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about:memory in firefox
A feature I wasn’t aware of -type about:memory in your firefox location bar.
ido-yes-or-no-mode
Save time typing “yes” in emacs. Install ido-yes-or-no-mode and put (ido-yes-or-no-mode) in your ~/.emacs
I don’t miss Google Reader
Now that feedly has stepped into the void of syncing (I use Press on Android and Mr Reader on iPad)… but I do miss RSSOwl being able to sync.
cannot import name MAXREPEAT with jedi / emacs?
This could be due to upgrading from python 2.7.3 -> 2.7.4 (eg ubuntu upgrade). Try reinstalling jedi.
mypy – A New Python Variant with Dynamic and Static Typing
Very interesting python development… drop in static typing. The mypy programming language is an experimental Python variant that aims to combine the benefits of dynamic or “duck” typing and static typing. Our goal is to have the expressive power and convenience of Python combined with compile-time type checking. The long-term goal is to also support …
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crypteduser – a basic HTTP auth server
Here’s crypteduser – a simple python / flask HTTP authentication server that uses pbkdf2 to store hashed passwords. This allows you to store your user authentication on a server (perhaps a VM) outside your main DB server(s) that can be hardened & restricted. Note that this code is just a proof of concept!
qicinga
qicinga – a short python script I’ve written to display Icinga Service Statuses (Statii?) at the commandline.
Linux tools I never knew about #1: lsblk
lsblk displays all block devices as a tree, eg: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 1.8T 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 886.5G 0 part / ├─sda2 8:2 0 878.9G 0 part /home ├─sda3 8:3 0 19.5G 0 part [SWAP] ├─sda4 8:4 0 1K 0 part └─sda5 8:5 0 78.1G 0 part …
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OpenSSH Tip: Check Syntax Errors before Restarting Server
sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -t via OpenSSH Tip: Check Syntax Errors before Restarting Server.