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#!/bin/sh
# This makes OS X treat numpad 1-9 as if NumLock is off.
# Reference: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2450/_index.html
hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000059,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000004D},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000005A,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000051},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000005B,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000004E},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000005C,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000050},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000005E,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000004F},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000005F,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000004A},

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	"prettier": {
		"useTabs": true,
		"semi": false,
		"singleQuote": false,
		"bracketSpacing": true,
		"trailingComma": "es5",
		"printWidth": 160
	},
	"eslintConfig": {
		"parserOptions": {

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>GroupName</key>
	<string>_www</string>
	<key>InitGroups</key>
	<true/>
	<key>KeepAlive</key>
	<true/>

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#!/bin/bash

# The intent of this script is to search for photos you've tagged and create optimized versions
# of them in a particular folder (with subfolders for each tag). You can then set iTunes to sync
# your phone's Photos app to this folder, allowing you to easily carry around some albums
# (separate from your camera roll, Photostream, or other cloud folders). I created this as a way
# to ensure that both my phone and my wife's have consistent, offline copies of our favorite family
# photos. We use different Mac computers but have a shared drive with family photos, so I needed a
# solution that allows either of us to flag photos. Once set up, adding photos to your phone is as
# simple as adding a tag to the photo in Finder and re-running the script (which can be set to run

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// Encodes a positive integer (or 0) in Base 2^14, using the Unicode CJK Unified Ideographs block as digits. 
// This is a silly thing to do, but has a particular use case.
// Blog post here: http://blog.tallent.us/?p=368

public static int FromBase16384(this string value) {
	if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) throw new ArgumentException();
	int letter;
	int letterBase = 1;
	int iout = 0;
	for(var x = 0; x < value.Length; x++) {

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    ' This is a quick VBA function to validate CAS Registry Numbers for length and checksum.
    ' It does not check the location of the dashes, and will fail if non-digits are included.
    ' Spaces are ignored. Blanks can either be allowed or not, depending on your use case.
    ' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_Registry_Number
    ' Usage: Debug.Print ValidateCAS("7732-18-5")
    Public Function ValidateCASRN(ByVal CAS As String, Optional ByVal allowBlank As Boolean = False) As Boolean
        Application.Volatile False
        
        Dim numDigits As Integer

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namespace RT {

	/// <summary>
	/// Generic, yet more expressive mechanism for returning both a value and a status from a function.
	/// Nothing earth-shattering, just syntactic sugar and logic to create an immutable struct with 
	/// minimal effort.
	/// 
	/// Usage:
	///		return Result<foo>.Succeeded(myFoo);	// returned foo is good
	///		return Result<foo>.Failed();			// unsuccessful, no foo to return