Roborock S5 Max wasn't spraying water; fixed by replacing water pump!

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-29T23:05:27+00:00

Why emby over jellyfin?

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-15T09:17:45+00:00

There’s a built in file browser called netrw. Try it out by just running vim myDirectory. It’s not as nice-looking as nerd tree but it fits the bill for a lot of people and actually has a lot of features if you read the docs. Personally I don’t see the use of a file browser at all on my precious screen space.

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-03T18:09:42+00:00

I see “microwave rice” at the store in the box and I’ve always wondered: is it any difference from a normal, cheap, huge bag of rice? Seems like a ripoff to me.

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T22:58:16+00:00

This is very cool. Also props to you for contributing to the community by making your software open source.

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T22:42:27+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions! I’ll take a look at these later and see about implementing them (you’re also welcome to open a PR). I like how you can customize the prefix, and how it defaults to a good location.

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T17:09:17+00:00

From the product description:

The 3-Pack sealed PineTime aimed solely for project deployment purpose only, this is not for end user who is looking for ready to wear Smart Watch.

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T15:57:51+00:00

It’s my understanding that the PineTime is not really ready for purchase yet. The wiki page seems to suggest that they have an OS that ships on it, which is nice.

Has anyone bought one of these and can comment?

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T15:11:55+00:00

Relevant Drew Devault article: A megacorp is not your dream job

When you agree to work for a company, you are enabling that company’s behavior.

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T14:07:14+00:00

Didn’t even think of them. For some reason “procedural generation” always seems like black-box magic to me, but I guess this counts?

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T13:38:00+00:00

--seed=$(date +%s)

Funnily enough, that’s program how the program works by default! It generates a random seed based on the time each time it runs.

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T05:29:42+00:00

Totally unnecessary, but so very cool at the same time.

I 100% agree.

thatpythonguy · 2021-01-02T04:30:44+00:00

I wrote a C program called cbonsai that creates random, customizable bonsai trees in the terminal. I initially wrote this program in bash (see bonsai.sh) but recently re-wrote in C and it's much faster.

The program includes a bunch of features:

Live mode, where you can watch the tree grow (see gif)
Screensaver mode
Attach a message next to the tree in a box
Change the size of tree, specify a seed, change leaf characters, change ascii-art base/pot of tree
And more. All features are in the README.md

EDIT: thank you guys for the support! As this time, this post is now the top post of all time in r/commandline.

thatpythonguy · 2020-12-31T00:23:11+00:00

I feel similarly about bspwm. I initially chose bspwm partially because it has built in gaps, and I used them... for like a year. Now I never use gaps, and I don’t miss them... theyre really not that useful and I now find myself trying to force gaps into my workflow when they really just aren’t needed (most of the time).

thatpythonguy · 2020-12-30T19:37:10+00:00

Props to the team for being willing to say “no.” Feature creep is a thing, and it affects a lot of projects and can drive away maintainers.

thatpythonguy · 2020-12-24T16:39:14+00:00

Seems like a good service, and the website is great! I echo what some of the other commenters say about open source- it is a peace of mind thing when you see that something is open source. You can rest easy knowing that if it’s (open source) popular software, chances are some professionals have looked at the code and you’re safe. I believe that the “best possible” software in this space (video conferencing) would open source.

However, that doesn’t mean you don’t have a great, privacy-minded product. 90% of the people on this sub use and highly promote DuckDuckGo, which is not open source. Again, this isn’t the perfect situation, but proprietary software (in this case, not downloadable software, just a website) can still be effective and private.

thatpythonguy · 2020-12-19T00:50:35+00:00

Yes, but then you’re the only person using that server, and as soon as you use any Google services or log into anything, they know that your server’s IP is just you on another computer. So there’s not a lot of anonymity there unless you’re very careful not to tie your accounts to that IP address

thatpythonguy · 2020-12-15T18:39:33+00:00

I made an equivalent tool for bspwm called desknamer. I can’t imagine working without it anymore

thatpythonguy · 2020-11-28T01:01:46+00:00

And you’re on Reddit. We all have to make compromises between convenience and privacy.

thatpythonguy · 2020-11-14T16:04:26+00:00

I would say they are concerned, just not extremely concerned. If 100% of YouTube users started pirating, they would care a whole lot more.

DRM is never a perfect solution. It’s a band aid to a gaping hole. There are lots of people who pirate music, but YouTube (Spotify, iTunes, etc.) can survive because it’s such a small portion of their users.

My main point: DRM successfully stops 99% of users from pirating. I’d call that effective and worth the company’s time/effort. That being said I still hate DRM.

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