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  • I have a 15yo kid with ASD. While she is highly functional, goes to a good public school, she can’t decide which trash bin to use and will just freeze for a while, overthinking it… She can talk for hours about the anatomy of a cat, but knows nothing about politics, or how the world functions… I think 16 is too young to vote, but my perspective is warped.







  • Same. Grew up watching Cartoon Network, HBO and the Discovery Channel with no subs (or dubs, they are not a thing in RO). Then there was music (lyrics) and later on video games and the Internet. It helped not having any OS or software available in my native language. Even to this day I use my phone and computer in English.

    While I did have English classes at school (6th to 12th), the level was rather basic… I also took French for 10 years, and I can barely speak it. Otoh, I didn’t take one Italian class, but I can speak some, and understand almost everything. Again, this is because we had a bunch of Italian TV channels in the early 90s.


  • Kids are like sponges, especially when it comes to languages.

    We lived in Romania until a few years ago, when we moved to Germany. We speak Romanian at home, and they have a decent grasp. The oldest is fluent, with no accent, the youngest lacks vocabulary, applies German grammar rules and has a bit of German accent. All of them speak German fluently, and they use it when they talk to each other, with friends and at school. They are also fluent in English, and that is because of the media. I only use English when it comes to devices OS/interface, streaming services etc, and they are used to it. They consume YouTube, Netflix etc in English only.

    They sometimes mix the languages, especially when talking to us, since their exposure to Romanian is limited.





  • Hey, sorry for the late reply.

    I remember installing xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland instead of xdg-desktop-portal, and in my hyprland config I have:

    exec-once = dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
    exec-once = systemctl --user import-environment WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
    

    I can’t remember everything I tried… I didn’t keep track. I’ve been using this setup for close to 3 years now…

    I know that for Ferdium I used the extra params --ozone-platform=wayland --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform, but I think it doesn’t need them anymore (I use it for Teams and other chat apps with screensharing).

    For Discord I use Webcord, which works just fine, also with screen sharing, I didn’t have to do anything.

    When it comes to key bindings, here’s my working setup:

    # binds
    $mainMod  = SUPER
    $lock     = playerctl --player=mpd,firefox,mpv -a pause ; ~/.config/hypr/scripts/swaylock
    
    bind = $mainMod,       Q, killactive,
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, Q, exit,
    bind = $mainMod,       X, exec, $lock # lock
    
    bind = $mainMod,       RETURN, exec, alacritty
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, RETURN, exec, alacritty -t scratchpad --class scratchpad
    bind = $mainMod,       E,      exec, nemo
    bind = $mainMod,       W,      exec, firefox
    bind = $mainMod,       R,      exec, rofi -show drun --allow-images
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, E,      exec, wofi-emoji
    bind = $mainMod,       P,      pseudo, # dwindle
    
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, Space, togglefloating,
    bind = $mainMod,       F,     fullscreen, 1 # maximize window
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, F,     fullscreen, 0 # fullscreen
    
    bind = $mainMod,       S, exec, grim -g "$(slurp)" - | wl-copy      # screenshot selection to clipboard
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, S, exec, grim -g "$(slurp)" - | swappy -f -  # screenshot selection and open in swappy
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, R, exec, wf-recorder -a -g "$(slurp)" -f "${HOME}/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%m-%s).mkv" -c h264_vaapi -d /dev/dri/renderD128 &>/dev/null           # screenrecord
    
    bind  = ,XF86AudioMute,         exec, pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle
    binde = ,XF86AudioLowerVolume,  exec, pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -2%
    binde = ,XF86AudioRaiseVolume,  exec, pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +2%
    bind  = ,XF86AudioMicMute,      exec, pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle
    binde = ,XF86MonBrightnessUp,   exec, light -A 5
    binde = ,XF86MonBrightnessDown, exec, light -U 5
    
    # resize windows
    binde = $mainMod, left,  resizeactive, -40 0
    binde = $mainMod, right, resizeactive, 40 0
    binde = $mainMod, up,    resizeactive, 0 -40
    binde = $mainMod, down,  resizeactive, 0 40
    
    # move focus
    bind = $mainMod, h, movefocus, l
    bind = $mainMod, l, movefocus, r
    bind = $mainMod, k, movefocus, u
    bind = $mainMod, j, movefocus, d
    
    # move windows
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, h, movewindow, l
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, l, movewindow, r
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, k, movewindow, u
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, j, movewindow, d
    
    # switch workspaces
    bind = $mainMod, 1, workspace,  1
    bind = $mainMod, 2, workspace,  2
    bind = $mainMod, 3, workspace,  3
    bind = $mainMod, 4, workspace,  4
    bind = $mainMod, 5, workspace,  5
    bind = $mainMod, 6, workspace,  6
    bind = $mainMod, 7, workspace,  7
    bind = $mainMod, 8, workspace,  8
    bind = $mainMod, 9, workspace,  9
    bind = $mainMod, 0, workspace, 10
    
    # move windows to workspace without switching (silent)
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 1, movetoworkspacesilent,  1
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 2, movetoworkspacesilent,  2
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 3, movetoworkspacesilent,  3
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 4, movetoworkspacesilent,  4
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 5, movetoworkspacesilent,  5
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 6, movetoworkspacesilent,  6
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 7, movetoworkspacesilent,  7
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 8, movetoworkspacesilent,  8
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 9, movetoworkspacesilent,  9
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT, 0, movetoworkspacesilent, 10
    
    # move/resize windows with LMB/RMB
    bindm = $mainMod, mouse:272, movewindow
    bindm = $mainMod, mouse:273, resizewindow
    
    # scroll through existing workspaces
    bind = $mainMod, mouse_down, workspace, e+1
    bind = $mainMod, mouse_up,   workspace, e-1
    
    # switch workspace with mouse back/fw buttons
    bind = $mainMod, mouse:276, workspace, m+1
    bind = $mainMod, mouse:275, workspace, m-1
    
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT,up,focusmonitor,u
    bind = $mainMod SHIFT,down,focusmonitor,d
    
    binde = $mainMod, TAB, workspace, previous