"the steam machine is exciting because it's the first viable device designed to run linux on its hardware" uhhhh like literally seconds of googling will tell you that's wrong. i'm happy people are looking at it in that regard, but framework, system76, (some) dell/lenovo lines were always there..

the final produced episode is a touching story about how a man sacrificed marketability to make a project celebrating the man he loved and how art can't be made without human connection. man, that show was so good.

you know, Valve ain't perfect, but it is refreshing as hell to see statements like this from a big corporation

there's some universe where Mission Hill ran for 12 great seasons i want to live in that universe

Where is the lie

something I really like about emacs is that every buffer is an elisp interaction buffer, really. open up the config files for a new program, want syntax highlighting Enter type (use-package ____-mode) C-x C-e straight does its thing (____-mode 1) C-x C-e dd to kill the line and back to editing

so is omarchy just regolith but for hyprland instead of i3/sway? (a pre-built environment)

Man, Linux gamers are eating GOOD these past couple of years. I've been daily driving since 2022 and tinkering in the space since like 2015 and the amount of progress that has happened in that time is mind-boggling.

i'm not like a business person but it feels like...a really smart move would be you've announced a device meant to slot into a space once filled by xbox hardware (which is now on life support) put a one-button method for accessing GamePass into SteamOS and market like hell to mourning xbox users

The gabecube isn't too exciting - I already have a system for using my desktop PC on my TV directly without streaming. But a dual-sticked steam controller with Steam Deck haptics and a stand-alone VR-headset that's LINUX NATIVE?? Hype hype HYPE.

i should bite the bullet and just install/configure niri

software should be required to ask if they're allowed into the system tray rather than this existing standard of "everything's allowed and it's up to the user to remove/fliter what they don't want"

And finally, after some work, everything is emacs! Now I can interact with the internet in the objectively correct way again.

i hate hate hate that if you've ever logged into github, it won't let you view *anything* without making you log in first (i know this a cookie thing, but I don't know how to fix it)

i really need to figure out some option besides waybar because i've had nothing but issues with it polybar was perfectly solid. waybar constantly crashes, fights me with configuration, etc

ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy

Omg it's finally starting y'all

3 plant nodes in a trenchcoat show up to the Galactic Market with several barrels of something they label as "food" Alien: "What's this?" A tendril points at the label. Alien: "It's got eyeballs in it. And this one is still clothed!" Three voices ring out in unison: [[WHAT ARE YOU? A COP?]]

playing as a devouring swarm in Stellaris. Conquer a decently sized empire and run up a deficit in energy but have a huge supply of "food" to offload on the galactic market to buy up energy they were ruthless capitalists tho, so I was just finding my niche in the market

lololol the change to button shapes makes some of them smaller so its easier to tap the wrong thing (as I just did) they used to be big and round and now they're narrower and pill-shaped i just love change for the sake of change that makes things worse lololol

the first time I ever heard "You're Gonna Go Far Kid" by the Offspring was in a million machinima and AMVs back in the 2000s and it was always sped up and now the official album version always sounds so slow to me, like it's playing at 0.75x speed

android forced an update on my phone while I was driving (wasn't using it for maps or anything so it was just annoying) but from what I can tell all it did was move around some things and change the visual style of buttons and indicators? and not anything useful like letting me edit the Share menu?

Diplomatic Relations with the Space Hedgehogs took a downturn today after their representatives discovered a human cultural concept called "Sonic fandom"

i was going to play EU5 this weekend but I've been reading The Expanse books this past week (up to Persepolis Rising, no spoilers please) and I got the craving for Stellaris. I haven't played in probably five years or so (since the big planet management rework) so this'll be fun to relearn

emacs is a serious program for serious people

Me two years ago: "man, emacs lisp looks really fucking annoying." Me now: "The parenthesis is the most perfect character in all of human typography and in this essay I will

has baseball started up again yet

I always bring this one forward:

PSA for new Linux gamers: Proton is not something you download. It's something that comes part of Steam; install Steam and you have Proton. Don't click on links to "download Proton" to play games on Linux. It could be malware. (forks like proton-ge exist but this psa is for new folks)

my base emacs config is up and i made it literate because org-babel is awesome this is the one I'm going to build on from here so I have a lighter, more pared down config doom emacs has been a huge help to me for the last two years, but it's too much for what I need github.com/meixiexun/do...

hey at least now I can read the mail from my uni from emacs (no, really, I just did that)

a frequent problem with adhd is when the hyperfixation you've put time/money into into no longer Gives Dopamine. was worried that'd happen w/ my motorcycle. A year later, even tho most of my riding lately has just been commuting, riding my bike is easily one of the best things I do each day

here i go, back on my bullshit again org-babel is magic

one of these days I will spell catpuccin correct on the first try "soothing pastel themes" that you will pull your hair out trying to get working because you spelled it wrong

Getting into some belated Halloween costuming. Meixie as Dark Magician Girl. Art by @crybringer.bsky.social. Super awesome artist with a great process. Absolutely recommend!

well Mr Petersen It took 20ish years since your math class But I finally used the Pythagorean theorem in real life.

pretty much ready to take over from my doom emacs config all the basics are there. evil-mode, vertico (and its related packages) for completions and searching, org-mode, org-roam, and that ecosystem, magit i'm still using use-package and might continue doing that; this is intended to be

"Oh? You know how to code? Cool. What kind of languages? Python? C? Rust?" Me: "Emacs Lisp." "...what's that?" Me: "Look, I'm *really* into a text editor from the 1970s, okay?"

about this close from just scorching doom emacs and going fresh it should not be this difficult to find an answer to how to unbind a key

listening to mamdani's victory speech and it's so nice to hear a politician talk aggressively about how making things better is possible and doable instead of just some "lets not rock the boat too much" prevaricating bullshit

i'm learning how to use org-roam instead of a private chat to keep track of my notes my emacs power is continuing to grow

BREAKING - Today, Dick Cheney announces plans for regime change in Heaven. "I believe they will greet us as liberators", observers say were his last words as he began another ambitious neo-conservative nation building project.

cheney dies on the same day mamdani is elected is this what winning looks like?

Back in the cohost days I made this based off the dream somebody else had and I just had to make it somewhat real. This did severals!

BREAKING NEWS: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.

i re-read Cibola Burn and while I think I still prefer the show's adaptation to the novel, the novel is better than I remember i will finish hte expanse this time

windows work laptop I only rarely use needed to update. 40 minutes to update + another 20 for IT scripts to update software for giggles I did dnf update on my personal laptop for the first time in months. 1k packages. took 10 minutes versus an hour. and i could still use the personal laptop during

have to sit through a training where the audio stops if it's not full screen and I try to tab out basically adhd torture but hahah i have linux and a tiling window manager you have no power here