cally [he/they]

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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    • Food item: Nix Flakes (rare)

      • +10 health per flake

      • + Contains a large amount of packages when combined with Nixpkgs (uncommon)

      • + Reproducible: farm it yourself!

      • - Each flake takes between 5 seconds and 2 hours to compile and take effect

      • - Requires good internet connection

      • - Significantly slows down NixOS dotfile spells.

    • Weapon: Neovim Lua Gun (uncommon)

      • +144 damage

      • + Rewrite config files

      • - Can only activate weapon once. Afterwards, you’re stuck using it forever.

      • - Requires XP level 1337 to be used efficiently

    • Weapon: NixOS USB (uncommon)

      • + Makes computer unusable for any sane person

      • + Reproducible: install any system you want and then replace it with another one for fun

      • - Most people in Linuxia are not sane so this weapon is rarely effective

    • Spell: NixOS dotfiles (rare)

      • rm -rf ./.git: self-destruct: deals +infinity damage to the user, +169 damage to nearby enemies.

      • cat flake.nix: Ejects what is effectively a zip bomb. Cannot be used twice against the same enemy. Deals +196 damage to nearby enemies.

      • nixos-rebuild ...: Refreshes stamina, +5 health to the user. If used incorrectly, will cause a random negative effect, but never fatal. Requires waiting for 15 seconds, unless Nix Flakes were recently used, then it requires at least 2 hours of waiting.

    • Armor: SDDM (common)

      • +40 charisma

      • +20 defense

      • +10 health

      • - Buggy sometimes

    • Accessory: Waybar Crown (uncommon)

      • +120 charisma

      • +5 health

      • + People will ask you for your dotfiles

    Edit: fixed formatting

    Edit 2: slightly cooler names and abilities








  • 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.