Just copied your message from the post menu and posted in the text box.
Yeah, it seems I can copy/paste from/to Connect just fine, just not from most other apps into Connect. It makes me wonder if Connect copies text as markdown, because one of the only other apps I can use to copy into Connect is Obsidian, which is a markdown-based notes application.
I wish it was just the keyboard, but I swapped Samsung's keyboard out for Google's and still can't paste. Honestly surprised it's not a more common issue. I'll keep trying things and post back here if anything changes. I can live with copying things into Obsidian before bringing them here as a workaround, but ideally we can find root cause, so future less tech-savvy users aren't dissuaded from using lemmy.
I've tried from a variety of different apps, web browsers, etc. Even tried from Word using various paste options to change the text format before copying (keep formatting, paste without formatting, etc).
So far, the only things that are working are YouTube links and copying and pasting within Connect itself. Since others aren't having the issue, might be something specific to the interaction of Connect and this version of Samsung keyboard.
Edit: I can also successfully copy/paste from Obsidian
Could make sense in that context, but it's definitely annoying when a comment links to a video and now I can't control the obscenely loud volume of that video without exiting the comments section, finding another video, changing the volume there, and returning to the comment with the video. Seems like at least part of this feature is a bug.
Reminds me of that time I gave my houseguests free pairs of shoelaces from my second-hand shoelace collection to settle claims that I was taking the shoelaces from everyone's shoes.
I work in devops as well and while Windows is easier and more convenient for many things, some processing-heavy tasks are better left to Linux. Doing generative AI stuff, for example, I don't want to be loading a bulky OS on top of the task at hand.
I thought about dual booting, but it would make multitasking nearly impossible. So, instead, I'm using Linux whenever possible and I have a Windows VM I can enter at a moment's notice or hibernate if I need the resources. And then there's the MacBook, but we don't talk about the MacBook.
Indeed, even a 10 hour video can't fully replicate the madness of a constantly looping .swf file that will not stop playing until you either leave the page or your mom unplugs the computer.
Yeah, it seems I can copy/paste from/to Connect just fine, just not from most other apps into Connect. It makes me wonder if Connect copies text as markdown, because one of the only other apps I can use to copy into Connect is Obsidian, which is a markdown-based notes application.
I wish it was just the keyboard, but I swapped Samsung's keyboard out for Google's and still can't paste. Honestly surprised it's not a more common issue. I'll keep trying things and post back here if anything changes. I can live with copying things into Obsidian before bringing them here as a workaround, but ideally we can find root cause, so future less tech-savvy users aren't dissuaded from using lemmy.