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ritiek / gist:2c21aff65b16dba5cc3ec444a5a8390e
Created January 31, 2020 00:57
SpringRole
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ritiek / test_led.py
Last active February 3, 2020 09:56
Tests an LED connected via GPIO to Raspberry Pi with software defined PWM
#!/usr/bin/env python
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
import sys
out_pin = int(sys.argv[1])
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ritiek / get_language.py
Last active August 13, 2019 14:17
Get official spoken languages in a country
# This data has been compiled from
# https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_languages_by_country_and_territory
country_languages = {
'Abkhazia': ['Abkhaz', 'Russian'],
'Afghanistan': ['Pashto', 'Dari'],
'Albania': ['Albanian'],
'Algeria': ['Arabic', 'Tamazight'],
'Andorra': ['Catalan'],
'Angola': ['Portuguese'],
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ritiek / README.md
Last active May 10, 2021 15:39
Controlling mpris supported players (like mpsyt) on a headless Raspberry Pi with playerctl 
sudo apt install -y dbus 
wget http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/pool/main/p/playerctl/libplayerctl-dev_2.0.1-1_armhf.deb
wget http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/pool/main/p/playerctl/gir1.2-playerctl-2.0_2.0.1-1_armhf.deb
wget http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/pool/main/p/playerctl/libplayerctl2_2.0.1-1_armhf.deb
wget http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/pool/main/p/playerctl/playerctl_2.0.1-1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i libplayerctl-dev_2.0.1-1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i gir1.2-playerctl-2.0_2.0.1-1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i libplayerctl2_2.0.1-1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i playerctl_2.0.1-1_armhf.deb
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ritiek / push_switch.py
Last active July 24, 2019 08:59
Detect 4-pin push switch presses with Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins
# Code stolen shamelessly from
# https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=876947&sid=44c21629719b08f74de2b3b465db8d5c#p876947
# I merely modified some bits
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
pin = 4
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ritiek / change-wallpaper.py
Last active June 28, 2019 22:28
A Python cron-job that automatically sets desktop wallpapers from my Box cloud account
#!/usr/bin/python
import random
import os
import subprocess
import sys
from PIL import Image
ROOT_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/Mount/box")
WALLPAPER_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "Pictures")
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ritiek / mpv-socat.sh
Created June 3, 2019 07:56
Start a track on instances of mpv on different machines at the same time using mpv's IPC server with socat
#!/bin/bash
# mpv --idle --no-video --loop --input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsocket
# socat /tmp/mpvsocket udp4-listen:5000,reuseaddr,fork
SOCKETS=(#"192.168.1.2:5000"
"192.168.1.3:5000"
"192.168.1.4:5000"
"192.168.1.9:5000"
"192.168.1.8:5000")
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ritiek / how_to.md
Last active May 7, 2019 12:12
Compiling source with static and shared library 
// bin_hello.cpp

#include "lib_hello.h"

int main() {
    hello_world();
}
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ritiek / falling_blocks.py
Last active February 26, 2023 13:19
A simple (py)game
import pygame
import random
width, height = (450, 600)
background_color = (10,10,10)
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((width, height))
pygame.display.set_caption("Falling Blocks")
pygame.display.flip()
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ritiek / bot.au3
Created November 3, 2018 05:35
chrome t-rex game bot
HotKeySet("{F10}", "Exitter")
While 1
$color = PixelGetColor(545,229)
If $color = 5460819 Then
Send("{DOWN UP}")
Send("{UP DOWN}")
Sleep(150)
Send("{UP UP}")
Sleep(300)