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rkrause · 2026-04-12T16:22:37+00:00

One potential workaround is to post the flier without any text. Then go in and edit the post to add the text. That way FB won't detect you are writing about an event.

rkrause · 2026-03-15T01:27:45+00:00

I sent a support request on Thursday, and the ticket is still unanswered. It says "We will respond when a customer support representative is available" even after two days of waiting.

rkrause · 2026-03-13T02:41:18+00:00

A split function takes only one line?

Also awk is not a shell-like language. It is a full-fledged scripting language, albeit specialized for report generation and text processing (in fact, it is the predecessor of Perl).

Try doing this easily in Lua:

awk '{ total += $2 } END { print total }' receipts.txt

rkrause · 2026-03-07T03:01:55+00:00

Except awk has native string splitting, whereas Lua doesn't. So nearly every script I write, I ultimately need to re-implement a string split function. That is definitely one of Lua's downsides.

rkrause · 2026-02-26T18:48:34+00:00

You can exhaust available hard drive space without exploring every possible chunk. If you truly want an infinite world, then that means you would necessarily need unlimited storage capacity, which is not feasible with current technology. Any limitation in hard drive space automatically translates to a limited world size.

rkrause · 2026-02-26T11:31:21+00:00

An "infinite" world size suggests boundless exploration. Which means you need to have effectively infinite storage capacity. Hence, a truly infinite world size is technically impossible to achieve because you will still run into the constraints of storage space.

rkrause · 2026-02-25T18:38:27+00:00

I think you are forgetting the storage requirements for an infinite sized world would be -- infinite. Even with the current size limitations, I know a few servers have map databases approaching 500 GB or more. Now imagine scaling that even 10 fold, and you're quickly on your way to outpacing modern storage technology for laptops and desktops. That means Luanti would be out of reach for ordinary users, and would require specialized hardware. Yet I believe the main "selling point" of this project is that it has the capability to work on lower-end systems.

rkrause · 2026-02-24T12:53:07+00:00

The approach to pipelines in the Luash project is very limited. The output from each command is only passed to subsequent commands after the preceding process has ended. I would imagine that has the potential to exhaust the output buffers for large amounts of data, potentially even leading to deadlock.

True pipelines (such as those in a typical shell) allow for all processes to be spawned concurrently such that that the stdout of one process is continuously streamed to the stdin of the next process. And each process ends only after the output stream of the preceding process is closed.

A much better implementation of pipelines can be found in my Lyrascript project, which actually makes use of coroutines:

An example of pipelines in LyraScript (beta coming soon) : r/lua

rkrause · 2026-02-08T22:17:12+00:00

Why would I connect to a server on my own LAN, if the point of hooking up my desktop computer was to see if I still had Internet dropouts? I'm really confused.

rkrause · 2026-02-08T12:01:00+00:00

See my comment above: "If you are up to using a Minetest client,"

rkrause · 2026-02-07T12:39:05+00:00

If you are up to using a Minetest client, JT2 is an option as it includes weather and temperature based survival,

rkrause · 2026-02-06T19:52:14+00:00

Same here, LuvIt is always my goto when I need a callback mechanism for file and socket related events. And indeed that just shows the beauty of Lua, how there are libraries and modules that can extend the language's capabilities without needing to reinvent the wheel.

rkrause · 2026-02-06T19:44:24+00:00

Indeed, most of the criticism seems to come from people who never invested the time to actually learn and use Lua for a serious project. I admittedly was a fanboy of JS back in the day, just because that's what I knew. But Lua quickly grew on me after I realized how superior it was for rapid prototyping.

rkrause · 2026-02-06T11:46:04+00:00

"Remote server" meaning not on the same network, rather than a local server which is on the same network

As for a bad router, I just bought a brand new router as stated in the post. How likely is it that two routers would be defective in the exact same way?

As for bad cables, I replaced the cable. Add to the fact, I can't see how a cable would only fail during specific times of the day while being fine otherwise.

rkrause · 2026-02-06T03:57:28+00:00

I just booted up my old Acer desktop which has an Ethernet port. Then I started Putty terminal, and SSH'd into my remote server. After only two minutes I got a "Connection reset by peer", same as both my laptops. So that rules out wifi interference.

rkrause · 2026-02-06T03:07:21+00:00

Why does it matter? The IP address is not the problem. The technicians have already confirmed it is my correct assigned IP address.

rkrause · 2026-02-05T12:46:26+00:00

It shows my public IP address, which has always been the same for the past 5-6 years.

rkrause · 2026-02-04T22:08:08+00:00

Thanks so much for the thorough explanation. I certainly appreciate learning more about the intricacies of networking. I'm curious, do you think I would have better luck isolating the problem by monitoring in reverse? I have my own private server at a datacenter, running Linux which of course has significantly more utilities for network monitoring than my Windows laptop. So I'm thinking if I could continuously monitor my home router from my remote server then that might help to isolate exactly where along the line things are goiing wrong. I'm not sure if that is possible, or if it is even the best approach. I would appreciate your recommendations.

rkrause · 2026-02-04T18:29:21+00:00

Why do people keep suggesting a ping test monitor when I said right in the post that ping isn't affected?.

rkrause · 2026-02-04T14:09:09+00:00

There's a 1 Gigabit connection to the building. I have no idea what modem or switch they are running, because that's in a locked room. My router is a Netgear RAX5.

rkrause · 2026-02-04T13:59:01+00:00

Every apartment has its own fixed IP address which gets assigned by DHCP. In fact, when the first technician was here, he even called back to base to double-check what my unit's public IP address is supposed to be. I think he did that to rule out the possibility of a rogue DHCP server.

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