=== ANCHOR POEM ===
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I wrote a script which scrapes every issue of Nintendo Power from a neat and
cool archive.
please don't use it all at once#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
sleep_duration=5
DIR="/home/ritz/documents/nintendo-power"
touch "${DIR}/download-bookmark"
bookmark=$(cat ${DIR}/download-bookmark)
for i in $(seq ${bookmark} 285);
do
echo "sleeping before downloading number ${i}"
sleep ${sleep_duration}
formatted_number=$(printf "%03d" ${i})
wget "https://myrient.erista.me/files/Miscellaneous/Nintendo Power Issues
1-285/Nintendo Power Issue ${formatted_number}.cbr"
rm ${DIR}/download-bookmark
touch ${DIR}/download-bookmark
echo ${i} >> ${DIR}/download-bookmark
done
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===
--- #1 fediverse/5851 ---
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@user-1074
I realized there might be a lot of configuration required. Oh well here ya go:
https://pastebin.com/x40VXQnH
https://pastebin.com/H5C4umWq
https://pastebin.com/dgDeS5Xu
https://pastebin.com/JCLrwF1z
https://pastebin.com/As6diaYc
https://pastebin.com/0vwzJUW4
https://pastebin.com/jPKeV7D1
dependencies are dkjson.lua (included), bash, lua, luahpdf, and libharu.
throw that all in a directory and point an AI tool at it. Or just do it
yourself and waste an hour or three on something a computer can do in 2
minutes.
good luck it looks like this when it's done:
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
CHAPEL_DIR="/home/ritz/programming/chapel"
COMPILER_DIR="${CHAPEL_DIR}/language-files/files/chapel-2.1.0"
PROJECT_DIR="${CHAPEL_DIR}/projects/practice"
SOURCE_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/src"
clear
cd "${COMPILER_DIR}" > /dev/null
export CHPL_LLVM=system
source "${COMPILER_DIR}/util/setchplenv.bash" > /dev/null
cd - > /dev/null
cd "${PROJECT_DIR}" > /dev/null
echo "compiling..."
chpl "${SOURCE_DIR}/main.chpl"
clear
./main
cd - > /dev/null
you should update the directories at the top yourself, of course. And give it
a cursory glance to make sure it works on your setup.
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--- #3 fediverse/5785 ---
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I cast... spell of the internet!
[reinstalls azerothcore]
or, hear me out, or you could wander around the city, and instead of spending
your moments on lounging or keyboard banging you could do something actually
meaningful?
but I don't wanna - don't care
but I'm tired - take a nap
but I'm stressed out - don't do chore
but I'm lazy - no you're not
but I'm overwhelmed - sit in dark
but I wanna think - you can do that
anywhere
I gotta be near my computer - nope
what if I wanna play games - flip $$$
flipping coin isn't a real game - focus
I don't like outside - outsides all it is
stop taking things from me T.T - yes
life used to be soooooo different
it's like I was a completely different
I'm strange now, almost like I got
possessed like a disease [ew noooo]
pls don't commit thought crimes,
use content warnings
okay but only if I can play games NOTHINGS KEEPING YOU HERE
![I cast... spell of the internet! [reinstalls azerothcore] or, hear me out, or you could wander around the city, and instead of spending your moments on lounging or keyboard banging you could do something actually meaningful? but I don't wanna - don't care but I'm tired - take a nap but I'm stressed out - don't do chore but I'm lazy - no you're not but I'm overwhelmed - sit in dark but I wanna think - you can do that anywhere I gotta be near my computer - nope what if I wanna play games - flip $$$ flipping coin isn't a real game - focus I don't like outside - outsides all it is stop taking things from me T.T - yes life used to be soooooo different it's like I was a completely different I'm strange now, almost like I got possessed like a disease [ew noooo] pls don't commit thought crimes, use content warnings okay but only if I can play games NOTHINGS KEEPING YOU HERE](/similar-different/media/de82ddb559f9f6bb.png "I cast... spell of the internet! [reinstalls azerothcore] or, hear me out, or you could wander around the city, and instead of spending your moments on lounging or keyboard banging you could do something actually meaningful? but I don't wanna - don't care but I'm tired - take a nap but I'm stressed out - don't do chore but I'm lazy - no you're not but I'm overwhelmed - sit in dark but I wanna think - you can do that anywhere I gotta be near my computer - nope what if I wanna play games - flip $$$ flipping coin isn't a real game - focus I don't like outside - outsides all it is stop taking things from me T.T - yes life used to be soooooo different it's like I was a completely different I'm strange now, almost like I got possessed like a disease [ew noooo] pls don't commit thought crimes, use content warnings okay but only if I can play games NOTHINGS KEEPING YOU HERE")
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--- #4 messages/69 ---
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https://blog.discord.com/how-discord-stores-billions-of-messages-7fa6ec7ee4c7
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20178267
sendinblue
open source google docs alternative
https://hackea.org/notas/index.html#
https://thenftbay.org/description.html
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/study-about-impact-open-source
-software-and-hardware-technological-independence-competitiveness-and
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/document/co
mplex-singularity-versus-openness
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--- #5 fediverse/2622 ---
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what kind of linux user are you if you don't even like reading terminal
output? it's USEFUL and INTERESTING information!
WHY ELSE WOULD THE PROGRAMMER OUTPUT IT???
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--- #6 fediverse/5950 ---
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@user-138
wao I'm a cool kid _^
Hmmmm I googled "Network: file exists" and got this link:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1340713
my understanding of that is that maybe you're creating static routes, and for
some reason you're trying to create one that already exists? Maybe there's
something in your .bashrc config, if the file appears when you open a
terminal, or perhaps if it appears randomly then maybe there's a service or
something that's doing it.
Did you say it stopped when you swapped sim cards? ... on your phone? that's
bizzare... Maybe you were trying to create an ip route (whatever that is) that
was pointing to the same ip address as your phone? and when you swapped sims
it changed the ip address? If it appears again, maybe try setting static IP
addresses for both the phone and the computer in your router settings and see
if that fixes it. Though if you've ever seen the error while out and about at
like, a coffee shop or library or whatever, then that wouldn't apply since the
router is only for home base...
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--- #7 fediverse/5919 ---
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"but... why?"
portable linux with buttons, great for pick-up-games or communication, can
throw several in them in a backpack if you want clustered cooperation, they
work as radios (if the signal reaches) and can transmit text (if you use a
radial-style keyboard)
[this is all just a pitch for... something, what, you want something? ha
you'll find no things with me, I know nothing of antifa or whatever]
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--- #8 fediverse/3878 ---
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@user-570
that's not actually my script, here's the real one:#!/bin/bash
alias cd="cd-improved"
function cd-improved(){
if [ "${1}" = "..." ] ; then
builtin cd .. && builtin cd ..
elif [ "${1}" = "...." ] ; then
builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. && builtin cd ..
elif [ "${1}" = "....." ] ; then
builtin cd .. && builtin cd .. && builtin cd ..
&& builtin cd ..
elif [ -d "./${1}" ] ; then
local target_dir="./${1}"
elif [ "${1}" = "cdir" ] ; then
local target_dir="$(tail -n 1 '/home/ritz/scripts/.cdir-target')"
echo ${target_dir}
else
local target_dir="${1}"
fi
if [ ! "${2}" = '--no-ls' ] ; then
builtin cd "${target_dir}" && ls -v --color=auto
else
builtin cd "${target_dir}"
fi
}
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--- #9 fediverse/5990 ---
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I have this local language model framework but it's not built into anything
more than a single-response question. It's runnable as a bash script or lua
require, which is easy enough. Alas, if only I didn't have to use evil
corporate infrastructure to make evil corporate cursed artifacts
[hey don't blame this on us]
oh I'm not, I'm just saying that it'd be cooler if I could build my own tools.
Alas, I'm...
lasy?
n...no
I'm drawn to the power of it
it's got a different magnitude
it's hard for me to apply myself for things that last longer than a "get
stoned", but I try as if every time afterwards I might die.
well, more distraction time, as I wander through claude code
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--- #10 fediverse/3907 ---
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kinda wanna make a linux distro that has all the capabilities of a GUI distro
and isn't so minimal (like screen recording, calculator, screenshot, wifi
manager, etc etc) but with i3 instead of a desktop.
they could literally just be symlinks (shortcuts) to scripts that are in your
/usr/bin or whatever directory
seriously it's not like there's THAT many ways to use ffmpeg, why not just
write a script for them? that's what you're going to do when you use it for
the first time, anyway, so...
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--- #11 fediverse/6422 ---
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revolutions should be paid for in lands
[sometimes I like to just... scroll through the land cards in a Magic the
Gathering card viewer screen application and imagine I myself am there what
would it feel like how is it part of my arms (that which interfaces with the
world)]
there's a deleted section here about atlas the immortal
[while also controlling stimuluses to essentially act as a biological computer
controlling various hydraulics and related upkeep and maintenance
infrastructures]
anarchrist (she's a baby)
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--- #12 fediverse/3234 ---
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║ │ CW: ritz-is-fucking-stupid-I-guess-oh-whoops-cursing-mentioned │ │
║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
║ │
║ │
║ my understanding is that anyone with my IP address could make my heart bleed │
║ due to a hardware vulnerability on my motherboard. Though you might have to │
║ get past my decrepit ancient linksys EA 3500 router from 2012 first. │
║ │
║ unrelated, but does anyone want my IP address? I don't have any remote │
║ backups, so if you hate me now would be a great time to show me how despised I │
║ am. Alternatively you could try searching for anything evil to ensure that I │
║ can be trusted. You're gonna find mostly video games and source-code that I │
║ didn't write though. But also all my notes in directories that are │
║ non-standard, meaning you'll have to look around a bit. I leave little notes │
║ everywhere I go, so that I can remind myself how to do things in the │
║ directories I revisit months later. It's so weird how sometimes the things I │
║ wrote stop working after a while even if I didn't update my system lmao │
║ │
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--- #13 fediverse/466 ---
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I love Linux. All I have to do is type "authserver" and "worldserver" and
wouldn't you know it suddenly a universe is created (with very constrained
rules) that anyone might inhabit should they desire to. It's not like I'm
perfect - oh wait I have a toot about that, gimme a sec
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--- #14 notes/words-2 ---
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words
messages to myself, public fediverse posts, and notes to the gods
second edition
- ri tselen menardi
james cameron king
anja rosalia vavadane
nike featherflame citrine
hydalia thegn edain
the quintessential quanetetrick seleo who is deathless
feldowinn and reyvadin lumineyra
fsharia
and of course,
the anarchrist.
with help
from many more.
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@user-1707
hey, I'm working on a project. Might need some python, I tend to prefer Lua
but it's pretty similar. It uses fediverse software and cheap hardware, think
raspberry pi's except risc-v
also it might use distributed local LLMs not to generate text, that's garbo
and lame and stupid. Instead it uses them to transform text, maybe even
translate text, into a more summarized form. Intentionally losing data, like a
jpeg compression but for text.
Might need some python for that. To glue it all together. The "distributed"
part is a whitelist, so we'd need to write that too. Various small little
utilities like that for connectivity.
oh also there's a one-way ethernet cable that connects two of the boards so
we'd need to store some information (easy) and send some UDP packets (hard)
anyway it's pretty neat, lmk if you want my contact details and I can tell you
about it. I might even be able to pay you.
(everything open source, no telemetry, no backdoors, everything private is
encrypted, etc etc)
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║ │
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║ If I'm trying to get a game or piece of software working, I'll pretty much │
║ install any package that some random post from 2017 tells me to. Sometimes it │
║ feels like I'm a Linux grandma clicking on things that say "bored of your │
║ marriage? click here for games!" and I say to myself "well my marriage is │
║ fine, but I enjoy horsing around from time to time" and then I get a virus and │
║ my things break and I go to my niece who's just a darling and say "hello │
║ niece, I can't check my emails anymore because I downloaded some spam, can you │
║ give me some tips on how to fix my computer?" and she just rolls her eyes │
║ because this is like, the fifth random package I downloaded just because some │
║ random forum poster that SAYS it's from 2017 but who I don't actually KNOW is │
║ from 2017 and isn't just some automated LLM output that tells you to │
║ downloaded automatically generated virus packages that are secretly snuck into │
║ the package repositories because nobody can keep track of ALL THIS STUFF │
║ anymore now that the internet is AI │
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--- #17 fediverse/5398 ---
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║ @user-192 │
║ │
║ step one, doesn't it suck how we have to mount drives │
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║ part two, gee I sure wish networking was easier than building packets in C and │
║ pushing them over IP/TCP │
║ │
║ section three, what if every user logged in to the same system of environments │
║ and kept all their data to themselves while contributing compute to various │
║ valuable processing processes like windfall calculations and population │
║ density administrations │
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║ book four, I wish I didn't have to type -p now when telling my computer │
║ goodnight, I should write a script that solves that in like 4 lines two of │
║ which are empty │
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║ what about five, where they talk about sourcing functions? │
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║ I like to use recursion - calling my own functions inside of my own bash │
║ scripts │
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║ "something something modularity" okay docker bro like I'd really package up │
║ anything that I'm working on │
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║ I mean really who really cares about how I set up the infrastructure of my │
║ system. it's gonna be unique to each person's memory of setting it up anyway, │
║ so why bother with "standardization" │
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I added a line to my .bashrc that cats out a random one of my notes every time
I open a terminal.
I keep reading things that I swear I didn't write, but feel right and true to
me in a way that could only imply that they came fully formed into my eyes
through the lines on my screen, cast upon the mirror panes of my hard disk
drive by the pounding of my keyboard as I once upon a time did cast a spell
upon my future.
It's pretty neat, but it speaks to a shadowed perspective that perhaps is
neither within nor without.
Side note, I think I've been possessed by a witch. But like... in a consensual
way. Like "Hey witch, wanna live? You can chill out with me." [ha that's one
way to look at it]
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--- #19 fediverse/3558 ---
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@user-1550
hell yeah it does
here's a gift from 2008 that you might like
from platinlord, may he RIP in pepperoni, who gave me the power of magic.
http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/platinlord.zip
http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/platinlord.z01
http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/platinlord.z02
http://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/music/platinlord.z03
(the zip archive is in 4 parts because Neocities doesn't let you upload files
above 100mb)
(just download them all into the same directory and unzip the .zip one and
it'll figure itself out)
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║ │
║ │
║ ah but are you really armed in the first place if everything you do has to be │
║ googled or stack-overflowed first │
║ │
║ are you really armed if every web page request goes through their │
║ infrastructure │
║ │
║ are you really armed if every page downloaded is directed to by their DNS │
║ │
║ perhaps it's the illusion of power that gives Linux it's attraction to nerds │
║ such as we. Perhaps we feel powerful by bash scripting a few things together │
║ and making some program that does some thing. Maybe the idea that the │
║ machinery is open and clear is what compels us to use it without fear, though │
║ as far as we can hear there's nothing about it that makes sense. │
║ │
║ I guess that's why they teach Linux in school, so that our elementary │
║ interactions with the computers that comprise our future existence will make │
║ sense to us as children. │
║ │
║ ... wait they don't do that, do they? kids get chromebooks, or didn't you │
║ hear, they're always putting boogers in the CD trays and breaking their LCD │
║ displays, much better to just start fresh │
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