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// change the color of the file line numbers

atom-text-editor.editor .line-number {
  color: rgb(50, 255, 50);
}
// lighten up the color of the selected file

.list-group .selected::before,
.list-tree .selected::before {
  background-color: #555;

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// 50% success rate for each task
function unstableTask() {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout(() => {

      if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
        resolve('task succeeded!');
      } else {
        reject('task failed!')
      }

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'atom-text-editor':
  'cmd-c': 'editor:copy-selection'

'atom-text-editor:not([mini])':
  'shift-space': 'custom:jump-over-symbol'

# emmet and language-babel package setting
'atom-text-editor[data-grammar~="jsx"]:not([mini])':
  'tab': 'emmet:expand-abbreviation-with-tab'
  

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atom.commands.dispatch(atom.views.getView(atom.workspace), 'voicecode:connect')

# enables "shift-space" to move through closing matched brackets
SymbolRegex = /\s*[(){}<>[\]/'"]/
atom.commands.add 'atom-text-editor', 'custom:jump-over-symbol': (event) ->
  editor = atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor()
  cursorMoved = false
  for cursor in editor.getCursors()
    range = cursor.getCurrentWordBufferRange(wordRegex: SymbolRegex)
    unless range.isEmpty()

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if [ -z $1 ]
then
  echo 'What is your name?'
  read name
  output=$name
else
  output=$1
fi

cowsay $output | lolcat

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{
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.5.0",
        "ext-gettext": "*"
    }
}

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Short link to this page: caseywatts.com/quicktime

Other gists & tricks: http://caseywatts.com/gists-and-tricks

Quicktime + Hangouts Recording

Scenario: You want to talk with someone over google hangouts (like for a user study), and you want to record BOTH:

• the system output audio (from them)
• the microphone audio (from you)

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just need to handle there being a password mysteriously present, even after reinstall?

go here: https://superuser.com/a/400345/981705 (text pasted at the end of this gist)

missing my.cnf file (leads to localhost binding errors):

for further research: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31413728/connect-mysql-through-localhost-not-working-but-127-0-0-1-is-working

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10757169/location-of-my-cnf-file-on-macos

on macOS, you'll probably find your my.cnf file in:

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git filter-branch --env-filter '
WRONG_EMAIL="wrong@example.com"
NEW_NAME="New Name Value"
NEW_EMAIL="correct@example.com"

if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "$WRONG_EMAIL" ]
then
    export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$NEW_NAME"
    export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$NEW_EMAIL"
fi

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#!/usr/bin/env osascript

# adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/12641263/3044358
# don't forget to 
# chmod 744 detect-displays.command

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    reveal pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell