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Nothing happens when creating a new community in c/newcommunities

[–] pglpm 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you for the suggestion. I tried from laptop with Firefox and Chromium, then from my phone (Firefox). But I see the same problem on all.

Is there a clipboard manager with killring-like functionality? in c/[email protected]

[–] pglpm 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

PS: there's also another functionality of Klipper that I use from time to time: you can make the whole "killring" appear, and choose the entry you want to paste with the mouse: as you click it it's entered. This is also bound to a key (in my case S-w) and works no matter which window I'm in.

Foundation Season 2 draws near, starts 14 July in c/sciencefiction

[–] pglpm 3 points 2 years ago

Agree 200%!

Is there a clipboard manager with killring-like functionality? in c/[email protected]

[–] pglpm 1 points 2 years ago

Gotcha. Yes, haven't found anything that allows that specifically. But in my case I don't need to enable klipper; it's always active. No matter which windows I'm in, pressing C-v will paste whatever it's in the clipboard; whereas pressing e.g. S-v C-v will choose the previous item in the clipboard and then paste it.

Foundation Season 2 draws near, starts 14 July in c/sciencefiction

[–] pglpm 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't quite understand why they do this with books. Maybe it's because they have to, since many names and pieces obviously refer to the book. Or maybe they do it to attract people who have read the books.

Foundation Season 2 draws near, starts 14 July in c/sciencefiction

[–] pglpm 15 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Unfortunately I didn't enjoy the 1st season, just like other commenters here. A preliminary reason could be that the story is very different from the book, which is one of my most favourite sci-fi books ever. But even simply seeing this series as something different from the book, if found it too cheap: the characters are half-stereotypes, the events are what you'd expect, usual blood and sex to attract viewers...

Should go without saying, just my personal opinion and tastes. I'm happy that others enjoyed the series and I hope it'll made them curious to read the books.

Calculating 25 minutes by burning 2 inconsistently burning 1-hour ropes in c/math_riddles

[–] pglpm 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Burn the four portions cut this way from the ropes, starting to burn them simultaneously. The 5/12 should be taken starting from the end of the ropes. When the second of these four pieces has burnt fully, say it's approx 25 min.

Here’s a playlist of 7 hours of music with NO VOCALS I use to focus when I’m studying /coding. Post yours as well if you also have one! in c/[email protected]

[–] pglpm 1 points 2 years ago

Here's one: https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/tongueDrumSoundscapeGenerator.php

The whole site https://mynoise.net has great sound & music generators of all kinds.

Here’s a playlist of 7 hours of music with NO VOCALS I use to focus when I’m studying /coding. Post yours as well if you also have one! in c/[email protected]

[–] pglpm 1 points 2 years ago

Nice, very synth and slightly retro!

Stitching images from the comfort of dired in c/[email protected]

[–] pglpm 1 points 2 years ago

Neat!

Reborn as a Vending Machine... in c/[email protected]

[–] pglpm 2 points 2 years ago

🤣

Moderators: possible to add focus/goal in the community sidebar? in c/manga

[–] pglpm 1 points 2 years ago

Cheers!

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Person of Interest (lemmy.world)

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You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people. The government considers these people "irrelevant". We don't. Hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. You'll never find us. But victim or perpetrator, if your number's up... we'll find you.

Who remembers and misses this outstanding show? Will we ever enjoy the like again? It's still so actual in these AI days.

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Severance (m.media-amazon.com)

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Severance was one of the most beautiful series I watched of late. Not just intriguing, but beautiful, artistically beautiful. Very happy to hear it's been renewed for a second season.

Let's discuss it! :)

PS: and here you can find Severance: The Lexington Letter – the cherry on the show.

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Question: Supporting Linux/Ubuntu, and Ubuntu Pro (self.ubuntu)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by pglpm to c/[email protected]

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My main question is this: Is it worth switching to Ubuntu Pro? Actually I see it's free for personal use on one computer.

I'd be curious to hear the experience of those of you who switched, and also the motivation of those who didn't switch.

This question is partly related to another one: I'd like to economically support Linux in general and Ubuntu in particular. Would switching to Ubuntu Pro (and paying) help in this regard? Or which other ways of supporting are out there?

(As you understood, I'm somewhat of a newbie in the Linuxverse.)

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What Saitama wants the most? (lemmy.world)

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=277998964807044

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Effort wins over Saitama? (lemmy.world)

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(From Chapter 186.)

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Saitama meme among Linux users (webcache.googleusercontent.com)

submitted 2 years ago by pglpm to c/opm

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This appeared on Reddit a while ago... User deleted unfortunately.

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Saitama on "Every program that matters has a man page": anyone has the link? (self.linux)

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Some time ago on Reddit someone poste a link to a video meme about Saitama/One Punch Man and Linux man pages.

That subreddit is now private, so I can't access the link and no net search seems to unearth it. Can someone share it here? was it a youtube link?

Edit: thanks a ton to @Dr_[email protected]. Here is a cached version:

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qMkSNvhwxWQJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/mhgml4/secret_of_getting_good_with_linux_terminal_by/

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How do you find and add OEM repositories? (self.linux)

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I just installed Kubuntu 22.04 on a Thinkpad, letting it take over (on purpose) the whole hard drive. Everything is working fine so far, all hardware seems to be working. If I take a look at software-properties, the "Other sources" list is empty: there are no ppa's added at the moment.

On another Thinkpad I have Ubuntu 20.04 pre-installed. In the "Other sources" list I see some OEM repositories: they must have been added by the Lenovo people before shipping.

I have two questions about this:

How necessary or useful are these OEM ppas? I suppose they mainly offer optimized drivers; is that true?
How do you find these OEM ppas? For example, what should I do to find such a ppa for the first Thinkpad (with Kubuntu), and see if it has useful software or drivers?

Edit: just as an example, there's this list: http://oem.archive.canonical.com/dists/ But I have no idea how to choose from there, it's a bit of a labyrint and the names don't reveal very much. For example, there are several "jammy-..." folders; and if you enter one of them, say "jammy", there are many subfolders with very cryptic names.

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Looking for moderators (self.linuxonthinkpad)

submitted 2 years ago by pglpm to c/linuxonthinkpad

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I for one was tired of Reddit. With the latest events it's good to look for alternatives. This community here is created in case the one(s) on Reddit disappear.

I'm not very interested in moderating; so to any old mods from Reddit: take over!