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Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] speck@kbin.social 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How about we shift to talking about portion control and be less all or nothing?

Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] speck@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago

Denying such things in other animals has been part of a long-standing, mainly Western, push for human exceptionalism

North Texas man sues Cinemark claiming 24-ounce beer cups can't hold 24 ounces in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] speck@kbin.social 11 points 7 months ago

Texan civility would never stoop to such levels

I miss people looking like humans. in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] speck@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

Humans haven't been tasty in a long time. And now they're contaminated with micro plastics and forever chemicals?? Forget it. Hard pass

"Permission is Hereby Granted" -- MIT License text becomes viral “sad girl” piano ballad generated by AI in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] speck@kbin.social 17 points 7 months ago

Quite the meta statement of mainstream music

With a near-unprecedented official license for its fan server, one of PC gaming's great MMOs has a vibrant future: 'Let it be shouted far and wide: City of Heroes lives again' in c/gaming@lemmy.ml
[–] speck@kbin.social 15 points 7 months ago

Pretty stoked for this. The superhero genre seems strangely missing in gaming, barring IP related projects connected to DC and Marvel. This came the closest to matching the thrill of being a superhero, when it came out. Character creation was amazing, too

Roleplaying evil characters in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] speck@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

Don't have anything to add, just appreciation for your post. A true evil playthrough would be interesting. Done well it'd uncomfortable and illuminating. But maybe too threatening for many? Maybe we stick to simplistic versions because they are safe?

Dishonored 2 did something in the right direction, the way choices start to color the world around you.

‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] speck@kbin.social 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, we will add some ecology version of thoughts and prayers to it. Some veneer of Never Again

People post too many questions in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] speck@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

I'd prefer a flood of similar questions than the flood of circle jerk sycophant memes. At least the repetition of the former helps solidify my knowledge of common distros or whatever

Is there any way to have SHIFT + CTRL + - create an em dash in Pop_OS? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
Is there any way to have SHIFT + CTRL + - create an em dash in Pop_OS? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] speck@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Thank you that worked, now that I understand how to use the combo. Still wished there was a way to set my own combo. But this works

Is there any way to have SHIFT + CTRL + - create an em dash in Pop_OS? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] speck@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'll give that a shot when I'm back at my laptop, thank you

[EDIT]: That didn't work for me. Wish it did, since it's a quicker combo! The CKEY + en dash * 3 did though

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Is there any way to have SHIFT + CTRL + - create an em dash in Pop_OS? (kbin.social)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by speck@kbin.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Is there any way to have SHIFT + CTRL + - create an em dash in Pop_OS?

I know there is the option to use CTRL + SHIFT + U followed by 2014 + ENTER. But that's way too long. And in keyboard settings it seems that I can only add a Composer Key? where I then have to, again, type in a numerical code. Any way to have the straight keyboard shortcut like in MacOS?

EDIT: Per two suggestions below, Command Key followed by 3 regular dashes works to create an em dash.

afa setting my own combo, I discovered AutoKey as a possible solution. Haven't tried that route yet, though.

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Is it possible to have an on-screen keyboard that provides word suggestions without compromising privacy? (kbin.social)
 

I've been playing with both the Thumb and the Unexpected keyboards. I like 'em both but, man, I have to admit I'd like them more if they had that top bar that predicts what you might be. Is that just a no-go from a privacy perspective? Can that functionality be local?

(I also wouldn't mind a good voice typing feature)

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Dual Boot Best Practices? (kbin.social)
 

Will be installing either Mint or Pop_OS on a new laptop which has a 512gb SSD. Will keep Windows for gaming, at least for now, with the games installed on an external HD. But otherwise, this is to experiment with living in Linux.

I understand that I can unallocate HD space from Windows in order to make room for the LInux OS, leaving at least 25 or 30gb for the Linux OS itself.

Do I then extend that space further, so to speak, to allow for any other programs I might install as well as for data? Do I create a third partition for data that will be shared between the two OS?

What's a reasonable breakdown?

e.g.
Windows 100gb; Linux 400gb or
Win 100gb; Linux 30gb; Data (NTFS) 370gb?

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Recommended usenet finders? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by speck@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I've been using NZBPlanet for years. I guess they've recently changed their model so that, unless you pay, your account is deactivated within 24h.

Any other suggestions to find files on usenet?

Alternatively, how can I go about paying them anon? Go get a gift card credit card or something?

If it helps, mostly looking a shows or movies. Not games

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