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mcc, to random
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Sorry, you want me to what

mcc,
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@awwbees Click "OK" when you have learned Japanese

mcc,
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@tarheel Nobody can prove I did

glyph, to random
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@mcc me thinking about using systemd: "I don't understand why people are so mad about this, launchd is better than sysv init, this is just launchd for linux, I guess they couldn't just port it because some low-level stuff is different but I'm sure it's basically the same"

me actually using systemd: "fuck fuck what is this shit what the fuck why didn't they just actually port launchd to linux, there's no excuse for this"

mcc,
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@glyph it's extra weird because whenever I read the description of how a thing is architected in systemd I go oh, that's pretty reasonable, that's a good way to do it. And then I use it and I just doesn't live up to what I expected, either because of some horrible gaping sore in the UX or because they constrained the functionality to some really narrow case (I assume, something RHEL asked for) and didn't anticipate even slight generalizations of the use case

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@glyph like it's not as bad as git but it has that very clear git feeling of "somebody wrote these shell scripts for their own use and now you're using them". Or, possibly, in this case you're using shell scripts that Redhat created for internal use but then were socially/legally obligated to release (but not, necessarily, to document)

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Oh god I didn't directly interact with systemd for one month and I totally forgot the difference between these five options in the meantime

mcc,
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$ sudo -u someuser systemctl --user restart --now pds
Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory

The systemd error messages are!!! Really just so bad!!! Like half of them reference a "bus" but do not tell you what you are supposed to do!!! I don't know what to do with the bus!!!

mcc, to random
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"npm ERR! Cannot read properties of null (reading 'matches')"

Gosh, sometimes I just really hate workign with js tooling

mcc,
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Oh, by the way, in case anyone ever comes across the above post by searching, it turns out what this completely baffling line actually means is:

"You ran 'npm install', and what you SHOULD have done was run 'pnpm install."

Obvious, right?

mcc,
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@xyhhx it does, but if you forget/don't notice/typo it, npm will just wake up, dutifully look for Json files it recognizes, attempt to interpret them, and crash because the format/schema isn't actually identical

mcc,
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@Ongion because "Move fast and break things"

mcc,
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@tom_armstrong nobody gives python a free pass! People complain about Python tooling constantly! Sometimes I'll just mention Python and people will randomly mention how much they hate the tooling

mcc,
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@tom_armstrong if you want to see everyone throw up their arms and be like aaaarg walk into a group of python programmers and be like "venvs"

mcc, to random
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Another bit of indie game news: Lena Raine who you might know from the Celeste soundtrack has announced a 2D pixel RPG with elements of BULLET HELL and also EMOTION (possibly FURRIES, unconfirmed) https://cohost.org/ANOTHEREAL/post/6081598-anothereal-fact-shee

So far it's just a trailer and a Steam wishlist opportunity.

I really liked the BBS singularity visual novel Lena made ( https://radicaldreamland.itch.io/esc really interesting experience, visual novel with an emphasis on "novel" ) so I'll be looking forward to this

"You're gonna see a lot of these scary guys comin' at you" (Pictured: Little ghost dude)

glyph, to random
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It suddenly occurs to me that tremendous amounts of programmer culture are just various, mostly-failed attempts at managing the work associated with keeping pace with a changing world. Specifically: SemVer, LTSes, “commercial support” funding models for OSS, Win32’s “Old New Thing”-style compatibility, SaaS interface versioning, and, arguably, the popularity of the x86/amd64 architectures themselves are all aspects of a fantasy world where you build something once and have it work forever.

mcc,
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@glyph I wonder how well microservices actually help with this.

mcc,
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@glyph Oh, I'm curious about this, will read this later.

mcc,
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@luis_in_brief @glyph THAT MOVIE IS REALLY GOOD

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I feel like this is probably still true.

mcc,
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@tilton interestingly, the curve looks nearly unchanged if you label the vertical axis "knowledge of c++" and the horizontal axis is "time spent using c++"

suricrasia, to random
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wild thunder in toronto just now

mcc,
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@suricrasia and now sirens? did it hit something?

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Hey so @Nifflas 's game "Uurnog" is on steep sale RN and I really highly recommend it https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@Nifflas/112520440316710187

IMO one of the most underrated games of the last decade, especially for those of you who are game medium deconstructionists. It's surface-simple but has a lot of strange, surprising thoughts about "what is a Video Game and how do you interact with it?" simmering just underneath… it's very good at finding ways that simple mechanics can combine in ways that really surprise you.

mcc,
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Shorter summary: It's Mario 2 basically

Person is running around and picking up boxes, things are exploding, there's a little boxy dog tied to them following them, a lot's happening

mcc,
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(Oh and by the way this game does one very mean thing to new players, which is funny if you realize it in time but can lead to progress loss if you don't; if you are going to play the game and want a spoilertexted Hint, let me know.)

mcc, to random
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I like this album's cover https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/disconnect

mcc,
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@qdot Oh, is this the same The Bug who collaborated with Earth?

mcc, to random
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Okay. Lately I've been asking some cursed MSBuild questions. I now ask the cursedestest. I could ask this question to ways:

  • In MSBuild, how do I split a string into a list?

Or, in more detail:

  • I want to put a newline-separated list of filenames into a text file, and then have both CMake and MSBuild (vcxproj) interpret the text file as a list of files to compile. How can I do this on the MSBuild side?

(Things I've tried, which didn't work, below:)

mcc,
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@shanecelis Sometimes people are like "how do you get into these weird tech situations!" and I'm like I don't know what you're talking about, I use computers in a very normal and straightforward way, and then … and then I catch myself writing MSBuild XML files by hand, and I'm like, okay, okay maybe THIS is a little terrible

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