mrled

Converting timezones from Windows to IANA and back in Python

Spoiler alert: I couldn't end up doing this, jesus christ timezones are such a mess

General notes

There are many mappings between timezones.

1. Obviously I could maintain one myself, but it's sufficiently complex that I don't want to take this on
2. Unicode maintains a mapping of Windows to IANA zones, but it only has entryes for standard timezone names ("Pacific Standard Time") and not DST timezone names ("Pacific Daylight Time"): https://unicode.org/repos/cldr/trunk/common/supplemental/windowsZones.xml

Brainiarc7

Quickly check for supported NVENC and NPP hardware acceleration capabilities in FFmpeg on your platform:

Depending on how you built ffmpeg, you may want to check the supported NVENC-based hardware acceleration capabilities in ffmpeg by running:

$ for i in encoders decoders filters; do
    echo $i:; ffmpeg -hide_banner -${i} | egrep -i "npp|cuvid|nvenc|cuda|nvdec"
done

Sample output (as on my testbed):

kerma

# on os x use  brew to get ffmpeg with libfdk_aac
brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac

# convert and use m4a as file extension
find . -name '*.flac' -exec sh -c 'ffmpeg -i "$1" -c:a libfdk_aac -b:a 320k "${1%.flac}.m4a"' _ {} \;

flynnduism

I customised Slack with some brand colours:

If you'd like to do the same with yours, follow these steps:

1. Open Preferences
2. Select the Sidebar Theme preferences
3. Reveal the custom theme options
4. Copy in thesecolour values: #DFDFDF,#DFDFDF,#66B6AB,#DFDFDF,#DFDFDF,#2D4A50,#06807F,#FF1B51

progrium

import requests

from checks import AgentCheck

class ConsulCheck(AgentCheck):
	def should_check(self):
		r = requests.get(self.init_config["consul_url"] + "/v1/agent/self")
		if r.status_code != 200:
			return False
		agent = r.json()

suprememoocow

- action: ec2_facts

- apt: pkg=lvm2 state=present
- apt: pkg=mdadm state=present

- pip: name=boto state=latest

- ec2_vol: instance="{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_ec2_instance-id'] }}"
           volume_size=20
           device_name="{{ item }}"

rcrowley

package main

import (
	"log"
	"net"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"sync"
	"syscall"
	"time"

ctgswallow

ruby_block "create ssh key" do
  block do 
    k = SSHKey.generate(:type => 'RSA', :bits => 1024, :comment => "Postgres Master")
    node.set[:postgresql][:pubkey] = k.ssh_public_key
    node.save

    # Much of the DSL disappears in ruby blocks.  Here's how to create a template.
    rc = Chef::RunContext.new(node, node.cookbook_collection)
    t = Chef::Resource::Template.new "/var/lib/postgresql/.ssh/id_rsa"
    t.source("id_rsa.erb")

piscisaureus

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = git@github.com:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

fernandoaleman

# How to sign your custom RPM package with GPG key

# Step: 1
# Generate gpg key pair (public key and private key)
#
# You will be prompted with a series of questions about encryption.
# Simply select the default values presented. You will also be asked
# to create a Real Name, Email Address and Comment (comment optional).
# 
# If you get the following response: