derblub

#!/bin/bash

# if spotify is started
if [ "$(pidof spotify)" ]; then
    # status can be: Playing, Paused or Stopped
    status=`dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'PlaybackStatus'|egrep -A 1 "string"|cut -b 26-|cut -d '"' -f 1|egrep -v ^$`
    artist=`dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata'|egrep -A 2 "artist"|egrep -v "artist"|egrep -v "array"|cut -b 27-|cut -d '"' -f 1|egrep -v ^$`
    album=`dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata'|egrep -A 1 "album"|egrep -v "album"|cut -b 44-|cut -d '"' -f 1|egrep -v ^$`
    title=`dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 o

carcinocron

// Run this in the F12 javascript console in chrome
// if a redirect happens, the page will pause
// this helps because chrome's network tab's
// "preserve log" seems to technically preserve the log
// but you can't actually LOOK at it...
// also the "replay xhr" feature does not work after reload
// even if you "preserve log".

window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function() { debugger; }, false)

blixt

// NOTICE 2020-04-18
// Please see the comments below about why this is not a great PRNG.

// Read summary by @bryc here:
// https://github.com/bryc/code/blob/master/jshash/PRNGs.md

// Have a look at js-arbit which uses Alea:
// https://github.com/blixt/js-arbit

/**

lovasoa

// ES6 version using asynchronous iterators, compatible with node v10.0+

const fs = require("fs");
const path = require("path");

async function* walk(dir) {
    for await (const d of await fs.promises.opendir(dir)) {
        const entry = path.join(dir, d.name);
        if (d.isDirectory()) yield* walk(entry);
        else if (d.isFile()) yield entry;

dergachev

# taken from http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
# generate server.xml with the following command:
#    openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
# run as follows:
#    python simple-https-server.py
# then in your browser, visit:
#    https://localhost:4443

import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer
import ssl

tedmiston

/*
In the node.js intro tutorial (http://nodejs.org/), they show a basic tcp 
server, but for some reason omit a client connecting to it.  I added an 
example at the bottom.

Save the following server in example.js:
*/

var net = require('net');

mrrooijen

# Downloads MongoDB Version 1.2.2 to the Home Dir
# Extracts it and moves the contents into the /var/mongodb folder
# Creates a symlink from /var/mongodb/mongod to /usr/local/sbin
cd ~/
wget http://downloads.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-x86_64-1.2.2.tgz
tar -xf mongodb-linux-x86_64-1.2.2.tgz
mkdir -p /var/mongodb
mv mongodb-linux-x86_64-1.2.2/* /var/mongodb/
ln -nfs /var/mongodb/bin/mongod /usr/local/sbin