darrenpmeyer

(NB: adapted from this Ask Ubuntu thread -- tested to work on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS through Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy).

Unlike using VMWare Tools to enable Linux guest capabilities, the open-vm-tools package doesn't auto-mount shared VMWare folders. This can be frustrating in various ways, but there's an easy fix.

TL;DR

Install open-vm-tools and run:

sudo mount -t fuse.vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o allow_other

zipcode

{
"td_id_decompression":"0",
"td_id_weight_on_wheels":"0",
"td_id_all_doors_closed":"1",
"td_id_x2_pa_state":"0",
"td_id_fltdata_ground_speed":"0518",
"td_id_fltdata_time_to_destination":"0375",
"td_id_fltdata_wind_speed":"-037",
"td_id_fltdata_mach":"0847",
"td_id_fltdata_true_heading":"0299",

shortsightedsid

; Short guide to UDP/IP Client/Server programming in Common Lisp using usockets
;
; The main reason for this guide is because there are very few examples that
; explain how to get started with socket programming with Common Lisp that I
; could understand. 
; After working on a short example on TCP, I found the
; need for a UDP tutorial. So, here goes.

; As usual, we will use quicklisp to load usocket.

chaitanyagupta

Reader Macros in Common Lisp

This post also appears on lisper.in.

Reader macros are perhaps not as famous as ordinary macros. While macros are a great way to create your own DSL, reader macros provide even greater flexibility by allowing you to create entirely new syntax on top of Lisp.

Paul Graham explains them very well in [On Lisp][] (Chapter 17, Read-Macros):

The three big moments in a Lisp expression's life are read-time, compile-time, and runtime. Functions are in control at runtime. Macros give us a chance to perform transformations on programs at compile-time. ...read-macros... do their work at read-time.

strandel

function chain() {
  var queue = []
    , withoutContext = null

  function chainer(func) {
    queue.push(func)
    return chainer
  }
  chainer.run = function () {return run(queue)}

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

cspanring

mike@rbci:~$ psql -U postgres
psql (9.0.3)
Type "help" for help.

postgres=# update pg_database set datallowconn = TRUE where datname = 'template0';
UPDATE 1
postgres=# \c template0
You are now connected to database "template0".
template0=# update pg_database set datistemplate = FALSE where datname = 'template1';
UPDATE 1

dideler

Welcome!

UPDATE: This list is no longer maintained. I've moved it to its own repo so you can send suggestions as Pull Requests. https://github.com/dideler/bootstrapping/

For feedback or suggestions, please send a tweet (@dideler). Gist comments don't notify me. Pull requests aren't possible with gists (yet), so I don't recommend forking because then I can't easily get the change.

Starring this gist will give me an idea of how many people consider this list useful.