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Markdown: Syntax

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Overview

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The Generals

Prologue: Capt. William Depuy and the 90th Division in Normandy, summer 1944

• The 90th Division in June 1944 was a killing machine... of its own men
• Completely stalled out, even in the face of light German opposition
  • Requested replacements totalling > 100% in six weeks of combat operations
  • Average term of service of a lieutenant leading a platoon: two weeks
• Because of this, Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins relieved Brig. Gen. MacKelvie and replaced him with Maj. Gen. Eugene Landrum
• Also ordered the relief of two of MacKelvie's subordinates:

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Episode 1: Angel Attack

• OP is really good; I’d forgotten how good A Cruel Angel’s Thesis was
• 2015
• Flooded city (Tokyo?)
• Row of tanks lined up (against what?)
• Evacuation order
• Boy standing at a phone booth – Shinji Ikari
• Sees a blue-haired girl standing out of the corner of his eye; looks agains and she’s gone
• Immediately after that – large explosion and we see the giant monster, under attack by a bunch of hover-jets

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Stoned Temple of Doom

• Coat - Doomsdays (Full Album)
• Nazca Space Fox - Nazca Space Fox (Full Album)
• Oblivion Reptilian - Fried On Rock (2019) (New Full Album)
• El Jefazo - Simbiosis (2019) (New Full Album)
• Minus Green - Equals Zero (2019) (New Full Album)
• Comacozer - Mydriasis (2019) (New Full Album)
• Jesus the Snake - Black Acid, Pink Rain (2019) (New Full Album)
• Mantra Machine - Heliosphere (2019) (New Full Album)

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(defun kill-buffer-and-frame ()
  (interactive)
  (progn
    (kill-buffer)
    (delete-frame)))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x 5 k") 'kill-buffer-and-frame)

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(require 'package)
(let* ((no-ssl (and (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos))
                  (not (gnutls-available-p))))
     (proto (if no-ssl "http" "https")))
  ;; Comment/uncomment these two lines to enable/disable MELPA and MELPA Stable as desired
(add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "melpa" (concat proto "://melpa.org/packages/")) t)
;;(add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "melpa-stable" (concat proto "://stable.melpa.org/packages/")) t)
(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
  ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
  (add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "gnu" (concat proto "://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))))

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> im going to get blackout drunk this weekend and drop in a generic makefile for this project
> when you invoke cmake it spends like a full minute resolving dependencies
> because it literally scans the source
> cmake encourages you to do things like 'include "myheader.h"' instead of giving the full path to myheader.h
> which is dumb for 2 reasons
> 1: when i look at that line i have no idea where that file is unless i go looking for it
> 2: you literally cant have to files by the same name even if theyre 20 directories apart
> cmake is ~~smart~~ and will find the file for u
> to save you a few keystrokes the literal one time you ever write that include line
> and all the syntax is overly complex and over engineered

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browser.webNavigation.onBeforeNavigate.addListener(e => {
  let originalUrl = e.url;
  console.log("Original URL: " + originalUrl);
  let replaceRe = /(.*)coolSite/(.*)/;
  let newUrl = originalUrl.replace(replaceRe, "$1coolerSite$2");
  
  async function checkUrl(){
    try {
      let response = await fetch(newUrl, {method: "HEAD"});
      if(!response.ok){

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First generation

• Characteristics
  • High-subsonic speeds
  • Straight wings
  • Little difference from the final generation of propeller-driven aircraft
  • Mechanical control systems
  • Optical gunsights
• Examples:
• F-80 Shooting Star