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@Froogal@derg.social

sharkey 2025.4.7

A busy little derg. Audhd unable to figure out where I want to focus creative energy.

Coder, artist(beginner), gardener.

Married to my beautiful wifey.

You can friend me and PM me, I'm always looking for like-minded people to talk to.

31 Followers

21 Following

15 Posts

Github:

https://www.github.com/FroogalTheDragon

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@Froogal@derg.social · Apr 17, 2026

So like, I notice a LOT of people are against this age verification crap. But is just seem like everyone is running around like cockroaches panicking. Is there going to be an organized push back against this from the open source community and anyone else who doesn't want this?

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@Froogal@derg.social · Apr 01, 2026

Think age verification isnt affection anyone? Dont think its important? Here's someone who felt the only option was to delete instead of conform. I agree with them. Non compliance is what we must do!!

https://discord.com/channels/273534239310479360/273539410002182145/1488985918529339545

This is someone on the main Rust discord.

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@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 28, 2026

Man is it just me or are C strings a bitch? I'm coming form high level languages like Python and Javascript, PHP stuff like that. Strings in C are kicking my ass lol.

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@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 26, 2026

Replying to @Froogal@derg.social

I seems like the string in command is being cut off. The /serio2/speed is getting cut off for some reason. #codinghelp

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@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 26, 2026

I'm working on tool to allow you to easily change your Trackpoint settings on the Lenovo thinkpads. The little nipple. I'm writing it in C to help me learn the language more. I'm having a problem I can't quite put my paw on.

The code responsible for changing the setting is:

int set_nipple_speed(int speed) {
  if (speed <= 0) {
    printf("Invalid value %d speed must be greater than 0", speed);
    return 1;
  }

  char command[100];
  char * path = get_trackpoint_path();
  sprintf(command, "echo %d | sudo tee %s/serio2/speed", speed, path);
  return system(command);
}

I'm getting:

tee: /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1: Is a directory
33
sh: 2: /serio2/speed: not found

Oh and theres a function being called to get the base path to get to the trackpoint settings:

char *get_trackpoint_path() {
  FILE *pipe_stream =
      popen("find /sys/devices/platform/i8042 -name name | xargs grep -Fl "
            "TrackPoint | sed 's/\\/input\\/input[0-9]*\\/name$//'",
            "r");
  char path[2048];
  if (pipe_stream == NULL) {
    printf("Failed to run command to find trackpoint path");
    return NULL;
  }
  fgets(path, sizeof(path), pipe_stream);
  pclose(pipe_stream);
  char *path_ptr = path;
  return path_ptr;
}

Would anyone be willing to help me #debug this? I'm pretty new to C. Project is here #codinghelp

Froogal

@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 26, 2026

Hey! It's been a few days, hows everyone on here? Has anyone ever heard of Artix? It's an Archlinux fork without systemd as an init system. Artix allows you to choose from multiple different init systems! If you don't like the recent merges into systemd this might be an alternative for you!

https://artixlinux.org/index.php #noncompliance

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@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 25, 2026

Its time again! Whats everyone working on this week? Anything fun? Anything rage inducing?

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@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 25, 2026

Replying to @baralheia@dragonchat.org

@baralheia@dragonchat.org Lol I laughed so hard at this

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@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 19, 2026

Replying to @kde@floss.social

@kde@floss.social whoo hooo!!

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@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 17, 2026

Replying to @Pepijn@mastodon.online

@Pepijn@mastodon.online I used to take riding lessons lol

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@Froogal@derg.social · Mar 17, 2026

Replying to @Drayson@dragonchat.org

@Drayson@dragonchat.org I know who this is! This is #adine, delivery wyvern from Angels With Scaly Wings!! I felt so sorry for her when I saw her at the door i the rain. I just wanted to let her in and give hug lol.