[2024-05-30T02:17:17Z] <midfavila> coming to you live from the mnt reform
[2024-05-30T02:17:28Z] <midfavila> very based and chunky pilled
[2024-05-30T02:17:39Z] <midfavila> gonna have to put together a KISS image for it asap
[2024-05-30T02:21:38Z] <midfavila> brb
[2024-05-30T03:12:23Z] <midfavila> back
[2024-05-30T03:12:36Z] <midfavila> initial impressions are pretty good
[2024-05-30T03:12:44Z] <midfavila> the keyboard layout takes a little while for me to get used to 
[2024-05-30T03:12:59Z] <midfavila> i normally don't have caps bound to ctrl
[2024-05-30T03:13:10Z] <midfavila> and the split spacebar with alt keys on the inside is odd
[2024-05-30T03:13:15Z] <midfavila> otherwise layout is comfy
[2024-05-30T03:13:27Z] <midfavila> can use the trackball with a thumb without taking my hands off the keeb
[2024-05-30T03:13:38Z] <midfavila> mechanical switches are okay but they're not my preference
[2024-05-30T03:13:58Z] <midfavila> kalih choc browns are linear, i'm very much a tactile guy
[2024-05-30T03:14:06Z] <midfavila> coming from buckling springs the browns feel mushy
[2024-05-30T03:14:15Z] <midfavila> especially because they have a lot of travel
[2024-05-30T03:14:28Z] <sewn> midfavila: pic
[2024-05-30T03:14:48Z] <midfavila> the design of the caps is great though, i'm not having the usual issues with fat fingering multiple keys that i do on most non-spring boards
[2024-05-30T03:14:55Z] <midfavila> sewn: patience child
[2024-05-30T03:14:55Z] <sewn> sad_plan: I already rebuild chromium about >40 times in one day
[2024-05-30T03:15:14Z] <midfavila> trackball is solid but it's a little scratchy
[2024-05-30T03:15:23Z] <midfavila> at first it bothered me but now there's a pleasant tactility to it
[2024-05-30T03:15:29Z] <midfavila> it's sensitive but not overly so
[2024-05-30T03:15:39Z] <midfavila> the chassis is very very sturdy
[2024-05-30T03:15:44Z] <midfavila> feels great in the hand
[2024-05-30T03:15:53Z] <midfavila> reminds me a lot of old IBMs
[2024-05-30T03:16:00Z] <midfavila> especially with the thick bezel 
[2024-05-30T03:16:07Z] <midfavila> the hinges are super sturdy
[2024-05-30T03:16:11Z] <midfavila> there's zero wobble 
[2024-05-30T03:16:17Z] <midfavila> they have a huge range of motion
[2024-05-30T03:16:26Z] <midfavila> lid snaps tight almost too securely using a super strong magnet
[2024-05-30T03:16:38Z] <midfavila> but you can still open it with one hand
[2024-05-30T03:17:10Z] <midfavila> my main complaint is that the debian image comes on SD instead of the module's onboard storage
[2024-05-30T03:17:35Z] <midfavila> with more and more debia-family stuff wanted snap and every dependency under the sun and the incomplete partitioning of the SD card you run out of space really quickly
[2024-05-30T03:17:48Z] <midfavila> especially since the image comes with like 1500 packages by default
[2024-05-30T03:18:05Z] <midfavila> performance is pretty decent across the board with the imx8
[2024-05-30T03:18:12Z] <midfavila> the bottleneck is definitely the SD interface
[2024-05-30T03:18:28Z] <midfavila> opening large programs like firefox is notably slow
[2024-05-30T03:18:38Z] <midfavila> not unbearably so, but it's noticeable 
[2024-05-30T03:18:47Z] <midfavila> the display panel is beautiful 
[2024-05-30T03:19:09Z] <midfavila> although the tty and terminal under sway have very small fonts so it's kinda eyestrain inducing by default
[2024-05-30T03:19:36Z] <midfavila> the suggested ath9k mpcie card works out of the box with no configuration and using the standard crowd supply antennae gain is solid
[2024-05-30T03:19:45Z] <midfavila> haven't installed an m.2 ssd
[2024-05-30T03:20:03Z] <midfavila> build process was straightforward enough
[2024-05-30T03:20:18Z] <midfavila> only issue i had was installing the display cable the wrong way around the first time
[2024-05-30T03:20:34Z] <midfavila> although trying to put it together without magnetized tools made me want to reeducate myself
[2024-05-30T03:21:02Z] <midfavila> took about two hours from unbox to boot but most of that was me cursing after dropping screws
[2024-05-30T03:21:20Z] <midfavila> with a proper setup you could easily have it together in 30min to an hour
[2024-05-30T03:21:34Z] <midfavila> overall 9/10 so far
[2024-05-30T03:24:50Z] <midfavila> i might seeif i can get a custom keyboard pcb printed and populated according to the schematics and then i'll install a tactile switch 
[2024-05-30T03:24:53Z] <midfavila> see if even
[2024-05-30T03:24:59Z] <midfavila> that would be sick
[2024-05-30T03:25:08Z] <midfavila> e ink display coming soon:tm:
[2024-05-30T05:07:48Z] <sad_plan> sewn: why though?
[2024-05-30T06:26:00Z] <sewn> sad_plan: because I like chromium :3
[2024-05-30T06:50:59Z] <sad_plan> but why build it so many times? would 1 be enough?
[2024-05-30T06:51:13Z] <sad_plan> s/would/wouldnt
[2024-05-30T07:22:00Z] <sewn> sad_plan: i think i overexaggurated it
[2024-05-30T07:22:07Z] <sewn> well not 40 times in one day but just 40 times in general
[2024-05-30T07:22:14Z] <sewn> i want to use webkit but no vencord :9
[2024-05-30T07:22:23Z] <sewn> :(*
[2024-05-30T07:27:51Z] <sad_plan> 40 version bumps isnt that bad. vencord?
[2024-05-30T11:01:54Z] <sad_plan> oh, I see. discord client
[2024-05-30T11:37:49Z] <sewn> sad_plan: nono
[2024-05-30T11:37:57Z] <sewn> vencord is a discord client modification mod
[2024-05-30T11:38:16Z] <sewn> there is a client for it called vesktop. it can work in the browser using a chromium extension, or a userscript (which isn't reccomended)
[2024-05-30T11:58:28Z] <sad_plan> I see. and that obviously dont work through webkit. arent there any other clients you can use instead? appart from the vanilla one obviously
[2024-05-30T12:14:13Z] <sewn> wdym other clients? discord?
[2024-05-30T12:15:00Z] <sewn> pfft. discord is so complicated youd lose 90% of the functionality it offers by using alternative clients.
[2024-05-30T12:15:11Z] <sewn> and i would like that functionality due to my position
[2024-05-30T13:11:45Z] <sad_plan> yes. so all other clients are basically trash, is that it? what position? 
[2024-05-30T13:30:26Z] <sewn> yeah so im forced to use the official discord client
[2024-05-30T13:37:53Z] <sad_plan> i see
[2024-05-30T15:19:20Z] <midfavila> just use bitlbee and rcirc
[2024-05-30T15:19:26Z] <midfavila> with a discord plugin
[2024-05-30T15:19:30Z] <midfavila> then you can use discord in emacs
[2024-05-30T15:19:31Z] <midfavila> :3
[2024-05-30T16:29:26Z] <sewn> midfavila: as i said i like the functionality that discord offers
[2024-05-30T16:29:32Z] <sewn> if anything, id rather write a discord
[2024-05-30T16:29:37Z] <sewn> -to-irc bridge
[2024-05-30T16:29:56Z] <sewn> so i can use whatever client i want without worrying about using the same bugyg client everywhere
[2024-05-30T17:02:06Z] <midfavila> that's what bitlbee is my dude
[2024-05-30T17:02:16Z] <midfavila> it's a libpurple to irc gateway
[2024-05-30T18:43:06Z] <sewn> hmm
[2024-05-30T18:43:08Z] <sewn> ill think about it
[2024-05-30T18:44:38Z] <sewn> ill give this a shot actually
[2024-05-30T18:44:42Z] <sewn> do i have to self host this midfavila?
[2024-05-30T18:50:47Z] <midfavila> no
[2024-05-30T18:51:05Z] <midfavila> you can connect to public instances but then you have to trust that sysop and you're limited to what their system supports