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Comment · 11 months ago
Thanks that’s good to know
Comment · 11 months ago
I had this problem too until I forced myself to use the `gcm` alias from oh-my-zsh’s Git plugin. IIRC it checks out to master if it exists, else main. It has almost entirely removed this distinction from my life.
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks. Do you have any places you would recommend buying from? I am guessing Amazon might not be able to meet this criteria.
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Comment · 1 year ago
What did you dislike about connecting to Postgres from AWS lambda?
Comment · 2 years ago
Well said. This can go even further by defining JavaScript code as functions in a sheet. For example, if someone pays you back, you click a checkbox in the corresponding cell, and it runs your code to send them a thank you email.
Comment · 3 years ago
+1 for Rectangle. It’s the first thing I install after homebrew on any new Mac. I came from Spectacle after EOL and was pleasantly surprised at the additional features (like window snapping) + support for Spectacle binds. If you want to try it out, it’s as easy as `brew install --cask rectangle`
Comment · 3 years ago
Super smash brothers melee, and it still has a strong grassroots competitive scene. It’s a work of art made in only 9 months
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
This is hilarious. The “final thoughts” section really hit home for me. Thanks for sharing
Comment · 3 years ago
I have an adjacent, simple scripting story.

Battlefield 2042 recently had an XP glitch where you could go into a server with BF3 settings, throw ammo to a teammate and get XP for the resupply. Naturally there were several servers dedicated to this with 128/128 players and everyone on one team all standing at one objective.

Rather than actually play the game to level up and get the weapons/gadgets I wanted or even play this accelerated XP mini game, I wrote an ahk script to automate the equipping and dropping of the ammo crate so that I could do other things.

I only had to let it run for a few hours before I was max level, and the 10 minutes of scripting gave me the benefit for something I wouldn’t otherwise subject myself to.

Comment · 3 years ago
Can you expand on “from a specific moment till done” and possibly provide an example? What’s the exit condition? Time? A ui change? Seems like you could write a do_macro function and bind a key to loop it till “done” but I may be misunderstanding
Comment · 3 years ago
Good to know. Thanks for taking the time to share your insight

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