jasonrudolph

5 entertaining things you can find with the GitHub Search API

Let's have some command-line fun with curl, [jq][1], and the [new GitHub Search API][2].

Today we're looking for:

• The hottest repositories created in the last week.
• The oldest user accounts with zero followers. (So sad.)
• Issue trends by language.
• Clojure projects defying convention.

ianklatzco

#!/bin/bash

# update the TOKEN and the CHANNELID, rest is optional
# you may need to connect with a websocket the first time you run the bot
#   use a library like discord.py to do so

curl -v \
-H "Authorization: Bot TOKEN" \
-H "User-Agent: myBotThing (http://some.url, v0.1)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \

Darkhogg

Reboot to {OS}

This a collection of notes and files used in my quest to create "Reboot to Windows" and "Reboot to Linux" scripts (and desktop shortcuts) for Linux and Windows respectively that automatically reboot my system and instruct rEFInd to auto-select the appropriate OS entry.

General Information

The key for achieving this is to modify the EFI Variable PreviousBoot with GUID 36d08fa7-cf0b-42f5-8f14-68df73ed3740, which rEFInd uses to store the last entry selected in the menu and, if using the + default entry, will be used to select the default OS. By doing this, we trick rEFInd into booting the OS we choose without having to be physically there to press the keyboard.

meew0

This is a summary of the Q&A regarding the new API ToS that took place in the #api channel on the Discord API server, starting around midnight UTC on Thursday, August 17, 2017.

All answers are from b1nzy unless marked otherwise. This is just a summary of my (meew0) own interpretation of the Q&A; obviously this shouldn't be interpreted as anything legally binding. If in doubt, ask the devs yourself or consult a lawyer. I'm not responsible if you get banned or sued because of this document. All subsequent usages of first-person pronouns refer to the people asking/answering the questions, respectively.

Q. How do we detect users deleting their accounts, if we have to delete their data within 7 days?
A. You will get an email by Discord if that happens. Make sure the account that registered the bot application has an email attached to it that you actually get messages with. This may change in the future but if it will, there will be plenty of time before the new mechanism goes into effect.

Q. **Do we need

dikiaap

Update: As of 11 January 2022, git.io no longer accepts new URLs.

Command:

curl https://git.io/ -i -F "url=https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_URL" -F "code=YOUR_CUSTOM_NAME"

URLs that can be created is from:

• https://github.com/*
• https://*.github.com

meatcar

A rewrite of https://gist.github.com/Darkhogg/82a651f40f835196df3b1bd1362f5b8c#file-windows-refind-next-boot-cpp to avoid a compilation step.

1. Download all files in the same directory
2. Run in an Administrator PowerShell:

. path/to/RefindNextBoot.ps1
Set-RefindNextBoot Linux

mlvzk

wooosh

/*
  i recommend using the browser console for all of this (specifically in discord to avoid CORS issues)
  
  get emotes in a string like the following
  ":yes::wmay::waveboye::wavebackboye::vibe::uwu_seal::uwu::turtwo::thonkdead::thonk::this::starkiwmi::starewut::starewow:"
  no line breaks or anything
  NOTE: you will need to do this in multiple batches
*/

emotes_raw = `<insert_emotes_here>`

willeccles

#include <stdio.h>
#define $x ,x
#define $i ,i
#define eval int
#define read scanf
#define $scanfpat "%d", &
#define $(x) ,(x)
#define $open (
#define $close )
#define do {

probonopd

Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything!

Hence, if you are interested in existing applications to "just work" without the need for adjustments, then you may be better off avoiding Wayland.

Wayland solves no issues I have but breaks almost everything I need. Even the most basic, most simple things (like xkill) - in this case with no obvious replacement. And usually it stays broken, because the Wayland folks mostly seem to care about Automotive, Gnome, maybe KDE - and alienating everyone else (e.g., people using just an X11 window manager or something like GNUstep) in the process.

The Wayland project seems to operate like they were starting a greenfield project, whereas at the same time they try to position Wayland as "the X11 successor", which would clearly require a lot of thought about not breaking, or at least providing a smooth upgrade path for, existing software.

In fact, it is merely an incompatible alternative, and not e