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pathctl

A quick and dirty script for loading/appending to PATH

Oftentimes when I write install scripts i have to go looking for a path and its presence to avoid duplication, parsing the .bashrc and .profile scripts .

This is tedious, and prone to issues.

If we could have a basic utility that already took care of this as a default item in the system, it would be handy.

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Install Zig

A basic script to pull the latest master, or specified version, of zig

bash install-zig.sh # installs master build as 'zig'
bash install-zig.sh 0.11.0 # installs latest build for this version as 'zig-0.11.0'

# This command is always the latest-installed master build
zig --help

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Converterd to an articla: https://dev.to/taikedz/considering-syncthing-at-work-3pin

An interim solution for passing around large files using decentralised means

Syncthing uses end-to-end encryption to send files directly to other devices. If two devices are on the same network, the instances communicate directly with eachother. If not, they send traffic, encrypted, via a relay server (akin to a router).

This solution can be useful for sending large files between workstations, when other means are unavailable.

Security considerations

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UDP test

(Note: taken further in a proper repo: https://github.com/taikedz/udp_test)

This is a quick thing I put together for testing UDP packet sending behaviours.

Interestingly, if a message is delayed by the server and sent after the client times out, the message is still received client side. An actual client would need to proactively manage response validity.

I did try randomly generating multiple identical repsonses from the server, that only caused confusion for this simple client.

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

QUOTED_ARRAY="-Djava=\"one 'and' two\" -Djavax=\"three four\""
while IFS= read -r -d '' item; do echo "$item"; done < <(xargs printf '%s\0' <<< "$QUOTED_ARRAY")

# Output:

# -Djava=one 'and' two
# -Djavax=three four

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# (C) Tai Kedzierski
# LGPLv3

from collections import OrderedDict
from typing import Any, Union, List


class DataTable(list):
    def __init__(self, data:List[List[Any]]):
        """ Builds a table, after popping the first line which provides headers

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#!/usr/bin/env bbrun

# Steps obtained from:
# https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/10/anbox-run-android-apps-ubuntu/

#%include std/out.sh
#%include std/askuser.sh

set -euo pipefail

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VS Code Settings Adjustments

Plugins to install

• pylance
• git lens

Switch between the terminal and editor

Open the preferences via Ctrl Shift P

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sudo sed -i "s|Exec=|Exec=env MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 |g" /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate

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Generic setup.py

Specifically aimed at re-use