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import os
import subprocess
from typing import List


def get_conda_envs() -> List[str]:
    """
    Get a list of conda environments and return their names.
    """
    # Execute the `conda env list` command and capture its output

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// brain of the whole thing. hard work is done here
const mapNumber = (number, in_min, in_max, out_min, out_max) => {
    var rangeCalculation =  (number - in_min) * (out_max - out_min) / (in_max - in_min) + out_min;
    return Math.round(rangeCalculation);
};

// Create an empty array to store the messages
var messages = [];

// Loop through the rooms in msg.lightControl because we know only rooms and devices are children of lightcontrol

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SearXNG Web Search Setup for OpenClaw

Run these steps on the OpenClaw host to give the bot free, unlimited web search (no API key needed).

1. Create SearXNG config

mkdir -p /opt/searxng
SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
cat > /opt/searxng/settings.yml << EOF

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The Great Claude Token Heist: How Anthropic's "Holiday Gift" Became a Bait-and-Switch Nightmare

"This feels like I've been bait and switched TWICE now." — Claude Max subscriber, January 2026

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🎄 TL;DR: The Christmas Trap

What Anthropic Did:

1. December 25-31, 2025: Doubled usage limits as a "holiday gift"

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# patch-claude-code.sh — Rebalance Claude Code prompts to fix corner-cutting behavior
#
# What this does:
#   Patches the npm-installed @anthropic-ai/claude-code cli.js to rebalance
#   system prompt instructions that cause the model to cut corners, simplify
#   excessively, and defer complicated work.
#

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AI Writing Tropes to Avoid

Add this file to your AI assistant's system prompt or context to help it avoid common AI writing patterns. Source: tropes.fyi by ossama.is

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Word Choice

"Quietly" and Other Magic Adverbs