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pudquick / python_sysctl.py
Last active June 10, 2024 04:01
Calling sysctl from python via ctypes
from ctypes import CDLL, c_uint, byref, create_string_buffer
from ctypes.util import find_library
libc = CDLL(find_library("c"))
def sysctl(name, isString=True):
size = c_uint(0)
# Find out how big our buffer will be
libc.sysctlbyname(name, None, byref(size), None, 0)
# Make the buffer
buf = create_string_buffer(size.value)
@wkjagt
wkjagt / audio-book-reader.md
Last active April 12, 2024 14:18
How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather

#How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather

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Last year, when visiting my family back home in Holland, I also stopped by my grand-parents. My grand-father, now 93 years old, had always been a very active man. However, during the presceding couple of months, he'd gone almost completely blind and now spent his days sitting in a chair. Trying to think of something for him to do, I suggested he try out audio books. After finally convincing him -- he said audio books were for sad old people -- that listening to a well performed recording is actually a wonderful experience, I realized the problem of this idea.

####The problem with audio devices and the newly blind. After my first impulse to jump up and go buy him an

@marksteve
marksteve / pelican_deployer.py
Last active January 25, 2019 23:51
Push-to-deploy static sites with Pelican, Flask and Github
"""
Simple web server that listens for Github webhooks to implement push-to-deploy
with Pelican static sites
Settings are loaded from a json file except for SECRET which should be an
environment variable
Example `deployer.json`
{
@huyng
huyng / matplotlibrc
Created February 8, 2011 15:50
my default matplotlib settings
### MATPLOTLIBRC FORMAT
# This is a sample matplotlib configuration file - you can find a copy
# of it on your system in
# site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc. If you edit it
# there, please note that it will be overridden in your next install.
# If you want to keep a permanent local copy that will not be
# over-written, place it in HOME/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc (unix/linux
# like systems) and C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\.matplotlib
# (win32 systems).