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Taffer

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My job? Computer Sisyphus and Meme Historian. I work on #cryptography. I like #videogames and #books.

#fedi22 #python #linux #macos #ffxiv #pygame #python #ultima4 #ultima5 #infosec #security #postquantum #godot

I work for AWS, but I definitely don't speak for them.

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Taffer, to FFXIV
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OK, fine, what's the easiest way to install/run the Dawntrail benchmark under Linux? Lutris? Just muck about with Wine? Heroic?

muzej, to Slovenia
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🕹️📺 What DOS game did you last play? 😍

#computermuseum #computerhistory #slovenia #ljubljana #softwareheritage #digitalheritage #vgm #dosgaming #museo #retrocomputing #videogiochi #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #informatica #elettronica #retrogaming #tecnica #dos #vintagegaming

Taffer,
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@muzej it was Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) back when it was DOS only; I used FreeDOS in VirtualPC

nixCraft, to random
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How much ram did your first computer have at your home ?🤔

Taffer,
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@nixCraft it was a Vic-20, so basically none (a few K, I can’t remember)

Taffer, to HowTo
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New post - Touchpad vs Mouse - KDE on Wayland https://taffer.ca/posts/2024/touchpad-vs-mouse/

I figured out a way to automatically enable or disable my laptop touchpad when my mouse is disconnected or connected!

Taffer, to KDE
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OMG I found a way to automatically enable/disable my laptop touch pad when my mouse disconnects/connects in KDE Plasma 6 under Wayland!

Gonna write this up in case someone else needs the technique. Or next time I set up a system.

#kde #plasma #wayland #touchpad #mouse

Taffer, to linux
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Arch is the Linux distro for people too impatient to use Gentoo.

#arch #gentoo #linux #shitpost

gamingonlinux, (edited ) to random
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That's some truly classy PR from Playton. I put up an X/Twitter poll about interest in the web3 blockchain handheld that's going to use their OS...their reply was...

Taffer,
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@gamingonlinux still haven’t heard a single use case where “web3” is actually better than the existing process or technique.

eniko, to random
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what if i made another new alt on city of heroes

Taffer,
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@eniko the true CoH endgame

Taffer,
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@eniko have you cranked up the difficulty level yet? You can add levels to instanced enemies and/or increase the amount…

nixCraft, to random
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What is the purpose of the button? 🤔

Taffer,
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@nixCraft to be mapped to Compose if it ever exists on a system I own

cstross, (edited ) to random
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I have seen part of, one, or both of the Doctor Phibes movies (The Abominable Dr Phibes, and Doctor Phibes Rises Again):

Taffer,
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@cstross I only found out about the sequel a week or so ago, and haven’t tracked it down yet

kboyd, to random
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I am starting "A Storm of S Words", by George RR Martin. I assume that Westeros's throne will be determined by the outcome of a friendly game of scrabble.

Taffer,
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@kboyd dunno if you’ve read it already, but Steven Erikson’s Malazan series is outstanding. Much better than Wheel of Time or A Song of Ice and Fire IMHO, I’m really enjoying it.

VileLasagna, to random
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I cannot bloody fathom how people still get surprised or pay the slightest bit of attention to anything Mr "Cave Daddy" Elon says

He is the dumbest person alive and unable to utter a single coherent thought, why is this hard for people to understand? It's not like he ever gave ANY indication to the contrary

Taffer,
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@VileLasagna I had a thought this morning… Sam Altman is the Elon Musk of AI. This bubble is going to be amazing when it bursts.

Taffer, to hotsauce
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The sauces from https://www.heartbeathotsauce.com/collections/sauces came yesterday; I got Camp Sauce, Lion's Mane Piri Piri, Mango Habanero, and Poirier's Louisiana Style. Tasty! I'd estimate "medium" hotness for these... my mouth was burny but I didn't choke and cough at all.

#sauce #hotsauce #spicy #peppers

foone, to random
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it has been zero days since I've gotten mad at myself for not putting stuff on github like I should

Taffer,
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@foone I assume everything on GitHub is going straight into MS’ idiot LLM, so maybe don’t feel bad?

Taffer, to random
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I’m sitting in the car dealership getting my tires swapped. I’m the only person here.

Of course the wheezing guy with no mask sits right beside me.

Taffer, to KDE
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Progress(?) in my battle against the touchpad…

I've got udev rules that trigger a shell script when I turn the mouse off/on. That's the first part!

Still haven't been able to find a way to use libinput, kcfg (Python CLI for modifying KDE settings), probably something else to disable the touchpad or stop processing its events.

#touchpad #trackpad #kde #kde6 #plasma #udev #libinput

Taffer,
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This is low-key driving me nuts.

Found the touchpad via /sys/bus/i2c/... and a tempting "inhibited" file with a 0 in it; this doesn't seem to inhibit the touchpad. 🤷

#touchpad #trackpad #kde #kde6 #plasma #i2c

Taffer,
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@JeremiahFieldhaven xinput only works for X11; I’m using Wayland. And it’s not a Synaptics touchpad. 🤷

I think KDE Plasma 6 doesn’t have a way to do this, and it’s a weird thing to miss out on.

Taffer,
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Progress(?) today…

Using kcfg, I re-enabled the touchpad. Then killall -HUP kwin_wayland… seems to have enabled the touchpad, but also behaved as if KDE had crashed and been restarted. My apps were killed. Not quite what I wanted.

Tried using PyQt6 to send a DBus message to KWin that I thought would reload all the configs; no apparent effect. Wonder if I need to be root?

#kde #kde6 #touchpad #wayland

Taffer,
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The org.kde.KWin DBus has a /component/kcm_touchpad that has interesting
Get(interface, property) and Set(interface, property, value) methods. I
can't find any current kcm_touchpad info though, just ancient source repos.

#kde #kde6 #touchpad #wayland

Taffer,
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@eliasp cool, not sure what version I’m using, I panicked and logged out/in to make sure everything was happy 😄

Taffer, to KDE
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So, libinput is the "native" input handler for keyboards/mice/trackpads/etc. on Wayland.

The only command-line tools I can find for interacting with libinput devices ONLY WORK IN X11. 🤦‍♂️

I just want a way to turn my trackpad off/on when I connect/remove a real mouse.

Taffer,
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@ids1024 AFAIK KDE has no command-line tool for adjusting settings (Gnome has one). I’ve gotten as far as setting a keyboard shortcut to toggle the trackpad, but this should be automatable …

Taffer,
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@unfortunateshort yeah, you can trigger scripts via udev rules for events (like adding or removing a mouse), but no way in KDE to toggle the trackpad

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