. out-of-the-box is true but that is kind of understandable, considering that the emails are only stored and transmitted to the first-party clients in an encrypted form that other clients couldn't work with? And you could use the mail bridge (which is also open source, if I am not mistaken) to expose them as a local server to be used by Thunderbird etc., right? Maybe not ideal but I'd agrue it's "fine".

I do agree that there are things to dislike about Proton but those two don't seem like problems in my opinion...

*Permanently Deleted* in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] boring_bohr@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

Well, that was a painful watch. Constant overly dramatic music and sound effects, surprisingly little actual engineering talk, the same handful of B-roll shots and transitions over and over again, Shell executives patting themselves on the back. And the same "they had to turn to the past" for every challenge they encountered...

The editing felt like I was watching an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, not an engineering documentary.

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