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I can't enjoy Diablo anymore. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 weeks ago

Blizzard make money extraction software now, not games. The lifecycle of their products starts with a complicated system of overlapping, interrelated components like events and currencies and battlepasses and sales and shops and services and items and subscriptions, and then they dress it up to look like a game.

Firefox adds option to remove 'List All Tabs' button after user backlash in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

I have never understood why these things aren't removable by default. Especially when it's something that some users will literally never interact with, not even a single time. Why not make everything optional? I don't get it.

I removed this button with userchrome.css on day 1, but ... I really shouldn't have to.

PulseAudio hotkeys script in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing.

As a somewhat related thing that others might find useful, here are my shortcuts to get my Varmilo keyboard media keys working with useful functions instead of the default stuff. I've got these set up as custom shortcuts in KDE, but they should work in any context:

Next track

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Next

Previous track

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Previous

Play-pause toggle

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause

You can replace Spotify in the destination parameter with any MPRIS-capable program. To find out what's available on the dbus and get the exact name, use this command:

dbus-send --session --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus --type=method_call --print-reply /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames

I guess that yellow part is where 'destroy your furniture' is located. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A cool guide of commonly believed myths in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

evolution is a theory, it just is

I realize the person I'm replying to has no interest in the truth, but in case others are interested, read the first paragraph here to get a sense of what a scientific theory is. The myth/misunderstanding is that a scientific theory is a theory in sense 3 here. Not only is it a myth, it's a very common and very dishonest way to dismiss evolution without having to address the fact that it's a fact.

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Having to select my single account from a "list" of 1 account when logging in is madness (lemmy.world)
 

This new account selection screen that pops up every single time I visit my inbox is driving me insane. I only have one account. Why do I need to see this account selection screen? What possible benefit could my having to click through that screen have for me or for Proton?

I don't understand what kind of sick, warped mind would devise such a thing.

It's like forcing me to pick my car from a list of one car when I click on the unlock door button on my car key in the morning.

It's like a voice asking me which of my one phone I want to make a call from when I dial a number on that very phone.

It's madness. Absolute Lovecraftian soul-shattering insanity.

Please make this insane screen go away for users who only have one account.

Or make it a setting in my settings that I can toggle on and off.

Also, please make the login screen stop blinking BRIGHT WHITE multiple times during the authentication process. Why does it have to be white?? Of all colors, white!

It's like sadists work at Proton.