Sam Schlinkert @schlink@octodon.social

#Introduction! I'm Schlink

I write Rust and Python from time to time. (https://github.com/sts10/). Interested in passwords, privacy, etc. Run Linux and use Neovim.

I read a lot of books.

I have a physical disability that I almost never talk about, but probably should!

Sometimes I play go (~14kyu), but I handle losing poorly (working on that!)

I've worked at CNN and BuzzFeed News, though am looking for a new job at the moment...

Been on here since '17 if you have questions!

Re-upping this:

I made a curated list of Rust command-line utilities. I only use a handful, but all of the ones I listed look interesting to me.

https://gist.github.com/sts10/daadbc2f403bdffad1b6d33aff016c0a

#rust

If you're looking for a password manager that stores your data offline/locally, I like KeePassXC!

https://keepassxc.org/

My guide from 2017 https://sts10.github.io/2017/06/27/keepassxc-setup-guide.html

Official getting-started guide:
https://keepassxc.org/docs/KeePassXC_GettingStarted.html

Wrote about how I'm using Just, a command runner, to generate me word lists whenever I discover a new profane word or British spelling of a word.

https://sts10.github.io/2022/09/26/just-word-lists.html

Who named it affect theory instead of vibes theory?!

you're telling me a system is operating?

dang, new Carly Rae single slaps

https://open.spotify.com/track/1sEBlj6fYXiiaGR8XrLSbr?si=cbc61e7249474059

TIL about permacomputing?

https://permacomputing.net/

Wow, 👍 for Marcel the Shell. So sweet. 🥹

really need a mathematician on retainer https://github.com/sts10/tidy/issues/19

"The UK Government Is Directing Mourners to North Carolina to Stand in Line for Queen Elizabeth"

> When the livestream launched at 2:55pm UK time, it directed mourners to the location same.valve.grid – in reality, Bob Belcher Park near Clovis, California. Around 15 minutes later, the stream was updated, directing people to same.value.grit, which was closer, in that it was in the London suburb of Denham, but still not right.

https://gizmodo.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-westminster-queue-line-what3words-uk-1849536290?rev=1663182607290

(h/t @eldang )

Whenever I imagine myself getting much older and worry that I’ll get confused by things, I irrationally think “Yeah, but I wrote Rust, I’ll always be sharp.”

TIL about lexopt, a "[m]inimalist pedantic command line parser"

https://github.com/blyxxyz/lexopt

h/t https://blog.burntsushi.net/bstr/

writing question: If I'm calling a concept "malleable", what verb would I use for changing it? Like "bend" it? "shape" it?

Huh, a person to their fingerprint is a pretty good metaphor for one-way hashing functions, right?

whoa?!

"Arti 1.0.0 is released: Our Rust Tor implementation is ready for production use. "

https://blog.torproject.org/arti_100_released/

Watched Ponyo for first time with the nephew. Was great!! Thinking Kiki's Delivery Service next time.

Me, tentatively, optimistically recommending a contemporary novel to my boomer.

Boomer: “Based on a true story?”

dang!

"Please do not use Python for tooling"

https://borud.no/dev/2022/embedded-tooling/

h/t https://lobste.rs/s/f18w5u/please_do_not_use_python_for_tooling

having a weird issue with rsync

it seems like when i run:

rsync -a --delete foo bar/

it errors because it says the destination in Read Only. I can run
rsync -aAR --delete foo bar/
and it seems to work fine. Wondering if the --delete flag without the -A or -X flags confuses the permissions somehow

In hindsight, I should have gone with Debian !

wrote a quick blog post about reviving an old ThinkPad X40 with Linux, if you're into that sort of thing

https://sts10.github.io//2022/08/23/reviving-a-thinkpad-x40.html

sooo I guess my next question is what nice-for-writing word processors can run on a 32-bit Linux machine...

Puppy Linux comes with Geany and AbiWord, which seem OK.