Hahahaha. I actually didn't check the FAQ... and my intuition was right. This is the link to the FAQ: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/now-portal-overview

Ah, then I guess not.

Hm. Not totally sure... I just started messing with this, but...

I think what you could do is connect to the VPN and sync the latest state of the repo, code, issues, patches. Then disconnect from the VPN. Work. View issues, review patches, write code, git push to your local node. Then, when you're ready, connect to the VPN and sync up with the latest changes.

Or I guess you could use the VPS as a bridge? Install Radicle on the VPS, which is also connected to the VPN? Sync your local node with the VPS node?

Just gotta make sure the repo is set to private so it doesn't get announced to the whole network. A private repo is invite-only.

Hm... Idk. Again, total Radicle noob here.

I finally learned what a flair is! Thanks!

We're not gonna rush out and buy new cameras.

Ah, nice. They're walking back their mistake.

As soon as football season starts... nobody is gonna pay a whole hell lot of attention.

sips beer

Wait, what??!!?!!!!

Reporting back: I ended up buying the SteelSeries Nova 5X. I was gonna buy the Nova 7, but surprisingly the mic quality on the Nova 7 sucks ass. I found some videos where the reviewer showed the mic quality on the 7 vs 5 and the 5 sounded way better.

This seems pretty well supported by headsetcontrol.

$ cat /etc/os-release | head -n2
NAME="Fedora Linux"
VERSION="44.20260823.0 (Silverblue)"
$ uname -sr
Linux 7.1.9-200.fc44.x86_64
$ sudo ./headsetcontrol-x86_64.AppImage --caps
Found 1 supported device(s):
 SteelSeries Arctis Nova (5/5X) (SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5X) [0x1038:0x2253]
	Capabilities:
	* sidetone
	* battery
	* inactive time
	* chatmix
	* equalizer preset
	* equalizer
	* parametric equalizer
	* microphone mute led brightness
	* microphone volume
	* volume limiter

Hint: Use --help while the device is connected to get a filtered list of parameters

Haven't run on SteamOS yet.

curl up and Libe!

Here are my old notes: https://lemmy.world/post/35121451

Is there no way to adjust key sensitivity?

I never found away. I think I remember opening a support ticket, but it didn't go anywhere.

What do you mean with the wrong keycode?

Technically, the keyboard doesn't have a "Print Screen" key. It has a Sysrq key, which is used for the same purpose, but it's actually a different keycode. See https://github.com/StarLabsLtd/firmware/issues/28 Maybe Cheatsheet programme could help?

What do you mean with the LEDs from the laptop?

So above the function keys, but below where the screen actually starts, there are some LEDs. lol. I just checked and realized they conveniently edited out those LEDs from promotional material. Above the F2 and F3 keys there are BRIGHT LEDs that used for different statuses. There are also some LEDs on the side that turn on when the laptop is charging, which are also SUPER bright. I would normally toss a shirt on top of the laptop so I could charge it at night and not be bothered.

I also have an LG TV. I bought an external Android TV box (Nvidia Shield) and now primarily use that as the interface.

I bought the Starbook Mk VII Ultra in 2025.

I... would definitely not recommend it. I already sold it. The build quality is mostly pretty nice, but everything else is not great.

• The laptop is heavy at 1.4 kg. I initially considered this a good thing as it makes the laptop feel more solid... but it ended up being a little annoying.
• The laptop runs HOT. Using on my lap was no good. Using it on a desk was better, but the fans would still turn on at max speed for short periods every now and then.
• The hardware was buggy? Like, it worked... but it was subtly buggy. For example, the keyboard was very sensitive. Every 5th (estimate) keypress would emit the keypress twice. That's annoying when writing because sometimes you'd get "sometthingg likee thiis" and it was super annoying for keyboard shortcuts because the shortcut is ctrl-v not ctrl-vv.
• The printscreen key is odd... but not buggy. For some reason, they decided to have the printscreen key emit the wrong keycode? This means the printscreen key doesn't work properly in GNOME.
• The LEDs on the laptop are extremely bright. I didn't notice during the day, but it was extremely annoying at night. The most annoying part is that there is a bright, pure blue, LED right below the screen. I tried putting tape to cover the light, but it was so bright that you could still see the light through the tape.

Next time I get a laptop I'll probably try a Tuxedo laptop.

(I ended up trading the Starlabs for a Lenovo T14 Gen 7, which works well with Linux, but doesn't meet your criteria.)

Looks - I like the Macbook touch and feel

I would just like to caution you about wanting to maintain the Apple taste, but runs Linux. You may have to adjust your taste preference if you want a laptop that runs Linux well.

Professional athlete uses bracelet to run fast.

If you buy the same bracelet, you'll be just as fast!

I currently have regular bluetooth headphones, but I'm curious about other options. I found this article https://www.phoronix.com/news/SteelSeries-Nova-7-5X-2026 that says some of the SteelSeries headphones are getting better Linux support! It seems like SteamOS is currently on the 6.x kernel series, but it'll get to 7.3 eventually. Maybe these headphones will get better overtime.

Not only will America go to your country and kill all your people. But they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad.

• Frankie Boyle

Fuck this ad for AI. It's trying to make it seem like workers don't use AI because they're scared. It's only 8% that said they were scared. The rest of us 92% workers aren't scared we're going to be replaced by AI. We see how shitty AI is and we don't like it because it sucks and makes things slower, not faster.

The super-users we surveyed were around 3x more likely to have received both a promotion and pay raise in the past year, compared to employees who have been slow to adopt these tools

I do agree with this point. One of my team members recently got a lot of brownie points because he's been doing AI demos. The execs love him because he's visibly following orders. Does he generate way more code than everyone else? YES, this is actually a horrible thing, but execs are clueless and think more code == more better. Is he more productive than others? Definitely not. The hot garbage he's generating is just bug-ridden tech debt.

I guess I'm sabotaging our AI rollout by getting out of the way. You wanna inject AI everywhere? Fine, do it. I'm not gonna review it though. If you can't take the time to write something, I'm not going to spend my time reading it.

I mean, there's a big ol' warning in the docs: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/

The docker group grants root-level privileges to the user

But, I guess Docker doesn't really tell you not to do this... and I feel like a lot of mac users are not used to adding sudo at the front of docker commands so... idk.

They also moved to Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/ziglang ❤️

Google’s CEO says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated.

Everyone should take this with a huge grain of salt. Like all other internal company stat reports, it's bullshit and manufactured.

Example: my company has recently introduced a gate on CI. All commits must have "Co-Authored-By: X". Technically, you can set X=None, but most people aren't doing that because we're not stupid and we know the commit history can easily be data mined and used to generate stats on who is or isn't using AI. And we don't want to get fired.

Result: 99% of all new commits use "Co-Authored-By: Claude". Every commit I make now has "Co-Authored-By: Claude". Am I using AI? FUCK NO. But, now I have to add that stupid line to any work I turn in.

Not surprising, this guy is also onboard with Google locking down Android: https://dylanmtaylor.com/posts/2026-03-19-googles-new-android-sideloading-flow-is-a-fair-trade

Creating an environment that incentivizes not thinking is peak stupid.