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#!/bin/sh

# Test if CN-EXT charsets are enabled
if ( iconv -l | egrep -q 'CN-?EXT' ); then

  # Comment out CN-EXT charsets in gconv-modules config
  find /usr/lib* \( -path '*/gconv-modules' -o -path '*/gconv-modules-extra.conf' \) \
    -exec echo sed '/^\([^#].*\)\?\(CNEXT\|CN-EXT\)/ s/^/###mitigate_CVE-2024-2961: /g' -i {} \;

  # Rebuild gconv-modules.cache

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"If I whisk it awwww, could you bweak my fawwww?

Howdowahruh? Howdowahbrie? I am naahrrimam suffocating.

I wannafewah. Rufuwahblah.

Tell me is this wuhuhkifiuhlah.

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American Pancake recipe

I tend to measure this easily by weight... put a bowl on the scales, tare the scale (ie. zero it), and then shove stuff in by weight, taring each time.

• 130g self-raising flour (or plain flour + 2 tsp baking powder)
• 1/2 tsp salt (~5g)
• 2 tbsp sugar (~25g)

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Lyrics to “Prisencolinensinainciusol” by Adriano Celentano

Ye de col mais saiwan,
Prisencolinensinainciusol;
Ol rait!

Oui de seim deshus nau hobil de sei menna,
Holre mebbe debe colobos daim;
Brrrrrr - chez a maind beghin de col,
Bebi de stay yeah pih-jo oh.

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Movie Haiku

• I dreamed a dream where
  Crowe could sing! When Oscar nods
  required good acting.

• Corningstone Lady:
  Stay Classy, Whale's Vagina.
  Scotchy scotch scotch scotch.

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My post-rationalisation for this is that when testing fountain pens and inks, it's good to have things to write. Pangrams are traditional, but I really just tend to write “unilluminating minimum aluminium”. And the lyrics to “Prisencolinensinainciusol” is something I've tried several times to write out neatly... one day I'll do it.

• Ugh. False equivalence makes my bile ooze with extreme prejudice

• Queen Elizabeth intoxicatedly vowed, "Mick Jagger is perfect!"

• Just a few expectorant lozenges quickly abbreviated my cough.

• Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson's political views quickly begat sleaze

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Cabelteiss, cabelteiss,
Tie your cables discreetly;
Neat and tight,
Black or white;
Buy them at Lidl quite cheaply!

Fastener of cable
both fast and slow:
AC power and Ether;
Cabelteiss, cabelteiss,

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#!/bin/bash

STATE=$1
TOKEN=$2
TOKEN=${TOKEN:-$DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN}

HOSTNAME=$(hostname)

PRIVATE_IP_BASE=10.123.
PRIVATE_DOMAIN=internal.example.com

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import math
from sys import stdout
import shutil

w,h = shutil.get_terminal_size()

a0 = 3.0
a1 = 4.0

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#!/usr/bin/env python

from sys import exit

try:
    import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
except ImportError:
    exit("This example requires the paho-mqtt module\nInstall with: sudo pip install paho-mqtt")

import blinkt