sbeak
@sbeak@sopuli.xyz
Hi, I’m sbird! I like programming and am interested in Physics. I also have a hobby of photography.
- Comment on Did Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border? 1 day ago:
Smuggling was a thing back then, right? Paying someone to help you navigate the not so hospitable and easy-to-get-lost-in deserts and forests.
- Comment on Did Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border? 1 day ago:
Yes, to keep the invaders out. That’s border control, no? To control the flow of people between borders, military or otherwise, is border control. To control borders.
- Comment on Did Border Control exist in previous eras? (Say, like 500+ years ago or more) Can people go to other places? If so, what does the procedure look like? Just walk across a border? 1 day ago:
May I introduce to you the wall? There’s a whole wonder of the world that’s a wall: a Great one in China.
Also, there used to be people on those walls with pokey things that hurt. People outside the empire/nation/whatever they called it back then didn’t want to go near it when they weren’t supposed to, since they didn’t want to be poked by the pokey things.
With the invention of firearms, you can shoot a tiny pokey thing really fast! Pokey things have really advanced over the years, for the better or worse.
- Comment on Why aren't there that many forks of VS Code that isn't AI-related? 2 days ago:
Yep, that’s it. I’ll look at that soon, thanks!
- Comment on Searching for signs of life on exoplanets is tough. 2 days ago:
A quick search shows that there’s many studies on abiotic ways to produce O2 in terrestrial planet. From good sources too, not just your random Joe. Hence, we need to look at other factors too, not just oxygen.
- Comment on Why aren't there that many forks of VS Code that isn't AI-related? 2 days ago:
If I ever get a new computer, I might have to try a distro based on KDE…I’m not bothered to switch DE on my current computer
- Comment on Why aren't there that many forks of VS Code that isn't AI-related? 2 days ago:
Yes, I am able to change the window colour scheme from light to dark. Just the file open dialogue is a bright white which is weird…
Also, thanks for answering my questions, that was really helpful :D
- Comment on Why aren't there that many forks of VS Code that isn't AI-related? 2 days ago:
I’ve installed Kate and it seems pretty good. It’s quite customisable in terms of the layout and such(similar to VSCodium), and it seems to have most of the things I need. I’ll have to try both of them out and decide on which I like better.
Two things about Kate I don’t like though: there’s no everforest theme (fortunately I found Tokyo Night to be pretty good), and the file picket window doesn’t follow my GNOME theme and is a bright white box. I guess that’s because Kate doesn’t support GTK themes?
Also, what’s the difference between what looks like three different folder tree buttons (Document seems to only show one file, and then Project and File Browser plugin both show the full tree of the folder you have opened)? And is there an equivalent for the “Code Runner” plugin? If not, I guess I could always just run “python filename.py”, but a play/run button would be nice.
- Comment on ba bum tsst 3 days ago:
I watched enough Jurassic movies to know what it is, it’s the cool one with a club for a tail!
- Comment on Searching for signs of life on exoplanets is tough. 3 days ago:
O2 could be produced by abiotic means, the source isn’t necessarily life. It could be, but it’s probably not. Looking for life isn’t as simple as finding oxygen, otherwise it would be way too easy, there’s a bunch of other biosignatures and signs of habitability to look for.
- Comment on Searching for signs of life on exoplanets is tough. 3 days ago:
Oxygen can make friends with other oxygen, no? O2. It isn’t only produced by biotic means…
Also, not every element comes out of a supernova. Elements that are heavier than iron and nickel are created when a neutron stars merge! Very cool. Not to mention all the manmade elements…
- Comment on + is 45 degrees from × 3 days ago:
To me, it kind of looks like someone is puppeting the family. Whether it’s a good kind or the not so good kind is up for interpretation.
- Comment on Searching for signs of life on exoplanets is tough. 3 days ago:
Many elements up to iron can be produced from supernovae, including oxygen. And I’m pretty sure a supernova isn’t a very habitable place…
- Comment on Which fly came first? 3 days ago:
Wait a minute, do microorganisms that tracel in the air count as “flying”? Are there any microorganisms with mini “wings” that flap through the air? I remember a video where mayflies (I think that’s the name?) basically swim through the air, so I wonder how a microorganism will do…
Even if microbes don’t flap little wings, I would argue it still counts as flying as kites are described as flying and they don’t have any wings at all. You also fly in a hot air balloon, and that definitely doesn’t have any wings, it’s effectively floating in air, but we still call it flying. Therefore, microbes are the first flying thing (?)
- Comment on Why aren't there that many forks of VS Code that isn't AI-related? 3 days ago:
Looking at their main page, it seems incredibly AI-related…it explicitly states that it will “build software solutions for you”
- Comment on Which fly came first? 3 days ago:
I meant fly as in the insect you would call a fly (the name, not the act of flying itself). Very cool that insects were the first flying thing though!
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- Comment on Why aren't there that many forks of VS Code that isn't AI-related? 3 days ago:
I think I’ve tried that before and didn’t like it, but completely forgot the reason why. Maybe it’s time for another go?
- Comment on Why aren't there that many forks of VS Code that isn't AI-related? 3 days ago:
For git, there is the git diff and blame plugins, but there’s no plugin for a git tree…
- Comment on Why aren't there that many forks of VS Code that isn't AI-related? 3 days ago:
On other editors, I like VSCodium the best. Something like Neovim or Helix is a bit too hardcore for me, and I like having a folder tree to navigate between different files. Sublime Text isn’t open-source and, in my experience, VSCodium is more customisable with plugins and such. Lite XL is one I tried recently and seems interesting with a bunch of plugins as well, but doesn’t include a GUI for the settings page (there’s a plugin for that though, but strange that it’s not built-in…). I still like Lite XL, it’s got support for a bunch of languages. The main drawback for me is that there doesn’t seem to be a git branch tree or any way to run code within the code editor.
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- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 1 week ago:
Don’t underestimate the might of Cape/Capo Verde and the Canary Islands!
- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 1 week ago:
how could I have guessed that
- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 1 week ago:
What-or when-is that?
- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 1 week ago:
*they *were
I’m sorry, but it really bothered me
- Comment on Which timezone would win in a conflict? 1 week ago:
wait, Canada has nukes?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Are they implying that you are flat, tasteless, and boring? Or maybe they are saying you are clean, well-mannered, and fulfilling?
- Comment on Why do companies always need to grow? 1 week ago:
More money more better…
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- Comment on Mmmm... Yeah. It checks out. 2 weeks ago:
very smol
