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private void ExecutingOnANewThread()
{
  //both tasks defined bellow will be executed on a new background thread
  var task = new Task(() => { }, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);
  task.Start(TaskScheduler.Default);

  //or
  var task2 = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { }, CancellationToken.None, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning, TaskScheduler.Default);
}

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    public static class RavenDBExtensions
    {
        public static Lazy<T> FirstOrDefaultLazy<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, Func<T, bool> predicate)
        {
            if (query == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("query");
            if (predicate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("predicate");

            return query.Where(x => predicate(x)).FirstOrDefaultLazy();
        }

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#This script edits the project file and marks the talkfx-c.dll files to always be copied to the output directory
param($installPath, $toolsPath, $package, $project)

# Load project XML.
$doc = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
$doc.Load($project.FullName)
$namespace = 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003'

# Find the node containing the file. The tag "Content" may be replace by "None" depending of the case, check your .csproj file.
$talkFXDlls = Select-Xml "//msb:Project/msb:ItemGroup/msb:Content[contains(@Include, 'talkfx-c.dll')]" $doc -Namespace @{msb = $namespace}

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$x86TalkFX = $project.ProjectItems.Item("CroccatTalkWrapper").ProjectItems.Item("win32-x86").ProjectItems.Item("talkfx-c.dll");
$x86TalkFX.Properties.Item("BuildAction").Value = [int]2;

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Install-Package NuGetDebugTools
Add-Debugger.ps1
Set-PSBreakpoint -Command init.ps1, install.ps1, uninstall.ps1

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#pragma once

#define TALKFX_ZONE_AMBIENT 0x00
#define TALKFX_ZONE_EVENT   0x01

#define TALKFX_EFFECT_OFF 0x00
#define TALKFX_EFFECT_ON  0x01
#define TALKFX_EFFECT_BLINKING  0x02
#define TALKFX_EFFECT_BREATHING 0x03
#define TALKFX_EFFECT_HEARTBEAT 0x04

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    public interface IHaveDeferredEnumerable
    {
        IEnumerable<IHaveDeferredEnumerable> Get();
    }

    public class HasDeferredEnumerable : IHaveDeferredEnumerable
    {
        public IEnumerable<IHaveDeferredEnumerable> Get()
        {
            yield return null;

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#include <DHTSensor.h>
DHTSensor sensor(3);//Will be using pin3 for collecting the data
void loop()
{
        DHTSensorMeasurement re = sensor.Read();
        if (!re.HasError())
        {
            Serial.print("H: ");
            Serial.print(re.Humidity());
            Serial.print(" T: ");

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[Unit]
Description=Mosquitto MQTT Broker daemon
ConditionPathExists=/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
After=network.target
Requires=network.target

[Service] 
Type=forking 
RemainAfterExit=no 
StartLimitInterval=0 

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Connect to a bluetooth speaker

sudo bluetoothctl
power on
pairable on
agent on
default-agent
scan on
pair xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
trust xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx