I’ve been running Linux for 4 years, but this still hurts to read

that is a little more complicated

p.communicate() will take a string (or bytes) and send it to the stdin of the process, then wait for p to finish execution

there are ways to stream input into a running process (without waiting for the process to finish), but I don’t remember how off the top of my head

from shutil import which
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, run
from pathlib import Path

LS   = which('ls')
REV  = which('rev')

ls   = run([LS, Path.home()], stdout=PIPE)

p = Popen([REV], stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
stdout, stderr = p.communicate(ls.stdout)

print(stdout.decode('utf-8'))

nushell is pretty good. I use it for my main shell

although, i still prefer writing utilities in python over nu scripts

just use python instead.

• wrap around subprocess.run(), to call to system utils
• use pathlib.Path for file paths and reading/writing to files
• use shutil.which() to resolve utilities from your Path env var

Here’s an example of some python i use to launch vscode (and terminals, but that requires dbus)

from pathlib import Path
from shutil import which
from subprocess import run

def _run(cmds: list[str], cwd=None):
    p = run(cmds, cwd=cwd)

    # raises an error if return code is non-zero
    p.check_returncode()

    return p

VSCODE = which('code')
SUDO   = which('sudo')
DOCKER = which('docker')

proj_dir = Path('/path/to/repo')

docker_compose = proj_dir / 'docker/'

windows = [
  proj_dir / 'code',
  proj_dir / 'more_code',
  proj_dir / 'even_more_code/subfolder',
]
for w in windows:
  _run([VSCODE, w])

_run([SUDO, DOCKER, 'compose', 'up', '-d'], cwd=docker_compose)

Why is there so much political messaging right now

Fuck off with all the democracy doomsday posting, I just want to see funny memes

Don’t leave snow on the roof when you drive

It can peel off in a giant ice sheet in the wind and destroy the car behind you

Or otherwise, create a mini blizzard and make it impossible to see

See, I like to actually enjoy myself sometimes, instead of just hating the world

And part of that enjoyment is good coffee. Fresh, locally roasted coffee, that I grind fresh each morning. I either take it black, or with a splash of milk, depending on my mood

Drip brewers are perfectly fine, so long as you don’t use the hot plate. But the biggest impact on coffee flavor is the freshness of both the roast and the grind

Waiting till the new year to change is an excuse

Change now, not later

Yup

It’s also the “choke that guy with your crotch till he passes out” sport

(Triangle chokes)

I am really looking forward to all the new fresh meat newcomers to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Being able to smash someone else’s face into the mat for once

Because it’s all an impulse decision

“New Year’s Resolutions” are the exact opposite of setting good goals

Good goals:

• need to be definable
  • “I will start restricting calories and target a 1lb per week loss”
  • not “get in shape”
• need to be actionable
  • “I will start making plans right now, and implementing them tonight”
  • not “I will wait till a specific time of the year”
• need to be sustainable
  • “I will adjust my strategy to work around my daily habits and otherwise be flexible”
  • not “NO MORE SWEETS”

I write code so I can pay for my bougie coffee

(Local fresh roasted coffee is amazing)

Coffee brewers that have a hot plate under the carafe will burn and ruin coffee. The best method of keeping coffee fresh is to keep it in a sealed container (like a double walled carafe with a lid)

Microwaving coffee is actually a pretty decent way to re-heat it, but the taste will depend on how fresh it was kept prior

Casual ads inside an elevator in an office building? This is the true dystopian future

I’d rather take the stairs (for up to ~10 floors)

My guess is that there’s a capacitor in there somewhere. The capacitor stores enough charge to keep the time for short periods (like a power flicker). But it’s unreliable for longer periods of time (beyond a few minutes) and will cause clock drift.

So, when the power goes out for a medium length of time, the microwave resets to 12:00 to indicate that you need to set the time again

However, if the microwave is left unplugged for an extended period of time (a few days to weeks), the capacitor is fully drained. My guess is that this causes the time to be set to --:–

Why it would be designed like that? No idea

The only clock I bother setting is the stove

There is really no (functional) reason to have more than a single clock within a single room

OwO

I’m enough of an audiophile that I have some really nice speakers and a Schiit DAC and amp

But I’m not audiophile enough to care about different encodings.

At some point, I just wanna listen to the darn music

(I switched to Tidal in August. Much better audio quality)

Unless Valve has said otherwise, I doubt SteamOS is going to be released for desktop. SteamOS is basically just Arch + kde plasma but with tweaks targeting the SteamDeck hardware