Post AkqJyJdZ7muwNUnCSG by PJ_Evans@mas.to
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 (DIR) Post #AkqAnrPoIaXwMlIYvA by foone@digipres.club
       2024-08-11T00:24:25Z
       
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       I nearly started on a project and only stopped because I realized I was thinking "it can't be that hard to compile Firefox!"
       
 (DIR) Post #AkqB3oZEegjSAOJYQ4 by eltonfc@bertha.social
       2024-08-11T00:27:25Z
       
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       @foone as a #genoo user, I say yes, yes it is.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkqCz18AiVgdalUnrc by trevorflowers@machines.social
       2024-08-11T00:49:08Z
       
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       @foone You dodged that bullet.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkqEdBp4U3YQI2HV6u by humbird0@mstdn.party
       2024-08-11T01:07:20Z
       
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       @foone But don't you realize? Foolish optimism is the only reason anything interesting gets accomplished. After all, starting is the hardest part of any project.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkqEiUG1N60GubPeee by foone@digipres.club
       2024-08-11T01:07:55Z
       
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       Instead I'm just going to set up a windows 7 VM and then intentionally break all the fonts on it
       
 (DIR) Post #AkqEmqcMB8IbQ3wIxE by linear@nya.social
       2024-08-11T00:26:47.928Z
       
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       @foone@digipres.club one time my wife (then girlfriend) admitted to me while talking about something she was doing that she accidentally was compiling firefox on her phone. twice. simultaneously. and she didn't see anything wrong with this
       
 (DIR) Post #AkqEmrRP7L8FyNp4WO by foone@digipres.club
       2024-08-11T01:08:11Z
       
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       @linear wow. Did her pocket catch on fire?
       
 (DIR) Post #AkqJyJdZ7muwNUnCSG by PJ_Evans@mas.to
       2024-08-11T02:07:24Z
       
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       @foone I dumped a Pascal compiler once, to see how it worked. Lots of non-relative address, and it modified its own code in one place.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkqRMJhHFkIDC0v7aq by h3net@fosstodon.org
       2024-08-11T03:29:59Z
       
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       @foone I feel seen.
       
 (DIR) Post #Akqg16HbQhy6oxFiim by gabrielesvelto@fosstodon.org
       2024-08-11T06:14:12Z
       
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       @foone it is not particularly hard, bootstrapping your system can be done automatically from the repo and there's a step-by-step guide for every platform in the docs. If you encounter specific issues you can ask for help in the #introduction channel of chat.mozilla.org. There's always someone hanging out there who can help (including me).
       
 (DIR) Post #Akr6AglxjGApPEgaDQ by jeremy_list@hachyderm.io
       2024-08-11T11:07:13Z
       
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       @foone I have compiled Firefox before but that was when one could just do `./configure && make` and wait for a few hours.