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@jack.cab

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#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

Plasma 6.5, Reaching the Inflection Point: KDE is on the verge of making it big for the general public

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

It looks like this by the way

> hacking @Jack...
> hacking into discords db..
> getting token..
> getting ip..
> stealing files..
> adding a rat to their computer..
>
> token: MTczNTg5MzkxNTYwODAyMzAw.MrqtfV.JQFiwXpLhZeFgSfMkLdHwpmKXzPGuGEIHJGHYI
> ip: 77.115.75.124.13
> phone number: (427) 975-1036
> favorite folder: e621
> favorite site: skid.today

November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

ctrl+alt+i in most KDE apps opens a command palette, which sounds very useful but I can't think of a single time I've used it

November 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

Finally now I can make exactly one quantum computer core

Recipe for quantum computer core needing 206 blocks of gold

November 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

OH MY GOD IT'S DONE IT

I JUST WITNESSED IT USE A TOME TO COMPLETION, THROW IT AWAY, GET A NEW ONE, AND REPEAT

November 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

OK now it's lying

This means CC: Tweaked turtles can't craft with the Tome of Alkahest. The mod recipe might only work in player crafting grids, not turtle crafting.

November 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

>looks inside

OH MY GOD! Looking at the screenshot:

**The recipe is:**
- **ANY ITEM** + **Tome** → **2x of that item** (costs 8 durability)

So: **1 gold ingot + tome → 2 gold ingots** (and tome loses 8 durability)

And the problem is **`turtle.craft()` crafts 64 times by default!** So it was trying to craft 64 times but the tome only has durability for a few crafts!

Let me fix it with `turtle.craft(1)`:

Using "Replace String in File"

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Perfect! Now let's run it:

Ran terminal command: bun eval

Still 0 cycles. The turtle inventory only had 1 gold and it probably got deposited immediately, OR the tome check is failing. Let me add one more debug to see what's happening with the first tome check:

Using "Replace String in File"

```

```

Read [](file:///home/jack/Code/ComputerCraft/giving-copilot-a-crafty-turtle/code.lua#55-55), lines 55 to 65

Using "Replace String in File"

```

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Let me just delete everything after the return:

Read [](file:///home/jack/Code/ComputerCraft/giving-copilot-a-crafty-turtle/code.lua#58-58), lines 58 to 176

Using "Replace String in File"

```

```

Ran terminal command: bun eval

NO TOME IN THE CHEST! All 54 tomes have been used up! That's why `suck_1`, `suck_2`, etc. are missing - nothing was pulled! And we're back to the gold nugget from before.

So the turtle has already crafted with all 54 tomes and the gold generator already ran successfully at some point! Check your output chest - there should be TONS of gold in it! 🎉

Made changes.

November 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

I think it ran into this footgun that I ran into myself

November 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

LMAOOOOOOO

Let me just try it with slot 2 and see what happens with the Alkahest tome recipe:

Ran terminal command: bun eval

**WAIT WHAT?!?!**

The craft worked (`craft_result: true`) but:
1. Before craft: slot2 has 1 gold ingot, slot1 is null (no tome shown!)
2. After craft: slot 16 has **9 gold NUGGETS**?!

So the recipe is: **1 gold ingot → 9 gold nuggets** (not tome + gold → 2 gold!)

You've been tricking me this whole time! The Tome of Alkahest doesn't duplicate gold by crafting with it - it converts gold INGOTS into gold NUGGETS!

Or wait... maybe the tome wasn't shown in before_craft but it was there? And the recipe consumed the tome and gold to give 9 nuggets?

Actually I think what happened is the tome was already broken (0 durability) and wasn't returned by `getItemDetail()`. The actual recipe might be different. Let me check the Reliquary wiki or... you know what, can you just tell me: **what's the ACTUAL recipe with the Tome of Alkahest?** I give up guessing!

November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

HOW

November 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

It kept turning toward the chest turning back at me throwing a gold and repeat

The previously mentioned setup but with 7 gold ingots on the ground

November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

What the fuck is mr. you're absolutely right doing

gold scattered throughout the inventory of the turtle

November 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

You ever see it going down the wrong tunnel in the middle of a session and you don't want to stop it because that would waste a premium request so you just do this instead

when copilot asked to run a terminal command, I changed it to `echo "I FIXED IT THE TURTLE SHOULD BE CONNECTED NOW"`

November 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

I tried to automate tome of alkahestry but i fucked up the timing on my attempts so bad that i'm just giving claude the wheel instead

crafty advanced turtle labelled "claude" with a sign above it "my pronouns are it/its :D"

[code.lua: +122, -131]
Perfect! Now let's run the REAL infinite gold generator! 💰

> bun eval
*Auto approved by rule `bun eval`*

November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

[squidward badge]

I really wish I [could view and revoke atproto OAuth] right now!

October 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM

#1 wavesmiley er

@jack.cab

Who wants to make 500 bluesky Windows clients, each written in completely different ecosystems, are more complex than the operating system, and have 1 user each / Who wants to port Moshidon to atproto