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entropie commented on Nixtml: Static website and blog generator written in Nix github.com/arnarg/nixtml... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
What's more interesting, is how confident your original comment read, but turned out to not be correct at all. Of course it has always been true, but excellent reminder that even humans hallucinate.
I tried to edit my comment but not possible.
I could have sworn that I had this issue without using flakes. The start with Nixos was really bumpy; I must have mixed something up.
entropie commented on Nixtml: Static website and blog generator written in Nix github.com/arnarg/nixtml... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
It actually is specific to flakes. Classic nix commands can see untracked files just fine. Flake evaluation behaves differently because of how it decides which "scheme" to use:
> If the directory is part of a Git repository, then the input will be treated as a `git+file:` URL, otherwise it will be treated as a `path:` url;
This is why untracked or unstaged files disappear when using flakes:
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/ec6789f9dafce41011418fe6fc...
Interesting.
entropie commented on Nixtml: Static website and blog generator written in Nix github.com/arnarg/nixtml... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
The flakes were the main UX/DX improvement for me. Before them I honestly could not do anything. The learning curve was so incredibly steep it almost felt like the people behind Nix were being malicious or intentionally gatekeeping. You finally stumble onto something you can at least partly understand, but then the powers that be throw two last obstacles at you like,
First, flakes are "experimental", so you have to enable them. Back then there were like three slightly different CLI commands to do it, and it felt like none worked from like 5 tutorial tabs I had open, putting it `experimental-features =` into flake you are trying to switch to does not work obviously.
Then you hit the classic situation where your flake is not committed or staged, so Nix refuses to see it. And instead of telling you that, it prints this abomination of error message "error: path '/nix/store/0ccnxa25whszw7mgbgyzdm4nqc0zwnm8-source/flake.nix' does not exist" (https://determinate.systems/blog/changelog-determinate-nix-3...)
I would not wish learning Nix from zero on my worst enemy, and I say that as someone who uses nix-darwin, devShells, deploy-rs and so on every day. The UX/DX is really bad, but nothing else comes close to its capabilities.
Sorry for rant but without flakes I would not make it.
> your flake is not committed or staged
That has nothing to do with flakes. When I add a "module" to my repos its the same. I have to add it the git repos or nix does not "see" it. And yes, its pretty unintuitive.
entropie commented on Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming bazzite.gg/... · Posted by u/doener
I personally think everyone should install arch once the manual way. It will give you a good idea how everything fits together.
After that, just use EndeavourOS.
I used Antergos before that and EndevourOS has been great since.
> It will give you a good idea how everything fits together.
The actual user does not give any shits. And while I love tinkering around and understand my OS/distro/$software I can absolutely relate. Linux should be at last so accessible that most of the things just work and a broad audience can just use their computer.
entropie commented on We stopped roadmap work for a week and fixed bugs lalitm.com/fixits-are-goo... · Posted by u/lalitmaganti
I wanted to take a look at some of these bug fixes, and one of the linked ones [1] seems more like a feature to me. So maybe it should be the week of "low priority" issues, or something like that.
I don't mean to sound negative, I think it's a great idea. I do something like this at home from time to time. Just spend a day repairing and fixing things. Everything that has accumulated.
entropie commented on Shop Sans is a typeface for curved text paths futurefonts.com/hex/shop-... · Posted by u/tobr
The way these kinds of fonts work is that you don't host the font, they do. You link the font licence you purchased through your HTML code (or CSS, depending on how the foundry recommends you to apply the font) with a specific font URL that they provide you, which will contain unique identifiers. Then they can track how often the font gets loaded.
If your site really kicks off and you max out those visits per month (that they track on their end), they either start charging you the higher tier, cut off loading your font, or send you stern emails.
There is no expectation that you share your analytics with a type foundry.
> You link the font licence you purchased through your HTML code
Ugh, hard pass for me. It a nice font thought
entropie commented on Show HN: A subtly obvious e-paper room air monitor nicolin-dora.ch/blog/en-e... · Posted by u/nomarv
Slightly off-topic
Home Assistant has been running here for several years, and there are quite a few mammals in a relatively small space (humans and dogs). Air quality plays a significant role in well-being. I spent some time tinkering around to find good sensor solutions (I still use esp32 with bme280/dallas and mhz19 for other rooms), and after some back and forth, I purchased an Awair Element. At first glance, it seems quite expensive, but the sensors alone would cost me 1/3 of the price.
We love it. The little LED that indicates air quality, which I didn't even notice at first, is extremely helpful. The sensors are so accurate that I can see when someone has cooked something, when cleaning products have been used, or when we have a dog visiting. A simple API+web server (which I never needed), as the Home Assistant integration works great.
Great device.
Is that supposed to be praise?
I played it a bit after release and have 230 hours. I liked the game and it was worth my money.