I ever feel a tad sheepish about asking devs for a low necessity feature, even an accessibility feature, because I understand the crunch they endure comes with a modicum or stress. This especially when it is time to debut.

How do devs prefer one add to your plate thusly?
Does the weight of a bug report list and feature requests truly hang heavily?
How best to thank you for attention and hard work, and assure low pressure to such communications?

Ta, creators.

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 20, 2018, 08:43

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**artsyhonker** @artsyhonker@smusi.ch · Oct 20, 2018, 08:43

Oct 20, 2018, 08:43

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I think... I want to learn to use LaTeX, specifically so that I can use Lilypond.

Current PLN: get a used laptop, put Linux on it.

Eventually, using Rosegarden or similar might also be good.

I haven't used anything other than MacOS or sometimes Windows for a good ten years and I do not have a lot of time to mess with stuff. Needing to install extra stuff or special libraries or whatever is a huge speedbump for me, not a fun puzzle.

Hardware/software recommendations, and boosts, welcome.

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 19, 2018, 01:38

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**Eph Zero** @ephzero@mastodon.sdf.org · Oct 19, 2018, 01:38

Oct 19, 2018, 01:38

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I thought those 12 years of piano lessons were a waste until I discovered #emacs.

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 19, 2018, 01:28

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**ersatzmaus** @ersatzmaus@mastodon.social · Oct 19, 2018, 01:28

Oct 19, 2018, 01:28

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@ckeen @kensanata @Shufei @tomasino

<Multi_key> <t> <f> : "(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻"

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 19, 2018, 06:29

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**Alayna Butterfly~** @fluttergirly@chitter.xyz · Oct 19, 2018, 06:29

Oct 19, 2018, 06:29

Alayna Butterfly~ @fluttergirly@chitter.xyz

In an alternate universe, YouTube was started by U2 and it was called U2be

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 18, 2018, 23:27

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**Tinker** @tinker@infosec.exchange · Oct 18, 2018, 23:27

Oct 18, 2018, 23:27

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TSA is rolling out facial recognition at all US airports.

#Privacy

https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2018/10/15/tsa-releases-roadmap-expanding-biometrics-technology

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 18, 2018, 23:58

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**kragen** @kragen@nerdculture.de · Oct 18, 2018, 23:58

Oct 18, 2018, 23:58

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@ckeen @kensanata @Shufei @tomasino I keep my .XCompose file at https://github.com/kragen/xcompose; cute emoji shortcuts would be welcome!

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 18, 2018, 20:09

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**Billy Blaze 🦄** @ckeen@vernunftzentrum.de · Oct 18, 2018, 20:09

Oct 18, 2018, 20:09

Billy Blaze 🦄 @ckeen@vernunftzentrum.de

@kensanata @Shufei @tomasino You can also use your .XCompose file for cute emoji shortcuts 💩

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 18, 2018, 16:47

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**lorenschmidt** @lorenschmidt@mastodon.social · Oct 18, 2018, 16:47

Oct 18, 2018, 16:47

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in game design, sketching on paper or paper prototyping can be useful or economical, which is part of the appeal. but they are also emotionally very different from working entirely digitally. maybe that textural part of the process is just as important.

**Shufei 🈳** · Oct 18, 2018, 16:47

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**lorenschmidt** @lorenschmidt@mastodon.social · Oct 18, 2018, 16:47

Oct 18, 2018, 16:47

lorenschmidt @lorenschmidt@mastodon.social

sometimes i like doing go problems with an actual board instead of digitally. physical versions of things are so different in terms of how they feel and how one interacts with them.

i think this is part of the appeal of paper / physical / board game prototyping of game ideas.