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Detecting and dealing with weird file name encodings in zip files on Linux

A friend of mine recently asked me for help on a specific zip file that was supposed to contain a bunch of files with japanese names.

No matter what was used to extract or what the system locale was set to, the file names would end up garbled. We tried unzip and 7z to no avail.

After some googling I found guides that explained that you have to prevent 7z from automatically converting to utf8 by unzipping with LC_ALL=C and

this has been rewritten yet again as most workarounds aren't required anymore since wine 3+

example video of the final result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkqzQoeOGfU

with touchscreen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcIrlorWmaQ

performance is indistinguishable from windows. there might be a very slight ~25ms sound latency which is easily compensated with +25 local offset

tested on

How to disable font antialiasing on Firefox

On many distros (in my case mint) firefox does not pick up fontconfig settings when you disable font antialiasing or mess with the hinting. Especially if it's statically linked to its own cairo instead of using the system's version.

This is easily fixed by creating a .fonts.conf file in your home directory that forces the desired hinting and antialiasing values:

cat > ~/.fonts.conf << "EOF"

shigebot 2.0

by Franc[e]sco/lolisamurai

Available commands for channel #lolisamurai (+ = mod only):

!hi: hi

shigebot 2.1

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Available commands for channel #shigetora (+ = mod only):

+!cmdadd command_name command_text
+!cmdremove command_name
+!cmdedit command_name new_command_text
+!modonly command_name yes/no
!appeal: Success 2015-11-26

Shigebot 1.2.2

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Available commands for channel #lolisamurai (+ = mod only):

+!cmdadd: adds a command (Usage: !cmdadd commandname text)
+!cmdremove: removes a command (Usage: !cmdremove commandname)
+!cmdedit: changes the text for a command (Usage: !cmdedit commandname text)
+!modonly: limits a command to mods only (Usage: !modonly commandname yes/no)
+!cooldown: milliseconds before a command can be reused (Usage: !cooldown ms)

Shigebot 1.2.2

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Available commands for channel #shigetora (+ = mod only):

+!cmdadd: adds a command (Usage: !cmdadd commandname text)
+!cmdremove: removes a command (Usage: !cmdremove commandname)
+!cmdedit: changes the text for a command (Usage: !cmdedit commandname text)
+!modonly: limits a command to mods only (Usage: !modonly commandname yes/no)
+!cooldown: milliseconds before a command can be reused (Usage: !cooldown ms)

#How to free up Windows 7 disk space

Here are some ways to reduce the disk space usage of Windows 7 for those with a really small SSD who need space on C: to install updates or software such as visual studio which requires space on your primary drive to even install, no matter what.

This guide is mainly a reminder memo for myself, so forgive me if it's not too detailed.

All code blocks imply that you run the commands in an elevated command prompt (Start -> type "cmd" -> right click "cmd" -> Run As Administrator).

Backstory: I've recently tried installing visual studio express in a virtual machine that had very little disk space on the main drive (28gb partition of my SSD). I had about 2 gigs of space free and even with Program Files and Program Files (x86) symlinked to a slower, larger drive that I use for anything except the OS, the installer would just crash either instantly or during installation. This happened for VS2008 Express, VS2013 Community, VS2015 Community. Also, installing large updates was

Shigebot 1.2.2

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Available commands for channel #thelewa (+ = mod only):

+!cmdadd: adds a command (Usage: !cmdadd commandname text)
+!cmdremove: removes a command (Usage: !cmdremove commandname)
+!cmdedit: changes the text for a command (Usage: !cmdedit commandname text)
+!modonly: limits a command to mods only (Usage: !modonly commandname yes/no)
+!cooldown: milliseconds before a command can be reused (Usage: !cooldown ms)

	su
	ln -s mcs /usr/bin/gmcs
	ebuild /usr/portage/dev-dotnet/xsp/xsp-2.10.2-r2.ebuild fetch
	ebuild /usr/portage/dev-dotnet/xsp/xsp-2.10.2-r2.ebuild unpack
	cd /var/tmp/portage/dev-dotnet/xsp-2.10.2-r2/work/xsp-2.10.2
	sed -i 's\|\(/mono/2.0\)\|\1-api\|' configure
	sed -i 's\|\(/mono/4.0\)\|\1-api\|' configure
	ebuild /usr/portage/dev-dotnet/xsp/xsp-2.10.2-r2.ebuild compile
	ebuild /usr/portage/dev-dotnet/xsp/xsp-2.10.2-r2.ebuild install
	ebuild /usr/portage/dev-dotnet/xsp/xsp-2.10.2-r2.ebuild qmerge