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DamnedFacts / git_virtualenv_prompt.sh

Last active December 11, 2015 10:58 — forked from insin/bash_prompt.sh

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# DESCRIPTION:
	#
	# Set the bash prompt according to:
	# * the active virtualenv
	# * the branch/status of the current git repository
	# * the return value of the previous command
	# * the fact you just came from Windows and are used to having newlines in
	# your prompts.

DamnedFacts / Makefile

Created February 13, 2013 21:09

	# https://gist.github.com/4948295
	# GistID: 4948295
	#
	# prereq:
	# apt-get install build-essential clang gobjc libicu-dev libxml2-dev libgnutls-dev libssl-dev
	#
	# Based on: http://www.dev-smart.com/archives/401

	# Install:
	# clang (Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), C language family frontend)

DamnedFacts / VTPG_Common.h

Last active December 14, 2015 07:19

"The Most Useful Objective-C Code I’ve Ever Written" Reference: http://vgable.com/blog/2010/08/19/the-most-useful-objective-c-code-ive-ever-written/#Get_LOG_EXPR Easy printing of Obj-C type values

	#pragma once
	// Copyright (c) 2008-2010, Vincent Gable.
	// [email protected]

	//based off of http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2008/09/22/convert_to_nsstring/
	NSString * VTPG_DDToStringFromTypeAndValue(const char * typeCode, void * value);

	// WARNING: if NO_LOG_MACROS is #define-ed, than THE ARGUMENT WILL NOT BE EVALUATED
	#ifndef NO_LOG_MACROS

DamnedFacts / resolver.py

Last active November 17, 2022 02:36

Forward and Reverse DNS lookups with Python

	import sys

	"""
	Resolve the DNS/IP address of a given domain
	data returned is in the format:
	(name, aliaslist, addresslist)
	@filename resolveDNS.py
	@version 1.01 (python ver 2.7.3)
	@author LoanWolffe
	"""

DamnedFacts / gist:5103958

Created March 6, 2013 22:53

	-- Uses cleaner syntax than common solutions for toggling the state of the Notification Center in Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
	set notificationStatus to do shell script "defaults -currentHost read com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturb"

	if notificationStatus is equal to "1" then
	do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturb -boolean false"
	do shell script "defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturbDate"
	do shell script "launchctl stop com.apple.notificationcenterui.agent"
	else

	do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturb -boolean true"

DamnedFacts / gist:5186759

Created March 18, 2013 12:13

BASH: For Loop File Names With Spaces

	#!/bin/bash
	SAVEIFS=$IFS
	IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
	for f in *
	do
	echo "$f"
	done
	IFS=$SAVEIFS

DamnedFacts / gist:5186794

Created March 18, 2013 12:21

F-Script: Assign pointer address as an object reference in the console

	ptr := FSPointer objectPointer
	scanner := NSScanner scannerWithString:'0x234243242'
	scanner scanHexLongLong:ptr
	object := ptr at:0

DamnedFacts / fake-uname.c

Last active September 29, 2020 04:18

Fake uname information in order to make tools, such as megacli, work: Gentoo-11 tmp # gcc -Wall -fPIC -c fake-uname.c Gentoo-11 tmp # gcc -Wall -shared -o libfake-uname.so fake-uname.o Now we get libfake-uname.so, use LD_PRELOAD=./libfake-uname.so to preload it, over uname from glibc: Gentoo-11 tmp # LD_PRELOAD=./libfake-uname.so LD_LIBRARY_PATH…

	#define _GNU_SOURCE
	#include <unistd.h>
	#include <sys/syscall.h>
	#include <sys/types.h>
	#include <sys/utsname.h>

	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <string.h>

	int uname(struct utsname *buf)

DamnedFacts / gist:5540735

Created May 8, 2013 14:16

Google Spreadsheet and GData API example

	#!/usr/bin/python
	#
	# Copyright (C) 2007 Google Inc.
	#
	# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	# You may obtain a copy of the License at
	#
	# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	#

DamnedFacts / gist:5540752

Created May 8, 2013 14:18

Internal VirtualBox commands that assist in installing OS X under VirtualBox

	# https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html
	VBoxManage setextradata "Mountain Lion Cage" VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode 3
	VBoxManage modifyvm "Mountain Lion Cage" --firmware efi
	VBoxManage setextradata "Mountain Lion Cage" VBoxInternal2/SmcDeviceKey "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc"
	# https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch14.html
	VBoxManage setextradata "Mountain Lion Cage" "VBoxInternal2/EfiBootArgs" "-v"

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