willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

joepie91

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

• A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
• A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
• There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

atcuno

The purpose of this document is to make recommendations on how to browse in a privacy and security conscious manner. This information is compiled from a number of sources, which are referenced throughout the document, as well as my own experiences with the described technologies.

I welcome contributions and comments on the information contained. Please see the How to Contribute section for information on contributing your own knowledge.

Table of Contents

• Motivation
• Audience
• TL;DR?
• Updates
• Technologies that Affect Security and Privacy

garbados

1. There are two and only two genders.
2. Okay, then there are two and only two biological genders.
3. Gender is determined solely by biology.
4. Okay, it’s mostly determined by biology, right?
5. Please tell me it’s determined by DNA.
6. Gender can be reliably determined through visual means. After all, no man would ever wear a burka.
7. Once gender is set, it never changes.
8. Even if the gender can change, it will only change from the one value to the other value.
9. Only one gender can be “active” at the same time.
10. We’re tracking gender now, so we’ve always tracked it.

jpouellet

#!/usr/bin/env zsh

# This script prints a bell character when a command finishes
# if it has been running for longer than $zbell_duration seconds.
# If there are programs that you know run long that you don't
# want to bell after, then add them to $zbell_ignore.
#
# This script uses only zsh builtins so its fast, there's no needless
# forking, and its only dependency is zsh and its standard modules
#

shubheksha

VSCode

Bracket Pair Colorizer

Sublime Text

BracketHighlighter rainbowth for ST 3 rainbowth for ST 2

stengland

If tmux fails with the message "open terminal failed: missing or unsuitable terminal: rxvt-unicode-256color".

$ ssh remotemachine mkdir -p .terminfo/r
$ scp /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode* remotemachine:.terminfo/r/

r35krag0th

#!/bin/bash
##
## A simple little shell script that will return the current
##  fingerprint on the SSL certificate.  It's crude but works :D
##
## Author: Bob Saska (r35krag0th) <git@r35.net>

openssl s_client -connect tuner.pandora.com:443 < /dev/null 2> /dev/null | \
    openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint | tr -d ':' | cut -d'=' -f2

drewcassidy

public class BinarySearch {
    
    public int find(int[] arr, int v) {
        int i = 0;
        int b = (1 << (Double.doubleToLongBits(arr.length - 1) >> 51));
        
        while ((b >>>= 1) > 0) {
            if ((i | b) < arr.length && arr[i | b] <= v) i |= b;
            if (arr[i] == v) return i;
        }

philippkeller

import urwid, random, re, time

blank = urwid.Divider()
palette = [
    ('body','light gray','black', 'standout'),
    ('reverse','light gray','black'),
    ('header','white','dark red', 'bold'),
    ('important','dark red','black',('standout','underline')),
    ('editfc','white', 'dark blue', 'bold'),
    ('editbx','light gray', 'dark blue'),