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Cake day: July 1st, 2023
  • 0ops@lemm.eetoLinux@lemmy.ml•How can we make Linux more appealing as "just works"?
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    14 days ago

    Underlying kernel aside, I think that the Steamdeck’s SteamOS is an excellent example of how “easy to use” != “smaller feature-set”. I’ve heard countless times from apple dudes that the reason that their stuff allegedly “just works” is because of the lack of some functionally that if present would overwhelm the user. You know, as if ios and android don’t share fundamentally the same user interface principles. But they do have a point, a green user can be overwhelmed when presented with a huge feature set all at once. Yet, despite SteamOS literally having a full-blown desktop environment, the UI frankly is way less confusing than my Xbox. It just goes to show that it’s not about the number of features, it’s about how they’re presented. Power users don’t mind digging into a (well designed) settings menu to enable some advanced functionality, and keeping those advanced features and settings (with reasonable defaults) hidden around the corner behind an unlocked door helps the newbie get started with confidence.

  • 0ops@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.ml•I hate these icons
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    18 days ago

    Color is the first thing the eyes tend to notice, then shape, then lines and details. The new icons all look the same at the edge of my vision, I have to look at them straight on to distinguish them. Individually each one is fine but together, like what the hell?

    I don’t rawdog Google icons anymore anyway, I use an icon pack

  • 0ops@lemm.eetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Domino's OR local takeaway
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    1 month ago

    There is no good local takeaway in my current area. I briefly lived in an area that had a decent place (not even great, just a notch above the chains) and it ruined crappy pizzas for me enough to take up pizza making. I mean don’t get me wrong I’ll still do little Caesars from time to time if I need cheap calories, but if I want real pizza I’ll make it myself.

  • 0ops@lemm.eetoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•Brace Style
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    2 months ago

    Same and agreed, especially if you keep your functions small and focused as you should. 3-5 indents is nbd to keep track of, and if you need more than that… No you don’t, refactor.

    I’ve had way more hangups with brackets then indentation, personally, not that either is a super frequent issue, but I’m indenting anyway, so brackets are redundant and just another thing I have to keep track of

  • 0ops@lemm.eetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is a product you would never recommend?
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    2 months ago

    I’m with you on Skullcandy headphones. It’s not just that they’re cheap, there’s better ones for the same or less. Anker soundcore are my go to - pretty good and very affordable. Mpow honestly weren’t bad, I’d get them before Skullcandy. My low-mid range Sony’s have been great and shockingly durable.

    But my skullcandies all sounded like listening through a pair of socks, and the controls were awful when they did work, which wasn’t very long.