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[-] cupcakezealot 85 points 2 years ago

i remember writing .bat files and pretending they were really fancy update scripts when i was like ten they did nothing but it was still fun :)

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 58 points 2 years ago

Like half of my job is writing .bat files to automate stuff locally and not tell my boss that all I do anymore is double click the right things in the right order...

[-] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 years ago

Next step, bind them to unused keys on your keyboard and press them in the right order

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

i propose to create a menu in which you can define what batchfiles to run in what order. its been a while since i worked with batch files, but if memory serves right, that should be doable, no?

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Yes. You could make menus and capture keystrokes in batch files

My autoexec.bat back in windows 3 asked if you wanted windows or a command line (most games didn't like the memory overhead of being loaded from windows)

[-] targetx@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I'd recommend scheduled tasks instead. Why be involved at all? :-)

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Do you ever list your job title as Batman?

[-] cupcakezealot 3 points 2 years ago

only if they keep the it room as dark as possible and whenever someone walks in for help they jump up onto the desk with a flashlight and yell "I'M BATMAN' while wearing a cape and underpants.

[-] nycki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

50% hero. 100% cotton.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Well I work from home so I do keep my room dark, I like to have a blanket over my shoulders, it's not uncommon for me to just be in my underwear... Honestly I'm most of the way there

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

No, because the IRS wants to tax Batman

[-] CatTrickery 12 points 2 years ago

I had a job like that and powershell was a godsend. I let it slip when I accidentally set the multiplier for the delay randomiser too low and it did a months work in a morning. I ended up writing a guide for the others there when I left but sadly everyone but me had computers that supported newer versions of Windows where the scripts ended up broken. They asked me to come back and update it the Monday after I left. I asked if they would pay me to do it. They said no. Then I said no.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

This is part of why I still have manual kickoffs for mine. Never need to worry about work getting done while I'm away or getting done suspiciously fast. Also they should have paid you lol, the dingdongs. Would cost a lot more just in work lost having someone else spend time deciphering and fixing it. They could always get someone else up to speed with the system after it is fixed by you so there's little or no down time

[-] AMPher@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Me but with pythonautogui

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

They were important to boot games that needed most of your limited memory.

[-] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

640k should be enough for anybody

tell that my mouse driver, the soundblaster driver and the cdrom driver fighting over every single byte of that precious ram 😩

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Bill Gates denied saying this, by the way.

[-] cupcakezealot 1 points 2 years ago

nobody needs more than a 107mb hard drive either.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Or to play the demo made by the warez group that cracked it before launching the game.

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[-] cupcakezealot 19 points 2 years ago

punctuation is a scam created by the shadow government

[-] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

yeah punctuations is silly who cares

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Typicalcommingfromashillforbigwhitespace!

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It isn't. There's a reason for it.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I still use bat h files and the system scheduler to automate a shocking amount of my job.

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