dhh

# THIS LINUX SETUP SCRIPT HAS MORPHED INTO A WHOLE PROJECT: HTTPS://OMAKUB.ORG
# PLEASE CHECKOUT THAT PROJECT INSTEAD OF THIS OUTDATED SETUP SCRIPT.
#
#

# Libraries and infrastructure
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install -y \
	docker.io docker-buildx \
	build-essential pkg-config autoconf bison rustc cargo clang \

kconner

macOS Internals

Understand your Mac and iPhone more deeply by tracing the evolution of Mac OS X from prelease to Swift. John Siracusa delivers the details.

Starting Points

How to use this gist

You've got two main options:

meub

# I created a repo for this project here: https://github.com/meub/aura-frame-downloader

haplo

#!/bin/bash
# This script backs up files using restic and sends emails on success or errors.
#
# Files that the script expects:
#   /usr/local/etc/restic/repo.env: shell variables that define the restic repository
#   /usr/local/etc/restic/include.txt: paths to back up
#   /usr/local/etc/restic/exclude.txt: paths to not include in the backup, even if they are in include.txt
#
# Inspired by https://gist.github.com/perfecto25/18abbd6cfbaa4e9eb30251470e9b7504

robmiller

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Play a command-line version of Wordle
#
# Original game by Josh Wardle: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/
#
# Installation and usage:
#
#   1. Save this file somewhere as play-wordle.rb
#   2. Run `ruby play-wordle.rb`

robmiller

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Trying to guess what the best first-choice word in Wordle might be.
#
# Author: Rob Miller <r@robm.me.uk>

# Boosts the score of a word that matches the first letter, with the
# rationale that getting the first letter makes the word easier for
# a human being to guess
FIRST_LETTER_WEIGHT = 2

drewkerr

const app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true

function getJSON(path) {
	const fullPath = path.replace(/^~/, app.pathTo('home folder'))
	const contents = app.read(fullPath)
	return JSON.parse(contents)
}

function run() {

pdarragh

Approachable PL Papers for Undergrads

On September 28, 2021, I asked on Twitter:

PL Twitter:

you get to recommend one published PL paper for an undergrad to read with oversight by someone experienced. the paper should be interesting, approachable, and (mostly) self-contained.

what paper do you recommend?

merlinmann

Merlin's Wisdom Project

Or: “Everybody likes being given a glass of water.”

By Merlin Mann.

It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me.

dougallj

# IDA (disassembler) and Hex-Rays (decompiler) plugin for Apple AMX
#
# WIP research. (This was edited to add more info after someone posted it to
# Hacker News. Click "Revisions" to see full changes.)
#
# Copyright (c) 2020 dougallj


# Based on Python port of VMX intrinsics plugin:
# Copyright (c) 2019 w4kfu - Synacktiv