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Ruby on Archlinux

I thought I would document my setup, since it's somewhat non-standard but working quite well for me.

What this does

• Install major Ruby versions at their latest patch release
• Allow to switch between them seamlessly
• Use chruby
• Encourage bundler usage

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Restoring the GRUB Bootloader on Manjaro Linux

Manjaro Linux GRUB (especially on dual-boot systems with Windows) may sometimes get corrupted and fail to boot. Possible error messages include

Reboot and select proper Boot Device

or

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Generating Authy passwords on other authenticators

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There is an increasing count of applications which use Authy for two-factor authentication. However many users who aren't using Authy, have their own authenticator setup up already and do not wish to use two applications for generating passwords.

Since I use 1Password for all of my password storing/generating needs, I was looking for a solution to use Authy passwords on that. I couldn't find any completely working solutions, however I stumbled upon a gist by Brian Hartvigsen. His post had a neat code with it to generate QR codes for you to use on your favorite authenticator.

His method is to extract the secret keys using Authy's Google Chrome app via Developer Tools. If this was not possible, I guess people would be reverse engineering the Android app or something like that. But when I tried that code, nothing appeared on the screen. My guess is that Brian used the

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NOTE: This is a question I found on StackOverflow which I’ve archived here, because the answer is so effing phenomenal.

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Q: How can I make a chain of function decorators in Python?

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If you are not into long explanations, see [Paolo Bergantino’s answer][2].

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How to Resize an Image in Github README.md (i.e. Github Flavored Markdown)

Percentage:

<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16319829/81180309-2b51f000-8fee-11ea-8a78-ddfe8c3412a7.png" width=50% height=50%>

Pixels:

<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16319829/81180309-2b51f000-8fee-11ea-8a78-ddfe8c3412a7.png" width="150" height="280">

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Make it real

Ideas are cheap. Make a prototype, sketch a CLI session, draw a wireframe. Discuss around concrete examples, not hand-waving abstractions. Don't say you did something, provide a URL that proves it.

Ship it

Nothing is real until it's being used by a real user. This doesn't mean you make a prototype in the morning and blog about it in the evening. It means you find one person you believe your product will help and try to get them to use it.

Do it with style

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How to add more to Git Bash on Windows

Git for Windows comes bundled with the "Git Bash" terminal which is incredibly handy for unix-like commands on a windows machine. It is missing a few standard linux utilities, but it is easy to add ones that have a windows binary available.

The basic idea is that C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\ is your / directory according to Git Bash (note: depending on how you installed it, the directory might be different. from the start menu, right click on the Git Bash icon and open file location. It might be something like C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Programs\Git, the mingw64 in this directory is your root. Find it by using pwd -W). If you go to that directory, you will find the typical linux root folder structure (bin, etc, lib and so on).

If you are missing a utility, such as wget, track down a binary for windows and copy the files to the corresponding directories. Sometimes the windows binary have funny prefixes, so

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git branch -m old_branch new_branch         # Rename branch locally    
git push origin :old_branch                 # Delete the old branch    
git push --set-upstream origin new_branch   # Push the new branch, set local branch to track the new remote

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char ____ZN7Backend6Google12SSBUtilities24shouldConsultWithTencentEv_block_invoke_2(void * _block) {
    rax = [NSLocale currentLocale];
    rax = [rax retain];
    r14 = [[rax countryCode] retain];
    [rax release];
    rbx = [r14 isEqualToString:@"CN"] != 0x0 ? 0x1 : 0x0;
    [r14 release];
    rax = rbx;
    return rax;
}

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How to Run a Process in the Background with TMUX

There are times when you need to log off your Linux Desktop, and you want a process to run in the background. TMUX manages this very well.

For this example, let's suppose you're running a long running task like running rspecs on your project and it is 5pm, and you need to go home.

Run Your Process