AstroLightz
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AstroLightz

@lemmy.world

Hobbyist developer, Linux enthusiast, and Arch Linux user.

"The only things constant in this world are death and taxes, I've got both!" β€” Skeleton Merchant, Terraria

AstroLightz 8 points 13 hours ago

Apollo for Reddit shut down, and Reddit's app sucks. Voyager looks identical to Apollo, so I moved to it.

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AstroLightz 5 points 12 hours ago

A question I like to ask a lot whenever I see a new project that is similar to other existing or popular projects:

  • Why should I use this over XYZ?
  • What does this project do differently than XYZ?

If a developer can answer these questions, it tells me they have a clear picture of what their project is and should be.

So, I ask the same to you:

  • Why should I use this over yt-dlp, Piped, Invidious, etc?
  • What does this do differently than the other projects?
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AstroLightz 3 points 13 hours ago

Your question is a lot like this thought experiment:

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Whatever your answer is to the above text can be applied to your question.

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AstroLightz 3 points 2 days ago

Looks real interesting, and it's on Steam. Definitely wishlisting. Thanks!

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AstroLightz 3 points 2 days ago

I though The Crew got delisted? Wasn't that what the SKG was about?

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AstroLightz 1 point 2 days ago

I don't think Skyrim has motorbikes (also I already have it), unless you're talking about mods.

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AstroLightz 3 points 4 days ago

Yes, I throw in other things besides pee, poop, and Pepsi: Toilet paper

/s

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AstroLightz 7 points 6 days ago

You have it backwards.

rm -fr /* removes the French language pack that comes preinstalled on your system.

/j

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AstroLightz 6 points 6 days ago

Wow, using a cushion as a Show More is something I've never seen before!

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AstroLightz 110 points a month ago

How OP probably felt:

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AstroLightz 90 points 3 years ago

The one bug programmers cannot patch: procrastination.

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AstroLightz 58 points 2 months ago

50 T

T what? Tortillas? Trombones? I think they imported 50 Turtles.

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AstroLightz 47 points a year ago

Voyager because it looks and feels like Apollo for Reddit (RIP BTW)

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AstroLightz 44 points a month ago

Programming and Linux. Oh boy, what to pick...

Terminal text editors: VIM vs Emacs is the main debate there. (There are others but these are ones people argue the most about)

Linux Distros: Arch, Debian, Mint, CachyOS, ...

Init Systems: Systemd vs OpenRC. Honestly, probably the most toxic debate on this list.

Programming Languages: Python, Shell, but the heated one is C vs Rust

A non-exhaustive list of ones I couldn't think of a category for:

  • Tiling vs Floating Window Managers
  • Chromium vs Gecko-based browsers
  • Bash vs Zsh vs Fish

I love computers and Linux, but man, the amount of toxic in-fighting and gatekeeping is a real turnoff. Just use what you want. At the end of the day, we are all nerds doing what we love.

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AstroLightz 41 points 5 months ago

That's pretty cool. I wonder if some devs will use this in conjunction to the "Betas" system and have separate versions there that support mods for older versions.

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AstroLightz 36 points a month ago

When writing BASH scripts:

  • The .sh extension isn't necessary.
  • Using /usr/bin/env bash is better than /bin/bash as not everyone has their bash located in bin.
  • Try to use local variables when you can. If you use global variables that won't be used anywhere else, unset them at the end of your script.
  • Don't use set -euo pipefail. It will only cause more issues down the road.
  • Functions are your friend. If your repeating code, put it in a function.

These are some of the tips I learned while learning bash.

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AstroLightz 34 points 3 months ago

I can think of a way out:

Just throw the whole PC away. It's someone else's problem now!

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AstroLightz 32 points 2 years ago

3 download 0.9 upload

:)

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AstroLightz 30 points 10 months ago

Send me back to the 90s with the flip phone. Old Nokia with a changeable battery, no malicious firmware that has spyware built in. It's just a phone.

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AstroLightz 24 points 21 days ago

I have a joke about piping to /dev/null, but you wouldn't get it.

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thanks for using Leebra!

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