doorhammer

8 ms·

31.
by doorhammer 3y ago
totally agree, and yeah, "you eventually memorize all the arcane bits" definitely isn't a point in favor of powershell there are also some commands I use all the time that don't have built in aliases like the json conver
32.
by doorhammer 3y ago
lol, you know what's funny is that I actually used to have a script like that for windows 10. I volunteered to help a local nonprofit image a bunch of laptops and they'd bought win 10 home licenses for something like 30 laptops. T
33.
by doorhammer 3y ago
I've heard the VSCode + Rust analyzer situation has gotten really good. I think this might have been when it wasn't as solid? I'll have to check out the VSCode situation again sometime. The one thing I don't like about R
34.
by doorhammer 3y ago
> Dude, your comments are way too good to have an empty profile Thanks! I really appreciate that. Been kind of a bummer year so it's nice to hear (#layoff problems, so I'm definitely not the only one, and I think that's lo
35.
by doorhammer 3y ago
How I'd normally write that command in PS: `$someJsonText | convertfrom-json | % name` the `| % [property name]` is shorthand for pulling out some root level property on an object in the pipeline (just for reference; not really trying
36.
by doorhammer 3y ago
100% and I never thought of that before but I can see how you'd get that impression from tutorials. The VSCode powershell extensions will also give you suggestion squigglies under all of your aliases in a saved script if they're n
37.
by doorhammer 3y ago
Yeah, it can definitely be kind of a meme, but also I've never had a bad time bringing it up in good faith. A lot of people don't even realize it's a knee-jerk meme response to them. OP also doesn't seem to just be MS ba
38.
by doorhammer 3y ago
> Similar to how C# is secretly my favorite language, but it's just not well supported on Linux C# is not-so-secretly my favorite language (though Clojure is a close second) and I use it pretty often on macos/linux. IDE wise ha
39.
by doorhammer 3y ago
> The powershell command names though Just wondering if you're talking about command name length or something else? Asking because it comes up a lot and almost all the common commands have idiomatic short/terse versions (gci fo
40.
by doorhammer 4y ago
That's a super interesting idea. Make the newness a thing you constantly rotate on purpose. It reminds me of recently thinking that my clothes are only neatly folded after I learn a new way to fold them, so maybe I should just invent o
41.
by doorhammer 4y ago
np! Muszikas just went on my list. I don't listen to tool a ton anymore. I still like their stuff and think they're a talented band but just don't get the urge often, except for Lateralus. Some of it is just happenstance, I t
42.
by doorhammer 4y ago
Nice! Yeah, it's kind of random, but less random than how you ran across it, I think. I have a friend who's a drummer, and at some point in the early 2000's he picked up a tabla (a type of indian drum--sounds like something y
43.
by doorhammer 4y ago
Yeah, for sure! Honestly the ADHD focus ones are kind of random because they're sort of just albums I happened to be listening to at the point in my life when I finally started doing programming professionally (I def still like them th
44.
by doorhammer 4y ago
I very much relate to this (or at least parts of it; everyone's relationship with their own adhd is very specific and personal). I was medicated as a 90s kid, then went a long time without being medicated. It took awhile to get medicat
45.
by doorhammer 4y ago
thanks for the positive feedback! I'm not as quick to engage as I once was and I appreciate it I usually can't do any background noise with a pattern but there are a handful of albums I've listened to hundreds of times while
46.
by doorhammer 4y ago
app looks clean. I dig it. Kind of unrelated to the app, but wanted to share a related thought that's been useful to me over the years in case it's useful for anyone else. I have pretty strong ADHD. Pomodoro and other time trackin
47.
by doorhammer 5y ago
"test your explanations! ...running an explanation by a few people who don’t already know the concept helps to catch incorrect assumptions I’ve made." I love this. As I get more skilled with a thing I think I can have more confide
48.
by doorhammer 7y ago
I listened to that episode recently. Really dig your podcast; always looking forward to new episodes. I really appreciate the semi-esoteric topics while staying lucid and engaging (I think I found the podcast while I was mucking about with
49.
by doorhammer 11y ago
Think this might be the article you're looking for; figured I'd throw a link out in case it was: http://lisacharlotterost.github.io/ Was posted recently. Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
50.
by doorhammer 11y ago
This reminds me of a quote I enjoy: "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter." Some interesting attributions of that and similar quotes: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shor
51.
by doorhammer 11y ago
> The thing about riding a unicycle is that you don't think of staying on top of it, you think about keeping it underneath you. Falling forwards? Pedal faster to bring it back under you. Falling backwards? Stop pedalling so you catc
52.
by doorhammer 11y ago
I personally like reading in different countries. It sounds silly, but I really do. I toured ireland by bike with a friend of mine (so I wasn't alone) and there were a few times we split up and went off onto different paths, then woul
53.
by doorhammer 11y ago
Yeah. Part of "good faith" for me is that the person isn't being discernibly or overtly aggressive, mean, or sarcastic. Basically, if you're being an asshole, I don't feel a need to save you from yourself. There ar
54.
by doorhammer 11y ago
It's not much, but when I see posts that are downvoted for no discernable reason (assuming good faith on the poster), I'll usually throw them an upvote to bring them a bit out of grey. It's not much, but if I'm having a
55.
by doorhammer 11y ago
Hahah, awesome. Yeah, getting the scripts to run and be robust is definitely an art sort of thing, but I've used it to create what amounts to a CLI's for legacy apps that you could only interface with through GUI's. It's
56.
by doorhammer 11y ago
Might already be familiar with it, but if you aren't, you should check out sikuli script [1] for when you have a repetitive GUI task you have to perform that can't be directly scripted. I've used it to script some really com
57.
by doorhammer 11y ago
I think Minecraft is a good accidental example of what you're talking about, especially on the DK2. It's natural pixel style makes you not notice the resolution at all, and all of the text is large, and easy to read. The cube nat
58.
by doorhammer 11y ago
I never got to use Crescent Bay, but I've got a DK2 at home. Resolution for me will be a non-issue once I can read smallish text on virtual signs/displays. I'm thinking mostly for games like Elite Dangerous and other simula
59.
by doorhammer 11y ago
If I recall correctly this book has an interesting section on polygraphs and a lot of other inaccurate methods and folklore around detecting lies and deceit: http://www.amazon.com/Detecting-Lies-Deceit-Pitfalls-Opportu... I
60.
by doorhammer 11y ago
For me it would be a matter of personal strategy. Basically, is standing on principle the most strategic thing I can do given my goals in the situation that left me on the receiving end of a polygraph? Even if my strategic goal is to show

More ›