T_T

@gandalf3 This pdf literally detects if it's acrobat or not and won't show up if it isn't

omw

why is that even possible

So in any other software you get a warning saying you have to use acrobat

Do they have arbitrary code embedding!?

@gandalf3 Exactly

@gandalf3 I hope not!

pdf should literally just be a format that consistently displays documents, nothing else

But it's interesting because I was apparently the first person that had done everything externally

From the perspective of the people who approved it (and have probably been doing it as long as the form filling thing has existed)

So they are probably seeing at least fifty proposals every year

hm?

@TARDISMaker don't read this page then D:

@gandalf3 Ouch...

I think it's time to...

yus \o/

@TARDISMaker I don't understand

@gandalf3 Sorry, I was going back to the fillable form thing

I did mine in markdown without using the forms that they provide

I mean, but why 50?

@gandalf3 All of the other people presenting eagle project proposals

They handle all of the ones in my area (probably within 50 miles or so)

You're the only linux user in a 50 mile radius? :'(

:P

That, or everyone else doesn't care enough and uses a parents computer or has a working dual boot system :P

lol

Also, out of the few people using linux, it would be an even smaller minority that can't stand not writing large amount of text in vim...

Possibly true :P

To most people, they wouldn't really see the difference between writing in word and writing in acrobat

But I need hjkl and all the other hotkeys

yes..

Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder how much proprietary software I have on my computer...

There's some, but I don't use it very often at all...

Basically just games, steam and chrome

and spotify

But I don't use chrome or spotify

Try vrms

Installing now

I love the name

ikr :D

It's so perfect

brb

Sure

Apparently neovim is using it's own license...

I'm going to have to look into that

Okay, its a mixture of apache 2.0 and the vim license

And vim is GPL compatible (as is apache 2.0)

So it would be considered free software, not just open source

funny thing is, from all the PDF readers I have tried, Acrobat is probably the worst of all, by far. Which is ironic tosay the last, being that it is the "original" and they "invented" PDF

bloated, cumbersome, heavy, probably one of the slowest and worst of all has nasty issues printing stuff

Yeah

I like the ones like zathura that load in a split second

in recent years I haven't even installed a dedicated PDF reader, browser's builtin ones suffice for most of my needs. For the off occasion I need something more complete Foxit reader SumatraPDF or other similar portable ones that I don't have to install will do.

@TARDISMaker so I just noticed

@TARDISMaker asciidoctor.org/man/asciidoctor

@rahuldottech Okay, nice

I don't actually use asciidoctor, I just learnt (read: looked up the syntax of) asciidoc for fun because I came across it and was curious

(and it doesn't hurt to include it in my portfolio ;p)

@TARDISMaker CSS is a major thing. Used in plenty of email.

I actually switched back to vim due to this issue: github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/48

@DuarteFarrajotaRamos The number of formats SumatraPDF supports is ridiculous

yeah, more like a general purpose document reader. And pretty swift too, last time I actually tried it

@DuarteFarrajotaRamos Yeah, it is. I still install it on all my systems, but I haven't actually used it in years

It's convenient to have tho

@DuarteFarrajotaRamos Even the modern Acrobat DC is terribad

True. I have a more minimal approach though, I only download on a need to basis, so I like it for being portable, not needing a formal install. The rest of the time I just use the web browser reader

@DuarteFarrajotaRamos It's on my USB stick too, along with dozens of other useful portable apps

Wait @TARDISMaker which dimension do you live in?

How are you still 15?

(see context)

@rahuldottech I was 15 :P

> I'm a 15 year old 3D Modeler and Generalist with about 2 years of experience.

I'm not active enough on the main site, and not smart enough to remove references to my age :P

Fishyyyyy

Lol, okay then

I'm still under 18, but no for a whole lot longer

I don't really know why I ever felt like my age was something to put in a bio though...

I guess I wanted people think that I'm some young talented prodigy

@TARDISMaker It's not really the case any more, but back then, I had this thing of "Look! I'm a teen on a site for adult developers! With >1k rep! Whooooo!"

@TARDISMaker Exactly, lol

Six months to adulthood for me tho. Welp.

It's scary isn't it?

See what I mean?

You have to go off and do adult things

@TARDISMaker SO SCARY

@rahuldottech Did you use to have a different username?

Welp, only took 905 days

I remember that conversation but I don't remember your name or avatar...

@rahuldottech Haha, nice :D

@TARDISMaker Yep, Rahul2001. Then I got the domain rahul.tech, so I made rahuldottech my online identity

My gravatar was the purple smiling devil emoji

Okay, that sounds familiar

Sorry, my time is spent doing completely different things now so Blender and BSE and really on my mind as much as they used to be

It's cool. I've used blender maybe three or four times in my life

I was setting up a makeshift renderfarm for my best friend

Sure :)

In fact, iirc, that's what first brought me to this room.

@rahuldottech Oh, nice!

Yeah, blender is just a video editor for me at this point

I rarely use it for other things

But my time is spent more with music

@TARDISMaker Yep! Although the renderfarm wasn't used much, I came up with several utilities while developing it: rahul.red

Some of the first software I ever made. Looking back, I'm pretty proud of myself.

ncRshell, UPDATRR, ncRemRun were all made while I was figuring out how to centralize the whole thing

Nice!

@TARDISMaker Ooh! Have a soundcloud? ;p

@TARDISMaker They're mostly just batch scripts with some clever hacks

@rahuldottech soundcloud.com/tardis-maker

Some stuff on there is recent, a lot of it is pretty old

I recently wrote music for a play, but none of that stuff is there

The recent stuff is for the OpenRCT2 project

All WIP

@TARDISMaker Nice! I make music too, sometimes: soundcloud.com/rahuldottech

I was just using it to get comments from the other contributors

@rahuldottech Was just checking it out :)

I used to play the piano and synth a lot as a kid, but I got out of touch for a few years. Only got back to it a few months ago.

Most of the stuff on there is electronic though, and was made on my PC or phone

@TARDISMaker :)

@rahuldottech I'm in a similar situation

I used to write a lot, but none of it ended up being finished

I also didn't have enough music theory knowledge to structure things nicely

But the play I wrote for forced me to be logical about how I approach the music and that really helped my composing move along

@TARDISMaker Yeah me neither. And I definitely don't remember most of it now.

Not to mention the fact that I understand the instruments in the orchestra better

I don't really write stuff :/

I'd like to (re-)learn music theory though. Just probably won't get to for a few months

Sure

@TARDISMaker I played the Violin for a few years. Was fun!

@rahuldottech Nice! I'm a percussionist :D

@TARDISMaker Cool!

I play in a couple youth orchestras and stuff

Timpani is my thing

At this point, the most I know is to be able to get some sheet music or chords off the web and teach myself a Vulfpeck or Bo Burnham track over a week or so

@TARDISMaker Sounds fun!

@rahuldottech Sure

I've only played in an orchestra twice. And that was years ago. I miss it.

I bet

I really enjoy the process

Yeah. I lost access to my instruments for a few years (long story) but I'm happy that I have my synth back now. I'll probably learn more once I'm done with highschool in April

@TARDISMaker ikr! I remember it being crazy fun.

One of my orchestras play Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony for my last concert, it was the first time that I was dedicated to only playing one instrument for the duration of a rehearsal

I bought the score and everything :D

The performance was really great

Whoaaa, way more advanced than anything I've done

@TARDISMaker I bet!

Anyway. I have some hard exams to take in a couple weeks, so I gotta go study now, didn't get much done all night. See ya. It was nice being back :)

Sure, good luck with those!

Thanks! :D