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:

roadrunner2

Introduction

This is about documenting getting Linux running on the late 2016 and mid 2017 MPB's; the focus is mostly on the MacBookPro13,3 and MacBookPro14,3 (15inch models), but I try to make it relevant and provide information for MacBookPro13,1, MacBookPro13,2, MacBookPro14,1, and MacBookPro14,2 (13inch models) too. I'm currently using Fedora 27, but most the things should be valid for other recent distros even if the details differ. The kernel version is 4.14.x (after latest update).

The state of linux on the MBP (with particular focus on MacBookPro13,2) is also being tracked on https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux . And for Ubuntu users there are a couple tutorials (here and here) focused on that distro and the MacBook.

Note: For those who have followed these instructions ealier, and in particular for those who have had problems with the custom DSDT, modifying the DSDT is not necessary anymore - se

tristanm

Migrating a Rails project from MySQL to PostgreSQL

This brief guide is written from my own experience with migrating a large (~5GB) MySQL database to PostgreSQL for a Rails project.

No warranties, guarantees, support etc. Use at your own risk and, as always, ENSURE YOU MAKE BACKUPS FIRST!

I chose [pgloader][1] because it's extremely fast. YMMV.

1. Replace mysql2 gem with pg in Gemfile.
2. Update config/database.yml for PostgreSQL. I used [Rails' template][2] as a starting point.

stecman

Controlling the Brother P-Touch Cube label maker from a computer

The Brother PTP300BT label maker is intended to be controlled using the official Brother P-Touch Design & Print iOS/Android app. The app has arbitrary limits on what you can print (1 text object and up to 3 preset icons), so I thought it would be a fun challenge to reverse engineer the protocol to print whatever I wanted.

Python code at the bottom if you want to skip the fine details.

Process

Intitially I had a quick peek at the Android APK to see if there was any useful information inside. The code that handles the communication with the printer in Print&Design turned out to be a native library, but the app clearly prepares a bitmap image and passes it to this native library for printing. Bitmaps are definitely something we can work with.

jnovack

Mosh (mobile shell) is a gift from the Gods(tm). Anyone with spotty internet or wireless connection has suffered the pain of a lost SSH session. Sure, one can fire up screen (or tmux as the kids are using these days), but that's an extra step and you are still using the SSH protocol.

I'm not here to tout the benefits of Mosh, you came here to open it up in your firewall.

1. Create the following file as /etc/firewalld/services/mosh.xml
2. firewall-cmd --add-service=mosh --permanent
3. firewall-cmd --reload

If you tend to have a lot of sessions (not recommended), you can increase the ports, but the default should be fine for most applications.

shanselman

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wbroek

NOTE: Easier way is the X86 way, described on https://www.genymotion.com/help/desktop/faq/#google-play-services

Download the following ZIPs:
    
    ARM Translation Installer v1.1 (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0ZIO8PME/Genymotion-ARM-Translation_v1.1.zip_links)
    
    Download the correct GApps for your Android version:
      Google Apps for Android 6.0 (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347835438 - benzo-gapps-M-20151011-signed-chroma-r3.zip)
      Google Apps for Android 5.1 (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=96042739161891406 - gapps-L-4-21-15.zip)
      Google Apps for Android 5.0 (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001614559 - gapps-lp-20141109-signed.zip)

nogajun

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

' 文字コードをUTF-16リトルエンディアン、改行をCR+LFで保存してください

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Fonts\Replacements]
"Meiryo UI"="Noto Sans CJK JP"
"Meiryo"="Noto Sans CJK JP"
"MS Gothic"="Ume Gothic"
"MS Mincho"="Ume Mincho"
"MS PGothic"="Ume P Gothic"

KonnorRogers

// DONT FORGET TO `yarn add esbuild-loader` !!!

// config/webpacker/environment.js
const { environment } = require('@rails/webpacker')
const { ESBuildPlugin } = require('esbuild-loader')

const esBuildUse = [
  {
    loader: require.resolve('esbuild-loader'),
    // What you want to compile to, in this case, ES7

zhaoyk

+ (UIFont *)uifontFromCTFontRef:(CTFontRef)ctFont {
    CGFloat pointSize = CTFontGetSize(ctFont);
    NSString *fontPostScriptName = (NSString *)CFBridgingRelease(CTFontCopyPostScriptName(ctFont));
    UIFont *fontFromCTFont = [UIFont fontWithName:fontPostScriptName size:pointSize];
    return fontFromCTFont;
}

+ (CTFontRef)ctFontRefFromUIFont:(UIFont *)font {
    CTFontRef ctfont = CTFontCreateWithName((__bridge CFStringRef)font.fontName, font.pointSize, NULL);
    return CFAutorelease(ctfont);