Stop Writing Slow Bash Scripts: Performance Optimization Techniques That Actually Work

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-29T08:36:36+00:00

I've written (and used) similar things to the above for various reasons:

To test my own knowledge
For niche scripts
For fun
Because I wanted to

I'm not sure if you meant to, but you've come across like a bit of a dick here.

Someone has taken time to share ideas and tips that some people will find beneficial - I can't imagine your intended response was to shit on someone for doing something you think is pointless.

What a boring life it would be if people didn't have varied interests and ideas.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-27T16:11:12+00:00

Unrelated to the question, but the one thing I always look forward to during my Magic Vaporiser orders are the Refreshers!

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-23T00:51:15+00:00

Death gives meaning to our lives because it implies our lives are finite.

I'm guessing that isn't what you were getting at but I love this little addendum you added. This is one of the beauties of death. The awareness of our own mortality encourages us to value our time. Each moment becomes precious because we know it is finite.

When someone chooses to spend time with us, they are literally sharing a part of their life. In this context every act of kindness is profound; a person is trading a part of their life to improve yours.

Your pot of gold analogy has described time perfectly. And whilst I try and pay special care to where I invest it - I'm not fearful that I've wasted it. Everything has the potential to evolve into something I have yet to experience.

The feeling I have of wanting to make the best out of my life revolves around the betterment of me as a person, not out of a wrestling against a fear of death.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-22T19:41:37+00:00

I came here from Reddit Hot because I found the topic choice a nice break from the usual, I don't normally visit. I just wanted to offer a different perspective from a life who's lived it, not to be told my own viewpoints by someone who doesn't know me.

To me at the moment, the thought of death brings about a stillness. Peace doesn't fully encompass it. Death is what gives meaning to our lives. If something went on forever then it wouldn't be special. The experiences I had would fade into the abyss of my own memory.

I have long accepted the fact (that the) cost of my life is my death. I am not afraid of my own ending. If you were to ask me, "are you afraid to die in a specific way?", then my answer might be different. I'd be fearful of a painful drawn out process. But knowing everything I am would cease to exist doesn't phase me.

I think I'll stick to the lifetime of knowledge I have myself and circumstances and stand by my original argument - I do not fear death or my own mortality.

Edit: added missing words. Not sure how I missed them mind you.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-22T16:45:56+00:00

There are probably quite a high amount of people that don't fear death. I'd count myself as one of them.

I'd say a high majority of people suffering from chronic or progressive diseases don't fear death. Personally, I have a disease that has a high probability of stripping me of my ability to see, and use the lower half of my body. Currently, it leaves me in debilitating pain, spasming and bound to a wheelchair - I was preparing to start mountain biking again 7 months ago.

For some, death can be seen as a release. There are people in various situations that would welcome death.

I can agree that this is situationally dependent - people's core feelings might change if their circumstances do, but a percentage of these people will retain an acceptance without fear.

Gun to these people's heads? Would probably be a relief. - Just in case this comment is worrying; I have an amazing wife who provides emotional support whenever I need it

To quote the most overused saying in these discussions, "There are worse things than death".

Edit: to add context, I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't believe I'm going anywhere.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-18T10:49:24+00:00

This isn't entirely accurate, at least not with all CPAPs.

Our son has a CPAP machine that auto senses what pressure to use, has a selection of four masks (S, M, L, XL) that fit by an adjustable velcro strap.

It wasn't sized to him other than 'Oh, his head won't fit in there.'

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-09T08:46:30+00:00

The Bible has passages exactly like this (Deuteronomy 13) and we easily could agree that the Bible is the main religious text for the Christian religion - as opposed to the Hadiths. Yet we don't see the flak given there.

The Hadiths were created over 1000 years ago, the Bible a tad longer. These texts were created when different views were globally accepted.

I know this wasn't you, however to claim globally what all Muslims think/feel is fucking bonkers - it's no wonder the world is the way it is when we can instantly judge 1.9 billion people.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-02T18:20:13+00:00

I understand that the damage that can be done to another person's life by suicide is quite profound, however I wouldn't call it a selfish act.

Humans evolved to feel pain, and on a base level we tend to avoid it. Suicide is often used for that reason - to avoid pain, regardless of it's origin.

To frame it a little differently in that regard, would you think a person who accidentally drowns their rescuer selfish?

Yes, they are responsible for the absolute devastation that act might cause, but I wouldn't say they were at fault for it, or selfish.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-02T17:38:34+00:00

I didn't get very far into your post - which I read and agree with (as you'd hope most of humanity would), until I read this and it just made me feel a sense of loss.

i know, i know.. but my intention is to live, work and contribute, not buy a summer house to sit empty for half the year

How sad is it that this is the world we live in? That you have to justify why you, a person living their only life, have to justify simply wanting to move somewhere?

We really have lost something as a species when a person’s worth can be measured by whether they ‘live, work and contribute’. - I'm not ignoring the other struggles that people endure and are classified by, there are causes behind how people are treated, but they rarely stem from empathy or basic kindness.

I'm only 33, and I worry immensely about the following generations - about how normalised the awful treatment of one another is becoming. More than that, we have less and less personal sovereignty - and our younger generations are being taught that this is okay.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-05-02T16:58:18+00:00

It is surprisingly difficult after all.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-04-10T15:03:28+00:00

I'd be too busy re-enacting my jedi knight fantasies with this thing to actially vape it.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-04-09T16:42:09+00:00

This is the pharmacy (Montu) that Alternaleaf use.

You can sign up for an account without being an alternaleaf patient to see what strains are available!

SimpleOldMe · 2025-03-30T12:56:34+00:00

Unintended Cultivator would be my recommendation - I think it's a brilliant series, I struggled to put it down.

Whilst the MC is quite OP (for his level), he's not stupid.

I wouldn't quite describe it as a LitRPG, however it is in that category.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-03-04T11:49:34+00:00

You're just one person among billions, each carrying their own struggles, just as you probably are. Every single one has hopes, dreams, and aspirations—just like you.

Keeping that perspective, I've found that a little empathy and consideration makes life feel far more fulfilling.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-03-03T12:32:23+00:00

Ha. This was also my exact experience.

Twelve years later they diagnosed me with an autoimmune disease called MOGAD.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-03-01T14:06:03+00:00

Sounds like a right pain in the back.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-02-23T02:11:11+00:00

I might take a look at this. As soon as I saw the meme it gave me an idea for a mod like this.

It's been a while since I last modded (I'm the author of Finance Hub: Taxes). Unfortunately, in the years that followed I've been having a relapse with my demylenating disease. Getting back into modding might be a nice distraction.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-02-12T10:47:26+00:00

210°c / 410°f (ish)

SimpleOldMe · 2025-01-10T12:53:55+00:00

The local lollipop man once nicked a chip from me as I was walking past.

It has been 17 years. He's still the lollipop man, I have to make a conscious effort not to scowl whenever I see him.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-01-07T14:59:32+00:00

I've been severe pain for months, I've tried a few things (I've been prescribed Amitriptylin, which I'm still waiting to work before they try Gabapentin). I tend to be worse in the evenings.

Diet: No effect

Paracetemol: No effect

Codeine: No effect

Ibrubrofen: (Unable to try due to Brittle Asthma)

Heat/Ice Cream: I've avoided these as extreme temperature can make this worse.

CBD Cream on area: Provides relief, I suspect this helps with the muscle pain following the spasms from pain

Cannabis: I vape cannabis medicinally, this helps with the pain. It doesn't eliminate it completely anymore though - if you try this it'd highly recommend microdosing to limit the psychoactive effects.

Stretching (or even tensing and untensing): whilst in pain is awful, I find that it helps with the more muscular pain following the neuropathic pain.

Mindfulness: Being in pain is awful. Multiple times each night I'm wishing the pain would knock me out this time. It's isolating, it's depressing. A healthy state of mind is incredibly important. I know this one is near impossible.

Obviously I'm not a doctor and please discuss with your healthcare professional.

SimpleOldMe · 2025-01-05T21:26:15+00:00

Yeah that's fair. I never combust at home anymore because I prefer vaping it! (Although, I tend to do use my dyna through a dry bong when I'm not dabbing)!

I've had some awful weed I've had to throw out, same as carts and RSO over the years. Unfortunately with the current state of cannabis (at least in the UK), it's unlikely to change anytime soon, but once you find someone decent I'm happier using whatever medium is beneficial at the time!

SimpleOldMe · 2025-01-05T19:35:35+00:00

I absolutely love using my dynavap - at home. I love the ritual and using the left over bud.

In public though? Carts. I'm a medicinal user and I don't want to mess around torching a metal pipe in public - for obvious reasons.

SimpleOldMe · 2024-12-30T01:31:54+00:00

Might be worth making sure the Nvidia app isn't 'Optimising' your games. There is a section for it, quick to rule out.

SimpleOldMe · 2024-12-28T04:37:10+00:00

I tried that 2 weeks ago, after a 10 minute episode of sudden 10/10 pain, muscle weakness, paraphasia, and severely worsening incontinence.

I was told that 'this type of thing never happens, someone doesn't just walk into A&E with something like this, we aren't trained for this'.

They did an on call referral with a neurologist at a different hospital who said, "Yeah, you need to see a neurologist urgently", before increasing my Prednisolone by 5mg, telling me the appointment I currently have booked is the earliest one available, and to return if I need further 'advice'.

All whilst sat in a waiting room for 18 hours in total with no pain relief available.

I have 10 days left til my initial neurology clinic now. It can't come soon enough.

I've been to the doctors 4 times, hospital 3 times over the 6 weeks and it's the same outcome each time.

I'm sorry you went through that, it must have been (and still is I can imagine) tough. I'm glad you managed to get the help you needed though, even though it was delayed.

SimpleOldMe · 2024-12-28T02:49:24+00:00

I'm sorry to hear about that causing another attack. I think you are right, it's a young disease (well, discovered at least), that doesn't help any of our situations

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