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[2023-03-27T01:31:03Z] <Ellowee[m]> Your git repos would be good portfolio
[2023-03-27T01:31:40Z] <Ellowee[m]> s/repos//
[2023-03-27T01:32:52Z] <Ellowee[m]> also why not just qemu a winblows vm
[2023-03-27T01:33:19Z] <midfavila> unfortunately my git repos display a) a very limited set of skills and b) a very, very, *very* niche set of skills
[2023-03-27T01:34:03Z] <midfavila> i keep trying to explain this to my career counselor but he doesn't seem to understand that being able to troubleshoot obscure errors in 1970s era codebases is a skill that very few people will pay you for, and even then only if you have a ton of experience
[2023-03-27T01:35:20Z] <midfavila> as is I have five months to cram a bunch of shitware out the door and hope to god that my willingness and determination to learn obscure and poorly-documented libraries and then produce somewhat useful software with them is slightly impressive
[2023-03-27T01:35:54Z] <Ellowee[m]> midfavila: COBOL
[2023-03-27T01:36:16Z] <midfavila> Java for boomers
[2023-03-27T01:36:32Z] <Ellowee[m]> midfavila: Github cockpilot seX
[2023-03-27T01:36:58Z] <midfavila> disgusting
[2023-03-27T01:37:06Z] <Ellowee[m]> i ran out of ideas to mock proprietary products
[2023-03-27T01:37:20Z] <midfavila> i'm at a point where i just want to cry ;w;
[2023-03-27T01:37:43Z] <midfavila> i don't want to be a fucking webdev but it seems like that's the only option for self-taught programmers to achieve gainful employment reasonably now
[2023-03-27T01:37:59Z] <Ellowee[m]> You will feed the beast!
[2023-03-27T01:39:04Z] <midfavila> http://0x0.st/HofT.jpg
[2023-03-27T01:39:06Z] <midfavila> me every day
[2023-03-27T01:39:28Z] <Ellowee[m]> Exactly how ((they)) want you
[2023-03-27T01:39:32Z] <midfavila> not even joking any more this actually sucks please send help i want to go back to being able to just work as a serf 
[2023-03-27T01:39:35Z] <midfavila> ***;w;***
[2023-03-27T01:40:29Z] <Ellowee[m]> All I can say is, carry on doing the webdevving until you can get out of the loop
[2023-03-27T01:43:36Z] <midfavila> i'm hoping to get a response from the testing positions i sent resumes in to 
[2023-03-27T01:43:46Z] <midfavila> if i can get either of those positions i'll be pretty happy honestly
[2023-03-27T04:06:08Z] <midfavila> lmao i just found out that the standard x11 bitmap editor breaks if you use it with numlock enabled
[2023-03-27T04:06:10Z] <midfavila> that's rich
[2023-03-27T06:07:59Z] <sewn> hi
[2023-03-27T06:08:38Z] <midfavila> Hallo.
[2023-03-27T06:25:01Z] <midfavila> man i really ought to extend the standard X11 bitmap editor to support XPMs
[2023-03-27T06:25:06Z] <midfavila> and have like, a status readout
[2023-03-27T06:25:18Z] <midfavila> having to manually count pixels instead of having a ruler or something is so 1988
[2023-03-27T07:25:10Z] <midfavila> hmm
[2023-03-27T07:25:47Z] <midfavila> might actually take the time to draft some bitmaps and a small utility library to make working with Xaw easier and more consistent
[2023-03-27T07:26:18Z] <midfavila> no point in reimplementing menu or toolbar generation for every program, and doing it all by hand is tedious and error-prone
[2023-03-27T07:27:21Z] <midfavila> same with a lot of common callbacks... since i'm targeting CUA, every program's going to have a fairly similar basic look and feel
[2023-03-27T07:27:35Z] <midfavila> just need to get my hands on a copy of the spec itself
[2023-03-27T07:39:00Z] <midfavila> http://www.susandoreydesigns.com/software/CommonUserAccessGUIDesign.pdf
[2023-03-27T07:39:05Z] <midfavila> not the spec proper but seems promising
[2023-03-27T07:39:22Z] <midfavila> i've heard that CUAv1 was like 330 pages long, most of that being compliance checklists
[2023-03-27T07:39:33Z] <midfavila> which is the most IBM thing i've heard in a long while
[2023-03-27T08:20:23Z] <sewn> pancakes
[2023-03-27T08:20:34Z] <midfavila> lawl x3 so random
[2023-03-27T08:21:21Z] <sewn> Shutcho X looking ass up
[2023-03-27T08:21:21Z] <sewn> shrimps
[2023-03-27T08:22:21Z] <sewn> ok I'm sorry that was mean
[2023-03-27T08:35:07Z] <midfavila> question for you guys
[2023-03-27T08:35:37Z] <midfavila> on a scale of 1 to 10 how cursed is it to illustrate a widget hierarchy using indentation in C source
[2023-03-27T09:01:18Z] <sewn> 3
[2023-03-27T10:45:42Z] <midfavila> welp, prototype for a simple Xaw editor is just about done
[2023-03-27T10:46:14Z] <midfavila> just need to finish touching up the UI and implementing a few callbacks and we'll be good
[2023-03-27T10:46:24Z] <midfavila> microsoft won't know what hit 'em
[2023-03-27T11:48:41Z] <midfavila> guys people are following me on newgrounds ;w;
[2023-03-27T11:49:04Z] <midfavila> i haven't even uploaded anything
[2023-03-27T11:49:14Z] <midfavila> must be what it feels like to have one github follower
[2023-03-27T11:49:50Z] <midfavila> https://blogimg.ngfiles.com/828000/iu_828923_9608507.webp
[2023-03-27T12:33:15Z] <sad_plan> hi
[2023-03-27T14:56:36Z] <midfavila> http://0x0.st/Ho4V.png
[2023-03-27T14:56:42Z] <midfavila> current progress on my little toy editor 
[2023-03-27T14:57:08Z] <midfavila> menus are almost functional, including an actually sane file selection widget courtesy of edward falk
[2023-03-27T14:57:34Z] <midfavila> still need to implement a callback and associated data structure before the status line will be useful
[2023-03-27T14:58:05Z] <midfavila> not going to show anything crazy - path and name of the file, current column and row, whether or not the file has been modified recently, etc
[2023-03-27T15:04:48Z] <sad_plan> cool. wait, why is your PATH only /bin? does slack install to /bin?
[2023-03-27T15:05:11Z] <midfavila> this isn't slackware, this is kiss
[2023-03-27T15:07:02Z] <sad_plan> ah. so you prefix everything to /?
[2023-03-27T15:07:12Z] <midfavila> no
[2023-03-27T15:07:13Z] <sad_plan> or empty for that matter which is more or less the same
[2023-03-27T15:07:20Z] <sad_plan> then why is path only /bin?
[2023-03-27T15:07:21Z] <midfavila> /usr/bin is linked to /bin 
[2023-03-27T15:07:26Z] <sad_plan> I know
[2023-03-27T15:07:33Z] <midfavila> then there's your answer
[2023-03-27T15:07:46Z] * midfavila shrugs
[2023-03-27T15:07:57Z] <sad_plan> I just know kiss has alot more. but well. its not needed if theres nothing in /sbin i.e.
[2023-03-27T15:09:06Z] <sad_plan> so youre back on kiss again midfavila ?
[2023-03-27T15:09:13Z] <midfavila> for better or worse
[2023-03-27T15:12:00Z] <sad_plan> not so sure about your choice yet? :p
[2023-03-27T15:12:59Z] <drez> > on a scale of 1 to 10 how cursed is it to illustrate a widget hierarchy using indentation in C source  | 0.00
[2023-03-27T15:17:53Z] <sad_plan> why?
[2023-03-27T15:19:54Z] <drez> hmmm
[2023-03-27T15:20:05Z] <drez> >https://blogimg.ngfiles.com/828000/iu_828923_9608507.webp | I wish xfce was still good
[2023-03-27T15:22:13Z] <sad_plan> why isnt it? appart from being massive compared to just a window manager
[2023-03-27T15:24:38Z] <Ellowee[m]> drez: 🤮
[2023-03-27T15:34:24Z] <drez> Because it got gtk3-ized
[2023-03-27T15:37:55Z] <sad_plan> is that so bad though? gtk+3 alone isnt that big. on my install its 12mb
[2023-03-27T15:38:38Z] <drez> it is terrible
[2023-03-27T15:38:53Z] <drez> makes everything run slow and behave like an android tablet
[2023-03-27T15:39:10Z] <drez> all the themes feel cheap and disproportionate
[2023-03-27T15:40:45Z] <sad_plan> android tablets are bad though. that I can attest to. I have one, which I use for mostly 1 thing, and I hate it every time..
[2023-03-27T16:16:08Z] <drez> definitely no bueno
[2023-03-27T16:19:11Z] <sad_plan> yep.  honestly dont know why manufactures dont create an actuall decent tablet.