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bash-3.2$ caffeinate -d $(while true; do if ! kill -0 $PID; then sleep 5; exit; fi; done)

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• ReadySHARE only supports drives up to 4TB in size. Some routers have an even smaller limit.
• If you are using a drive with multiple partitions, ReadySHARE can, between firmware upgrades (or maybe reboots?) switch which partition is presented in which Samba folder.
• ReadySHARE seems to change the mount point / "share name" of attached devices based on the the current phase of the moon.

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#!/usr/bin/env python3.6
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Get quotes from Sticker Genius for the kind of sticker we are going to buy so that
# we can pay less money for more stickers.
# Should be easy enough to tweak this code for different products - I used Firefox
# developer tools to inspect requests made to getPrice.php.
from decimal import Decimal, ROUND_05UP
import time

import requests

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Election	Term	Position	Function	Name	Votes	Proportion	Winner	Links	Comments/Notes
1999	1999 - 2000	Campus Office Director	Internal Affairs	Eric Gonzalez	2046	100	TRUE	https://deanofstudents.ucsc.edu/elections/pdf/ballots-results/1999-campus-elections-results.pdf	
1999	1999 - 2000	Chair	President	Maria Catalina	720	28.1	FALSE	https://deanofstudents.ucsc.edu/elections/pdf/ballots-results/1999-campus-elections-results.pdf	
1999	1999 - 2000	Chair	President	Dylan Smith	881	34.4	FALSE	https://deanofstudents.ucsc.edu/elections/pdf/ballots-results/1999-campus-elections-results.pdf	
1999	1999 - 2000	Chair	President	Kirti Srivastava	957	37.4	TRUE	https://deanofstudents.ucsc.edu/elections/pdf/ballots-results/1999-campus-elections-results.pdf	
1999	1999 - 2000	Lobby Corps Director	External Affairs	Carolyn Boyd	655	30.4	FALSE	https://deanofstudents.ucsc.edu/elections/pdf/ballots-results/1999-campus-elections-results.pdf	
1999	1999 - 2000	Lobby Corps Director	External Affairs	Patrick McHugh	522	24.2	FALSE	https://deanofstu

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The benefits of using multi-stage Docker builds is well-known. Using multi-stage builds with a pure Perl setup is trivial -- all it involves is copying the /usr/local/lib/perl5 directory:

FROM perl:5.28 as builder
COPY cpanfile cpanfile
RUN cpanm --installdeps .

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Working with s3cmd on rsync.net

This document lists some problems I encountered using s3cmd on rsync.net and how I solved them.

Uploading with the ONEZONE_IA class

s3cmd sync doesn't support the --storage-class argument, and even that doesn't support the ONEZONE_IA storage class. You can still upload objects to that class by specifying the x-amz-storage-class header, but s3cmd sync will ignore that. The best solution I have is to upload your files as you normally would, then use s3cmd modify to set the storage class after upload.

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I use my Fastmail calendar to track recurring reminders, like regular maintenance, or scheduling a doctor's appointment, or requesting a credit report, etc. I create each reminder as an all-day event on a calendar only for reminders, and configure each event to send me an email reminder on the day of the event.

This approach is simple and flexible:

• Recurrence rules make it trivial to configure a task to repeat at any interval, whether it be on the nth day of the month every m months, or every other year, etc.
• With an Inbox Zero approach, reminders stay out of the way until they're relevant, and can be

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I spent some time recently looking for a cross-platform filesystem to store some personal data. After some deliberation, I settled on a single-volume ZFS "pool" and I'm pretty happy with it. Here's why:

• Strong cross platform support. Works natively on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

• [Native encryption][encryption]. ZFS supports encryption out of the box. It would have been possible to use something like VeraCrypt to encrypt a

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If you receive a Vanilla eGift Card, you should know that the link to the page with your eGift card details will expire after some weeks. The link can supposedly be reissued, but it must be requested by the person who purchased you the eGift card over the phone. So, best to save the card details somewhere once you receive them.

The eGift Card funds are advertised as never expiring. It's not clear to me if that guarantee holds for funds left inactive for a long period of time.