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#requires -version 4.0

Function Get-GitTip {

<#
.Synopsis
Get Git Tips
.Description
Use this command to search the tips file that is part of the Git-Tips project on GitHub. The default behavior is to get all tips but you can search for text in a tip title or select a random tip.
.Parameter Random

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#requires -version 4.0

Function Find-GitTip {

<#
.Synopsis
Search Git tips
.Description
This function will search the Tips.json file from the Git-Tips project on GitHub. You will need to clone or download the git-tips project locally from https://github.com/git-tips/tips.
.Parameter Text

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Verifying that "jeffhicks.id" is my Blockstack ID. https://explorer.blockstack.org/name/jeffhicks.id

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#requires -version 4.0

<#
Inspired from code originally published at: 
https://github.com/Windos/powershell-depot/blob/master/livecoding.tv/StreamCountdown/StreamCountdown.psm1

This should work in Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core, although not in VS Code.
The ProgressStyle parameter is dynamic and only appears if you are running the command in a Windows console.

Even though are is no comment-based help or examples, if you run: help Start-PSCountdown -full you'll get the

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#get global index data for the Internet Traffic Report
$data = 'http://www.internettrafficreport.com/rawdata/itr-data.csv'
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $data -OutFile $env:temp\itr.csv -DisableKeepAlive
Import-csv -Path $env:temp\itr.csv | Select-Object -First 1 
Remove-Item $env:temp\itr.csv

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Function Resolve-ShortLink {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param([string]$Url)
    
    Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework
    Add-Type –AssemblyName PresentationCore
    Add-Type –AssemblyName WindowsBase

    $form = New-Object System.Windows.Window
    $stack = New-object System.Windows.Controls.StackPanel

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@charset "UTF-8";
body {
    font-family: "monospace";
    background-color: #ebebeb;
}

table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    width: 80%
}

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$Path = "C:\work"

#get directory names. You could do this via remoting
$dirs = get-childitem -path $Path -Directory -Recurse

$paths = $dirs.fullname
$paths+= $Path

$data = @()
foreach ($item in $paths) {

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<#
display a colorful Christmas countdown prompt

[♫♪Christmas in 18.15:22:08֍♦] PS C:\> 

This should work in the console with a True Type font and
the Powershell ISE

this prompt requires a TrueType font

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Param(
[string[]]$Computername = "chi-test02"
)

[DscLocalConfigurationManager()]
Configuration ResetLCM {

Param([string[]]$Computername)