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by jacek 3y ago
You need to use Wayland instead of X11 for fractional scaling. On Gnome, you need to enable it first.
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by jacek 3y ago
I am so grateful to KDE developers and developers who work on the whole ecosystem around it. After years of using Gnome, I got fed up with problems at every upgrade, and switched to KDE Plasma. Suddenly everything just works as expected. In
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by jacek 3y ago
I had exactly the same experience. I've been using Gnome for the last 7 years, with few extensions that were essential. The latest upgrade to Fedora 38 broke everything. Extensions, fractional scaling, Gnome and apps were crashing. I t
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by jacek 3y ago
Thinkpad X1 Nano. I think you can even order with Linux preinstalled.
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by jacek 4y ago
Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen. 6 with Fedora and Windows 10 Pro. However, Thinkpads are not what they used to be and always come with some tiny, but annoying issues. For example fingerprint reader is terrible, there are some minor date/t
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by jacek 4y ago
1. Gladwell has a difficult relationship with truth and reality. 10,000h rule is utter nonsense and has been debunked many times since. 2. You don't need to master anything to switch careers. You just need to be useful and productive.
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by jacek 4y ago
All Thinkpads have matte displays, including the ones with touchscreens. Some have a glossy option (the ones with HDR AFAIK).
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by jacek 4y ago
I used to work as a research software engineer in life sciences and I absolutely loved it. Jobs at universities allowed me to learn and experiment. However, universities cannot compete with industry when it comes to salaries. For example, i
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by jacek 4y ago
I can relate to quite a lot to what you said. First of all, you need rest. I am not talking about weeks, but rather months. I once was in similar situation and it took almost 5 months to start working little, another month to start working
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by jacek 4y ago
Alternative with a modern interface: Rnote ( https://github.com/flxzt/rnote )
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by jacek 5y ago
I signed up with a few agencies (some required interviews and a small project or a test), used local sites connecting workers with employers and improved my LinkedIn profile. So far agencies work best for long term, well paid projects, site
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by jacek 5y ago
So far I have had breaks after every project, so I did not have to look for a new one while I work. But recruiters keep calling. These conversations can be wrapped up in 5 minutes.
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by jacek 5y ago
I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult in my thirties and I have been taking medication for the last two years. I am also in EU. I would recommend two things (YMMV). First, use ADHD to your advantage. People with ADHD have tendency to be inq
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by jacek 5y ago
What a clickbait. There will be no ads in KDE. It's just Qt adding new feature.
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by jacek 5y ago
These are not that well known, but I highly recommend them (Firefox): * Bypass Paywalls Clean - the name says it all - https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea... * Web Archives - easy access to cac
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by jacek 5y ago
Recently released Gnome 40 also improves gesture support. I have not had a chance to test it yet though. [1] https://forty.gnome.org/
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by jacek 5y ago
It looks like there is still no fractional scaling out of the box (always possible with hacks). The elementary team has defended the choice not to introduce it before [1], but it just makes it unusable for me and many other users. KDE Plasm
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by jacek 6y ago
Thank you for your reply. You might be right about that. I worked in academia before and I absolutely loved it. Maybe that's the style of work for me. In my defense, I think that was a special case. This was a product to be certified a
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by jacek 6y ago
This looks like a lot of useful information. Thank you, I will go through it all.
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Ask HN: How to effectively communicate results of my work to non-engineers?
139 points by jacek 6y ago|78 comments
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by jacek 6y ago
I absolutely loved del.icio.us back in the day and I would love to use it again. No other method of bookmarking/collecting sites worked for me as well as del.icio.us. And I have never found the right alternative.
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by jacek 6y ago
This is a rebranded laptop from an ODM [1]. It is also available from Schenker [2] and was reviewed by the Notebookcheck [3]. It looks really good, but I would love a few things to be fixed/updated: better 16:10 screen, Ryzen 4000, mor
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by jacek 6y ago
I love that idea and I am installing it now! Thanks!
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by jacek 6y ago
Thank you for your work. I just installed your app and it is working well.
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by jacek 6y ago
I would also recommend DBeaver[1]. Cross-platform with really nice features. [1] https://dbeaver.io/
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by jacek 6y ago
That's great news. It looks like Fedora will be available on the P series (powerful workstations) and X1 Carbon. I hope it will soon be expanded to other laptops. I am really interested in T series with AMD Ryzen 4000 line (should be r
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by jacek 7y ago
Looks like Clevo L141CU [1] [1] https://www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=1264&lang=en...
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by jacek 7y ago
No, I would also love a laptop with 3:2 or 16:10 screen. And a Ryzen 4000 APU. Actually System76 might offer self manufactured laptops with AMD Ryzen in the future [1]. I hope they will consider a better display then. Currently they are bas
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by jacek 7y ago
Nothing mentioned in this article is convincing. The author is not even trying to be convincing, she seems skeptical. > I’m not sure if it’s “working,” but I’m also not sure that it isn’t.
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by jacek 7y ago
I wasn't clear enough. I meant newly introduced laptops at CES 2020 with Ryzen 4000 chips. None of them are on the market AFAIK.

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