[-] irelephant@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

The instructions don't work half the time.

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

Lua runs everywhere (almost), but I cannot install a uuid library on windows.

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 2 points 3 hours ago

Compared to luarocks, pip is amazing.

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago

Lack of windows support for most luarocks modules has stopped me from writing a lot of stuff in lua.

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I've been trying to get luarocks to work on windows, and all it gives is cryptic gcc errors.

How does pip manage to work on most platforms without issues?

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 9 points 17 hours ago

its

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so,

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Peak Microsoft. (programming.dev)

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/29294671

TranscriptA windows dialogue saying "Select an app to open this 'msteams' link. The suggested apps are Microsoft teams, with a "new" subtext, and MicroSoft Teams, with the word new in its icon.

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My BMI? NaN. (programming.dev)

TranscriptA screenshot saying "Your child's Results, Your child's BMI is Infinity. That puts them in the 100th percentile which indicates that they are obese."

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

Its no thanks because you are making sure you are giving them no thanks.

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

I think piping something into aplay works, but I used a different command. I'll share it if I find it.

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

https://youtu.be/GtQpThwWQtQ

Embedding Youtube videos like that doesn't work, it has to be the raw video/image file.

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TranscriptAn uninstall window for McAfee WebAdvisor (usually installed as bloat on new computers), it says "Maybe you should keep us around... Here's why: ". The reasons list is empty.

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago

A while ago I found a command which would let you pipe anything (binary, text etc) into sound.

/usr/bin/ls sounded nice, /dev/random sounded like static.

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Very underrated song. (programming.dev)

TranscriptA "Now Playing" popup which shows "system Preferences" as the song playing.

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!iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

I read this, but it could be wrong

Printer ink is now the most expensive fluid that a civilian can purchase without a special permit. It's colored water that costs $10k/gallon, which means that you print out your grocery lists with liquid that costs more than the semen of a Kentucky Derby-winning stallion.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago

And the borders!

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 28 points 3 days ago

Especially considering ink is the most expensive liquid a consumer can buy.

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Graphing error (programming.dev)
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