Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es

https://twitch.tv/madewokherd I went on a long trip but now I'm back and I'm ready to probably suck at BIT.TRIP Runner today.

@b0rk I tend to do a lot of "git branch -f" because I work with submodules which leads to not having a branch checked out.

If you do have a branch checked out, then I feel like moving it would involve some combination of branch -f + checkout, which would probably be a lot safer and more intuitive than git reset, come to think of it..

I guess you'd do something like
git checkout [flags] commit && git branch -f branch commit && git checkout branch

@b0rk Another wrinkle I've noticed to this is lists: sometimes replies show up on those as well.

I'd need to experiment but my hypothesis based on what I remember happening would be: Replies are shown if they do not start with a mention, the first mention is someone you follow (or maybe someone on the particular timeline you're looking at?), or the first mention is you.

@lioness we like to call those triggers

@b0rk I mentioned commit.verbose already. I also like core.pager=cat (don't want it to auto-page), merge.conflictStyle=diff3 (I want to see what the merge base looks like when resolving conflicts), and I like to make an alias ff for "merge --ff-only"

I didn't know about init.defaultBranch, that's useful.

@b0rk A good practice that makes #2 less likely is "git config --global commit.verbose true" and reviewing the contents of every commit you make before writing the commit message. If you notice it has things you don't want, you can close the file without a commit message (or delete the commit message if there is one), and the commit will be aborted with your index left as it was.

@lioness Put something in there that's appealing to you? I have hex-tiled ropes and a spinny chair inside to play with.

Or, our trick when learning hypnosis was to work on something unfalsifiable so we couldn't be sure it wasn't working. -iore

no spoons; didn't read

@hollie Dunno. Too long ago to figure out, I think.

@lioness But if you're not motivated by future outcomes none of that matters.

@hollie We did a daily art challenge (5 minute doodles, on a timer) for a while and it was hard. I think it helped that the goal was just "put down at least one mark and work on it for exactly 5 minutes", but we still gave up after a while because we stopped doing anything new.

Anyway, hope you have more success and above all fun making stuff. Don't be too hard on yourself.

@lioness I feel like the move there is to choose the "power down" option but try to stay lucid while you do it.

@lioness This motivation assumes that you actively want others after you to not be eaten, rather than being indifferent or wishing the same fate on others.