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erikkrieg / yaml-abyss.yaml
Created October 7, 2023 17:25
In the eerie confines of the digital realm, where the arcane language of YAML reigns supreme, a hapless programmer stumbles upon a sinister and eldritch secret that transcends human comprehension.
---
title: The Unfathomable YAML Abyss
date: 2023-10-07
author: H.P. Lovecraft (Reimagined by ChatGPT)
description: |
In the eerie confines of the digital realm, where the arcane language of YAML reigns supreme, a hapless programmer stumbles upon a sinister and eldritch secret that transcends human comprehension.
story:
- It was a dark and stormy night, or so it seemed in the dimly lit basement where I spent my hours wrestling with code. The pale glow of my monitor cast eerie shadows on the walls, and the monotonous tapping of my mechanical keyboard was my only company. Little did I know that this night would unveil a dreadful truth hidden in the depths of YAML.
- YAML, a seemingly innocuous configuration format, had always perplexed me with its peculiar syntax. It was as if the very essence of reality had been distilled into a series of colons and hyphens. But on this night, as I toiled away at my keyboard, I stumbled upon a YAML file like no other—a cursed artifact, whispered about in hushed tones amo
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erikkrieg / gist:9b8f990b19529f45e843c32a3c86d3fa
Created June 8, 2023 01:19
Failed nix-build of util-linux on MacOS
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "unpackPhase" }
unpacking sources
unpacking source archive /nix/store/p5jv1kq7drnnw8plqgfas3w1b44fhzsh-po4a-0.62.tar.gz
source root is po4a-0.62
setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamp 1607354694 of file po4a-0.62/t/t-13-plural/pod4.fr
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "patchPhase" }
patching sources
applying patch /nix/store/kkdr52dk025102sdbkwlgf2cyy5ydfl4-df7433b58f6570558d44b6aac885c2a8f7862e51.patch
patching file Po4aBuilder.pm
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "configurePhase" }
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erikkrieg / shell.nix
Created October 31, 2022 20:31
rust-lang rustlings with nix-shell on MacOS
with import <nixpkgs> {
overlays = [
(import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/oxalica/rust-overlay/archive/master.tar.gz"))
];
};
let
rustlings = let
pname = "rustlings";
version = "5.2.1";