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What's a movie that you were probably "too young" to see, when you first watched it, but you're glad you did? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Hellraiser? Phantasm?

Of all Emacs features and possible ways to use, what were some of the hardest things to learn or get used to? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, I agree. I just never remember to use them until I'm done and realize I could have used a macro.

Of all Emacs features and possible ways to use, what were some of the hardest things to learn or get used to? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Keyboard macros.

Flirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG) on Reddit 📢📢📢 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 123 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

As much as I'm not terribly fond of the guy, IIRC he's 36, which makes '88' likely short for 1988, the year he was born.

Getting the latest Emacs in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Disclaimer: I don't and have never used Pop.

That said, I've been compiling my own emacs for a few years and it's pretty painless.

Open source projects are too dogmatic for their own good in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

and it hasn’t been able to capitalize on the many waves of exodus and twitter controversies for over two years now

Capitalize in what way? We're not in a competition with Xitter or anyone else for users.

Newsboat Desktop Notifications in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, but not for a specific feed. It's all or none. You could make individual url files for each feed and call them in sequence with cron or something, but that'd probably get unwieldly. You can also (I think...) control the format of the notification.

What's your favorite childhood cartoon? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Starblazers

Robotech

Battle of the Planets

Dinosaucers

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

In 1994 a surgeon cut himself during a cancer operation and "infected" himself with the cancer in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think you mean Tasmanian devil, which do suffer from a freaky infectious cancer. Tasmanian tigers are extinct.

People using both firefox and chrome how do you sync bookmarks? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I just run a shaarli instance on an old laptop and keep all my bookmarks there and just access it from where/whatever.

Which Linux tool or command is surprisingly simple, powerful, and yet underrated?" in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Just commenting to give more love to helix. It's my favorite "small quick edits" editor.

Republican Steve Scalise bizarrely blames 'DEI' and 'wokeness' for New Orleans terror attack in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter how/if they're linked to the attack, just that he said the magic evil words. Kind of like socialism and communism.