salamander014

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by salamander014 4mo ago
I've wanted to do this for a while. Thanks for detailing your setup! I hope one day I find the time to try it. I've also always yearned for more usability from just the command line. There's no tui spotify client, is there? M
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by salamander014 6mo ago
This so much. The number of times I’ve had to defend someone else’s customers let alone my own is exhausting. And that dynamic is only allowed within close circles. I’ve found once “the decision” is made, the bigger the subsequent meeting,
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by salamander014 2y ago
I’ve also always wanted this, but what I’ve realized after noodling on it a while is I’d really just prefer a way to use git, and push markdown documents to the Notes System. I dont want a different system handling edits reviews and merges.
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by salamander014 2y ago
Sorry if I'm being thick, but why not just cache the response? If you are guessing at the data anyway, what's the difference? Why set up an entire speculative execution engine / runtime snapshot rollback framework when it sou
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by salamander014 2y ago
Hey cool project! I had the same need, and solved it a very different way. I set up a wireguard server on a publicly accessible VPS. The neat part about using "lscr.io/linuxserver/wireguard:latest" is that it allows my t
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by salamander014 2y ago
> punish the grumpy ones in favor of the people-pleasers, that this crap happens This isn’t exclusive to technology, but I see this all the time at my large organization. As a grump, I have to pick which shitstorm to care about and spend
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by salamander014 2y ago
So this is a config standard for the infrastructure underneath something like remote vscode / devcontainers?
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by salamander014 2y ago
For the first bit, all I can think is a compose file. Also podman can run k8s configs locally, which I personally hope all of that eventually washes into the same thing. It feels like we already have the tools to make this a "solved&qu
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by salamander014 2y ago
So, I know very little about this devcontainer spec. Can I just ask, what value does this spec provide that a simple docker image containing the necessary tools does not already provide? Why do we need another layer on top? What am I missin
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by salamander014 3y ago
Historically, C compilers attempted to build the list of all symbols in one pass of the files. Sometimes, functions may call other functions in the same code file. This required that functions be declared before they are referenced so C kne
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by salamander014 3y ago
I’ve done this to automate and… err… “template” multiline string values back into valid yaml for proper indenting. Works great, the issue is explaining to anybody why it was necessary, they understand it works but plead for a better way. It
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by salamander014 3y ago
Hey this is very cool. I did something similar with Kubernetes, work has some OSE clusters that will generate DNS for you, it works great and the devs love using it. It’s a little bespoke but its simple and gets a lot of attention. Plus sin
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by salamander014 3y ago
Are you me? I’ve been working on the same thing for a few months now. Not only is it more customizable / less complicated than helm / other solutions, but GNU gettext is almost 30?! years old at this point, and environment variabl
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by salamander014 3y ago
My wife has a 2022 VW. If the door is not closed and you shift into drive, you also get a very loud annoying beep and visuals. Not only that, the brakes engage and the car LOCKS ITSELF IN PARK AND DOES NOT LET YOU DRIVE EVEN THOUGH THE SHIF
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by salamander014 3y ago
Use the service resource in Kubernetes to order a load balancer in different clouds. You need different tags, they function and are configured differently, and you still need to learn how it works in your cloud. Contrast this with the contr
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by salamander014 4y ago
For folks who aren't aware, Ben Eater has a great channel on Youtube also based on the 6502. Basically, build a computer from literal spare ICs. Every video is nearly a chapter out of a CE / EE encyclopedia. Worth every second wat
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by salamander014 4y ago
It's more about what happens once there is an issue. I agree if something works and remains unchanged it will probably stay reliable, the issue is once you introduce a change, even nowadays you can possibly break something that isn&#x2
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by salamander014 4y ago
If it went viral, yes. I agree most of the time I feel like the world is run by evil folks twiddling their fingers in secret. This is not one of those times. I agree there's a chance there are better word choices or feedback for some c
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by salamander014 4y ago
I try to subscribe to the idea that if you cannot adequately describe your commit in a small number of characters (~50 is plenty I feel), your commit is likely too complicated. One size does not fit all, and if a workflow ain't broken
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by salamander014 4y ago
Real programmers leave for more pay before somebody asked about backups.
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by salamander014 5y ago
I think people are missing the forest for the trees with this. In my view, the reason Docker has all the hype is because I can look at a Dockerfile, and know what's up. In seconds. Sometimes in milliseconds. It's a user experience
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by salamander014 5y ago
From a quick skim of the PRs, it looks like OP was using CString everywhere, and messing with pointers in unsafe blocks, called from safe blocks of code. Generally speaking, these 2 things alone are basic errors when coding proper Rust. The
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by salamander014 5y ago
The fact is, most people can't write bug free code, that is also maintainable. It's a skill that takes years to hone. Even someone that is smart enough to understand all possible code paths and can prove it is bug free, doesn&#x27
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by salamander014 5y ago
Mine uses pandoc and core utils to convert markdown to html and shoves it into an existing page template to create a blog post. I could add menu / link tracking pretty easily but I don't need it. My script is less than 15 lines lo
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by salamander014 5y ago
I agree. I like the idea of visualizing previous item in some way, maybe faded instead? Should give the same effect.
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by salamander014 5y ago
That entire industry needs a level of reliability several orders of magnitude more than any other industry. They couldn't redeploy servers even if they wanted to. I'm by no means an expert Space Systems Engineer. But any NASA te
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by salamander014 5y ago
Using physical hardware for as long as possible is absolutely the right mindset. For cost, reliability, environmental reasons, and many more. This post was about an operating system (Software). People shouldn't be using code that is no
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by salamander014 5y ago
In what use case is non-ephemeral IT infrastructure necessary?
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by salamander014 5y ago
Generally speaking I agree we need to force the rest of the industry into a more ephemeral mindset for infrastructure. BUT this looks like it is only for ESM, which you need an Ubuntu Advantage subscription for. If that's the case, the
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by salamander014 5y ago
I've used the Open Weather Map API in the past ( https://openweathermap.org/api ). It's free for a reasonable number of requests and has a solid API and a good variety of functionality. Yours looks well designed! I

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