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Cake day: August 1st, 2023

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  • I don’t get NixOS

    It’s not for everyone. The idea is to have your entire system reproducible with a few configuration files, which you’d then ideally store in a VCS like git.

    I haven’t messed with it, but there is something appealing about the ability to reboot to an older snapshot of the system if an update breaks something, or being able to use a config file to restore your system to the exact OS version and exact versions of whatever apps you use.








  • Begging people on the internet to buy you things on an Amazon wishlist doesn’t give the impression you’re actually caring for a mom cat & her kittens.

    If you genuinely need help, reach out to your nearest animal shelter or vet. If you’re unable to afford food for them, vets/shelters can help connect you to cat food & other resources to help. They may also be able to help you re-home them.




  • I listened to the first 4 tracks, and skipped around the rest to get an idea of the content. Lots of good stuff!

    • Great job mimicking the tone of Hades’ music. It has a fantastic OST. Korb also wrote Bastion’s OST, which is worth a listen, too.
    • In your soundtrack, I think there needs to be more balance between the “wall of sound” harmonies vs. lyrical melodies. IMO, the best game soundtracks are the ones you come away from humming a theme, and I struggled to find one here.

    I think “Through Asphodel” is a good example - melody kicks in about 2 minutes in. From what I heard (which wasn’t everything, admittedly), you have the background metal sound figured out, but I think you’re missing that soaring melody in some of these.

    Just my two cents!








  • I don’t buy into the myth that running your own mail server is “hard”.

    For a server with only a few users, the hard part is outgoing mail, ensuring your mails get delivered. I did what I can here, and simply use a paid service on another domain for important things where delivery must be “guaranteed”.

    It’s an interesting post, but saying it’s “not hard” and then “welllllll it’s not hard if you don’t bother with a spam filter & pay a professional company for ‘important’ email” is pretty misleading.