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Creates something free to use and ask for nothing in return

People complain because they have to chmod +x a Shell file

A tale as old as the internet.

Steps to building a cool program (the really cool way)

1. Clone the GitHub repository
2. Open command prompt
3. Run the build command
4. It fails because the repository owner uses a different c++ compiler and it only works with that one
5. It fails again, realize you installed visual studio wrong somehow so spend an hour trying to get the visual studio installer to find and uninstall it before deleting the installation directory entirely and installing the required version again
6. It still fails, the project looks for version "" of protobuf but you have "3.1.10.1" so you reconfigure it to look for a real version of protobuf
7. It fails again, some tool that isn't in the readme is required to build it
8. It fails again, it's not actually compatible with windows yet
9. Give up and wait for pre built binaries

Edit: did the other guy that responded block me? I got a notification about it but can't load the comment

STUPID FUCKING SMELLY NERDS

I can kinda vibe with that. Worst I've ever seen was installation instructions posted in a Discord server.

A meme made in response (not by me):

I agree that github is for developers or people who at the very least don't mind learning a bit of development and getting their hands dirty. The poster demanding an exe is quite entitled - and also from what I understand the repo he is referring to is a python repo, so there normally wouldn't be an exe, it'd just be run via a python command.

There's a bigger problem here, which is that technical skill in newer generations is also decreasing - as someone on reddit had once said "I'm a millennial and I'm doing tech support for my parents as well as my children". A generation raised on tablets and phones have gotten the false impression of being tech savy, when their actual technical skill is using end products.

Expecting every github repo to provide you with something you just click-and-run is overlooking the complexities and reality of how code is. By it self that isn't a problem, but the entitlement it takes to publicly and arrogantly post that on a public forum is astounding and counter-productive to people who work on those small repos.

GitHub is easy

1. read the readme for any prerequisites

2. follow the installation instructions

3. forget you have the program on your computer

4. find another neat GitHub program

5. goto step 1

I'm from the 90s and early 2000s Windows days when most of my time was spent figuring things out and getting things to run

STILL don't understand what I'm supposed to do with the stuff on GitHub lmao 😂

There's a little trick my parents passed down to me whenever I asked them what a word meant or how to do something when I was a kid, "look it up yourself". Look up the word in the dictionary, learn how to learn how to do things, and then when you get stuck ask for help graciously. Self reliance isn't something that just happens, it takes effort and often failure.

Someone created an issue for they generated an exe. The answers are interesting

https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/issues/2006

https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock?tab=readme-ov-file#installation Interesting, is this used for cyberstalking?

Regardless if you use any python then it is super easy. If you don't use python, it is super easy to learn. If you are unwilling to learn, then ask for help and don't be a condescending dick. BUT i usually don't like to spend time helping people that are unwilling to learn.

Oh that's where the "where's the EXE" is coming from.

script kiddies are old. now we have proompt kiddies.

In an upcoming post: "Why can't anyone just make a button that automatically hacks facebook???!!!"

It's really interesting how differently you see technology as a professional compared to "normies". So much stuff is easily solved by following instructions or reading error messages.

Jesus! Ipad baby script kiddies just sounds like an absolute nightmare!

They, the people like that r*dd!t person, have the technology to look up how to do the thing that'll probably get them in trouble but are so used to everything being essentially hand fed to them thanks to "smart" phones dumbing everything down that the second they find anything inconvenient, they don't know what to do or get furious because of their lack of knowledge and start blaming everyone else.

At least that's what it sounds like to me.

Stupid smelly Nerds!

That last line isn’t too far off. The “script kiddies” are the ones sideloading malware into their Apple devices thinking they’re downloading something like “see if that hot chick looked at your Facebook profile” apps.

I think this is satire because the app in question is a social media finder and the only non computer users who would want to use it probably uses apple or won't know what an exe even is.

Also

# clone the repo $ git clone https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock.git

# change the working directory to sherlock $ cd sherlock

# install the requirements $ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

3 commands lmao

Easy!

For i in *.py do; mv $i basename ($i).exe ; done

Or something...

I haven't written any shell in ages.

I'm a firm believer that everyone should be taught how to install stuff from Git*

People misunderstand the target audience of GitHub—which is specifically not the general public, but yes, developers. If you don't want to be treated as a developer, don't use a platform designed for developers. And I'm saying this as someone who's having a horrible time learning hot git and GitHub works. (Not because it's bad, I'm just a slow learner lol)

If they just asked kindly those "stupid smelly nerds" would've gladly helped bit no you have to be an idiot and an entitled little shit.

Devs tend to forget that they get paid so much because they know things most don't. If everyone was comfortable with things that seem simple to them like running a git install, devs wouldn't be as sought after.