Exactly. archinstall is pretty nice, and if you want the frustration of dealing with random errors, it’s still there. But it’s straightforward (but keep the docs handy since you’ll likely need them).
I just use DeArrow so I don’t know what the original thumbnails are. Thank God.
Ugh I can’t find the xkcd about this where the guy goes, “you know what we call precisely written requirements? Code” or something like that
Wine stuff was janky as hell. As were Qt apps. For one thing wine applications, too, expected a Tray, and would instead spawn a tiny window at the corner for tray stuff. Plus there was weird behaviour with some windows and the way they layered. As for Qt apps? Gnome offered no features for setting the look of Qt apps, so if I set Gnome to dark mode (by the way, very neat feature how Gnome’s default theme deals with that, no joke here, very seamless and elegant, even if I’d never use light mode willingly), Qt apps would still be bright and I had to just install a third-party application for it (qt5ct) and set something in my /etc/environment.
Sorry, I laughed out loud when I read that. Only in Linux land would we run into issues like this because stuff is modular so when things aren't the way something expects, shit breaks in the stupidest ways.
All of these things had solutions, to be sure, an extension for the tray, a third-party application for the Qt apps, etc. But then I did an apt upgrade and literally all the extensions broke. So I had to spend an extra hour that day figuring out what I’d do about that. Joy of joys.
Oh I learned early on to either update super regularly so I can see what's breaking as it happens, or be careful upgrading. The number of times I've broken shit by updating software is insane (and not limited to GNOME). Even on macOS, the number of times I've fixed something by symlinking a library file to the same location with an older version name is stupid. I can see why people are interested in something like NixOS.
Then there is the Gnome File Manager.
You could've just stopped there, I had forgotten how weirdly awful it was. The amount of time I spent getting that stupid thing to just fucking have options like "Open in Terminal" is insane.
Cinnamon absolutely is fantastic, and I 100% agree that it gets out of the way really well.
I'm curious what you needed to do that GNOME was fighting you. I'm not invalidating it, I'm genuinely just curious, since I haven't used a Linux system for personal/work use for about 5 years now, so my ideas of GNOME/KDE/etc. are almost certainly dated. To clarify: vanilla GNOME is kind of awful, and I've always wondered if anyone genuinely uses it stock while also being aware that extensions exist.
Gnome devs want to decide what is best for you
Rebuttal: I’m extremely fickle, so someone else making choices for me is what I need. In KDE I spent wasted days customizing and just gave up in the end. It’s the same idea as using prettier instead of using your own lint rules: you stop wasting time and just do the thing you’re there to do.
In general, for configs (linting, neovim, etc), I prefer taking something really good and tweaking the parts I dislike—which is the model GNOME uses. Probabilistically, it’s exponentially likely that your preferences are only a little bit away from someone else—just use their thing and spend 15 minutes tweaking them.
A majority? I mean use something else if you like them better, no need to shit on GNOME
I honestly like the vertical integration, but I can see why Linux folks would be annoyed. Honestly GNOME fits my workflow perfectly after a few extensions (mainly Dash to Dock). I’m super fickle, so its rigidity helps
Yeah there’s only so many actually open-ended questions you can ask without being repetitive, while also on relatively limited users.
Surely you could implement this via a sorting algorithm? If you can prove the distance function is a metric and both lists contains elements from the same space under that metric, isn’t the answer to sort both?
What about for personal use? I’m in the market for a relatively high end machine around $2k, but build quality is pretty high up on my priorities.
Forget psychotherapy, it can barely understand anything:
> Hello, I am Eliza. I'll be your therapist today.
* Hello! How are you?
> Would you prefer if I were not ?
* Not what?
> Have you asked such questions before?
* No
> You are being a bit negative and that won't help us move forward.
* What are you smoking?
> Perhaps in your fantasies I am smoking?
> Hello, I am Eliza. I'll be your therapist today.
* Hello! How are you?
> Would you prefer if I were not ?
* Not what?
> Have you asked such questions before?
* No
> You are being a bit negative and that won't help us move forward.
* What are you smoking?
> Perhaps in your fantasies I am smoking?
Yeah, it took me one message lol
I remember a guy who tied his baby’s rocker to the drive and wrote code to open and close the CD drive repeatedly lol. Fun times.
Thank you so much! That makes sense, and since you explained why, I can look up participles myself :)
Can you help me understand why? Both seem right to me, and GPT is insistent that the original is right
Same. I also have Unlimited, but I’ll stick to Bitwarden because I don’t like having all my eggs in any basket, regardless of how much I trust them.
I use Instagram as the one social media platform that all my friends are on, plus I sometimes watch reels to kill time. However, as a privacy-conscious person, this is obviously not great for privacy. Is there, then, any good reason to still abstain from using WhatsApp?
I accidentally discovered that both "cd ..." and "..." work, and moreover, I can add more dots to go back further! I'm using zsh on iTerm2 on macOS. I'm pretty sure this isn't a cd feature. Is this specific to zsh or iTerm2? Are there other cool features I just never knew existed??
I'm so excited about an extra dot right now.
The law is a first step in regulating AI, but critics aren’t happy
What do you think about this regulation? I personally feel it’s a step in the right direction towards regulating AI use, but think it could be stricter.
Over the two months I've been here, I went to 25 cafés recommended on r/AskNYC and r/nyc. These are my opinions. The reviews are based solely on the espresso and the pour over/drip.
- La Cabra (East Village): 5/5. La Cabra has the best coffee in New York. The espresso is incredibly smooth while delivering on the tasting notes, and the pour over was equally fantastic. This place also had great service, I’d add (but that does not factor into my rating). There’s a theme here: cafés that have a PUQpress (a $1k automatic tamper) seem to brew great espresso (which is not to imply it’s because of the PUQpress).
- St Kilda Coffee (Hell’s Kitchen): 5/5. St Kilda has extraordinary coffee, both drip and espresso. And for the prices, it’s incredible value. For $12 + tip, I got an espresso, a drip, and a flat white–and all of them were fantastic. The Brazil drip from Traffic Coffee in Montréal with notes of strawberry and watermelon was particularly good and I highly recommend it!
- Coffee Project (East Village): 5/5. Absolutely extraordinary cups and roasts. If you’re looking for a treat that’s not the usual chocolatey notes, this place boasts coffee with notes of kiwi, passionfruit, and much, much more.
- Culture Espresso (Garment District): 5/5. Culture has very zingy coffee, it’s a pleasant surprise. The espresso is particularly enjoyable, and the drip had notes of lemon. By preference, I don’t like lemon notes in my coffee, but that doesn’t make the coffee bad.
- Sweetleaf Coffee Roasters (Hunters Point, Queens): 4.5/5. Sweetleaf has a very approachable, delicious espresso and a nice drip that’s great to sip while working. Sweetleaf is excellent to spend alone time or work at (although I wouldn’t take audio calls here) with its views and WiFi. While you’re here, try the strawberry iced tea too.
- Suited (Financial District): 4.5/5. The coffee at Suited is all about balance. While there is some acidity, it’s mild; there is some sweetness, but it’s not overpowering. There is, of course, a distinct lack of bitterness. This makes Suited’s cups extraordinary to drink while working. Suited also uses the DE1 to make their pour overs, something I only recently learned Scott Rao was working on. The espresso felt a bit watery, even though I’m told it was pulled at a roughly 1:2 ratio.
- East One Coffee Roasters (Chelsea): 4.5/5. East One would’ve been a 5, if it weren’t for the bar set by the above cafés. The espresso is quite unique in its flavor profile, and the drip was well-extracted. It’s not your typical cherry notes, but it’s also not super exotic like the ones at Coffee Project. The frustrating thing here though is that the notes listed on their bags are not very helpful–one bag listed “starfruit, genmaicha, conversant”, and I was not closer to understanding what to expect.
- Kaffe 1668 (Tribeca): 4.5/5. I love this recommendation! The espresso was very fruity and super enjoyable. I’ve been told the iced mocha is great, and I believe it based on that flavor profile. I got the Chely pour over, which was very unique. I got lots of green grape and fresh pear, with a little earthiness in the back. Overall, a very unique taste profile. This place also does lots of breakfast foods, so it’s a fantastic way to start your day.
- Third Rail Coffee (Greeenwich Village): 4.5/5. Third Rail has a very balanced espresso and a good pour over–if a little hollow. It’s a great place to grab a coffee before walking in Washington Square Park.
- Abraço (East Village): 4.5/5. This is not the place you go to sit down and work–it’s far too noisy for that. However, their espresso itself is delicious and fruity. Interestingly, they offer both a piccolo latte and a cortado (cafés will typically pick one). If I had to nit, the finish on the espresso isn’t the smoothest, but the flavor itself is great.
- Ninth Street Espresso (East Village): 4.5/5. There’s a good way to do boring, chocolate notes in coffee, and Ninth Street has it figured out. If you’re into chocolate and cocoa notes, there’s no better place. On the specific day I went, both the espresso and the drip used the same Brazilian coffee (and shocker, they tasted very similar), and both were very well-brewed cups. Relative to other cafés, this is quieter, and a good place to work.
- Little Collins (Midtown East): 4.5/5. Little Collins had a great single-origin espresso, and it was served with a biscotti that paired very well. The pour over was also served with the biscotti, oddly, but I’m not complaining. With tons of florals, the pour over was exactly as advertised, if ever so slightly weak for my taste.
- Think Coffee (SoHo): 4/5. Think has good espreso and pour over (which was slightly overextracted), but the real highlight here is the sandwiches. Grab one of those and a milk beverage, and you’ll have a good time. It is tricky to find a seat here, though, so don’t go in expecting to work.
- Maman (Upper West Side): 4/5. Maman had a super approachable, fruity espresso. However, the drip was cold, which is rather unacceptable.
- Black Fox (Chelsea): 4/5. Black Fox has extraordinary espresso with strong red apple notes. Unfortunately, their pour over is not as good, and was a bit overextracted. Definitely visit for the espresso, though.
- Devocion (Flatiron): 4/5. Devocion limits themselves to Colombian coffee, which can go either way depending on your preference. Both the pour over and the espresso are good, but they’re definitely a little more expensive than they’re worth.
- Plowshares Coffee Roasters (Upper West Side): 4/5. Plowshares has solid coffee and a surprisingly good drip. The espresso was a medium roast, which is darker than I prefer; that said, it was well-extracted. The barista was super knowledgeable too, which is always a plus.
- Irving Farm (Upper West Side): 3.5/5. This is the quintessential NYC café: a fruity espresso that’s a touch harsh, and a roasty drip whose main notes are toast.
- Ground Support (SoHo): 3.5/5. Ground Support’s coffee is on the darker side for both drip and espresso, and as such the drip is roasty with no real origin characteristics, and the espresso has generic chocolate notes.
- Everyman Espresso (East Village): 3.5/5. Everyman lacks in variety: both the espresso and the drip used “The Original” by Black & White Roasters. As such, you get a generally well-extracted, if boring, cup of coffee–but sometimes boring is good.
- Laughing Man Coffee Co. (Tribeca): 3/5. Laughing Man is a sprawling space with a lot of seating. The drip is pretty good–a crowd pleasing, medium roast that has mild acidity and notes of toast. The espresso has more fruit to it, but also more bitterness (which seems to come from the roast level as opposed to brewing technique).
- Joe Coffee (Upper West Side): 2.5/5. Meh. The espresso had notes of dark chocolate and some roastiness, and the drip was also a darker roast with no real discernable profile.
- Espresso 77 (Jackson Heights, Queens): 2.5/5. Espresso 77 has coffee that’s just good enough that you won’t complain. It’s…fine, but that’s as much as you can say about the place.
- Bluestone Lane (Tribeca): 2/5. Bluestone Lane just did not seem to get it right for black coffee drinks. Both the espresso and pour over had rather significant levels of bitterness. The espresso’s fruity notes quickly get masked by this bitterness, making it a pretty bad experience.
- Coffee Project (West Village): 1/5. On the other end of the spectrum from the East Village location was this rare find, with the worst coffee I’ve ever had (and I’m not exaggerating). With delightful notes of ashtray, ashtray and (surprise) even more ashtray, this location served me the worst iced pour over I’ve ever had, all for the bargain of $10.50 + tax. I don’t know if this was a one-off blunder, if this location is always this bad, or if I had a lucky experience at the other location, but I’m not finding out by going here again.