sharadhr

$HOME, Not So Sweet $HOME

• Preface
• 1 What is $HOME to you?
• 2 Setup
  • 2.1 Linux
    • 2.1.1 $HOME
    • 2.1.2 Dot-files and dot-directories
    • 2.1.3 XDG Base Directories
• 2.1.4 xdg-user-dirs

ReneNyffenegger

msys2 vs msys vs msysgit

MinGW doesn't provide a linux-like environment, that is MSYS(2) and/or Cygwin

Cygwin is an attempt to create a complete UNIX/POSIX environment on Windows. 
MinGW is a C/C++ compiler suite which allows you to create Windows executables - you only 
need the normal MSVC runtimes, which are part of any normal Microsoft Windows installation.

MinGW provides headers and libraries so that GCC (a compiler suite, 
not just a "unix/linux compiler") can be built and used against the Windows C runtime.

bryc

DX7

Note: One of the algorithms is incorrect due to a missing operator. Need to update the image. Will have to get on that soon.

These are the original 32 algorithms as used in Yamaha DX7.

The later Yamaha FS1R and Yamaha SY77 may have compatibility with these algorithms, but that's beyond the current scope. The FS1R contains 88 algorithms, while the SY77 contains 45 algorithms.

timvisee

Falsehoods programmers believe about time

This is a compiled list of falsehoods programmers tend to believe about working with time.

Don't re-invent a date time library yourself. If you think you understand everything about time, you're probably doing it wrong.

Falsehoods

• There are always 24 hours in a day.
• February is always 28 days long.
• Any 24-hour period will always begin and end in the same day (or week, or month).

aallan

000000	Officially Xerox
000001	SuperLAN-2U
000002	BBN (was internal usage only, no longer used)
000003	XEROX CORPORATION
000004	XEROX CORPORATION
000005	XEROX CORPORATION
000006	XEROX CORPORATION
000007	XEROX CORPORATION
000008	XEROX CORPORATION
000009	powerpipes?

Fusl

# Windows (receiver) side:
.\ffplay.exe -nodisp -ac 2 -acodec pcm_u8 -ar 48000 -analyzeduration 0 -probesize 32 -f u8 -i udp://0.0.0.0:18181?listen=1

# Linux (transmitter) side:
pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=remote
ffmpeg -f pulse -i "remote.monitor" -ac 2 -acodec pcm_u8 -ar 48000 -f u8 "udp://RECEIVER:18181"
pavucontrol # Change the default output to the Null sink or move single applications to this "output" device.

joepie91

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

• A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
• A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
• There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

protrolium

ffmpeg

Converting Audio into Different Formats / Sample Rates

Minimal example: transcode from MP3 to WMA:
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 output.wma

You can get the list of supported formats with:
ffmpeg -formats

You can get the list of installed codecs with:

gh-backup-starred.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
user="CHANGEME"
pages=$(curl -I https://api.github.com/users/$user/starred | sed -nr 's/^Link:.*page=([0-9]+).*/\1/p')

for page in $(seq 0 $pages); do
    curl "https://api.github.com/users/$user/starred?page=$page&per_page=100" | jq -r '.[].html_url' |
    while read rp; do
      git clone $rp
    done

diego898

thanks to @neurodyne and this link for updated instructions

This works with the following versions of termsrv.dll

x64 - termsrv.dll - 6.3.9600.17095

Find	Replace
39813C0600000F849E310500	B80001000089813806000090
090085C07F078BD8	090085C090908BD8