unsure: init at 0.4.0-unstable-2025-04-15

[l0b0]

Unsure Calculator lets you "[c]alculate with numbers you’re not sure about", for example to calculate the probability distribution of anything from your expenses to the Drake equation based on some idea of what the 95th percentile range (two standard deviations in either direction) is:

❯ ./result/bin/unsure '1.5~3 * 0.9~1.0 * 0.1~0.4 * 0.1~1.0 * 0.1~1.0 * 0.1~0.2 * 304~10000'

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[l0b0]

Judging by recent updates, the app looks like it's lacking maintenance and could be abandoned at any time

It looks like they consider it stable, and they use it regularly

[l0b0]

The article mentions a new version, so I have these questions

Fair enough - that seems to be a third UI for the same sort of thing.

[rksm]

Thank you! Independent of new UIs, having the CLI available is definitely desirable.

[thiagokokada]

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[thiagokokada]

building '/nix/store/yfl5fl8ydq0k66c3787vxcxm3id70zxj-unsure-0.4.0-unstable-2025-04-15-package-config.json.drv'...
error: hash mismatch in fixed-output derivation '/nix/store/js5cs387b9l6c3pa54ginqzl6h8qgv02-source.drv':
         specified: sha256-tXzJNxKG/ROMC1KPSxVpQe28G9AFg8JOgyKuxwLULMA=
            got:    sha256-rn10vy6l12ToiqO4vGVT4N7WNlj6PY/r+xVzjmYqILw=

[l0b0]

building '/nix/store/yfl5fl8ydq0k66c3787vxcxm3id70zxj-unsure-0.4.0-unstable-2025-04-15-package-config.json.drv'...
error: hash mismatch in fixed-output derivation '/nix/store/js5cs387b9l6c3pa54ginqzl6h8qgv02-source.drv':
         specified: sha256-tXzJNxKG/ROMC1KPSxVpQe28G9AFg8JOgyKuxwLULMA=
            got:    sha256-rn10vy6l12ToiqO4vGVT4N7WNlj6PY/r+xVzjmYqILw=

Thank you! Fixed, forgot to update the hash when updating the commit 🤦.

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