pamelafox

countries = [
{'timezones': ['Europe/Andorra'], 'code': 'AD', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Andorra', 'capital': 'Andorra la Vella'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Kabul'], 'code': 'AF', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Afghanistan', 'capital': 'Kabul'},
{'timezones': ['America/Antigua'], 'code': 'AG', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'capital': "St. John's"},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Tirane'], 'code': 'AL', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Albania', 'capital': 'Tirana'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Yerevan'], 'code': 'AM', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Armenia', 'capital': 'Yerevan'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Luanda'], 'code': 'AO', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Angola', 'capital': 'Luanda'},
{'timezones': ['America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires', 'America/Argentina/Cordoba', 'America/Argentina/Jujuy', 'America/Argentina/Tucuman', 'America/Argentina/Catamarca', 'America/Argentina/La_Rioja', 'America/Argentina/San_Juan', 'America/Argentina/Mendoza', 'America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos', 'America/Argentina/Ushuai

earthgecko

#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
#

# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and 
NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)

# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1

pwenzel

# 1. Install mplayer command line (via Brew, Macports, or APT)
# 2. Add the following aliases to ~/.profile
# 3. Type `source ~/.profile`
# 3. Type `news` or `current` to listen in your terminal

alias news="mplayer -playlist http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/play/streams/news.pls" # MPR News 
alias current="mplayer -playlist http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/play/streams/the_current.pls" # The Current 
alias classical="mplayer -playlist http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/play/streams/classical.pls" # Classical MPR 
alias localcurrent="mplayer -playlist http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/play/streams/local.pls" # Local Current 
alias heartland="mplayer -playlist http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/play/streams/radio_heartland.pls" # MPR Radio Heartland 

wandernauta

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#
# This is sp, the command-line Spotify controller. It talks to a running
# instance of the Spotify Linux client over dbus, providing an interface not
# unlike mpc.
#
# Put differently, it allows you to control Spotify without leaving the comfort
# of your command line, and without a custom client or Premium subscription.
#

gruber

The regex patterns in this gist are intended only to match web URLs -- http,
https, and naked domains like "example.com". For a pattern that attempts to
match all URLs, regardless of protocol, see: https://gist.github.com/gruber/249502


# Single-line version:

(?i)\b((?:https?:(?:/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.](?:com|net|org|edu|gov|mil|aero|asia|biz|cat|coop|info|int|jobs|mobi|museum|name|post|pro|tel|travel|xxx|ac|ad|ae|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|as|at|au|aw|ax|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|dd|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gg|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|im|in|io|iq|ir|is|it|je|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|me|mg|mh|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|nc|ne|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nu|nz|om|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|rs|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|s

darekkay

<?php

/* 
Backup script for trakt.tv (API v2).

Live demo: https://darekkay.com/blog/trakt-tv-backup/
*/

// create a Trakt app to get a client API key: http://docs.trakt.apiary.io/#introduction/create-an-app
$apikey = "CLIENT_API_KEY";

chris-jamieson

• Download Franz for your distribution from MeetFranz.com
• change into the same directory as the downloaded file, then sudo tar -xf Franz-linux-x64-0.9.10.tgz -C /opt/franz
• (optional) wget "https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/360/1*v86tTomtFZIdqzMNpvwIZw.png" -O franz-icon.png then sudo cp franz-icon.png /opt/franz
• (optional) sudo touch /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop then sudo vim /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop

paste the following lines into the file, then save the file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Franz
Comment=

steinwaywhw

• Use curl to get the JSON response for the latest release
• Use grep to find the line containing file URL
• Use cut and tr to extract the URL
• Use wget to download it

curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/releases/latest \
| grep "browser_download_url.*deb" \
| cut -d : -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \

plusk01

Installing ROS Kinetic on Mac OS X - El Capitan and macOS Sierra

Having rather painlessly installed ROS Indigo on El Capitan using Mike Purvis's script, I attempted to upgrade to ROS Kinetic. This gist outlines the problems I encoutered and how I solved them. Hopefully this guide will help others attempting to install ROS Kinetic / Gazebo 7 on El Capitan.

ROS Install OSX

Start with Mike Purvis's script, which currently is setup to install ROS Indigo. In order to install Kinetic instead of Indigo, make sure to set the ROS_DISTRO environment variable: export ROS_DISTRO=kinetic.

After you get through rosdep errors, it's quickest to just work with the catkin config ... and catkin build ... commands directly. In fact, I found it most helpful to leave my catkin workspace terminal open at ros-install-osx/kinetic_desktop_full_ws and t

danidiaz

	  ---			-----------------			----
	  Map			Quick Explanation			Link
	  ---			-----------------			----
<	 <F1>	Causes Netrw to issue help
	 <cr>	Netrw will enter the directory or read the file      |netrw-cr|
	 <del>	Netrw will attempt to remove the file/directory      |netrw-del|
	 <c-h>	Edit file hiding list                                |netrw-ctrl-h|
	 <c-l>	Causes Netrw to refresh the directory listing        |netrw-ctrl-l|
	 <c-r>	Browse using a gvim server                           |netrw-ctrl-r|
	 <c-tab> Shrink/expand a netrw/explore window                |netrw-c-tab|