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Fate – a joke horoscope generator utility for Linux pids

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Re: Fate – a joke horoscope generator utility for Linux pids

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Realizing that I don't do any programming for fun anymore, I made a program that prints the horoscope for the PID of a Linux process. The Fowler-No-Voll hash ensures uniqueness for each day, guaranteeing a deterministic output. A friend of mine added support for tarot cards. I recommend just appending the command to your .bashrc to get the horoscope of your current running bash instance. Pull requests are welcome!

Re: Fate – a joke horoscope generator utility for Linux pids

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Post by myst »

cjd8 wrote: post #2

Realizing that I don't do any programming for fun anymore, I made a program that prints the horoscope for the PID of a Linux process. The Fowler-No-Voll hash ensures uniqueness for each day, guaranteeing a deterministic output. A friend of mine added support for tarot cards. I recommend just appending the command to your .bashrc to get the horoscope of your current running bash instance. Pull requests are welcome!

This is the funniest “fun project” I’ve seen <3

Re: Fate – a joke horoscope generator utility for Linux pids

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Post by cjd8 »

myst wrote: post #3
cjd8 wrote: post #2

Realizing that I don't do any programming for fun anymore, I made a program that prints the horoscope for the PID of a Linux process. The Fowler-No-Voll hash ensures uniqueness for each day, guaranteeing a deterministic output. A friend of mine added support for tarot cards. I recommend just appending the command to your .bashrc to get the horoscope of your current running bash instance. Pull requests are welcome!

This is the funniest “fun project” I’ve seen <3

Thanks! Feel free to add more "fortunes" by submitting a pull request.
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