VirtualTam's bookmarks

21. Beamer - Accessibility 2017-06-27

    tags: accessibility, document/pdf, programming/latex, programming/latex/beamer

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    • https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/374123/how-to-check-if-your-slides-are-understandable-for-colourblind-people
    • https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/122621/is-there-a-way-to-show-the-version-of-a-document-as-seen-by-a-colour-blind-reade
    • https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/366480/how-to-make-the-resulting-pdf-file-web-accessible-for-screen-readers-when-figur
    • https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/261537/a-guide-on-how-to-produce-accessible-pdf-files
22. /r/linux - Gitlab is down: notes on the incident (and why you should always check backups) 2017-02-02

    tags: database, database/postgresql, failure, linux, recovery, replication, source-code-management/git, source-code-management/gitlab, sysadmin, tale

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    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/02/gitlabcom_has_found_and_restored_from_an_accidental_backup/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5rmhwg/gitlabcom_luckily_found_lost_data_on_a_staging/

23. How to set up Emacs as a PHP Editor - philnewton.net 2016-12-10

    tags: command-line, development, editor, editor/emacs, mode, programming/php, web

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    And more generally, "emacs as a <language> IDE":

    • code completion
    • snippet / templates
    • project view
    • syntax checking
    • test harness utilities

    See also:

    • https://www.philnewton.net/guides/emacs-extensions/
    • https://www.philnewton.net/blog/exploring-emacs-packages/
24. PEP 440 -- Version Identification and Dependency Specification | Python.org 2016-09-01

    tags: package, programming/python, programming/python/pypi, setuptools, version

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    Check it with:

    • https://packaging.pypa.io/en/latest/version/
    • https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep440/
25. organissimo - jazz with soul 2016-08-24

    tags: bebop, big-band, bop, fusion, music/jazz

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    Check out the http://www.organissimo.org/forum/ !

    via https://www.reddit.com/r/Jazz/comments/4zcbuo/getting_into_older_forms_of_jazz/

26. python - Check if requirements are up to date - Stack Overflow 2016-08-05

    tags: dependency, development, programming/python, programming/python/pip, requirement

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    1# from a virtualenv
    2$ pip list --outdated
    

27. rxvt-unicode won't Fully Maximize in KDE. / Applications & Desktop Environments / Arch Linux Forums 2016-01-07

    tags: border, desktop/kde, linux, maximize, programming/shell, rxvt, terminal, text/unicode, urxvt

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    TL;DR - Right Click on window title bar > More Actions > Special Applications Settings > Size and Position > Obey geometry restrictions > Choose Force and leave check mark to No.

    http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/KdeMaximized https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=92115

28. How to Write a Spelling Corrector 2015-12-10

    tags: check, corrector, development, language, natural, programming/python, spell, typo

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29. Check WMI Plus 2015-09-25

    tags: icinga, management, microsoft/windows, observability, observability/nagios

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    Nagios plugin to perform check on Windows hosts - uses WMI

    See https://wiki.icinga.org/display/howtos/check_wmi_plus

30. git worktree 2015-08-21

    tags: branch, clone, copy, source, source-code-management/git, tree, workflow

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    "check out more than one branch at a time"

    Useful if you're simultaneously working on several versions / branches of the same repository ;-)

31. PoiL - Trouille Cosmique 2015-07-23

    tags: experimental, music/avant-garde, music/funk, music/jazz, music/progressive

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    Meh. Check teh albehm! https://poil.bandcamp.com/album/dins-o-cuol

32. We Create Stuff - Awesome projects by a bunch of geeks | Games, Indie 2015-05-26

    tags: game-engine/flash, game/half-life, game/portal, indie, mod, source

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    Check the awesome http://portalmaps.wecreatestuff.com/ !

33. Bash: test if a file needs to be downloaded 2014-04-09

    tags: curl, development, download, file, programming/shell, programming/shell/bash, programming/testing, web, wget

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     1#!/bin/bash
     2# Check if a file needs to be downloaded
     3# Useful iff there is no checksum available to check a local file
     4url=http://test-url.com
     5
     6dl=1
     7if [[ -f $file_path ]]; then
     8    local_size=$(ls -l $file_path | awk '{print $5}')
     9    remote_size=$(wget --spider $url 2>&1 | awk '/Length/ {print $2}')
    10
    11    if [[ $local_size -eq $remote_size ]]; then
    12        echo "The file was previously downloaded"
    13        dl=0
    14    else
    15        echo "Corrupted file found, re-downloading..."
    16        rm -f $file_path
    17    fi
    18else
    19    echo "Downloading file..."
    20fi
    21
    22[[ $dl -eq 1 ]] && wget $url -O $file_path