I learned Rust for a few days, then abandoned it because there wasn't a project that I could use it on.

Now I am picking it up again, and this time I'm practicing it by writing a Raytracer, following this excellent book: https://raytracing.github.io/books/RayTracingInOneWeekend.html. Trying to rewrite the more familiar C++ code into Rust is the main learning experience for me.

I gotta say, it wasn't too challenging, allowed you to get use to Rust uniqueness and see some visual output for your code. Recommended.

#rust #raytracing

Just finished the first Raytracing book written with Rust. My first attempt at writing a Rust program. Taught me a tremendous amount of knowledge, both in Computer Graphics and Rust.

Definitely recommended for everybody.

From Zero isn't their best album. But not a bad album. Leave you wanting some more because 31mins is too little. I am waiting for their next one.

#linkinpark

tyler's new album is a goddamn bop. #music #tylerthecreator #hiphop

Learning Google Cloud Platform to get a cert (a requirement of my current company). Half the services/options specified in the preparation material are currently deprecated.

Google need to seriously learn from AWS to make their cloud offering stable. I don't want to learn about a new service every 2 weeks and then find out it will be scraped in the next month.

#cloud #googlecloud

@ByrdNick There is the Web Extension called "I don't care about cookie" that blocks the popup/click accept automatically. Never had to see that annoying popup since installation.

Starting to get hooked on the new Linkin Park single. This feels like high school all again. Read the lyrics and realize this is a f**k-you from the band to all toxic poser fan, critics, and the music industry. Probably how they felt when people called One More Light a pop sellout.

I always respect people who don't give a single f**k and keep up with their creative vision, regardless of how I feel about their output.

#linkinpark #music

@Htbaa I like the new single. It sounds like their old popular records. Which for me is alright cuz Linkin Park is usually my comfort music.

Okay I feel like I would dig the new album of Linkin Park. I don't know much about all the allegations around the new singer, but she has decided to step up and defend herself, so I think it's all good.

Idgaf about all the purists saying it is not the same band anymore. Dude, LP changed their styles between almost every album. Last time yall made the same argument against One More Light, and nobody gaf.

AC/DC did this before, it's alright.

#music #rock #linkinpark

I wrote a write-up on how I build my CVs using #typst , a new LaTex alternative. With a bit of data wrangling, I can maintain a registry of my projects, experiences and pull them in for a new CV. Overall, the workflow is quite ergonomic (for a terminal dweller). Making CV now for me feels like playing Lego.

https://antran22.xyz/my-custom-cv-generator/

I am made aware that on Chromium-based browser, you can circumvent that by turning off hardware acceleration. It's a global configuration.

I paid for my hardware, I want it to accelerate. Or I will need to live with a browser that either: render stuffs at half the speed/not allow me to dissect content that I *paid* for.

I hope some day I can stop consuming DRM content, but reality doesn't permit me to do so now :sadness:

I have been trying out several browsers few days, looking for some other options beside my daily driver Firefox.

One thing I suddenly realize, is that no other browser except Firefox allows me to screen capture DRM content (lectures, mostly). I don't intend to pirate those stuffs. Most of the time, I use an OCR tool to copy the text in the video quickly for my note. Sometimes, I take a clipping out for my note. I can only do this reliably on Firefox.

#browser #firefox

@g For Ubuntu, there is a simple RDP settings that you can use (I think it's probably XRDP but configured). I have no problem using MS Remote Desktop on my Macbook to access it.

Here is how you can enable it. https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/sharing-desktop.html

There is a caveat, if you are logging in through the remote desktop, you cannot login on the computer directly.

@lazysupper The guide doesn't mention, but if you set GRUB_TIMEOUT=-1, it will disable the timeout completely.

@lazysupper You can check this guide out to stop the GRUB menu from timing out.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/148095/how-do-i-set-the-grub-timeout-and-the-grub-default-boot-entry

I think that on the last Linux boot, you updated GRUB, which rewrite the EFI entry on top of Windows'. Before that, Windows' bootloader take precedent over GRUB, so you need to press F12 to choose Grub.

@Linux@kitty.social Nowadays, there are two very prominent WebKit based options:

Orion Browser: Support extensions from both Firefox & Chrome, which is very interesting.

SigmaOS: looks like Arc, their website too flashy for my taste. But still seems very prominent.

Sadly WebKit are mostly confined in Apple ecosystem.

@Linux@kitty.social

I have two reasons to hold on to Gecko.
First: I hate Google, and I dislike anything Chromium. I am afraid of Google doing another FLoC or whatever similar shenanigan they did last year.

Second: I am too married to the container tab feature on Firefox. It seems like no other browser seems to think that we would like to keep extensions working across profiles, only separate session.

Maybe WebKit is a better bet on warding off the browser engine monopoly? What are your stances on this?

@Linux@kitty.social I did check out the viral Zen Browser earlier this evening. It feels fresh, take inspirations from Arc, promising to revitalize the Gecko browser engine.

Then I found a backdoor report on Github, where the developer (unintentionally) left Remote Debugging opened by default. This, to say the least, is disconcerting for me.

It seems like no serious organization is picking up Gecko browser development now? Do you feel like this is a symptom of the decline of Gecko?

@Linux@kitty.social I'm just sincerely probing for opinion here, what do you think is the best option on the market right now in terms of privacy & libre.

I'm looking for a pointer to support, as I am becoming increasingly disconcerted with what Mozilla is doing with Firefox.

You mentioned Vivaldi as a good browser. But Vivaldi is also not a hard fork on Chromium AFAICT. Can they be immune to enshittification if Google decide to push for something evil in Chromium.

It probably works fine on the developer's machine.