Posts by samebchase@fantastic.earth
(DIR) Post #Ac220b2Hx6bcNzBtMu by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2023-11-21T12:49:39Z
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I was asked to create a more 'presentable' resume, so for now, I've taken the plain text resume at https://www.samebchase.com/s/resume.txt and created a one-page PDF version https://www.samebchase.com/s/resume.pdfIt was fun to dust off my basic LaTeX skills. Will improve this gradually.Let me know what you think!
(DIR) Post #AcnPC7z47GX5jTVaIS by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2023-12-14T05:13:40Z
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@goldstein Hmm, even in the official documentation it seems to require the `|` (slip) operator. https://docs.raku.org/routine/reduceCould any experienced Rakoon let us know why this is necessary?#rakulang
(DIR) Post #AcnisYY3dfw7Pbowue by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2023-12-14T13:00:26Z
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@s3thi My favourite kind of tests are integration tests.Other than being painful to write, and slow to run, they are the only real way you can know that the code works.
(DIR) Post #Acp9HBk2MZ8dsrn30i by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2023-12-15T05:32:31Z
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@abesamma We look back a few decades where smoking was as common and socially acceptable as drinking coffee. Hope we reach that level of awareness with digital addictions as well.
(DIR) Post #Aczlo23SFhl6j0sPj6 by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2023-12-20T08:33:17Z
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@s3thi Go is one of the perfect languages to write at work. Straightforward, can be debugged at 3 AM. Great tooling. I had a good time with it for 5ish months. I wouldn't mind writing it again.Do I wanna explain to a manager that the thing is delayed because I am not able to figure out what the Rust compiler wants me to do?For having a bit of fun, or for general creative expression, there are other unopinionated options.
(DIR) Post #Ad3madDj6stY9KEp6G by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2023-12-22T06:52:30Z
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@nixCraft Common Lisp and Perl.
(DIR) Post #AdUoIPbJmSZJLsECgK by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2024-01-04T07:31:37Z
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Sometimes when I see I link I get a strong feeling it is going to be a Wikipedia link, and I'm right almost all the time.Does anyone else experience this?
(DIR) Post #Aq5yCQ27axRRIjf0tc by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-01-15T04:40:01Z
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@herag https://codesurfers.net/2021/10/02/personal-information-management.htmlWrote about it in detail here. Rnote is something new that I have picked up.
(DIR) Post #As0K4cAM96Qs8sVXN2 by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-03-13T05:35:06Z
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If you had unlimited money, what are the pieces of software you would buy out and release as open source?
(DIR) Post #AsGwrRX4tWWiMMQSBM by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-03-21T06:03:12Z
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Found this cool compact calendar while randomly looking around in #Gemini capsules.gemini://laniakea.rodoste.de/journal/2024-12-22-calendar-for-2025.gmiAre you aware of any other such compact calendar representations?
(DIR) Post #AsGwrZQHYfqOpbJ8hU by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-03-21T06:09:07Z
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Will be cool to write a terminal app for this, which highlights the current day, and the day of the week so that it will be easier to read.There's already https://github.com/coke/raku-cal which is a `cal` implementation.Which language should I write it in? 😉 🦋 #rakulang
(DIR) Post #AuGQvYKUp7g6UP7iDI by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-05-19T19:03:02Z
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I've been a customer of @OpenBSDAms for a few years now. Every now and then I used to get an email that they upgraded the #OpenBSD version, but I never got around to upgrading my VM.With the latest upgrade they upgraded to OpenBSD 7.7, but my VM was on 7.0.Being several years behind made me anxious. I started wondering if I needed to provision a new VM, and move all my stuff to it.But, then I felt I could try upgrading. Took a backup of all my files.I was able to upgrade from.7.0 -> 7.1 (reboot)7.1 -> 7.2 (reboot)7.2 -> 7.3 (reboot)7.3 -> 7.4 (reboot)7.4 -> 7.5 (reboot)7.5 -> 7.6 (reboot)7.6 -> 7.7 (reboot)Now, I am on the latest version. If this seamless 7-upgrade is not an absolute master class in software engineering, I don't know what is. OpenBSD developers, take a bow! 🙇🏽♂️
(DIR) Post #AucRrNPQaXpAyrxyPA by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-05-28T17:42:16Z
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@abnv I would strongly recommend against using a pre-packaged setup.1. You can get a lot of mileage with default emacs. It's perfectly usable as a text editor from day 1.2. Explore use-package and install a handful of packages you need, maybe haskell-mode, magit etc.3. Try out org mode, maybe try using it to drive your day as a todo list.4. Someday, you'll need to do X. Check if there's an emacs package for X, and see if that makes anything smoother for you. e.g. I needed to write a short script (as in a skit), and I found fountain-mode which turned out to make the process enjoyable.5. You'll need to write yourself a small function to save you some time.6. Finally, you may release an emacs package for others to use.I am at 5. I hope to hit 6 someday.Someone with a 50 piece drum-kit, is not automatically superior than a djembe or tabla player. The whole point is to make music.
(DIR) Post #AucRrPP9AYmvAZqmFE by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-05-28T18:31:17Z
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@abnv I agree that the defaults and the keybindings and the initial experience are unhelpful/bad/jarring/surprising for a newbie. In the initial days it's better to not fight it, and to go with the idiosyncrasies ("M-w" to copy stuff and not the usual Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V copy-paste), and with no expectation of a conventional/familiar experience. It is 50+ years old after all. As you begin to use it despite these quirks it soon becomes clear that it is extremely and infinitely customizable. You can then begin to accept less and less of its quirks, and gradually (yak) shave away those parts.Soon enough, you'll find something entirely tailored to how you operate and what you expect. It takes time. The problem about opinionated defaults, is that it someday those extra packages will surely break or refuse to do what you need them to. That will be a lot harder to debug than incrementally building up a configuration that you deeply understand.
(DIR) Post #AvG6qbX5f1mBbESi92 by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-06-18T09:46:38Z
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Check out this new terminal based browser called chawan https://chawan.net/gallery/index.htmlBuilt it from source and tried it out yesterday. Works beautifully.It also works with #Gemini #Gopher as well.
(DIR) Post #AyYbBNAcQlkKjGBAaO by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-09-25T05:54:10Z
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This is prescience. 🤯https://mst3k.interlinked.me/@artemis/103593164283415630
(DIR) Post #B0GYX3Ejl5aIjkX6LQ by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-11-15T09:54:31Z
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@aral 🔥🔥🔥
(DIR) Post #B14QgqKRRzNdBj5pqK by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2025-12-09T11:22:51Z
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@strypey $10 seems expensive for a glass of sugarcane juice. Is that similar to the price of fresh juice?
(DIR) Post #B28cq4ofvInS8ApWOe by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2026-01-10T03:04:06Z
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Did a test video call with Magicall yesterday https://magicall.online/The framerate was good and the audio was clear. I'll be using this for any video call links I need to share.
(DIR) Post #B2JVHD0cuP4KSrPEW0 by samebchase@fantastic.earth
2026-01-15T15:46:24Z
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@aral wow, disappointing to hear this. This seems as bad to me as if Wikipedia had started a cryptocurrency in the heyday of crypto.