Ashok Gautham Jadatharan's public journal
Ruby has a surprising hack in its interpreter. If the file starts with a shebang line, ruby will skip all lines until it encounters a shebang line which contains the string "ruby" in it. This lets you start out as a shell script and then after some setup switch over to ruby #!/bin/bash rvm use 3 .3.4 exec ruby $0 " $@ " echo "I am a bash line too but I will never run" #!/usr/bin/env ruby puts "I…
I was recently hunting for a good catppuccin wallpaper. I like fairly minimal wallpapers. I liked the catppuccin logo , but couldn't get a minimal-ish wallpaper with that. So, I downloaded that logo into logo.png and created my own wallpaper using imagemagick convert -resize 200x200 -extent 1920x1200 -gravity center -background '#242839' logo.png wallpaper.png So, here goes!
I had to move away from Obsidian to Logseq because I learnt I couldn't keep work notes on it without paying an annual subscription fee.( source ) Obsidian was the first tool I actually stuck with for a while - so it was a bit of a bummer. But Logseq seems perfectly reasonable as a replacement. While the UX still lacks a little polish, it is just as powerful and has better outlining support. Goal:…
Ditching Obsidian for Logseq I discovered that it is not kosher to use Obsidian for work-notes even if I don't share it with anyone. The phrasing in their EULA suggests that if it even indirectly contributes to revenue in a corporate setting, I should buy a commercial license. $50 a year is a little too steep for me. I did pay for a catalyst license several months ago since it was a one-time $25…
After installing elixir on windows using chocolatey, I tried to get working with iex . The default iex -S mix experience in Windows Terminal does not support job control through Control-G and this heavily impairs what iex can do. The fix is rather simple though - simply use iex --werl -S mix
My parents stumbled upon a message stating that we can figure out if anyone is spying on our calls by checking the call forwarding status on Android phones. The message stated that if one types *#62# on their phone, one can retrieve their call forwarding status and if there is a number listed there that you are unfamiliar with it means you are being snooped on. On Airtel phones in India, you might…
My plan to get out of the tar pit