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sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | \
  sudo debconf-set-selections
echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 seen true | \
  sudo debconf-set-selections
sudo apt-get -y install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git rake zsh -y

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# Usage:
#   iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://gist.githubusercontent.com/aliostad/a20f0c8d6a439dcff34e63e4a6559008/raw/0e445d869eb47e525512053638489920547a7d75/azure-vm-bootstrapper.ps1'))
# Bootstraps the Azure VM by modyifying settings and installing below:
# 1. Turn off annoying Intrenet Explorer enhanced security
# 2. Install chocolatey
# 3. Install PerfView
# 4. Install DebugView
# 5. Install SuperBenchmarker
# 6. Install notepad++
# 7. Install windbg

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As a techie (Solution Architect for an international eCommerce), my life is dependent on internet and it has been 21 days that we have had no internet - let alone having no phone. It is years that we have stopped watching TV and only rely on streaming (Netflix, Amazon) for our entertainment. Considering all holidays we could not watch TV... it has been an awful time. And all this, no end in sight... I have

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Top 100 Most Influential Rock figures (according to SNA Betweenness)
====================================================================

U2
Led Zeppelin
Nirvana (band)
Kiss (band)
Emmylou Harris
The Beatles
Beck

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The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Black Sabbath
U2
Led Zeppelin
Nirvana (band)
Metallica
Pink Floyd
Neil Young
The Rolling Stones

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <startup> 
        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
    </startup>
  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.0.0.0" />

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var hex = "d8a7";
var utf8 = Enumerable.Range(0, hex.Length)
                     .Where(x => x % 2 == 0)
                     .Select(x => Convert.ToByte(hex.Substring(x, 2), 16))
                     .ToArray();
					 
var s = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(utf8);
var uni = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(s);
Console.WriteLine("0x" + string.Join("", uni.Reverse().Select(x => x.ToString("X"))));

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from __future__ import unicode_literals
import requests
import json
from io import StringIO
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
import datetime, pytz

def copy_indexes(sourceSearchUrl, destinationBulkUrl, newIndexName=None, newTypeName=None, auth=None):

  BatchSize = 40

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table;

namespace TableStorageDumper