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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# This pre-commit hook will prevent any commit to forbidden branches
# (by default, "staging" and "production").
# Put this file in your local repo, in the .git/hooks folder
# and make sure it is executable.
# The name of the file *must* be "pre-commit" for Git to pick it up.

FORBIDDEN_BRANCHES = ["staging", "production"]

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
	<string>com.YOURNAME.SelfControl</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>osascript</string>
		<string>/PATH/TO/THE/SCRIPT/selfcontrol.applescript</string>

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#!/usr/bin/env python
from Foundation import NSUserNotification
from Foundation import NSUserNotificationCenter
from Foundation import NSUserNotificationDefaultSoundName
from optparse import OptionParser



def main():
    parser = OptionParser(usage='%prog -t TITLE -m MESSAGE')

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on run argv
    # fill in your working hours here 
	set start_time_morning to convert_minutes(8.0)
	set finish_time_morning to convert_minutes(12.3)
	set start_time_afternoon to convert_minutes(14.0)
	set finish_time_afternoon to convert_minutes(18.0)
	# -----------------------------------------
	set start_time_morning_secs to start_time_morning * 3600
	set finish_time_morning_secs to finish_time_morning * 3600
	set start_time_afternoon_secs to start_time_afternoon * 3600

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# COMMANDS FOR COMPRESS AND DECOMPRESSESING
# Usage:
# mk* OutputFileName.* InputDirName
# do* InputFileName
# un* InputFileName.*
#
# tar
alias mktar='tar cvf'
alias untar='tar xvf'
# gz

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First, install nginx for mac with "brew install nginx".

Then follow homebrew's instructions to know where the config file is.

1. To use https you will need a self-signed certificate: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/ssl-certificate-self
2. Copy it somewhere (use full path in the example below for server.* files)
3. sudo nginx -s reload
4. Access https://localhost/

Edit /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

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/*
JPA (Java Persistence API)

Transaction Management with an Entity-Mananger:
---
entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
entityManager.persist(<some-entity>);
entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
entityManager.clear();

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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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#!/bin/bash
# =============================================================================
# @file    GitHub gist
# @brief   stop Adobe Creative Cloud app from auto-launching on login on macOS
# @author  Michael Hucka <mhucka@caltech.edu>
# @created 2021-08-12
# @website https://gist.github.com/mhucka/59e785a315d813d14cd0258b89a2fcac
#
# I find Adobe Creative Cloud absolutely infuriating.  It installs auto
# launchers that are not in the user's login app list, and the services are