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@ OneRedFox @beehaw.org

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  • Do you consider the free software movement to be an anarchist/communist project?

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  • Yes. It is pretty much exactly how we would do software development.

  • Gimp 3.2 is officially released. The game has changed. Adobe just got punched in the face.

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  • Now there's the featureset that you wanna see from an application like GIMP. 💪

  • Vulture rediscovers RSS to dull the pain of the modern web

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  • Been using RSS again since ditching corporate social media. The sites with full text RSS feeds are especially nice, since reading it in your feed reader means not getting subjected to the endless stream of popups and nag-screen bullshit, which is increasingly important with the proliferation of frontend frameworks like React that won't load any content without first enabling JS for the site.

  • Mozilla is working on a big Firefox redesign, here is what it looks like

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  • You know, the whole reason why GIMP eventually added single window mode is because people didn't like the multi-window thing that they were doing. Did Mozilla fire all of their good design people after COVID? Hope this one gets dropped.

  • Scrubs: the cast’s chemistry is still so sparky it totally carries this zinger-packed comeback

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  • Yeah, it's off to a strong start. The cast still has their chemistry, it's still funny, and it still walks the line between being funny and hitting you in the feels. I do think that Turk and JD's goofball humor works less now that they're older though, but there's plenty of other stuff going on such that it doesn't really matter. I'm hooked and will continue watching.

  • Scrubs: the cast’s chemistry is still so sparky it totally carries this zinger-packed comeback

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  • I have such mixed feelings going into this one. The original Scrubs was great and the season 8 finale was an excellent send-off for this show. They're also bringing back a lot of the original talent for this, but reboots usually suck. I'll watch it, but I hope that they exceed my expectations.

  • I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla

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  • LibreWolf is just a patch set for Firefox. The user settings are stored in the profile folder, so if you just copy your old profile over, you will overwrite most of LibreWolf's changes. The about:support page contains a list of your changed about:config settings, so copy those down and move them over to your new LibreWolf profile as needed.

    Of course, you could also just disable the AI crap yourself in vanilla Firefox if you don't want to part with your current profile.

  • Easy Effects QT port is finally out

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  • Ah good, this was one of the few GTK apps that I couldn't get rid of.

  • How do you feel about Flatpak? Do you like having universal packages separated from the operating system, or do you regret how much space they take?

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  • I prefer native packages, but if the option is between Flatpak and no package at all, then I'd rather have the Flatpak. It's also nice that developers can package their application once and be done with it.

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    Can kids under 10 be possibly taught coding, without even mentioning the word syntax to them ??

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  • Somewhat. Programming is just writing step-by-step instructions for computers, which is something that little kids can do. Where small children will run into problems is anything involving abstract reasoning, since those faculties don't develop until around age 12. So while kids could easily handle something like (+ 1 2), they would struggle with:

     
        
(define (add x y)
    (+ x y))

    So just be sure to keep that in mind while showing them stuff and it should go fine.

  • Is KeePassXC theming possible?

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  • I have the theme set to "Classic" and it just uses my Qt5ct theme.

  • The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess

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  • The future is probably going to be:

    • Whitelist federation models with invite-only instances.
    • Anubis and similar software being a base requirement for operation.
    • Getting creative with stuff like picture-based logic puzzles as a type of captcha.
    • A retreat into less publicly visible spaces like chat apps that you can only get access to through networking.

  • The rise of Whatever

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  • Yeah, and with the corporate culture that MBAs bring with them, they also tend to make everything as boring and sterile as possible since any degree of fun and personality could be seen as off-putting to a hypothetical person.

  • How come nobody has forked Mumble to create a better Discord alternative?

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  • Hm, hopefully Discord takes awhile to enshittify. Sounds like the current solutions need time to polish up.

  • How come nobody has forked Mumble to create a better Discord alternative?

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  • I did find out recently that the team behind the Element Matrix client made Element Call and integrated it into their apps recently, but I've never used it personally. Have you used it? How was it?

  • How come nobody has forked Mumble to create a better Discord alternative?

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  • They definitely got the Discord aesthetic down. Unfortunately, it seems to be both self-hostable and unfederated, which means that the userbase is going to be split up between a bunch of small and quiet instances with no convenient way to interact with the larger ecosystem. Their FAQ suggests that while it's not in the roadmap currently, they're still open to the idea, so maybe we should let them know that this would be a desirable thing.

  • Discord confirms it's moving toward 'becoming a public company' as it hires a former Activision executive as its new CEO

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  • Oh? When did they change that?

  • Discord confirms it's moving toward 'becoming a public company' as it hires a former Activision executive as its new CEO

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  • And so the hell-loop continues. Matrix seems like the closest successor, but having used it for awhile I would describe the experience as janky-but-workable. Signal's good, but requires a phone number. I hear that Mumble's good, but it's overly focused on VoIP. Hopefully the alternatives polish themselves up before the enshittification gets too bad.

  • App Image or AUR package

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  • I use what's packaged in my distro's repositories, unless I need a specific version, or the software isn't packaged at all.