• ipkpjersi@lemmy.one
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    2 years ago

    If you want to talk about going from Reddit to Lemmy, probably lack of infinite scrolling, so I went ahead and made a Firefox addon called Lemmy Infinite Scroller. It’s 11 lines of code. It’s literally an addEventListener for the scroll event. Apparently it can take up to 3 weeks for it to be approved and end up in the Firefox Add-ons store, so I won’t link it here, but it’s coming.

    edit: A few hours later, it’s up to 40 lines of code because of handling race conditions. It should work well under normal use now but if people scroll too fast it could cause problems loading two pages ahead instead of one. It’s obviously not ideal compared to an official implementation but it’s something at least, unless it gets officially implemented in Lemmy before my add-on gets approved. lol

    • leninmummy@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Why coding yourself a corporate practice that encouraged addition? Why you felt we were lacking that stuff?

      • ipkpjersi@lemmy.one
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        2 years ago

        It’s a feature that makes the website more convenient for me to use. I like to work on software I know I will use myself, and then I share it with the rest of the world in case somebody else wants to use it too.

        I’m sure Lemmy will get optional infinite scrolling implemented with a better implementation than mine, but it was a fun afternoon project (started out as a quick 30 minute project before the race conditions) the day before starting my new remote dev job.

        I think more options and user choice is a good thing.

        • shalafi@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          started out as a quick 30 minute project

          Ahem. BAH HAHA HAH HAHAH! deep breath BAH HAHAHAHAH!

          I did an 10-minute PowerShell project at work the other day, 4 hours later…

  • Noxvento@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Swapped my Car for an e-Bike. I save lots of money now and cycling to work is still a moderate training. It’s not always easy, but was worth it overall.

      • ShustOne@lemmy.one
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        2 years ago

        Love Linux but that’s mostly steam deck pumping up numbers. Look at year over year desktop usage and it’s not spiking even though it would be cool if it did.

      • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
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        2 years ago

        Is it? I still have yet to try a distro that works properly with multiple monitors and supports all the software I have.

        • BlueDepth9279@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          I’ve used Ubuntu, arch, fedora and PopOs and each one supported three monitors out of the box. Weird you have had issues.

        • Ocelot@lemmies.world
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          2 years ago

          I ditched windows 12 years ago and never looked back. Its gotten easier every year and I rarely if ever have to tinker with anything. It just works. Ive had the same arch (btw) install the whole time just moving the image to new computers whenever I upgrade hardware.

          • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
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            2 years ago

            I think I have replacements, equivalents, or Linux versions for most of my software, it’s mainly the graphics drivers that suck with multiple displays. It constantly forgets the layout or leaves one of the displays inaccessible or just blank.

            I also use DisplayLink for one of my monitors. I can’t remember if that even worked at all.

            If that could finally be fixed, it might push me to Linux.

            Windows 12

            Oh god, have they made another one already?

            • Ocelot@lemmies.world
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              2 years ago

              “windows 10 will be the last version of windows” Remember that one? Pepperidge Farm remembers

        • WhatASave@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          When was the last time you tried? And Wine and other similar programs have come a long way. Especially what steamdeck/proton has done for gaming is insane.

          • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
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            2 years ago

            I usually try Ubuntu Mate because I figure it’s the most “normie” distro and should have good general hardware compatibility. I last tried it probably a year or two ago. It’s been many years since I used Wine, but my lasting memory of it is that it’s super clunky and buggy.

            • Communist@beehaw.org
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              2 years ago

              They aren’t, wayland is replacing X11 completely.

              X11 is legacy and is soon to no longer ship by default anywhere.

              • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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                2 years ago

                Eventually, probably, but Cinnamon, XFCE, and MATE still don’t support it, so I wouldn’t call “soon.”

                Given that Mint is one of the most recommended beginner distros, this presents a problem.

                • Communist@beehaw.org
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                  2 years ago

                  Cinnamon is pretty much the only major desktop environment that isn’t transitioning.

                  Mate and XFCE are both planning it and it seems relatively close for them, and since they’re going to be using wlroots, once it’s supported it won’t be long for x11 to be gone.

                  Also, I think gnome/kde make up the VAST majority of linux desktop usage.

          • cymor
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            2 years ago

            I’ve been running multi monitor setups on Xorg for decades.

            • sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one
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              2 years ago

              I’m guessing he was talking about multi-monitor setup with different refresh rates. I also have been using multiple monitors for years and years on X.

            • zShxck@lemmy.ml
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              2 years ago

              X11 can support multimonitor but it will break if the monitors have different resolutions. That’s why I suggested to use Wayland.

                • zShxck@lemmy.ml
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                  2 years ago

                  There are a lot of cases that having different resolution can cause issues. I am glad you didn’t have problem but this doesn’t apply for everyone unfortunately

        • Ocelot@lemmies.world
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          2 years ago

          This is a report from web browsers to major websites so it doesn’t apply much to the steam deck. I doubt most people are using theirs as an everyday desktop

    • WhatASave@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I do like that tabs got added to file explorer and I almost always enjoy UI changes so I like the new desktop and menus. Control panel is always still there if you want the classic style settings.

    • Specific_Skunk@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I just went back to this feeling this morning. My husband brought up gold panning and I remembered I had some gold flakes from childhood, a very fond memory of mine. Then I remembered it was among the items stolen out of my garage to day before I gave birth to my kid. We had just moved so everything was in boxes and easy to transport. Including my camera. I only have one photo of the day my kid was born, thanks to a kind nurse.

      I hope that thief got what they needed. :/

  • davefischer@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    I never recovered from the 3g network being shut down.

    I had a great setup with a 3g modem & a 3g phone. sms messages from friends would come to my laptop when I was sitting at my desk, and when I was away would be forwarded to my phone. I had all sorts of commands I could execute on my server from my phone via sms. Home automation, media player, etc.

    I replaced the 3g modem with a 4g model from the same company and… no one would give me cheap sms-only service. Everyone considered it a “hot spot router”, so 10x the monthly fee for service. No way. (The REALLY frustrating thing there was that the 4g modem was much nicer from my perspective. Talking to the 3g modem took a few hundred lines of C. Talking to the new one was a 20 line shell script.)

    Also, 4g coverage apparently sucks here. I have to walk out to the front of the building to MAYBE get a signal.

    I’ve given up and switched to xmpp over wifi, which works great in some ways, but doesn’t replace everything I had working with the 3g setup.

  • ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I gave up a $38/hr job because it was fucking with my mental health, now my $19/hr job is fucking with my mental health in fun new ways. I’m trying to quit this but I haven’t had the motivation to update my resume and I’ve only applied for 1 new job that won’t even be hiring for 2-3 months.

  • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    Control panel is always still there if you want the classic style settings.

    Not really. A lot of it has been neutered. Updates were moved to the settings “app” in 10. Now you can’t even manage printers without that stupid app in 11.

    • dixius99@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      On that note, you can edit titles in Lemmy, which you can’t do on Reddit. So that’s a pretty great upgrade.

  • derf82@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Working from home to going back to the office.

    Our productivity was at an all time high, we we’re saving a ton of time and money commuting, and everyone was happier. But that’s not good enough to stay.

  • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.net
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    2 years ago

    Before university I was a frontend webdeveloper earning 38000 SEK after university I had to downgrade to 34000 SEK to get the job I wanted. But with a degree I was able to get more and more over time and earn now much more that before uni, so it was still worth it.