tvshtr's comments

On: Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more ea...

[tvshtr]

I am ready

On: Blade Runner

[tvshtr]

The topic was purposely avoided. The point was to have it both ways.

On: Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 mon...

[tvshtr]

This is nowhere close to being analogous. Apple could sacrifice iPod because they had much bigger fish to fry.

On: Kate editor on all platforms

[tvshtr]

It got revived suddenly, there's going to be a new release soon.

[thaumasiotes → tvshtr]

Given the response here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481383

I'm unimpressed.

This is to a bug that, according to their public communications, was fixed years ago. Except of course that it's still present. But other than that, it was fixed years ago.

[lewispollard → thaumasiotes]

I mean, it says quite clearly that no one has built an up-to-date version of Amarok for Windows since 2013, but the bug is fixed in the source code and has been for a long time. That no one has stepped up to package Amarok for Windows in that time isn't a bug.

On: Kate editor on all platforms

[tvshtr]

Yeah, that's a surprising revival. I thought it died for good this time.

[bluGill → tvshtr]

I think people who got excited about streaming (one low price and you get whatever music you want on tap) have started to realize it isn't as nice as it seems (music disappears, they push music you don't want, and don't support artists like CDs do) and so developers are coming back to local clients that you control managing music you own.

On: Asus refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide ...

[tvshtr]

There was system part in developer settings which they removed AFTER you bought the phone. Thus clearly removing functionality that was supposed to be there.

On: NotepadNext – a cross-platform reimplementation of...

[tvshtr]

it's much uglier though

On: Dioxus 0.5: Web, Desktop, Mobile Apps in Rust

[tvshtr]

The only webview I've seen used under Linux is gtk WebKit, which sucks ass. I really really hope that stylo/servo will eventually get there.

On: Webb and Hubble confirm Universe's expansion rate

[tvshtr]

Imagine a deflated baloon with two dots drawn close to each other. Now inflate it; the dots didn't move but the plane that they were drawn/positioned on did.

[munksbeer → tvshtr]

I understand that concept. I'm asking, how can you materially tell the difference?

[codethief → munksbeer]

Here is one difference: The "velocities" suggested by an expansion of space can be well above the speed of light whereas classical velocities cannot.

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/universe-speed-of-li...

[DrFalkyn → munksbeer]

I think it has to do with the observation that no matter in which directinn we look, galaxies are moving away. Its not like we look towards one direction and say, "aha, that must be the center of the universe". Its the same story in ALL directions - we wee galaxies moving away from us at increasing velocity.

[thehappypm → munksbeer]

Nobody can answer because nobody knows

On: Joplin is an open source note-taking app

[tvshtr]

There's Qownnote too, it's really nice and open source.

[wkat4242 → tvshtr]

Oh yeah good point. I never checked that one out because I don't really use owncloud but it's worth a look.