• scintilla@crust.piefed.social
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    9 days ago

    I feel like there is no inbetween for tutorials. They ethier think you have only discovered computers and the internet today or that you know every programing language and have a CS PhD.

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      9 days ago

      Sometimes both in the same article!

      They’ll start by explaining what the internet is before descending into a dense conversation about how to use eBPF to do packet filtering and observability - just who is the audience that needs both halves of this?

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      Here‘s the kicker: some folks don’t even question how cars work, how the lights work, how their microwave works, yet all ot them have tutorials.

      Now ask Annie what she thinks I should wear, and watch how those neurons fire up.

      I’m aware

      it’s satire.
      But this a matter of selective bias. Like, who actually reads the tutorials on how to wash your clothes, and sunglasses ftm.

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    This is how I, a developer with 25 years’ experience, still read many software tutorials. And I have a relatively high tolerance for technical detail. Often it seems the person writing the tutorial is in too deep, and they should have got a friend to write it with their help.

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      The annoying bit is that sharing a series of cryptic shell commands is typically the most efficient way of telling someone how to get things done and of keeping them from wandering off in the GUI and doing something else instead.

      This…

      # dos2unix your-file.ini | crunchmeister-cli frobulate -d 9 --exclude-preflight alpha,delta --wank > ~/.config/somethingd/frobulated.dat && systemctl --user restart somethingd

      …could be the equivalent of this.

      1. Convert your raw data INI file to UNIX file endings using an appropriate tool (outside the scope of this tutorial)
      2. Launch CrunchMeister
      3. Enter the Frobulation section and navigate to Custom Frobulation
      4. In the Input Data tab, upload the UNIXified INI file and set the data level to Full, with semicolons
      5. In the Preflight tab, ensure that the Alpha and Delta packages are deselected. Starting with CrunchMeister 5.7, the Delta package is found under the Additional packages expander
      6. In the Frobulate tab, enable wankness and hit the Frobulate! button
      7. Save the resulting file to your disk
      8. Launch Something Service Manager (install first if nor present)
      9. Click New frobulated data file
      10. Select the file you saved in step 6
      11. Click Reload service

      It’s still cryptic, though. You can’t have everything.

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      I appreciate comments like yours, and various others echoing the same sentiment in this thread and the HN thread. I’m far more proficient with techy stuff than the vast majority of people, but it’s easy to feel incompetent if you’re exposed to challenges outside of your primary domain (a feeling exacerbated by hanging out in spaces where most people seem to be super techy). It’s validating to hear that even people far more experienced than me struggle with tutorials sometimes.

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    Hey guys, I’m having trouble with step number 4. Here’s the error:

    Error: doodlewhompus error static non-binging 0xdde0826 ()()<<<>>>>[][]{###{##{}%%^#^>>>~]]: No file inserted manifold juncture pocket grinder - You can fix this with a rematch janktown topple matrix
    
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      9 days ago

      Jeez, RTFM loser. And don’t post again without including a full log, dump and stack trace that I’m not going to tell you how to create, or you’ll be banned. You’ll also be banned if you ask how to make those.

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    I felt like this trying to mod a game that wasn’t working through nexus mods vortex thing. I did get it to work. I felt no joy.

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      Ugh, this is exactly how I feel when it comes to modding games.

      “You need RandomAndy’s Live Framework (RALF) version 2.01b. Don’t use 2.01c, it has issues, but some stuff is built for .c so make sure you check each component. Don’t download it from the main site though - it comes packaged with YAMP4A (Yet Another Mod Pack for Armour) so you don’t need to worry about it. Now to install my mod you need these three separate packages…”

      Christ, this cannot be worth it.