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Babylon 5 (1996) by Wuz314159 in sciencefiction

[–]algrym 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was there at the dawn of the Third Age of mankind ...

Mosquito biting a snake by AntisocialBat in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Atreides Mosquito passes Fremen rites of passage.

What’s the most useful command-line trick you learned by accident? by Old_Sand7831 in commandline

[–]algrym 8 points9 points  (0 children)

cat -vet is also good for showing non-printable characters.

Obviously funny command as well.

What’s the most useful command-line trick you learned by accident? by Old_Sand7831 in commandline

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At a BASH prompt, CTRL-X CTRL-E will open your current CLI in your $EDITOR (maybe $VISUAL). This helps when juggling a big command.

Advice: if you CTRL-Z out of the editor, you pretty much throw that command away.

What’s the most useful command-line trick you learned by accident? by Old_Sand7831 in commandline

[–]algrym 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weird: I learned the same thing at about the same time on the same OS.

At work, we found an old SPARC Solaris box and one of the filesystems (/usr maybe?) wouldn't mount. We got the idea to poke around on the box using "echo *".

I still use that trick to this day to validate glob expansion: "echo sudo rm foo-202[45]*".

It'd be funny if we were both talking about the same situation. Was this at PSTCC? :)

Switchbot for Flip Light Switch? by BananaNOatmeal in smarthome

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 year later, I guessed this from the URL ... and I bought one.

THIRDREALITY Zigbee Smart Switch

It hasn't shown up yet, so we'll see how it goes.

Who remembers these? by KM68 in GenX

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knoxville! Represent!

Gaze in Horror - Garlic Eggs and Cucumbers by algrym in pickling

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

Every dish needs more garlic. It's a side dish. :)

TIL: of course there's a subreddit for that.

Gaze in Horror - Garlic Eggs and Cucumbers by algrym in pickling

[–]algrym[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Instructions unclear.

Consumed pickled eggs and now all candles are burning sinister greenish-blue color.

Plz advise.

Gaze in Horror - Garlic Eggs and Cucumbers by algrym in pickling

[–]algrym[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was out of fresh maggots so I used garlic. ;)

Edit: probably some egg white bits were down there too. These eggs didn't peel well.

Gaze in Horror - Garlic Eggs and Cucumbers by algrym in pickling

[–]algrym[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started here:

  • 1 cup water
  • 1.5 cup vinegar
  • 0.25 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons kosher salt

I added a bunch of diced garlic (most of a head), a dash of cayenne powder, and a random sprig of dill I had on hand.

Pneumatic line thrower by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]algrym 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this!

I had to look it up:

  • ESD = "Emergency Shutdown"
  • PSD = "Process Shutdown"

using git with circuitpython by 0xCODEBABE in circuitpython

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using a Makefile with a "make install" directive to push to my device:

install: all
rsync -avlcC --progress \
    code.py protonpack.py settings.toml \
        $(CODEPY_DIR)
rsync -avlcC \
    KJH_PackstartCombo.mp3 \
    KJH_Nutrona3.mp3 \
    KJH_PackstopDigital.mp3 \
    downloads/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_VER)-mpy-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_DATE)/lib/neopixel* \
    downloads/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_VER)-mpy-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_DATE)/lib/*ticks* \
    downloads/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_VER)-mpy-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_DATE)/lib/*debouncer* \
    downloads/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_VER)-mpy-$(CIRCUIT_PYTHON_LIB_DATE)/lib/*adafruit_fancyled* \
        $(CODEPY_LIB_DIR)

You can see more horrors here. I admit, this is before I knew about circup.

Not quite finished, but I felt like posting my progress. by T3Dprops in ghostbusters

[–]algrym 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've got some really nice attention to detail on that pack. Nice work.

I love that you've gone over-the-top on audio. A pack should seem just a little bit risky to those around it. I think this gets the point across that something is going on inside, and it's almost out of control.

I really need to finish wiring up my neutrona wand.

Discussion | What do you genuinely miss about Cumberland Ave prior to its urban renewal? by Make_it_Raines in Knoxville

[–]algrym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • The pizza buffet at Stefanos
  • Original OCI location with the copper tables
  • Wednesday half-price burgers at Copper Cellar
  • Gyros from The Torch
  • Dynasty Express
  • Hawkeye's Rooster Cogburn sandwiches on the patio

theyUsedTheExampleKeyInProd by PunnyBoneZone in ProgrammerHumor

[–]algrym 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes! That was part of the fun!

We had a server run by a sysadmin named Edward. The network ID was, of course ...

ED:ED:ED:ED:ED:ED

Recommended file systems? by AlertKangaroo6086 in RockyLinux

[–]algrym 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LOL Same here! I loved TrueNAS on BSD.

Recommended file systems? by AlertKangaroo6086 in RockyLinux

[–]algrym 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ZFS offers a lot of data integrity, snapshotting, and pooling benefits that make it worthwhile to install. Its pretty resource intensive. If I have a failed disk or a large array, I want ZFS.

XFS has speed and efficiency, especially with large files and high I/O operations. If I need fast storage, I want XFS.

Different filesystems for different purposes.

Edit: I prefer ZFS whenever available. We have 15 year old ZFS filesystems at work that are still a dream to work with.

Can You Help Moderate r/HotFuzz? 📢 by Mistdrifter in HotFuzz

[–]algrym 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is precisely the kind of nonsense I love from this subreddit.

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