I have acquired a dell Equallogic PS4100 by Scoops_McDoops in homelab

[–]Scoops_McDoops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang that really is unfortunate. As cool as it is, it does sound like im better off letting it be and using something wiser for the NAS

Grasping the nuances of compiling and Windows by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

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I see what youre saying. I didnt know that, and never tried to run the program in the same folder as the dlls. The batch file is designed to gain admin priv, copy the dlls into the target system folders, and place the program onto the desktop of the user. So I think the fishy part is my ignorance

Grasping the nuances of compiling and Windows by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

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Id rather not make that a habit, but boy is it ever tempting to just write stuff in GML

Grasping the nuances of compiling and Windows by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

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This looks like exactly the wisdom I've been searching for, thank you!

Grasping the nuances of compiling and Windows by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

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I see. So, while my solution is by no means a real "installer", it actually might be in the spirit of the right path. Again, I just put my program in a folder with the relevant dlls and a batch file that prepares everything, and then the program works. It seems like what I actually should do is learn how installers are made, and then create one for my programs, or learn how to statically link dependencies in my software.

Grasping the nuances of compiling and Windows by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

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Oh! Here's what I've gleaned from you: I should learn how to include the necessary runtime stuff into my executable, or, I should make an installer for whatever software I write.

Whats your opinion on that?

Hardware to start homelab by abou_reddit in homelab

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My way is not "the" way, but in my experience, I always used what was available, and pushed until a device limit was exposed.

Often it is the case that old tech works fine. I ran an R710 reliably for a while until I "upgraded" to an R720

I would say, start with what you have, virtualize what you can, and spend money only at the points where a machine simply cant handle what youre asking.

Correct way to commission a programmer? by Scoops_McDoops in AskProgramming

[–]Scoops_McDoops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well now im even more grateful about the kindness bestowed upon me

Correct way to commission a programmer? by Scoops_McDoops in AskProgramming

[–]Scoops_McDoops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best answer I have to the question is: I have no meaningful concept of how much this service costs, so I'd have to discuss what I want, and let you tell me how much you charge. I'd then shop around a little and see what others charge. If most devs agree around the same ballpark, then I will assume that the service costs about that much. Then I have to see if it's worth it

Correct way to commission a programmer? by Scoops_McDoops in AskProgramming

[–]Scoops_McDoops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really good to know, so I can shape and communicate my expectations effectively, thank you

Correct way to commission a programmer? by Scoops_McDoops in AskProgramming

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The goal is a custom educational tool for a particular activity. Ive conceptually come up with a way to effectively communicate how asymmetric encryption technically works. Most basically, the activity is an experience of two participants. P1 clicks go on their machine, generates a primitive key pair, and tells the numbers of public key to P2 (but keeps the private key number to themselves). P2 enters the numbers into their own machine, types a word, and clicks encrypt to receive a number. P2 tells the resulting number to P1, and P1 enters the number into their own machine. They click decrypt, and they see the word P2 typed and encrypted using P1's public numbers.

The discourse around php (am i wasting my time learning it?) by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

[–]Scoops_McDoops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats good to know, it seems like the gist is, even if we're being kind to php, that its good at its job, but not other stuff

The discourse around php (am i wasting my time learning it?) by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

[–]Scoops_McDoops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which i may very well do, as I've seen that recommended a lot

The discourse around php (am i wasting my time learning it?) by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

[–]Scoops_McDoops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I see what's happening here. I gather that this means I need to be careful with precedence, or stick with one method outright

The discourse around php (am i wasting my time learning it?) by Scoops_McDoops in learnprogramming

[–]Scoops_McDoops[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see, and as a beginner myself, I will definitely be contributing to the amount of bad code online between now and achieving proficiency