WhatsApp (if used well) is one the best things that has happened in communications in recent times.
It is excellent for deepening bonds with friends, relatives, and professional contacts.
But you have to work to ensure that WhatsApp doesn't degenerate into uselessness/toxicity
By default WhatsApp can be too noisy and a distraction. Here's 4 things I have done to improve the situation significantly:
1. Surgical notifications
2. Ruthless exits from noisy large groups
| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| out="${1:-wifi-card.pdf}" | |
| read -rp "SSID: " ssid | |
| read -rsp "Password: " pass | |
| echo -e "\nGenerating PDF..." | |
| { | |
| cat << EOF | |
| <table> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td><img src="data:image/png;base64,$(qrencode -o - -t png "WIFI:T:WPA;S:$ssid;P:$pass;;" | base64)"></td> |
| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| set -Eeuo pipefail | |
| trap cleanup SIGINT SIGTERM ERR EXIT | |
| script_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd -P) | |
| usage() { | |
| cat <<EOF | |
| Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [-v] [-f] -p param_value arg1 [arg2...] |
| function findModems(baseIP='192.168.0', lowIP=0, highIP=255, maxInFlight=20, timeout=4000) { | |
| var currIP = lowIP; | |
| var inFlight = 0; | |
| var modems = []; | |
| var path = '/ws/'; | |
| return new Promise( resolve => { | |
| function tryOne(ip) { | |
| ++inFlight; | |
| var socket = new WebSocket('ws://' + baseIP + ip + path); |
| 1583883726606|INFO|physical.c:102|Serial: unetaudio | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.front | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround21 | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround21 | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround40 | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround41 | |
| ALSA lib pcm.c:2642:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.surround50 |
| while IFS= read -r line; do googler -n1 --json "$line" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.[].url'; done < terms.txt |
| import serial | |
| import time | |
| ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyTHS1', 460800) | |
| ser.reset_input_buffer(); ser.write(b'0'); line = ser.readline(); time.sleep(0.1); ser.write(b'y'); line = ser.readline(); print int(line[4:],16) |
| if [ "x$OH_MY_ZSH_HG" = "x" ]; then | |
| OH_MY_ZSH_HG="hg" | |
| fi | |
| function box_name { | |
| [ -f ~/.box-name ] && cat ~/.box-name || hostname -s | |
| } | |
| local prompt_char="%(?,%{$fg[magenta]%}❯%{$reset_color%},%{$fg[red]%}❯%{$reset_color%})" |
| [Unit] | |
| Description=iperf3 server | |
| After=syslog.target network.target auditd.service | |
| [Service] | |
| User=root | |
| ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/iperf3 -s --logfile /var/log/iperf.log | |
| [Install] | |
| WantedBy=multi-user.target |
| echo "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n" | nc 192.168.0.62 80 |
