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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • The joke is that it’s hard to tell if this is a joke because the lines between good intentions, corporate jargon, and feasibility have been blurred beyond recognition both here and in the real world.

    It’s also funny that after all these years, i18n is still a mess. Moreover, even if translations are standard in GUIs and documentation, for some reason, everyone is okay with defaulting to English for the oldest form of computer interaction.

    Also, the joke is whatever you want it to be. Follow your dreams.







  • .bashrc:

    # Prompt
    # "Make it simple, just the dollar sign"
    # "Say no more, fam"
    # - if error code is not 0, then prepend [N] where N is the error code
    # - if user is root, use red and #
    blue='\e[34m'
    red='\e[31m'
    bold='\e[1m'
    reset='\e[0m'
    PS1='$( status=$?; [ $status -ne 0 ] && echo "[$status] ")\['"$blue""$bold"'\]$\['"$reset"'\] '
    
    if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
      PS1='$( status=$?; [ $status -ne 0 ] && echo "[$status] ")\['"$red""$bold"'\]#\['"$reset"'\] '
    fi
    

    .inputrc:

    # vi mode, change to 'emacs' here if you prefer
    set editing-mode vi
    
    # vi INSERT prompt
    set vi-ins-mode-string "\1\e[30;44m\2 INS \1\e[0m\2 "
    
    # vi NORMAL prompt
    set vi-cmd-mode-string "\1\e[30;47m\2 NOR \1\e[0m\2 "