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# script to smartly backup files using cp rather than rsync

import sys
import os
import exceptions
from pprint import pprint as pp

def removeFile(fp):
    os.remove(fp)

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import sys
import os
import traceback
from pprint import pprint as pp
import string


def cleanupName(s):
    while '  ' in s:
        s = s.replace('  ', ' ')

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from _winreg import *

"""print r"*** Reading from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID ***" """
aReg = ConnectRegistry(None,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)

FLIP_FLOP_VALUE = 1

aKey = OpenKey(aReg, r"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID")

for i in range(1024):

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// returns a range as a list
function range(start, stop, step) {
  let result = []
  if (step === undefined) {
    step = 1
  }
  if (stop === undefined) {
    stop = start
    start = 0
  }

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// Returns a random number between min (inclusive) and max (exclusive)
function rand(min, max) {
  return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
}

// Returns a random integer between min (included) and max (excluded)
// Using Math.round() will give you a non-uniform distribution!
function randInt(min, max) {
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min)) + min;
}

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If you are missing colors in the terminal / console, (and the 'l' shortcut command) here is how to fix that.

Open your ~/.bashrc file in an editor

vim ~/.bashrc

and add the following at the bottom

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Here are some useful git config options for

1. Displaying colors in status and diff outputs.
2. Creating aliases and shortcuts for common git commands.
3. Setting shortcuts from the command line itself.

First, create a ~/.gitconfig file for your user account, which will store the changes we are about to make.

touch ~/.gitconfig

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sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar
sudo apt-get remove liboverlay-scrollbar-0.2-0
sudo apt-get remove liboverlay-scrollbar3-0.2-0

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Often, my work involves sharing a folder in my Ubuntu vm to access it from the host machine, and every once in a while, samba refuses to play ball (Samba is the one who is in charge of sharing folders).

Here is how to fix the problem. After enabling the share in the folder properties (keeping guest access off), we will have to give explicit permissions for a user to access the shared folder.

Suppose your username on ubuntu is testuser. Type the following commands to give access to the test user...

$ useradd -N -M -g sambashare testuser

$ smbpasswd -a testuser

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; Show on all desktops and Always on top shortcuts for windows
WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW := 0x00000080
+MButton::WinSet, ExStyle, ^%WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW%, A
^MButton::WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, toggle, A

; osx key emulation
#Right::send {End}
#Left::send {Home}
#+Right::send {LShift down}{End}{LShift up}
#+Left::send {LShift down}{Home}{LShift up}