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@HaleTom
HaleTom / print256colours.sh
Last active May 2, 2024 14:43
Print a 256-colour test pattern in the terminal
#!/bin/bash
# Tom Hale, 2016. MIT Licence.
# Print out 256 colours, with each number printed in its corresponding colour
# See http://askubuntu.com/questions/821157/print-a-256-color-test-pattern-in-the-terminal/821163#821163
set -eu # Fail on errors or undeclared variables
printable_colours=256
@smac89
smac89 / install_ffmpeg.sh
Last active August 22, 2023 19:48
Install latest version of ffmpeg on Ubuntu
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install autoconf automake build-essential libass-dev libfreetype6-dev \
libsdl1.2-dev libtheora-dev libtool libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-shm0-dev \
libxcb-xfixes0-dev pkg-config texinfo zlib1g-dev
# Create a dir where the rest of the sources will live
mkdir ~/ffmpeg_sources
@Abdelhady
Abdelhady / DeviceOrientation
Last active April 29, 2023 05:16
A utility class to help get current device orientation, you will need it if you decided to fix the activity's orientation in the manifest :)
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.media.ExifInterface;
/**
* Created by abdelhady on 9/23/14.
*
* to use this class do the following 3 steps in your activity:
@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active June 13, 2024 14:37
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@eculver
eculver / recursive remove .AppleDouble directories
Created May 26, 2011 00:03
recursive remove .AppleDouble directories
find . -name \.AppleDouble -exec rm -rf {} \;