Replace Your Regular Linux Commands With These Better Alternatives in c/linux

[–] vvv 9 points 7 hours ago

most shells have a CDPATH which works just like PATH but for directories. set it to $HOME/projects/:$HOME/porn/ or whatever, and you'll get the subdirectories in your cd tab completion, without installing extra stuff

Phone based cyberdeck/laptop question in c/cyberdeck@lemmy.ml

[–] vvv 1 points 2 days ago

I really like this hub: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5VTBG8F

It's the only one I've found that correctly passes display port alt mode through, so I can stick to all usb-c cables.

Those who use DWM, how do you get the autostart scripts to work? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] vvv 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The & is an indicator to most shells to run this command in "the background". Try and run ( sleep 10; echo hi ) & - you'll see you get your shell prompt back, where you can run more commands, but 10 second later you'll see that 'hi' come through. 'blocking' is the default behavior, if you don't add the & you're still going get the hi in ten seconds, but you don't get a prompt because your shell's execution is blocked until your command is done.

The doc here is indicating that you havea choice between autostart_blocking.sh and autostart.sh, the latter of which would be run with a &. They could have expressed this better.

As for why your script didn't work, I'd try executing it in a terminal to see what error message comes up.

I think this is going to be unpopular :( in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] vvv 5 points 1 month ago

try https://old.programming.dev/

Leaving Google: Is there a tool to help? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] vvv 11 points 1 month ago

As you switch, I would highly recommend you purchase a domain for yourself, and redirect email from it to your new provider. This separates your "identity" from your email host, so you can switch the latter without having to go through this process again.

Open source note taking apps? in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[–] vvv 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

both mobile and desktop have the plaintext notes in a sqlite db. they're "easy enough" to export if you're bailing on the app, but not to regularly switch between two different apps

Accidentally typed 'sl' instead of 'ls'? Install this and get a steam locomotive to run across your terminal. in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] vvv 7 points 1 month ago

don't forget to install gti

those who consider themselves to speak multiple native languages, how does it impact your culture? what are some advantages/disadvantages you faced? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] vvv 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Comparing idioms is fun. "Great minds think alike" has an equivalent which is literally translated as "Idiots have similar thoughts". Kinda reflective of the cultures too: self congratulating vs self deprecating.

Do you use a macro keyboard for shortcuts? If so, what for and what size? in c/programming

[–] vvv 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most REPLs can be closed with Ctrl+D which is the EOF character.

.DS_Store in c/programmer_humor

[–] vvv 56 points 2 months ago (2 children)

the macos file browser, Finder, lets you set a background for a folder, move file icons around to arbitrary positions, other shenanigans. in order for this to work across systems on removable storage media and network mounts, they have this.

Got myself an F(x)tec Pro1 X in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] vvv 2 points 2 months ago

it's mostly fixed now, after convincing fxtec to send me a new USB board, but in the time it took to do that, I've moved on to a flippy razr phone. for now, single handed use beats having the keyboard for me

Got myself an F(x)tec Pro1 X in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] vvv 1 points 2 months ago

for what it's worth, the screens are very easy to replace and readily available on AliExpress ( search for elephone u screen replacement )

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What do you call application modules that are responsible for business logic? (self.experienced_devs)

submitted 10 months ago by vvv to c/experienced_devs

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Somewhere between API resources, queue workers, repositories, clients and serializers there is a class of ... classes/modules that does the needful. Gun-to-my-head, I would call them "services" but I'm looking for a less overloaded term. Maybe capabilities? Controllers? Pick a term from the business domain? What do you call them?

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What are you all doing for android "provisioning"? (self.selfhosted)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by vvv to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi! I'm swapping my daily android phone for the nth time today and going through my set-up "check-list". As apps are updating/installing, I thought I'd check in with the hive-mind, what are you all doing to make the process easier? Maybe you know of a way to self-host some sort of android profile server? I'll post my process + list of goals & gripes below and if you have any tips or suggestions about what I can do better, I'd love to hear them!!

Current Process

flash clean rom
walk through the setup process
enable developer mode + adb
go through default app list disabling/uninstalling crap i don't want
use 'fdroidcl' to install all my fdroid apps
adb push a gpg private key to import into OpenKeychain
generate a ssh keypair in Password Store, put public key on my server via ConnectBot, clone passwords repo
log into firefox sync
log into joplin
configure fairmail
configure davx
log in to google account
download play store apps I was missing
go through apps one by one, logging in to accounts + doing configuration
deal with fucking whatsapp
hold old phone + new phone side by side and made sure i got everything

Goals & Gripes

App Installation

fdroidcl helps a LOT here, i can have a list of my minimal required packages - password management solution, browser, and notes get installed and it solves a lot of bootstrapping problems for me. I never need to do the dance of opening chrome, downloading fdroid, giving chrome install permissions, installing fdroid, etc.

that said, it is /slow/ and obviously limited to installing apps from fdroid repositories. maybe the slowness i can solve with self-hosting an fdroid repo, but i'm still stuck with having to install a bunch of apps manually either through aurora store, or play store.

App configuration

If i could push in arbitrary app configurations i would be sooooo happy. certain apps have config export/import, like my launcher, but that's far from all of them. i've tried a number of "backup" options, like Titanium, but obviously they don't work without root and don't always work /with/ root, especially going across devices. I've vaguely considered using Appium for this but ... ehhhh.

De-googling

Okay, so I can probably solve the apk problem somehow... I can solve the contacts sync... but I really like android auto, and that's a non-starter without a system google account afaik.

Whatsapp

i've never once managed to successfully move whatsapp to another device and not lose my chat history. it starts restoring from a backup, fails, and kicks me into being logged in without any chance of a restore.

Edit: oh and if you have any suggestion that'd make me not hate re-pairing wearos watch... 🥺

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My carryonable 3d printer (blog.ofvlad.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by vvv to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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I've posted this to reddit before, but the post has gotten lost among an automod flurry. I've got some longer travel coming up and this thing has been on my mind again, so I'm looking for some suggestions!

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Anyone have a good suggestion on how to block generated blog spam from google search results? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by vvv to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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An example: https://www.thenextdroid.com/topics/tutorials/root/. This Ellis Gibson person. Very good with the find/replace button.

Maybe you know of a browser extension to hide all these?