#specifically the backspace key

[fbfh]

no but like-

you made me feel alright about being short?? bestie that's a crime

but thank you <3

OH MY GOD BABES!!!!!! STOP I'M GONNA CRY-

no fr but more roddy x short!reader bc I said so. if there's one thing rodrick loves to do, it's to loom over you affectionately. he loves how cute you look when you look up at him or stretch up to get closer to him. he loves when you're both sitting down and you wrap your arms around his waist and rest your head on his chest with zero effort. you really do fit together like puzzle pieces. you're the cutest goddamn height difference couple on earth. one of my favorite tropes has to be loser boyfriend gets boyfriend material scent on him from you, and now the girls that used to ignore him or make fun of him are trying to get with him and switch up almost comedically fast. following that, the amount of pick me girls who try to cozy up to your roddy and be like "omg I'm so short and small" expecting him to agree, but he just looks at them for a second, places his hand flat on the top of their head, and lines it up with him. "not really." their look of horror only increases when he goes "yeah it sucks, I really like short girls." rodrick calls you one day informing you he can't go on the date you had planned together because he got grounded. you ask why this time. rodrick mentally flashes back to greg asking why rodrick is dating you, and saying "they're basically my height." it doesn't matter if it's hyperbole or not, all the matters is that rodrick kicked his ass and concequently got grounded. "you know my mom, same old bullshit. it doesn't matter though, I'll just sneak out tonight. leave your window unlocked." god if you could kiss him through the phone you would.

[volivolition]

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[truly if anymore of the letters of my keyboard break (this includes several numbers and one of the parenthesis btw) im for real gonna run out of keybinds to replace them with </3]

[autisticcassandracain]

choose violence: 3 + 8

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

All three asks I got for this ask meme wanted to know this one lmao. Sadly I have a bad memory so I had to scroll through the takes I've screenshotted and sent to my friends to make fun of, and while I'd like to stress that this is from Forever ago, and that I do not remember who posted it or what the context was: one screenshot stated that after Barbara, Cass's healthiest relationship was with her father. Now, I don't know how exactly you'd have to manipulate to bracket to have David Cain be in the running for 'healthiest relationship with Cassandra Cain', but he'd still lose. Literally the entire batfam, including Bruce and Jason fucking Todd, has a healthier relationship with Cass than David Cain. Lady Shiva has a healthier relationship with Cass. I don't know if this is The Worst Take Ever but it's certainly up there.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

I mean there are a Lot but everyone's heard the complaints about fanon fans' opinions by now so let's do a spicier one. I think it's weird that everyone (on the Deathstroke Hater side of the fandom) unanimously classifies Deathstroke as an abusive/bad dad to Joey and Grant prior to the throat cutting incident.

I'm sure there's canon that contradicts it (I've never read a Deathstroke solo ever because I think it'd be miserable) but in NTT he is literally textually a good dad prior to All That. And I recognize that this is because he's Wolfman's specialest little boy more than anything but I still think it's significantly more interesting for literally the entire Wilson family but especially Joey if Deathstroke was like, legitimately a pretty good dad right up until he weighed his son's life against his ego and found his son's life wanting. The whiplash between 'absent and doesn't quite get Joey but genuinely loving and trying' and 'lets his son's throat get cut for no good reason and then immediately tries to bail without visiting him in the hospital with the full expectancy that his wife will just take this' is really compelling to me. And there seems to be this universal acceptance that Deathstroke was a bad/abusive dad prior to All That and I just don't understand why people state that so confidently when at least one version of canon outright contradicts it.

That said anyone who considers Deathstroke a good or even mediocre dad is even more wrong because he did, in fact, do All That and also we haven't even talked about Rose Wilson so. L. So yeah everyone is wrong about Deathstroke's parenting capabilities except me.

[theliteraryarchitect]

How to Keep Yourself From Editing As You Write

Not to say there's anything wrong with editing as you write, but if you want to stop yourself and find you can't, here are some tips.

1. Write longhand or on a typewriter.

Not only is it more difficult to edit as you write, changing mediums can help you establish new habits.

2. Try one of the many writing apps that come with features that discourage editing.

Cold Turkey Writer won't let you close the window until you reach a certain number of words. The Most Dangerous Writing App will delete all your progress if you stop typing. And I know there are at least a few apps that disable the backspace key.

3. Set a timer and a word-count goal.

This relies a bit on willpower, but the timer really helps. I talk about the specific process I use in this post.

4. Take a break from reading writing advice.

While you can’t ever “un-know” what you’ve learned, it’s especially difficult if you’re constantly absorbing critical information while at the same time trying to be creative. Give your right brain some space. Go outside, read fiction, paint or draw. Get away from your Tumblr feed. Turn off the internet while you write.

5. Practice, and be patient.

You’ve developed a habit of editing-while-writing and it will take some time to reverse it. Give yourself short practice sessions of not editing: Try to write 50 words without editing. Do some timed freewriting. Think of it as a muscle that needs to be exercised to get stronger.

Hope this helps!

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@theliteraryarchitect is a writing advice blog run by me, Bucket Siler, a writer and developmental editor. For more writing help, download my Free Resource Library for Fiction Writers, join my email list, or check out my book The Complete Guide to Self-Editing for Fiction Writers.

[mayajadewrites]

For Me (Levi Ackerman x Reader)

summary: Levi Ackerman has a staring problem. Specifically staring at a woman that he has been admiring at his local coffee shop for months. She doesn't usually notice, however, one day she did. She would flip his world upside down, but would she let him in her world?

pairing: levi ackerman x reader

modern attack on titan au (no titans)

CHAPTER ONE: EARL GREY

ao3

"One Earl Grey tea." The barista at your favorite locally owned coffee shop sings. She's always in the best mood, even on days where the sky looks like it's about to break out into tears. "If it isn't my favorite regular!" She smiles and slides the tea towards me. "Writing anything good today?"

"One can only hope." You smile, grabbing the cup of tea. The steam is almost dancing off of the hot liquid, the warmth gracing your skin. "I'm working on my latest fiction novel. Romance is not the easiest to write for, contrary to popular belief." You offer her a warm smile. "I'll see you soon."

"Good luck!" She waved as you walked to your usual table. The coffee shop is based off earthy tones, plants hanging in the corner along with welcoming decor. As you sink into your seat, you feel a pair of eyes on you. You think about looking up into the eyes that could burn a hole in your skin, but you don't. You have work to do. 

Your tote bag sits on the seat next to you, almost bursting with anything one would need for a day out. You pick your headphones out of the bottomless pit and pick out your 'writing playlist'. Next, your laptop. As you open it, you stare at your reflection across the black screen. A sigh leaves your lips as you type in your password and begin brainstorming for your next novel. 

Your books have become more popular as more people are reading now-a-days. Thanks to social media, a few of your books have gone semi-viral. Typically you write fiction, specifically romance. Your fans are usually on the younger side, falling in love with your characters and wishing for more books featuring them. 

You bite your lower lip as you begin typing, only to press down on the backspace key a few seconds later. Since when is coming up with ideas so hard for you? 

You feel goosebumps populate your skin as you sense the same pair of eyes looking at you again. This time, you indulge. Your eyes meet his steel grey ones and it feels like time has stopped. The world now only contains you and him. You expect him to look away, but he keeps staring. 

Raising an eyebrow, you continue to hold his gaze. Without looking down, he takes a sip of his tea from the ceramic white mug that comes with every drink. 

His jet black hair mostly stays on one side, covering one of his eyebrows. You notice his undercut, which looks like he just recently got it buzzed. You study his skin, clear of any imperfections. His mouth is almost in a straight line, but his lips are pouting ever so slightly. He is dressed like he's going to work as a CEO - suit, tie, all that. 

You break the staring contest you were participating in when you hear someone next to you trying to get your attention. 

"Hey, sorry to bother you." A man with light brown hair smiled, watching you take your headphones off.

"Okay..." You look at the man, waiting for him to speak. "Did you need something?" 

"I-I just wanted to tell you that you're beautiful." His cheeks began to turn a shade of red. "And I would like your number." His eyes darted to the floor. You raise an eyebrow, analyzing his face. He looks young, can't be older than 23. You notice a group snickering as the man seemingly embarrasses himself in front of you by the color of red that is burning his cheeks. 

"Do you have a name?" You ask, taping your almond shaped fingernails on your laptop. You look down at your hands and admire your perfect manicure with your favorite nude shade of nail polish.

"Jean. I'm sorry, I should have started with that." 

"Yeah, maybe." You glance at the group again. "Are those your friends?"

"Yes. They didn't think I was man enough to come up to you and ask for your number, which is why they're rudely staring right now." 

"I appreciate your bravery, Jean." You smile at him, holding your palm out. "Hand me your phone." 

Without hesitation Jean slips his phone into your hand. You open up the contacts app and add your name and number. You tell Jean your name as you give his phone back to him. 

"Thank you. I'll... text you later?" Jean ended the sentence as a question. 

"What else would you do with my number?" You let out a soft laugh. "Yes, we'll talk soon." 

Jean walks back to his group of friends, putting his hands up to show victory. He's with 3 women, and 3 men. The men pat Jean on the shoulder while the women shake their hands, continuing whatever conversation they had going on before Jean came up to you. 

When you turn to focus on your laptop once again, you feel eyes on you again. 

This man will not stop staring, and he's almost shameless about it. 

__________________________________________________________

Back at your apartment, you begin your 'Sunday reset' of your apartment. It's a weekly tradition for you - your sheets get washed, the floors get mopped, and you get your house ready for the week to come. Since you spend most of your time there, you try to make it as clean as you can while still feeling like a lived in home. Your phone buzzes in your pocket as you strip your bed of your sheets. 

UNKNOWN NUMBER: Hey! It's Jean.

YOU: Hey there.

JEAN: Thank you again for giving me your number, I can't believe a woman as beautiful as you would even give me the time of day.

YOU: I admire your bravery and think it's cute that you got all red trying to talk to me. And thank you, you're very kind.

JEAN: Can I take you out for dinner this week? Wednesday?

YOU: Sounds like a plan. Text me where and what time and I'll meet you there. 

JEAN: Will do! :)

You smile to yourself as you put your phone on your side table next to your couch. Your mind wanders as you clean, leading back to the man that has a staring problem. Why was he staring? How long had he been staring for? 

[ardenrabbit]

Do you have any tips on how to be more confident in what you write? I feel like no matter what or how I write, it could always be better, and I fall into the trap of comparing my writing to others.

I also feel like my lack of confidence is very apparent and worry that it annoys others or makes for a self fulfilling prophecy.

Ahh pls always take my writing advice with a block of salt! 😅 I'm by no means the most well-equipped writer out there, but I'm happy to share what I've learned.

I truly understand this feeling. It fluctuates for me, like, some days I feel like I'm a writing god, and then some days I feel like everything I touch turns to incomprehensible, structureless, stale, and poorly researched gibberish. Unfortunately, my confidence is largely at the mercy of a personality disorder. 😅 BUT! There are some habits and rules that I've set for myself that make it easier!

Your writing could always be better, and that's okay! You will frequently read back on something you wrote a year ago and wish you had written it differently. That's inevitable and normal. Most of the time, that's just a great indicator of progress that you've made in your writing skill. The important part to remember is that there is no perfect way to write, so cut yourself some slack and just write what you enjoy at the time. Yeah, endeavor to do your best and present a product that you're happy with, but don't ever expect it to be flawless. Embrace imperfection and keep going. It's the only way to practice and get better.

Everyone writes differently, and that's good too! It can be hard to see your own writing as good enough after you read the kind of content that makes you think, "That. That's how I want to write." There are works that have me screaming into my hands and wanting to hold myself to a higher standard, but I can't afford to let that paralyze me and keep me from writing to the best of my ability. The best I can do is take a deep breath, come to terms with the tragic fact that I will never have written Boomchick's No Water Is Enough, and take notes on what I liked about their writing and how I can learn from it. Don't do content that you admire the disservice of letting it make you feel bad about yourself. That's not why its author wrote it.

Do not show weakness. I definitely don't always follow my own advice here, but it's just like in art school: don't point out the flaws in your work to your audience, or it will be all they can see. Resist the urge to type out anything self-deprecating in the author's notes. If you start, hit that backspace key. You can trick yourself into thinking you were more confident when posting it, too.

If you feel like your writing doesn't come across as confident within the work itself—why? Are you pulling punches with narrative decisions to avoid confrontation? Are you leaning into patterns that you've already seen written because you're hesitant to branch out? Find out where and why you're doing it and rework it! Take risks! Ride the adrenaline! Be free!!

Periodically reread your own stuff and take note of what you like about it. Don't just nitpick at it; consciously and deliberately point out to yourself the things you think you did well. It doesn't have to be perfect or the best! Also take note of the things you had the most fun with. What lines of dialogue made you happy to write? What event made you happy to see executed? Example: I'm proud of how I handle characterizations and dialogue, and I have the most fun when there are big turns in events!

Along with that, pick a technical weakness you want to work on. Don't beat yourself up about not being the best in that area; instead, keep it in mind and put a little more effort into that when you write. Again, it's okay if it's not perfect. Don't agonize or let it get you stuck, but gently acknowledge that you want to get better at that specific thing. Shoring up your weak spots will make you feel more confident about the work as a whole, and it's reassuring to feel like you're strengthening your skills. Example: I feel like my weakness is scenery/environment, so I stop and try to add a little more detail about that in each scene that needs it (otherwise I will just breeze right over it and only write dialogue lol). It helps me feel like I'm taking control of my weak spots and improves the scene from the bottom up.

Above all, WRITE FOR YOURSELF. You won't make everyone else in the world happy, and you won't write anything you like if you don't write what you want to read. Be selfish when you write and just do what makes you happy! Dance like nobody's watching and all that.

I hope there was something helpful here for you! The best advice I can give is to be patient with yourself, keep practicing, and write what you're excited about. You've got this!! I believe in you!!

[scoobydoodean]

Which of these bugs occur when you are using the Tumblr post editor and continue to occur at least intermittently?

Pressing "Enter" or "Return" key in the mobile editor to split a block of text in two deletes all text below the cursor.

Undo hot keys delete almost your entire post permanently.

A block of text you highlighted will not delete when pressing Backspace/Delete key.

Links inserted around specific words shift to different words in your sentence after you post.

Highlighting a solitary block of text to format it as indented, bulleted, etc also indents or bullets a separate block of text above or below that you did not highlight.

Difficulty accurately arranging image posts because the highlighted placement keeps jumping around on a hair trigger.

Applied formatting like bold, italics, or small text randomly disappears from the leading word in a sentence.

All of these are issues I experience with the Tumblr post editor intermittently and have for months or even years without any fix.

[lazar-codes]

11/05/2023 || Day 13

Started the day with 1 easy LeetCode problem to wake up (and boost my confidence), then moved onto learning Tree structures. Will actually try to implement tree traversal tmr, but I have the basic blueprint for the tree structure down.

In terms of my Wordle project, I just spent hours trying to figure out how to get keyboard input, and how to automatically switch to the next input field. To solve the first problem, there's good ol' "onkeypress = "doThisFunction()"", which was great, and the second problem was solved with modifying the focus of the current field. Then came the bigger problem; how can the user type input without physically clicking the field (because in the original Wordle, you don't have to click the field, nor can you click of a specific field to change the value; you have to use the backspace key for that). Well, this is where I struggled until I went on Stack Overflow to see if anyone had a similar question, and one person suggested making a div around the desired field to be a little larger than the field, to increase accessibility and such. And then it hit me; why not just move the "onkeypress" event to the body tag, and not the specific field? And voila, the user can now type their input without having to click on the field (and as a result, cannot enable a field, as they shouldn't be allowed to). I have no idea if this is ok to do -- adding a "onkeypress" event to the body tag, but that's the best I got for now! Otherwise, I'll just create a div that takes up the whole page and do the same...

[thecrazyneographist]

Ytrewq Sigils /j

A sigil system I created. Connect the letters you see in your message to spell it out.

Beginning marked with a circle, ending - with an arrowtip.

Repeating letters instead are allowed to be replaced by numerals from 1 to 0. Example -> Exampl1. 1337 is also allowed.

Caps Lock is used as a means of enforcing the will of some specific word.

The space is intentionally made large enough for many words to fit into the message.

2 Ctrl keys allow for a maximum of two proper nouns to be used per sigil.

Win Key means "success" - write down the thing you need success in and end it with Win Key. Use two of them if you really need a thing done.

2 Alt keys are meant to signify old intentions (from German, meaning "old"). Finish your intention with an Alt to signify the deed is finished. Left Alt means good ending, Right - foul, both - unknown result, hoping for the Left.

Enter key allows an inclusion of a branching glyph on a Keyboard placed below the first one, allowing for multiple glyphs in one system if you run out of letters or just have have some really specific/numerous problems.

Menu key = "per last glyph".

Backspace key if you accidentally make a mistake - erases the last letter you wrote :D

Grave accent - used for death wishes. Do not engage.

Hyphen - for spelling hyphenated words or, if you begin a glyph with it, for shortly saying the intention of getting rid of something.

Equals Sign - for the intention of Becoming.

Square brackets - for the intention of Safety.

Backslash - for casting foul wills onto something.

Slash - for casting success against enemies.

Semicolon - for ending chapters of life and beginning new ones.

Comma - for continuing life.

Period - for ending life or statement/intention.

Apostrophe - For spelling purposes (O'Neil, Ele’ele).

Tab - for the intention of Exchange.

[stagkingswife-services]

Hi there! May I get a clickity clack reading please? I'm trying to figure out if there is someone behind all the stuff that's going on in my life right now and some hints would be much appreciated

Hey Moonzooted!  Thanks for purchasing this reading! There are two sections for this reading:  Letter Keys and Symbol Keys, and they may take a few messages to send. For the former I pick about a dozen letter keys without repeats and arrange them into a few words.  These words are the messages being conveyed to you by whatever entity is present during this reading. The Symbol Keys are any keys from the keyboard that don't have a letter on them.  These keys give us some insight into what type of entity it is that is sending the above messages.  I will make no attempts to put a name on this entity.  These keys will simply give clues to the entity’s personality, type, disposition, and perhaps how they relate to you.  It’s then up to you to do any additional introspection, divination, or research you need to reach back out to this entity to continue the conversation.

Letter Keys: 

The keys picked at random: C I S W F P J B R V M H 

From those letters I was able to anagram the following words:

➳ Chirp 

➳ Brim

➳ Wish

Symbol Keys:

Delete:  Not to be confused with the “Backspace” key this is the key that removes the text in front of the cursor.  In that vein this entity is a way opener and a path clearer, a remover of obstacles and a trail marker.  They can be something of a destructive force, but in a constructive way: like clear cutting a field to plow and sow seeds in it, or cutting away a tree that has fallen across a forest path. This spirit may want to, or try to, remove things from your life in a similar way to move you forward. 

Mute: Entities associated with the mute key are often the speak when spoken to type.  They may be hanging around, either around you specifically or around the environment unrelated to you, but they are unlikely to initiate contact with a person of their own volition.  Maybe they’re shy, maybe they’re the type of spirit that doesn’t really think about humans until they are approached, etc.  Whatever the case may be you’ll likely need to be the one to start the conversation. End:  This key is tied to entities that are deeply loyal.  Once a strong bond is formed they will be with you as long as you want them around.

[rickyhansel]

Mechanical keyboard craze

You guys probably have heard about keyboard, no not the one that produces music, but the one that you use to type on your computer screen, and do you know that there are a group of people that willing to spend and take their time to buy, build, and customize their own keyboard up to their liking. Let me introduce you to the world of custom mechanical keyboard, you probably heard the word mechanical keyboard and its usually relates to those gamer and very loud and clicky keyboard.

This niche hobby started and documented on Geekhack.com, a place where people with keyboards and similar interest on keyboard gather and discuss and continue to grow bigger and bigger until today with lots of layout, colorful keycaps and keyboard with various age and variants, availability and many different custom mechanical keyboard forum appear in the wild such as Reddit thread, Facebook groups and Discord Communities.

This niche hobby of building a keyboard took a blast back when Nathan “ Taeha-types” Kim built a keyboard for a professional Fortnite player name Tfue, that cost a whopping 3500 USD which translates roughly to around 55 Million IDR today and gather around 8 Million views on his youtube channel, and after that video released, COVID-19 happens and all people were forced to work from home, and people still doesn’t know when will this pandemic going to end, so many people decide to revamp their work setup to make it as comfortable as they want, and some of them were fallen into this niche hobby and one of the discussion forum on reddit that commonly known as r/mk or r/Mechanical Keyboards, as for today the forum got 1.1 Million members with top 1% ranking on the entire reddit community.

After the whole brief history of the hobby, let’s get into what you need and how to make a custom keyboard for yourself. There are 6 main components that were required to make a keyboard.

Case: It’s the shell to keep your keyboard together, you usually come by a case that were made out of wood, plastic and aluminium,

Printed Circuit Board or PCB: This is the heart of the keyboards, where you put all your components together, the feature on a keyboards were determine by the PCB you use, maybe your PCB supports Bluetooth connectivity or your PCB got the RGB lighting and other stuff.

Plate: a plate functions as an alignment tool so your switches sit straight right on top of your PCB, plate material can be found in a plastic, brass, carbon fibre, and aluminium.

Switches: this is the part that makes every keys you press register a keystroke, switches comes in many colour and many flavours, the most commonly seen were Blue for clicky and tactile feeling on your switches, Red for linear type of switches without any feedback on the feel, and Browns for the soft tactile feedback every time you press on the switches.

Stabilizers or “stabs”: Stabs were used to help support the longer keys such as spacebar, enter, backspace and shift, this comes in various different sizes such as 2u that commonly used on shift, enter and backspace, and there is 7u and 6.25u that used on the spacebar.

Keycaps: the keys with letters and symbols on it with different colours and different shapes.

You might be wondering, why do I need to go through this many process just to build a keyboard, meanwhile I can buy a Logitech keyboard of from computer store for less money. Building or buying a custom keyboard really is a big game changer, you can choose the size of the keyboard, if you need numpad and function rows, you can go with something bigger, but if you don’t need those, you can go with something with a small form factor, or do you have a specific typing method, you can go with something more ergonomic, are you a loud typist or a silent typist, do you want it to be very heavy or portable, you can customize everything from the outside to the inside of the keyboard and from the sound to the feel of the keyboard.

[vim-official]

vimrc, git clone plugins into ~/.vim/bundle

" http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/starting.html#vimrc execute pathogen#infect()

set nocompatible " use vim defaults set scrolloff=3 " keep 3 lines when scrolling set ai " set auto-indenting on for programming

set showcmd " display incomplete commands set nobackup " do not keep a backup file set number " show line numbers set ruler " show the current row and column

set hlsearch " highlight searches set incsearch " do incremental searching set showmatch " jump to matches when entering regexp set ignorecase " ignore case when searching set smartcase " no ignorecase if Uppercase char present set relativenumber

set visualbell t_vb= " turn off error beep/flash "set novisualbell " turn off visual bell

set backspace=indent,eol,start " make that backspace key work the way it should "set runtimepath=$VIMRUNTIME " turn off user scripts, https://github.com/igrigorik/vimgolf/issues/129

set mouse=a set spell let g:lexical#spelllang = ['en_us'] let g:lexical#thesaurus = ['~/.vim/thesaurus/mthesaur.txt',] syntax on " turn syntax highlighting on by default filetype on " detect type of file filetype plugin indent on " load indent file for specific file type colorscheme dracula

set t_RV= " http://bugs.debian.org/608242, http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/browse_thread/thread/9770ea844cec3282 let g:ycm_global_ycm_extra_conf = "~/.vim/.ycm_extra_conf.py" set encoding=utf-8 let g:airline_theme='dracula' " let g:airline_theme='violet' let g:airline#extenstions#tabline#enabled = 1 let g:tex_flavor = 'latex' if !exists('g:ycm_semantic_triggers') let g:ycm_semantic_triggers = {} endif au VimEnter * let g:ycm_semantic_triggers.tex=g:vimtex#re#youcompleteme

nnoremap ^[ ^[ let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger = '' " use Tab to expand snippets let g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger = '' " use Tab to move forward through tabstops let g:UltiSnipsJumpBackwardTrigger = '' " use Shift-Tab to move backward through tabstops let g:UltiSnipsSnippetDirectories=[$HOME.'/.vim/UltiSnips'] " using Vim augroup pencil autocmd! autocmd FileType markdown,mkd call pencil#init() \ | call litecorrect#init() \ | call lexical#init() autocmd FileType tex call pencil#init() \ | call litecorrect#init() \ | call lexical#init() autocmd FileType text call pencil#init() \ | call litecorrect#init() \ | call lexical#init() augroup END au FileType markdown,text,tex DittoOn " Turn on Ditto's autocmds nmap di ToggleDitto " Turn Ditto on and off nmap =d DittoNext " Jump to the next word nmap -d DittoPrev " Jump to the previous word nmap +d DittoGood " Ignore the word under the cursor nmap _d DittoBad " Stop ignoring the word under the cursor nmap ]d DittoMore " Show the next matches nmap [d DittoLess " Show the previous matches

let g:pencil#wrapModeDefault = 'soft' " default is 'hard' setlocal fo+=aw nnoremap x ZZ

[thewatercolours]

Shop talk! Shop talk! Took me a minute to think of a few questions and I'm gonna throw them out there, don't feel obligated to answer all of them.

Is there any music/background noises/etc that you listen to to get into the writing groove? Does it depend on what you're writing?

Do you have your own set of guidelines when writing?

Has there ever been anything that you wrote that you've been genuinely impressed/proud of? Anything that when you look back you know you could revise?

Has there been anything in your work that made you go 'yeah, this is definitely inspired by [author/artist/movie/show]'? Who would you say is your biggest inspiration when you write?

What is your writing process?

Thanks for the awesome questions! Here we go overthinking, but having fun doing so.

Is there any music/background noises/etc that you listen to to get in the writing groove? Does it depend on what you’re writing?

I do love listening to music while I write, especially to ease into the process. I have a hummingbird sort of mind and music settles me in. Occasionally I’ll put on some KQ soundtrack, but more often I’ll shuffle my likes or put on a daily mix. That being said, I write with better quality without music, or if the music is tune-outable. I think it's because I’m very sound focused when I write. I listen for narrative sounds I like in my head. I listen for character voices and intonation as I try dialogue out. With Graham in particular, I make it a rule that I have to imagine game model Graham saying it in Keaton’s voice (even if he’s not human in the specific scene) and if it doesn’t come naturally, I go back to the drawing board. I do this better if there’s no music - but unless I’m already in deep focus, silence distracts me, so I play it by ear. I sometimes have used ambient soundscapes for my original writing. I should give that a try with fic.

Do you have your own set of guidelines when writing?

Ooh, I could interpret this question quite a few ways. Nothing formal or verbalized, but let me see if I can think of some of the norms I keep to when writing KQ. (These are just my take - other approaches are valid!)

1) Suffering, corruption, and evil are real, but hope, unselfish love, and joy are more powerful, and they get the last word.

2) Graham (or any POV protagonist) always takes an active role in his own story and makes the choices that push the story forward. Obviously some scenes will be more reactive, and they'll get thwarted in their efforts, but they can never merely be the victim/the observer. A scene where they’re completely passive needs a redo.

3) If a chance to slip in a game or fanon reference arises, it more or less must go in.

4) Anything that feels especially indulgent gets to stay. In writing in general, this is a bad policy. But I never regret it in the context of my fic. Besides, I tend to get confirmation in the comments that those parts a) feel the most like my writing, and b) are the parts they especially enjoy too.

I want to have more, but brain is glitching. If I push on further, I will accidentally unlock "I spent my teen years and early twenties devouring every writing blog online" mode and start getting opinionated about narrative psychic distance and such.

Has there ever been anything that you wrote that you've been genuinely impressed/proud of? Anything that when you look back you know you could revise?

Oh, I could revise everything. As you may have noticed, I get especially cringed out by how (er, I'm gonna be nice to myself here, i swear) by how overwritten my writing tends to be despite my efforts. (To my horror, some of my favourites from the Top Ten are among the worst offenders.) I was raised on a diet of rather old-fashioned books, and absorbed some of their flaws without the genius to enliven it. And sometimes I'd like to go back and take a good old backspace key to some of the things the characters say and do. But we don't restart the play when an actor misspeaks a line, and we still take the bows and smile at the audience, because it's all about joy, not perfection. And I wouldn't want my friends to get embarrassed by their old work. So I'll try, trudgingly, to get better, and not blush.

My healthiest form of being proud of my work tends to take the form of, "Yes! This story FEELS the way it's supposed to! I feel accomplished!"

... But admittedly I get MUCH more proud when a really nice comment comes in, and I reread the fic twice imagining it through the eyes of the commenter, and spend the next week revisting the comment and the fic. Right now I'm insufferably vain about the stupid toolbooth scene, because I'm still riding the high.

Has there been anything in your work that made you go 'yeah, this is definitely inspired by [author/artist/movie/show]'? Who would you say is your biggest inspiration when you write?

Well, first and foremost, you guys. I get lots of story ideas just from mentally riffing off your creations until it morphs into something different. But honestly, it's all a patchwork quilt of stories and shows I love, and it would be very hard to disentangle them! Um, let me see if I can think of conscious influences on specific scenes. I will say that Nelia is based a tiny bit on Molly Grue from The Last Unicorn, and her time living in that awful gladiator place was inspired by the chapters at Haggard's castle in both the book and the movie. And I vaguely remember that maybe the Well fic was meant to read a little bit like Frances Hardinge's style? (Maybe not specifically? But reading Hardinge a few years back was what got me back into writing after a bad time in my life, and I think my pale imitations of her have shown up in everything I write since, mostly without meaning too.)

What is your writing process?

Reinventing the process, or at least the rituals of the process, is the name of the game for me. Varying it up helps this scatterbrain stay interested! So I could just say, "I don't have one." And I might just - I've rewritten this paragraph as few times to try to pin it down, and I can't, so - writing's weird and different every time. Sometimes a ficlet gets written in a mad dash into the wee hours, and sometimes it percolates for months and gets dragged out over weeks. Sometimes lots of checking the walkthroughs for accuracy, sometimes throwing caution to the wind. Sometimes obsessive editing, sometimes editing's optional. Sometimes scented candles and making my writing area pretty and special teas. Sometimes just plop into the oddly uncomfortable armchair and pound it out without regard to atmosphere. Sometimes brainstorm with my brother, sometimes secrecy and suddenness.

[tobias-nf]

2023 recap and 2024 plans.

Hey everyone, this year turned out to be a bit bumpy for my deskspace projects. Starting with the Iris Aluminum Edition, which ran into shipping troubles before the cases were even put up for sale (apparently the 3rd party shipping agent for the manufacturer used counterfeit shipping labes). Most of this batch couldn't be recovered and because of that a new set of cases was made as a replacement which delayed availability until late November. Keebio did use this as an opportunity to add two new colors into the fold, one of them being navy blue and it's the one I ended up getting.

I also had some trouble with the keycaps for this build. Back in May I pre-ordered GMK Peach Blossom which was supposed to ship by Q3 2023 but there's an ongoing dispute between the EU vendor of this set, MyKeyboard.eu and GMK (there's also quite a few more GMK sets that are also affected by this), unfortunately I only found out about all of this well after I had already paid for the keycaps. In the last update from mid October MyKeyboard.eu stated that they had reached an agreement to have some of the keycap sets released, this batch of a dozen or so sets didn't include Peach Blossom and it's been radio silence on this issue ever since. I considered refunding the pre-order but other people have been reporting that it takes forever to get your money back (if you get it back at all) so I dediced to just write it off as a loss and if MyKeyboard.eu does manage to sort things out maybe I'll still get the keycaps sometime in the future.

So with the original keycaps I had in mind stuck in limbo I decided to replace them with another set and got GMK Yuri (the monocolor Skydata base specifically). In hindsight it's kinda odd from me to not have gone for the Soviet Aeronautics themed keycap set in the first place. I think when I started looking for fitting keycaps earlier this year I wanted to have different colors for accents and the additional kit that would've made the standard Yuri base kit work better with split boards was already sold out and I dismissed it based on that.

Despite all these woes along the way I'm here now with a really wonderful keyboard, yay! The fitment on the aluminum case is excellent, the seam between the upper and lower halves is barely noticabley when you run your finger along it and the anodization on the outer sides is literally spotless. GMK Yuri has also massively grown on me with it's pale, light blue that's reminiscent of the cockpits from 80s Sukhoi aircraft, there were some initial worries that the orange legends on the keycaps would make for a harsh contrast based on the renders from the store page but the colors on the real ones actually mesh well together. On the board I have some Witch Girl switches from Mintlodica. This makes it my first tactile board and it feels really great to type on, the little bump on these switches also solved the accidental double taps that were a continued issue on my linear Tofu60 even after years of typing with it.

Adjusting to the split ergo typing experience has been relatively easy to my surprise. The largest hurdle was getting used to enter and backspace being on the thumb cluster but after roughly two weeks it started feeling very natural, now I actually think that those keys are much better placed here compared to where they'd be on a regular keyboard. Having a bit of distance between the two halves also corrected my old bad habit of never using right shift and typing with arms parallel is very comfortable. I dont think I type as fast as on my old Tofu60 yet but even so, the improvements in ergonomics that the Iris offers would not have me switch back to it.

I've also had some trouble laying the groundwork for the PC case swap I want to do next year as the case I've been eyeing, the Yuel Beast Motif Monument isn't being produced anymore and subsequently sold out (there are actually multiple copycat versions of this case but none of them seem like they match the original in build quality or aesthetics). Being an open frame made from a single sheet of bent steel would've made for a really unique looking PC, it would also avoid most of the clearance issues that usually come with small form factor cases and would even allow for easy maintenance of the eventual custom loop I want to build for this project.

While open cases/frames like this are a great showcase for components that also offer excellent thermal performance they do come with some notable downsides. The most obvious one being dust, for me this would've been a non-issue as there isn't a lot of buildup in my room and I clean my desk once a week with an electric duster anyway. The big issue that actually made me somewhat glad the Monument isn't an option is that I discovered that there's a ton of static buildup in my doom during the winter. At first it was a bit of static rustling coming from my IE 300 In-ear monitors alongside Windows showing some sort of USB disconnect error message whenever I stood up at my desk, something I originally dismissed as the IEMs or the extension cable they're attached to being damaged (the Sennheiser IE 300's dont exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to durability). Then one day after getting off my chair not only did the usual problems occur but my monitor also completely glitched out, for a moment I thought my GPU had died but fortunately everything fixed itself after turning the power on and off a few times, this event convinced me that I was dealing with some sort of ESD issue. Since this happened I've been a lot more mindful about the humitidy in my room and make sure to ground myself properly before doing anything at my desk, this mostly resolved the problems from what I can tell but I fear that my room would not make for a good enviroment to run an open frame build in.

So with the Motif Monument unavailable and my now higher caution around electrostatic discharge the current plan is to get a FormD T1 (I always knew it in my heart that my SFF journey would have me build in one of these sooner or later). I did completely miss that there was some kind of dispute between the people behind the T1 at some point and now the case is now being sold on two, very similar named websites. The original one hasn't had a restock for a while it seems but the other, newer storefront has had some variants of the case consistently availabe so hopefully I wont have trouble getting one sometime early next year.

A smaller addition to the desk this year are two of these bookshelves that I placed to the left and right under my monitor, they're from this shop on Etsy. Made from a single piece of bent steel (like the unobtainable Motif Monument) and coated in a pale, almost pastel green they fill the previously empty space nicely even with the monitor hiding a bit of their top.

I'm super glad I found them as I began reading manga this year, starting (unsurprisingly perhaps) with Laid-Back Camp which made me fall in love with that series all over again, the art of the original is just incredibly beautiful (not that the C-Station adaptation doesn't look great or anything, it's more that the manga really stands on its own in a way that could not have been adapted into motion). In addition to that K-On!'s four main volumes were something I enjoyed very much, a bit to my surprise as I heard people weren't huge on the four-panel style in comparison to the anime. I'm looking foward to continuing my Laid-Back journey throughout next year and also starting Bocchi the Rock!, all while filling my fancy new bookshelves along the way.

So this wraps up 2023 for me, despite a few hick-ups I'm pretty happy with how my deskspace evolved over the past twelve months. The PC case swap and the custom loop that will be built around it are shaping up to become a pretty massive task, so 2024 is already looking like it'll be very busy but I'm looking forward to sharing my progress on all of it in due time.

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what are your bindings for switching workspaces and dealing with scratchpad? curious to know what other people usually bind it to

it's not elegant and i'm still tweaking but this is roughly what i got:

$mod = super

mod1 = alt

custom scripts used:

$launchers = path/to/custom/rofi/script.py

$i3w22 = path/to/workspace/swapping/script.sh

calling rofi script in different modes:

$mod + backspace = exec $launchers 'pinned'

$mod + mod1 + minus = exec $launchers 'scratch'

$mod + mod1 + 0 = exec $launchers 'special'

the pinned mode is like a favourite applications selector and will either launch or focus the selected application (if open). the scratch mode is similar except it will first add a unique mark and then move that application to the scratchpad, or call it from the scratchpad via that mark. i use this to keep stuff like my password manager and a literal scratchpad notepad handy (it's just neovim w/ buftype=none set). the special mode is where i keep special preconfigured workspaces using the i3 layouts feature (eg my voip one that has my patchbay and noise gate vst). this mode either creates the workspace if it doesn't exist, or closes it if it does.

main workspace keybinds:

$mod + [shift +] {1..8} = [move container to] workspace {1..8}

$mod + [shift +] tab = [move container to] workspace back_and_forth (last used workspace)

$mod + [shift +] {bracketleft,bracketright} = [move container to] workspace next_on_output (1-4 are on output 0, 5-8 are on output 1)

$mod + [shift + ] numbersign = [move container to output right;] focus output right

$mod + mod1 + numbersign = move workspace to output right

$mod + shift + mod1 + numbersign = exec $i3wss

the semantic here is that $mod + <key> performs a non-destructive action on the level of workspaces and the shift key will move a container following the logic of <key>. the use of alt/mod1 is for 'alternative' actions, such as moving a workspace instead of a container (i try to use this rough 'action, shift option, alt action' semantic across all my keybinds). the $i3wss script will swap the two visible workspaces on my displays.

scratchpad stuff:

$mod + minus = scratchpad show

$mod + shift + minus = mark --add scratchpad; move scratchpad

most of the hard work is taken care of by that $launchers script that lets me have easy access to specific scratchpad containers. normal scratchpad operation is done by these keybinds here (the reason i mark scratchpad containers is from a failed experiment to see if i could avoid seeing the $launchers containers when cycling through the scratchpad. i really want 2 scratchpads - but that's not a thing lmao)

some of this stuff is subject to small changes and tweaks, but this part of my config is pretty set and quite comfy