open source software is the WORST fucking video game, man the crafting mechanics are all fucked up, the NPCs directions are totally unclear you spend half the day grinding mobs and never get any XP for it - ThreadSky

kathryntewson.bsky.social • 2 days ago

open source software is the WORST fucking video game, man

the crafting mechanics are all fucked up, the NPCs directions are totally unclear

you spend half the day grinding mobs and never get any XP for it

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amye.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don't come for my people in the most accurate way possible.

madamehardy.bsky.social•2 days ago

And half the pages in the DM guide say "to be written later."

alexthemathguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Out of curiosity, which particular project?

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/kathryntewson.bsky.social/post/3ljtkhy2ymk2n

alexthemathguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

I was just wondering which one to avoid if the need came up

alexthemathguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

(Or, failing that, which one to budget a full day to getting up and running)

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sure, let me just document my tooth-crackingly frustrating day involving multiple kinds of privileged info in excruciating and infuriating detail on a public microblogging forum for ya so you can have the heads up

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

DM me an address where I can send the fucking invoice

schwatd.bsky.social•2 days ago

I understand some of these words. Have you tried hitting it with a hammer?

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/kathryntewson.bsky.social/post/3ljtkhy2ymk2n

schwatd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Some people pay extra to be punished.

asonge.bsky.social•2 days ago

As a programmer, open source libraries are a way better experience. Getting support from vendors where I can’t read the code is the worst.

As a user? Many/most open source end user programs are so frustrating they should be yeeted into the sun.

yoboseiyo.bsky.social•2 days ago

blech, my deepest sympathies.

kauantai.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Why are you asking when you could have tried it yourself" is #1 on my directions shit list

aaronsofaer.bsky.social•2 days ago

Something something all of the information is either in private Discord servers or buried in Reddit but all the top search results are AI slop and fandom wikis but I repeat myself?

jtothe.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Oh nevermind I figured it out thanks tho."

Is always the third option that appears.

kauantai.bsky.social•2 days ago

[flicks lighter repeatedly]

nocatsnomasters.bsky.social•2 days ago

hahahahahahacry

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

this is the arrow I took to the knee, right here

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

nota bene: if your response to this post is to either tell me what i’m doing wrong or suggest ways to make it better, you have demonstrated that you are one of the NPCs in question and will be dealt with appropriately

thedopefishlives.bsky.social•2 days ago

Does this caveat still apply if the suggestion of a way to make it better involves dynamite, or a similar amount of explosives of a composition of your choice?

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

After the day I’ve had? Yes.

thedopefishlives.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah. One of _those_ days. I shall respectfully refrain.

jonmarcantel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well actually... *runs and hides*

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Today is not the day to fuck with me, Jonathan.

alttag.bsky.social•2 days ago

At high risk of becoming a short-lived NPC, just remember you have friends and we’re here for you, whether it’s to help with dependency hell or RMS tap by proxy.

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

The thought of fixing this problem fills me with homicidal rage so it’s gonna have to be the second

jonmarcantel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hugs, my friend.

developerpast.bsky.social•2 days ago

It won't *make* it better, but it will make you *feel* better if you go kick RMS in the nuts.

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Except then I’d have to be within kicking distance of RMS.

new idea: remote sack tap protocol

mithras.bsky.social•2 days ago

I once wrote up "Gibbs-slap over IP".

I think it's on a hard drive I still have....

i-am-j.ag•1 day ago

I would use it to give a stern prod to Elon Musk's elephant skin ice cream scoops whenever he says the word "Obviously" when doing a Dunning-Kreuger speed run. He says it enough that by the time he stops saying it he might be sterile. Win-win.

developerpast.bsky.social•2 days ago

RSTP/RCKP (RFC9969).

amyhoy.bsky.social•2 days ago

yeah, like,

we don't wanna incite the next zoonotic plague right

we should all keep a safe distance from RMS

mirkokaran.bsky.social•2 days ago

"The social dynamics of the net are a direct consequence of the fact that nobody has yet developed a Remote Strangulation Protocol."

-- Larry Wall, creator of Perl, in the '90s

tautadiction.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have met rms, I definitely recommend staying outside of melee range.

stuporhero.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm envisioning some kind of rudimentary cannon strapped to a robot dog that'll fire bean bags at his bean bags.

Hacky sacks at his heckin' sack, if you will.

geekydee.bsky.social•21 hours ago

FWIW, I entered the chat with a witty pithy response in total agreement, looked around and decided it wasn't needed as you had it under control, then broke out the popcorn...

thevowel.bsky.social•2 days ago

😂🤣

nategvo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Depending on the software, it’s either the most unfriendly software to install and get started on or impossible to install under 99% of conditions

Like if I have to read more lines of text about installing than I do to use it, just absolutely fuck that noise

nategvo.bsky.social•2 days ago

The binary libraries and dockers I’m talking about know who they are and better be working the next time my goddamn system updates

kathryntewson.bsky.social•2 days ago

dependency errors sprouting like mushrooms after a rain

nategvo.bsky.social•2 days ago

nocatsnomasters.bsky.social•2 days ago

Teaching sand to think was a mistake.

nategvo.bsky.social•2 days ago

sweetpavement.bsky.social•2 days ago

You get finger cramps and caffeine shakes but swear one more hour and you'll have it this time!

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