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favorite bands · Lemon Demon; Tally Hall.

favorite artists · cavetown; Neil Cicierega; Bo Burnham; Jack Stauber; Will Wood; Toby Fox.

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Cake day: September 14th, 2023

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  • wayland.windowManager.sway.config.keybindings = let
        # ...
        screenshot = with pkgs; writeShellScriptBin "screenshot.sh" ''
              DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
              if [ "$1" = "full" ]; then
                ${grim}/bin/grim ~/Pictures/shot_$DATE.png
                ${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "saved full screenshot to shot_$DATE.png"
              elif [ "$1" = "full-copy" ]; then
                ${grim}/bin/grim - | ${wl-clipboard}/bin/wl-copy -t image/png
                ${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "copied full screenshot"
              elif [ "$1" = "sel" ]; then
                ${grim}/bin/grim -g "$(${slurp}/bin/slurp)" ~/Pictures/sel_$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S").png
                ${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "saved selection to sel_$DATE.png"
              elif [ "$1" = "sel-copy" ]; then
                ${grim}/bin/grim -g "$(${slurp}/bin/slurp)" - | ${wl-clipboard}/bin/wl-copy -t image/png
                ${libnotify}/bin/notify-send "copied screenshot"
              else
                printf "Invalid argument: '$1'\n"
              fi
              '';
      in lib.mkOptionDefault { # ...
    

    This is in my Home Manager configuration. I don’t think this is that bad, it’s just kinda messy. If you can’t tell, it’s a script for taking screenshots, embedded in my configuration.



  • If you want a challenge that may or may not be worth it, try configuring NixOS. And I mean really get into it, try to configure everything using Nix. It’s very time consuming but not boring, each configuration varies person to person (i.e the way you organize it) so it can be quite fun if you have the time.

    Also nixpkgs (what Nix and NixOS use) has like, all the packages





  • Windows 10.

    I wanted customization. Windows provided customization, sure, but like in the worst way possible. Want to change the system colors or what buttons look like? Download this third party theme and apply it with bloated tools that are probably malware in disguise!

    Meanwhile on Linux (NixOS), I can just change a few lines in my dotfiles and it works. Sometimes it’s inconvenient but I’m not really looking for convenience.