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RubenKelevra / fast_firefox.md
Last active October 13, 2025 20:08
Make Firefox fast again
@EmilVarona
EmilVarona / gist:78ae2aff409922686ebff4cea785aed4
Created April 13, 2017 01:28
Outlook/Mac 2015 raw query item names
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.apple.com/metadata" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.apple.com/metadata file:///System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Resources/MetadataSchema.xsd">
<!--
Compiled from /Applications/Microsoft\ Outlook.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft\ Outlook\ Spotlight\ Importer.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/schema.xml
with info from http://xensoft.com/search-mac-outlook-2011-mail-with-raw-queries/
-->
<types>
<type name="com.microsoft.outlook15.contact">
<allattrs>
kMDItemTitle
@101v
101v / NatualScrollingInWindows.ps1
Created January 18, 2017 21:19
Powershell script to enable natural scrolling in Windows
# View registry settings
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID\*\*\Device` Parameters FlipFlopWheel -EA 0
# Change registry settings
# Reverse mouse wheel scroll FlipFlopWheel = 1
# Normal mouse wheel scroll FlipFlopWheel = 0
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID\*\*\Device` Parameters FlipFlopWheel -EA 0 | ForEach-Object { Set-ItemProperty $_.PSPath FlipFlopWheel 1 }
# Restore default scroll direction
# Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID\*\*\Device` Parameters FlipFlopWheel -EA 1 | ForEach-Object { Set-ItemProperty $_.PSPath FlipFlopWheel 0 }
@msrose
msrose / combining-git-repositories.md
Last active September 17, 2025 14:13
How to combine two git repositories.

Combining two git repositories

Use case: You have repository A with remote location rA, and repository B (which may or may not have remote location rB). You want to do one of two things:

  • preserve all commits of both repositories, but replace everything from A with the contents of B, and use rA as your remote location
  • actually combine the two repositories, as if they are two branches that you want to merge, using rA as the remote location

NB: Check out git subtree/git submodule and this Stack Overflow question before going through the steps below. This gist is just a record of how I solved this problem on my own one day.

Before starting, make sure your local and remote repositories are up-to-date with all changes you need. The following steps use the general idea of changing the remote origin and renaming the local master branch of one of the repos in order to combine the two master branches.

@obstschale
obstschale / octave.md
Last active April 12, 2025 00:17
An Octave introduction cheat sheet.
@aras-p
aras-p / preprocessor_fun.h
Last active October 9, 2025 17:55
Things to commit just before leaving your job
// Just before switching jobs:
// Add one of these.
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
//
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
//
// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,
@trinitronx
trinitronx / truecrypt_fix.bash
Last active February 18, 2025 07:29 — forked from jimjh/truecrypt_fix.bash
Fixes annoying brew doctor messages caused by Truecrypt
#!/bin/bash
libs=( "/usr/local/lib/libmacfuse_i32.2.dylib" \
"/usr/local/lib/libosxfuse_i32.2.dylib" \
"/usr/local/lib/libosxfuse_i64.2.dylib" \
"/usr/local/lib/libmacfuse_i64.2.dylib" \
"/usr/local/lib/libosxfuse_i32.la" \
"/usr/local/lib/libosxfuse_i64.la" \
"/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/osxfuse.pc" )
@vrypan
vrypan / dyndns53.py
Last active August 12, 2021 21:43
Python script to add/update an A record at amazon area53 DNS service, using current IP. (ie, dyndns replacement)
from area53 import route53
from boto.route53.exception import DNSServerError
import requests
import sys
from datetime import datetime
# Modified from https://markcaudill.me/blog/2012/07/dynamic-route53-dns-updating-with-python/
domain = 'domain.tld'
subdomain = 'subdomain_name'