Alk

joined 2 years ago
[–] Alk 2 points 5 months ago

My substandard pizza is like $4, edible crust isn't worth the difference when an upgrade is slightly less substandard pizza.

[–] Alk 5 points 5 months ago

Mullvad even lets you send them an envelope with cash in it, with no identifying info other than your account number.

[–] Alk 1 points 5 months ago

No script lets you individually allow js on certain sites, even specific sources. Block all by default, allow safe sites or temporarily allow other sites based on need. I started doing that this year and it hasn't been nearly as much trouble as I thought it would be.

[–] Alk 1 points 5 months ago

Exactly, so use Proton :P

[–] Alk 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Hey, very cool app. One thing that could be a massive improvement is the ability to tap the thumbnails in "compact mode" to open a bigger version of the image without loading the whole post. Boost (for reddit and for lemmy) has something like this (though not as snappy as I'd like), and relay for reddit had the perfect implementation of this. It was quick and easy. You tap the thumbnail to blow the image up to the max screen width, tap again to dismiss the image. Ideally there would be no lag between when you tap and when the image is loaded, same with dismissing. (I disabled double tap in relay so the image dismissal didn't wait for a 2nd tap, making it quicker.)

Obviously this is a very nice and niche feature, so it might be outside the scope of the app. But if you find yourself itching to add some features, keep this in mind :) It would fit well with the "fast, fluid browsing" theme of the app.

I took a video to give a quick example but uploading it to lemmy.world isn't working, I don't want to share my youtube account, and I don't want to make you download a random file from a file sharing site, so you can check out this behavior in those 2 apps if you need an example.

[–] Alk 9 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Instead of joining communities, I browse all and block communities I don't like. That way I am always aware of new or newly federated communities.

[–] Alk 2 points 5 months ago

Normal, Illinois

[–] Alk 3 points 5 months ago

I am a beginner and I chose Pop OS. It has a more up to date kernel (and I've heard more up to date software too) and it worked well for me. I did have to install some gnome extensions to get the UI how I liked it because I didn't really like it out of the box. But it's great.

[–] Alk 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I had to pay 4000 yesterday because I went to the hospital for a heart-related scare which turned out to be nothing (and some low potassium) after some tests. That was with insurance. Without, it would have been just over $75,000.

Edit: I stayed at the hospital overnight for 3 days and 2 nights.

[–] Alk 8 points 5 months ago (16 children)

What is hexbear? I never see it in my feed.

[–] Alk 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You need the software running in the background. For what it's worth, the overhead is basically 0 when I use it.

Or for linux, Input Remapper (Pop OS has this by default in their repository)

[–] Alk 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Try the program "REWASD". Or for linux, Input Remapper (Pop OS has this by default in their repository)

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