Part of their magic is the integration with the operating system in the form of gestures. Their UI for discovering those used to be stellar; every gesture had a little video preview. Right now I'd describe it as just okay. Check the 'trackpad gestures' section in system settings, or this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102482

The gestures are there in KDE already https://github.com/NayamAmarshe/ToucheggKDE

Touchegg kinda sucks (gestures are not 1:1 but rather just "triggered"), and you also don't need it. KDE and Gnome (as well as some WMs like Niri) have native touchpad gesture support on Wayland. Using my touchpad for history navigation also works flawlessly on Firefox with two fingers (essentially just horizontal scrolling).

I’ve been running a Matrix server for about two years on a Proxmox host in a colo I rent for the purpose (plus some other hobby stuff, but mainly because I just think it’s cool). This playbook is awesome and it’s pretty easy to set up and keep running: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy

So you can take a dump with some privacy, obviously.

There must be two types of people/couples.

Those that prefer privacy and those that don't care.

A door has two states to choose from, so having a door covers all use cases.

And a third type, people who have had children so have gone through the toddler stage where a toddler would literally chainsaw and burn down a locked door before they let you have 3 seconds of peace to take a shit.

That's actually a very valid point I hadn't taken into consideration.

If you're single or have a partner that you're comfortable with, open concept bathrooms feel luxurious. But if you need sanctity and salvation from the kids, I can get it.

The real issue is when they're old enough to reach the lock, but not old enough to trust not to destroy things or injure themselves if left unsupervised.

I would be surprised if private defecation is not a majority preference among couples.

Even if I'm alone in a hotel room, I'd prefer to contain the odor to the bathroom.

We tend to not care for showering/peeing, but pooping is something else...

I’ve actually ended otherwise decent relationships early because the other person was way too coy/upset with bodily functions like farting and pooping. If we’er sleeping together I expect us to be farting together. And if we are living together I expect us to be using the toilet in front of each other. Anything less is both inconvenient and reflective of deep personality conflicts that will never be resolved.

Sounds like there's going to be someone around who's bound to be the source of deep personality conflicts all right.

I have never in my life imagined that someone might break up with another person for the sole reason that the person refused to poop in front of them. That is honestly wild to me, but I appreciate your perspective, thanks for sharing.

Been married twenty years and haven't seen my wife poop yet. Not really on my list.

Similarly, married ten years and my wife and I have never seen each other use the bathroom. And barring dire emergencies I can't actually envision, we never will.

It's stories like these (and poor parenting I guess) that causes things like my cousin standing up to wipe for close to 30 years until his gf filled him in one day.

My college roommate told me I was doing it wrong by not standing up to wipe. I just rolled my eyes, that guy had a lot of weird things going on.

I picked up a PS5 today on a Black Friday deal for 350EUR. 32GB DDR5 is at around 280EUR at the moment.

I have a gaming PC, it runs Linux because (speaking as a Microsoft sysadmin with 10 years under my belt) I hate what Windows has become, but on commodity hardware it’s not quite there for me. Thought I’d play the PlayStation backlog while I wait for the Steam Machine.

Don't forget to play Astro's Playroom, it comes with the system and it's a blast.

Thanks, will do!

Also, Spiderman 2 since it’s a Playstation exclusive. Incredible game worth every penny.

I take your point, but the audio engineering on the laptop and tablet offerings of the past 5 years is mind blowing.

If all you do is start a browser and maybe an e-mail client then for the majority of users it will be like Windows.

Sad if that is really the outcome of decades of computing.

What, normalizing being able to access the entire world of knowledge and cultural information, and talk to family and loved one's easily and at any distance?

I know right. Absolute travesty. Come on grandpa, why aren't you programming?

I also tell people that. It’s not true, but it’s free.

At the minimum it raises philosophical and ethical questions. If something is conscious, is it ethical to put it to work for you?

You mean it is not ethical to make them work for us without pay? Well, we had farm animals work for us. They were kind of conscious of the world around them. Ofcourse we fed them and took care of them. So why not treat these AI conscious things same as farm animals, except they work with their mind rather than muscle power.

That depends whether regulators interpret “intended for use on motor vehicles” as “for road use”. The bill’s sponsors seem to think so:

USTMA research shows that more than 30 million used tires are available for sale nationally each year. The legislation does not ban all used tire sales. It targets used tires that have specific, well-established, unsafe conditions. “This is a common-sense, pro-safety, pro-consumer bill,” said Anne Forristall Luke, USTMA president and CEO. “Preventing these unsafe used tires from operating on New Jersey roads will reduce the risk of crashes and save lives. It’s that simple.” [1]

Seems clear to me this is intended to affect road use, although the bill could use an amendment to that effect. I could not find jurisprudence implying resale of racing slicks is illegal under this law.

[1] https://www.ustires.org/newsroom/new-jersey-assembly-advance...

> That depends whether regulators interpret “intended for use on motor vehicles” as “for road use”. The bill’s sponsors seem to think so:

That was their intention, but the effect of a law is not always the same thing -- that's the point. If you go to the local tire place and want to pay them to fit your track car with used tires that have minimal tread on them, is the clerk going to read the legislative history and take the risk that the judge takes that interpretation despite the law saying something else, or are they going to fob you off because corporate says they're not allowed to sell tires like that?

You're not thinking like a corporation. What happens if you crash your car after they broke the law to sell you the tires? Corporations will throw away epic amounts of money in the interests of not getting sued.

I had the exact same issue, and Tesla sent out a service rep to my home to complete the adjustment to spec for free. You can request it through the service menu. Haven't had anyone flash me in the year since.