unforswearing

Likewise. I have completely stopped posting in these threads due to spam, wish there was an easy fix.

I have attempted to use Lua for shell scripting in the past and I agree with this assessment. I recently started learning Ruby specifically for shell scripting and find it to be the most ergonomic / productive.

Thanks for these suggestions. I subscribe to the Write the Docs newsletter, and this is good motivation for me to dig deeper into what they have to offer.

Sorry to hear about your experience. I recently considered joining STC in an attempt to bolster my career a bit (as technical writer without a college degree), but wasn't sure the theoretical benefits were worth the membership cost. Sounds like they might not have been able to help much in that area.

Just discovered a few US gov feeds yesterday, great resource. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also has quite a few feeds available: https://www.bls.gov/feed/

alias snow='for ((I=0;J=--I;)); do clear; for ((D=LINES;S=++J*3%COLUMNS,--D;)); do printf %*s.\\n $S;done;sleep .1;done'

The first item under the "requirements" section for the Techical Writer position contains a typo -- you are asking for "99+" years of writing experience where I assume you mean "9+" years

Unfortunately Terry Davis died in 2018

Seconding Geofency. I do a (very) wide variety of work and Geofency has been indispensable.

No longer interested

I am certain you have spent the time to ask everyone if they indeed do not like to read these, but I disagree.

Please explain your work.

I am self-taught and little scripts like these were my entry into programming. Favorite programs of mine include a script to tell me when a boutique guitar pedal would be available from the maker to avoid paying +200% markup in the reseller market[0], and more recently I created a "todo focused markup language"[1].

[0]: https://gist.github.com/unforswearing/db73475f333809119ae3dd...

[1]: https://github.com/unforswearing/todo_markup.js

> How did you get into paid music gigs despite not being a "pro"?

Not OP but I have been playing music non-professionally in the US for about 25 years - there are a number of ways non-pro musicians can work paid gigs. I have been paid to play coffee shops, small festivals, college radio events, the occasional decently attended bar show, etc. My personal experience is primarily loud and / or experimental[0] music (punk, hardcore, noise, sound collage) and there are huge networks of like minded people throughout the US who work to set up and promote shows / concerts for local and touring artists.

Having said that, the total amount of cash I have made as a performing musician totals < $2000. A few outliers from my immediate circle have become moderately successful as non-pros.

[0]: https://papertether.bandcamp.com

I have been thinking about doing something similar -- would love to hear more about this if possible!

microsoft project page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/bosque-prog...

chunkwm is another great option - https://github.com/koekeishiya/chunkwm

related discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17725751

the OkCupid blog post/announcement has some discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15985368

You can actually use a "Remote" hosts file with Gasmask and set the update interval in preferences. I actually just figured this out after a little bit of trouble -- my issue was that Gasmask cannot files from Github or any https site[0]. There are non-Github mirrors listed in the table at https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts which I have been able to use successfully.

[0]: https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask/issues/90

A couple bash utilities I use daily(ish)

lnks: List, Save, or Instapaper your Google Chrome links from the terminal. It uses a small amount of Applescript, so it is OS X/MacOS only for now. I'm working on getting around this. https://github.com/unforswearing/lnks

aliaser: a tiny directory traversal/command aliasing tool. https://github.com/unforswearing/aliaser

(slightly old) discussion here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11604922

discussion here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12548608

Bandcamp and Patreon serve artists at different scales. As a part-time musician who uses bandcamp for bands/solo projects, I much prefer the "single product" model (fans paying for a single track/ep/album as they choose) rather than an ongoing payment structure. I have zero illusions that I'm ever going to "get big" (read: support myself) from making music, so bandcamp allows me the opportunity to share my music and if fans choose to pay for it, great! I'd feel very uncomfortable soliciting recurring payment for something I do a few times per month.