DailyComic@sh.itjust.worksB to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days ago29 February 1988sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12
arrow-up1136arrow-down1image29 February 1988sh.itjust.worksDailyComic@sh.itjust.worksB to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·edit-211 days ago1988 was a leap year, which confused the bot since I didn’t get the code to account for that quite right. Fixed it, and the bot will now post two comics a day until caught up.
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 days agoThanks for your posting robot and for the comics. Please notice the : “…bot will now post two comics…” seems down today.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoYeah. I’m keeping an eye on it. The cronjob is set to run every 12 hours, so it’ll be two a day, but not at the same time.
minus-squaregwilikers@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoNice. What language did you use to make the bot?
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoPython, using the pythorhead lib. Makes it all doable in very few lines.
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days ago… it might now be skipping ahead (posting for the 6th of March) just in case you didn’t already notice
1988 was a leap year, which confused the bot since I didn’t get the code to account for that quite right. Fixed it, and the bot will now post two comics a day until caught up.
Thanks for your posting robot and for the comics.
Please notice the : “…bot will now post two comics…” seems down today.
Yeah. I’m keeping an eye on it. The cronjob is set to run every 12 hours, so it’ll be two a day, but not at the same time.
Nice. What language did you use to make the bot?
Python, using the pythorhead lib.
Makes it all doable in very few lines.
… it might now be skipping ahead (posting for the 6th of March)
just in case you didn’t already notice