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  • I don't know but it seems like it's a 'nix thing.

    I was in the Windows customization scene for years and never heard the term "ricing" until I discovered customization on Linux.

  • Sounds like you made the right choice for yourself.
    I wish you the best.

  • The whole point of lemmy.world is that it's a general, welcome-to-all instance.

    If you want server admins who take overtly political stances and actions on behalf of their users, you have instances like lemmy.ml to choose from.

  • For those who don't know, Iannuuci is the guy behind the movie The Death of Stalin, and the political satire series Veep and The Thick of It.

    His stuff is always worth a watch.

  • In case this is of any use to you or others, here's what I've found to work well:

    1. Summary of what the community is about
    2. Community rules of conduct
    3. Links to related communities that offer similar content
    4. Some additional info/useful links that are related to the topic.

    Good formatting also makes it look clean and professional.

    Shameless plug: check these out

    !skeptic@lemmy.world
    !debunkthis@lemmy.world

  • Check out this custom CSS from /u/frellwit@lemmy.world.

    https://lemmy.world/post/1376086

    Not only does it make Lemmy look much better on desktop without turning it into a Reddit clone, it adds some subtle but very cool little features:

    • Uses rounded thumbnails to external links.
    • Uses square thumbnails to internal images.
    • Colored proprietary social media thumbs with their brand colors. (So you don't accidentally click on a youtube link for example).
  • Depends on how much of a Chris Nolan fan or a movie geek you are, tbh. But if it's not too much trouble then, yeah definitely. It's pretty rare to have a film shot on 70mm IMAX, so it's worth seeing it just to appreciate the full potential of the format.

    This article has a good summary about why IMAX 1570 is so special:

    Most movies today are shot using digital cameras, or if on film, it’s 35mm. IMAX 15/70 film frames are considerably larger. The number 15 refers to each frame having 15 perforations across – these being the holes that are used to hold the film as it moves through the projector. The 70 refers to the fact that the frame is 70mm tall. This compares with regular 70mm or 35mm film stock, which has only five perforations down. IMAX 15/70 frame is, therefore, 8.3x larger than 35mm and 3.4 times larger than 70mm – and the result is unprecedented quality.

    This large frame allows much more fine detail to be captured, delivering richer colors and greater contrast. The highest-resolution digital cinema cameras have 8K sensors, and digital projection maxes out at 4K resolution but some estimate IMAX film stock to have an equivalent resolution of 16K. Let’s leave it to Chris Nolan himself to sum up with his belief that IMAX 15/70 is, “the highest quality imaging format ever devised – [it] gives you an incredible sense of immersion in the image. The clarity, the crispness – it is the gold standard.”

  • Yeah, on Gnome there is a shell extension that automatically switches between light and dark system themes at a predefined time. The only problem is getting Lemmy to follow suit.

    I'll try the Browser Default setting again and see if that works this time 👍

    EDIT: It does. I'm an idiot.

  • Aha, that was it - I forgot that I had set my Lemmy theme to litely and was relying on the Dark Reader FF extension to automatically switch between night and day with Gnome.

    Switching Lemmy to darkly makes your theme display correctly. Now I just have to figure out a different way to get automatic day/night theme working properly 😅

  • By the way, have you noticed the problem with hover mouse events over links on dark mode?

    They disappear:

    I've tried to fix it by sadly my CSS skills aren't up to the task.

    • Uses rounded thumbnails to external links.
    • Uses square thumbnails to internal images.
    • Colored proprietary social media thumbs with their brand colors. (So you don't accidentally click on a youtube link for example).

    This is genius.

  • Yeah, I can see why that may appeal to some people. Personally, I prefer a more modern look.

  • Here are a few reasons I can think why some may not take to it. Trigger warning for Suse users

    • Out-of-the-box aesthetics are pretty ugly (why are they still using that godawful default wallpaper?)
    • Yast looks like the Windows 95 control panel (I guess this might be a plus for some people?)
    • Zypper can be sluggish to update and install packages
    • regular package updates are large, even compared to Arch
    • Seems to have more frequent security/password prompts (a good thing for enterprise scenarios, but not always welcome or necessary on a personal PC)

    It's not bad by any means, but I've tried it out several times and always ended up abandoning it because of little niggles like the above.

  • Signing up is a piece of cake - this guide just seems to include steps that most users won't need, for some reason.

  • I understand why people have strong opinions on the matter. That's fine.

    However, issuing threats and ultimatums to Lemmy instance admins when 1) nothing has even happened yet, 2) we don't know what federation with Meta would even look like, or 3) if/when it will even happen, is pure foolishness.

  • Nobody is federated with Meta because Threads doesn't even support ActivityPub yet. People are getting on their soapboxes and high horses when literally nothing has even happened that would merit this level of histrionics.

    Some people need to seriously chill the fuck out.

  • I'm sorry, when did everyone start taking conspiracy pills?

    The Mastodon admin team said they'll wait and see what happens, not that they are committed to not defederating no matter what happens.

    Ruud is a busy guy - his "silence" is most likely because Threads hasn't even federated yet (and possibly won't anyway) and he has other shit to deal with - and people are already conjuring up scenarios involving clandestine NDAs and kickbacks based on no evidence whatsoever? Sheesh.

  • McLaren coming out of nowhere 😮

  • Same. Boost nailed the UX for Reddit - I hope the Lemmy port is just as good.