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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Get most recent version number of CPython, excluding rc, dev, pypy, etc.
pyver=$(pyenv install --list | grep -v '[^0-9. ]' | sort -r | head -n1 | awk '{print $1}')

# install it
pyenv install $pyver

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tl;dr: the D1 mini's usbserial interface is a little sketchy and macOS doesn't cope well. You need to install the driver from wch.cn. direct link to CH341SER_MAC.ZIP

SHA-512 sum (copy whole line, run pbpaste | shasum -c in your download directory to check):

efb25faeb87d66a10e284629231fad7ebfbdbf2c2a50ed9b35f8dd9793398ff79df3da3312367dbc497dc62103195bc4eaf6399f8084f442bb1d1a7a51551eac *CH341SER_MAC.ZIP

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
## this script installs PyCharm Professional via umake on Ubuntu systems
## You can also use `snap install pycharm-professional` if you don't mind snap

# install umake if it doesn't yet exist
if ! which umake
then
   # add the ubuntu-make (umake) repo and update local package caches
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
   sudo apt-get update

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function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
    if (dnsDomainIs(host, ".i2p")) { return "HTTP localhost:4444"; }
    if (dnsDomainIs(host, ".onion")) { return "SOCKS localhost:9050"; }
    return "DIRECT";
}

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#KEY https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg
deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
git clone https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install.git
cd openvpn-install/
chmod +x openvpn-install.sh

# interactive! But also logs stdout/stderr to a log file for later review
sudo ./openvpn-install.sh 2>&1 |tee openvpn-install.log

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# requires: brew install librsvg
# inspired by: https://superuser.com/a/723031
# change 1.0 to a zoom factor you want for clean zoom. Exact pixels possible, read man page

rsvg-convert -z 1.0 file.svg > file.png

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from __future__ import print_function

# the string to check is in 'candidate'
if isinstance(candidate, type(u"")):
    print("This is a unicode string")
else:
    # if it's a Py2 'str' or a Py3 'bytes' object, this will convert
    # otherwise it'll raise an exception
    candidate = candidate.decode('utf8')
                     

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-- in iTerm2, create a profile named 'Alfred' with the settings you want
-- this script will create a new bash login environment using that profile and run the Alfred commands
-- in Alfred's preferences, go to Terminal, select Custom, and paste this script in

on alfred_script(q)
	set text item delimiters to " "
	set cmdline to q as text

	tell application "iTerm"
		create window with profile "Alfred" command "bash -lc " & quoted form of cmdline

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eu -o pipefail

## based on work by Mr. Macintosh: https://mrmacintosh.com/how-to-enable-the-mac-startup-chime-on-your-2016-macbook-pro/
## hattip DaringFireball: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/02/25/mac-startup-chime

##========================================================================
## To the extent possible under law, Darren Meyer has waived all copyright 
## and related or neighboring rights to setchime.sh
##========================================================================