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Misadventures in computing, preserved in all its triteness.

There's also some non-tech stuff.

 

HackTheBox Stumblethrough -- BountyHunter 08 Feb 2022

It’s late in the aftertoon – too early for dinner, but late enough for the cool breeze to give me shudders. The sun is hovering over the western horizon, threatening to dive under and find somewhere else to shine its rays on. Nobody bids it farewell – it’ll be back in the morning, just like all the other times.

Compiling an older version of Python for virtualenv 04 Sep 2021

I don’t like it when a Python project requires a specific version of Python to run. Doubly so if said project is a school assignment.

Setting up Element (a Discord alternative) 01 Jul 2021

Whenever there’s a group project to be worked on, the first thing my classmates do is exchange their Discord handles. Why? Shouldn’t CS majors, even if we’re mere undergrads, know better?

i3wm exec, dmenu_run, and $PATH 28 Jun 2021

Apparently, neither dmenu_run nor i3’s exec command care about paths exported via .bashrc or .bash_profile. I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to debug this issue.