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@haasn
haasn / about:config.md
Last active April 2, 2024 18:46
Firefox bullshit removal via about:config

Firefox bullshit removal

Updated: Just use qutebrowser (and disable javascript). The web is done for.

@calkan
calkan / gist:eaad0bc4458da16a72dd
Last active January 5, 2021 02:09
Michael Hoffman's crazy bash_history backer upper on git
1 - Create a *private* GitHub/Bitbucket or similar git repo. Here I assume the repo is:
https://github.com/calkan/bash_history.git
2 - Create .history directory and initialize it for the repo:
mkdir $HOME/.history
cd $HOME/.history
git init
touch README.md
@alirobe
alirobe / reclaimWindows10.ps1
Last active July 3, 2024 09:36
This Windows 10 Setup Script turns off a bunch of unnecessary Windows 10 telemetery, bloatware, & privacy things. Not guaranteed to catch everything. Review and tweak before running. Reboot after running. Scripts for reversing are included and commented. Fork of https://github.com/Disassembler0/Win10-Initial-Setup-Script (different defaults). N.…
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### UPDATE: For Win 11, I recommend using this tool in place of this script:
### https://christitus.com/windows-tool/
### https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
### https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UQZ5oQg8XA
### iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win | iex
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@axieum
axieum / BAT File Add to New Context Menu.reg
Last active November 10, 2020 03:08
Windows 10 Quality of Life Tools
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
@krohne
krohne / countdown.sh
Last active July 5, 2024 14:09
Countdown timer in bash shell script
#!/bin/bash
# $1 = # of seconds
# $@ = What to print after "Waiting n seconds"
countdown() {
secs=$1
shift
msg=$@
while [ $secs -gt 0 ]
do
printf "\r\033[KWaiting %.d seconds $msg" $((secs--))
@IanColdwater
IanColdwater / twittermute.txt
Last active July 2, 2024 02:25
Here are some terms to mute on Twitter to clean your timeline up a bit.
Mute these words in your settings here: https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords
ActivityTweet
generic_activity_highlights
generic_activity_momentsbreaking
RankedOrganicTweet
suggest_activity
suggest_activity_feed
suggest_activity_highlights
suggest_activity_tweet
@abraithwaite
abraithwaite / chill-zoom.sh
Last active May 8, 2024 08:43
Zoom in Systemd Cgroups on Linux. Change the max allocations to fit your workstation.
#!/usr/bin/bash -xe
cat <<EOF > "${HOME}/.config/systemd/user/zoom.slice"
[Slice]
AllowedCPUs=0-4
MemoryHigh=6G
EOF
cat /usr/share/applications/Zoom.desktop | sed -E 's#^(Exec=).*$#Exec=/usr/bin/systemd-run --user --slice=zoom.slice /opt/zoom/ZoomLauncher#' > "${HOME}/.local/share/applications/Zoom.desktop"