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Exclude node_modules and .git from Backblaze backups on Mac

1. Edit the file at /Library/Backblaze.bzpkg/bzdata/bzexcluderules_editable.xml.
2. Add these rules inside the bzexclusions tag:

<!-- Exclude node_modules. -->
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*"  ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/node_modules/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*"  ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/.git/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />

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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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Brew Bundle Brewfile Tips

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#!/usr/bin/env zsh
sleep 10 &!
pid=$! # Process Id of the previous running command

spin='⠋⠙⠚⠞⠖⠦⠴⠲⠳⠓'

i=0
while kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null; do
    i=$(((i + 1) % 10))
    printf "$fg[magenta]\r${spin:$i:1}"

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defaults write com.apple.dock size-immutable -bool true; killall Dock

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#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
/**
 * PHP script to replace site url in Wordpress database dump, even with WPML
 * @link https://gist.github.com/lavoiesl/2227920
 */

if (!empty($argv[1]) && $argv[1] == 'update') {
    $file = file_get_contents('https://gist.github.com/lavoiesl/2227920/raw/wordpress-change-url.php');
    if ($file === false) {

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 mysql -u root -p < /path/to/sql/frile/multiDB.sql

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# based on http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2916/backup-all-mysql-databases-to-individual-files
# but modified for the MAMP path and to include default root/root as username and password

for I in $(/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql -u root -proot -e 'show databases' -s --skip-column-names); do /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqldump -u root -proot $I | gzip > "$I.sql.gz"; done

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/*
Copy this into the console of any web page that is interactive and doesn't
do hard reloads. You will hear your DOM changes as different pitches of
audio.

I have found this interesting for debugging, but also fun to hear web pages
render like UIs do in movies.
*/

const audioCtx = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)()

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##Date and Time

=TIMEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " ")) + DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " "))

##Date

=DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " "))

##Time