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Writing in a non-Latin language while using a non-QWERTY keyboard layout (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am using the Silakka54 keyboard with great pleasure. I configured the keyboard in such a way that I am using the Colemak-DH layout for English. However, I also speak other languages which do not use the Latin alphabet. For those languages, the operating system deals with translating the key presses. The problem is that my keyboard sends key signals according to the Colemak-DH layout while the system expects the QWERTY layout. Ergo, I get nonsense when I type.

To illustrate what I mean, let's say that pressing "L" on the QWERTY keyboard corresponds to the letter "Λ" being typed out. Since Colemak-DH moves the location of "L" to the "U" key, in order to type that character again, I'd have to press "U" on QWERTY, not "L" anymore. This breaks the layout.

One of the solutions I can think of is to make a macro that switches the keyboard over to a QWERTY layout and toggles the language change in the system. However, that would require me to reconfigure home row mods and other keys twice. Is there a more elegant solution for this problem, such as allowing the keyboard to send Unicode symbols? My keyboard uses VIAL for the firmware, by the way.

Thoughts On Generative Music by gvalia in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It's such a shame that only a minority of people who knew about generative music before the rise of "generative AI" can get the real meaning of the title.

I'm still wondering about what should be done in this case. Changing either term would be very cumbersome. Should we add a (non-AI) disclaimer to generative music instead?

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What is the best path forward from a T420? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My beloved T420's bezels are coming apart at the hinge. This has already happened once---I glued the plastic back together---but now is a very inconvenient time for it to happen again. So I'm thinking of upgrading.

For me, the most important factors are:

Portability - I have to carry my laptop with me on a nearly daily basis.
Linux support.
A good keyboard, preferably without the numpad.
An HDMI port.
Good battery life (~5 hours with active use should be plenty but more is welcome).

I'm thinking of going with the 8th generation X1 carbon but I'd like to hear your opinion.

Rant: Alexithymia sucks major fucking ass by gvalia in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

You might know about this but https://youfeellikeshit.com/ is really helpful to self-diagnose.

I would also suggest you write "disaster reports" where you ask yourself what happened and why it happened 5 or more times. Preferrably write it out by hand on a piece of paper.

Example:

"I couldn't sleep last night. Why? Because I couldn't calm down. Why? Because I felt too tired to consciously steer myself to calm down. Why? Because of the conversation earlier. What happened there? I was forced to pretend everything was okay when it wasn't."

You can keep going after this until you feel satisfied with your answers.

Afterwards, I also like to write something similar to this:

"Conclusion: tough conversations overdrain energy. Next time I should strive to mask less/plan recovery activities afterwards, etc."

Finally, labeling emotions is a skill that will come to you after persistently working on it. Don't give up! And read as much as you can about it.

Some people haven't learned that corporate will screw them over again by gvalia in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I tried to get into IRC, but it lacked a lot of things that are basic nowadays, such as the ability to view past history of the chat and embedding media. I didn't want to sit around for hours just to see what people would write about.