Edward Loveall

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Them: Alright, so first you write a test that fails
Me: Yes, I'm nailing this
Them: Then you write code that makes it pass
Me: ...you've lost me
shit fuck i accidentally installed garfana instead of grafana
Sorry everyone, I remembered I turned a PC off before it was safe in 2001 and I think the current mess is my fault :€
I would like to subscribe to an ebook in my feed reader and have it show up like 500-1000 words at a time.

delighted to announce that my new zine "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is out today!!

You can get it for $12 USD here: https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal

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i have disabled every possible “artificial intelligence” setting in my account

every team or org i work with has disabled every “artificial intelligence” setting in their accounts

and yet,

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Lots of smart, reasonable people writing thoughtful, measured posts on genAI. But they’re often so focused on debating if genAI will enhance someone’s productivity and they miss the ethics piece entirely.

I’m glad @agentultra wrote “Why I Won’t Use AI” so I can link to that next time: https://agentultra.com/blog/why-i-wont-use-ai/index.html

Agentultra - Why I Won't Use AI

I've still never gotten into `fzf` (and maybe I never will!) but I think it's really cool that you can use a fzf 1-liner to make things like this little UI for reviewing git commits

(fzf stands for "fuzzy finder" but I think it's interesting that you can use it for many things that do not involve searching or finding at all!)

https://jvns.ca/til/fzf-preview-git-commits/

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delighted to announce that my new zine "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is out today!!

You can get it for $12 USD here: https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal

The reason this zine is called "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is that I learned more useful things while writing this zine than when writing any other zine, even though I've been using the terminal every day for 20 years.

It really left me feeling like the terminal is full of hidden secrets -- because "the terminal" is made up of so many different pieces, there's no single terminal manual you can read!

Here's the table of contents (which as a bonus shows the components of the terminal!)

@b0rk I've used the terminal for a long time too and know quite a few of its secrets, but back when you did the (a?) survey a while back I went to answer it fully expecting to learn some new secrets and was happy to indeed learn.
@b0rk purchased. Thank you for your hard work on this!
@b0rk congrats on the zine. Can't wait to read!
@b0rk it looks so cool 😎

@b0rk I plan in the next few months to resume working on my Terminedia ASCII art/ Terminal framework.

I feel confident the information in this zine will teach me a lot and allow me to include some nice features and behaviors there

@b0rk OMG this illustration is SO clever!
@mjd the illustrator (Vladimir) is SO good, often he puts in fun little touches that even I miss until much later
@b0rk @mjd out of curiosity, did you only "outsource" the cover or do you have all your drawings done by (other) professionals? Can you share details of Vladimir, is he available for other projects too? I like your work and this cover is also amazing.

@svenk @mjd yeah I draw everything except the cover (though often with a lot of help from Marie https://marieflanagan.com/)

this is Vladimir's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_vlo3y_/

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@b0rk It reminds me of Gary Overacre's “Unix Magic” poster. https://archive.org/details/unix-magic-poster-gary-overcare-1
UNIX Magic Poster by Gary Overcare : Gary Overacre : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The classic UNIX magic poster by Overacre was distributed at past USENIX conferences and featured a white bearded wizard with UNIX related things around him,...

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@mjd that was definitely an inspiration
@mjd @b0rk oh I definitely worked with that guy in college (the one depicted I mean, not the illustrator)
@b0rk Bought it. Now I must find where I store the other (git) and put it alongside.
@b0rk
Has this been approved by The Elders of the Internet?
@b0rk A=awesome; printf "\\r\033[35m${A} ${A} ${A}\033[0m\\n"
@b0rk congrats on launch! I love how many zines you've made. zines are the best (this is pam btw from cegep)
@blueberryjams aw nice to see you on here!
@b0rk instant buy decision! Amazing work!
@b0rk Yay just bought mine!
@b0rk just picked up my copy! I remembered excitedly that I actually own a color printer now, so I'll be printing this and other ones that I've picked up previously 😁
@b0rk we need more of this cover’s energy in the world
@b0rk yesss I love your zines. I have debugging, bite size command line, and oh shit git. <3
@b0rk Does this solidly Canadian product have a bulk rate for meetups and conferences? Asking for a friend. 😃
@WordCampCanada very happy to set something up for you! just email support@wizardzines.com
@b0rk ordered - excited for the print!
@b0rk got it, thanks for all the hard work compiling all this info. I'm digging the cover art, trying to catch every piece of visual language, like the obvious fish in the bowl but also the glob in a globe, color pallete and other fun details.
@b0rk Wow, this looks great, & it's probably exactly what I need! I'm an old codger who's been using Linux for years, but limited to GUI. Now there's a program that I want mucho, but its package isn't in my distro's repositories. Tried "winging it" via the terminal, but no joy and I don't know why. I think you may just have saved the day! Ordering the zine asap! Many thanks!
@b0rk as a real nerd I prefer plain text documents …
@b0rk this looks so friggin’ cool, I had to buy it in print too.
@b0rk the table of contents is sort of short... how many pages is the publication actually?
@b0rk Just bought / discovered this zine, a delightful moment for me who is at best an occasional terminal user. It will help preventing me from procrastinating myself away from the terminal. An instant buy and a steal at $12.
@b0rk Just purchased a copy!
@b0rk all of those Zines look great! Will order the printed ones once I moved :)
@b0rk this is the best $12 I've spent this month
@b0rk just bought this - looks excellent. Can't wait to have a thumb through this evening.
@b0rk aaand printed too! After debugging why my printer kept saying "Out of Memory". Love it!
@b0rk
Congratulations! Proud to be a small part of this as a beta reader. Will order a print for my collection.
@b0rk Wow, that illustration is amazing 🤩
@b0rk I don't know if this code is from you or from the platform, but it has made my day.
@b0rk I am a bit confused; why does the store demand that I supply a full billing address, including a valid phone number, when I am just buying a download link to a PDF, and you already get my email address 'in case you need to contact me about my order'?

@sindarina your email address is so you can get a confirmation email with a link to the PDF

but the phone number part is silly, i wish i could turn that off, you can just enter a fake phone number

@b0rk Yeah, I understand why you need the email, I guess the rest is just the shop SaaS, heh.
@b0rk best cheatsheets