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GuyPaddock / smpte.sh

Last active January 17, 2021 17:11

Adding SMPTE timecode to video recorded on Pixel 3

	ffmpeg \
	-i INPUT_FILE.mp4 \
	-vf drawtext="fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf: fontsize=96: box=1: [email protected]: boxborderw=5: fontcolor=white: x=(w-text_w)/2: y=((h-text_h)/2)-(3*((h-text_h)/8)):timecode='00\:00\:00\:00':rate=28.09" \
	OUTPUT_FILE.mp4

GuyPaddock / Getting Started with UE4 Infographic.svg

Last active December 14, 2020 12:49

Notes and Tips on Getting Started with Unreal Engine (my notes follow after my infographic)

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GuyPaddock / NestedEntityReference.php

Created November 3, 2020 21:28

NestedEntityReference utility class for safely getting access to ER fields

	<?php

	namespace Drupal\my_utiilities\Utility;

	use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface;
	use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
	use Drupal\Core\Entity\Plugin\DataType\EntityAdapter;
	use Drupal\Core\Field\EntityReferenceFieldItemListInterface;
	use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemInterface;
	use Drupal\Core\TypedData\DataReferenceInterface;

GuyPaddock / console.js

Created October 27, 2020 13:18

Extract Titles of Confluence Spaces from the Spaces Page

$('.space-name').each(function () { console.log($(this).text()); });

GuyPaddock / modulename.install.php

Created October 19, 2020 15:19 — forked from crittermike/modulename.install.php

Uninstall Multiversion and Workspace from Drupal 8. This is an update hook which successfully uninstalled the module from our fairly complicated site.

	<?php

	/**
	* Uninstall Multiversion and related modules.
	*/
	function modulename_update_8000() {
	// !!! IMPORTANT !!!
	// First, make sure to check and see if any of the below entities have a
	// value of NULL in "_deleted" or "workspace" columns, because if so,
	// you'll want to update that. See this issue for more information:

GuyPaddock / calc_similarity.sh

Created August 5, 2020 20:27

Convert images to PNG, resize them, and then compute dissimilarity

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	mogrify -format png *.jpg

	mogrify \
	-resize 4096x4096 \
	-background black \
	-gravity center \
	-extent 4096x4096 \
	-format png \

GuyPaddock / update_aks_node_key.sh

Created July 28, 2020 16:05

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) reset SSH key of azureuser account on nodes

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	##
	# Update the SSH key for the azureuser account on the specified AKS node.
	#
	cluster_resource_group="${1:-}"
	node="${2:-}"
	public_key_path="${3:-}"

	AZURE_USER="azureuser"

GuyPaddock / kubectl_timeout_evade_trick.sh

Created June 17, 2020 12:41

Keeping a long-running command going without interruption through kubectl exec through timeouts

	# This trick keeps the kubectl session active by printing the current time every 10 seconds
	#
	# Run commands like this
	(while true; do sleep 10; date; done) & <YOUR LONG RUNNING COMMAND GOES HERE>

	# For example:
	(while true; do sleep 10; date; done) & sha512sum my_super_large_file.dat \| tee checksum.sha512

	# When done, to get control back, run this command:
	fg

GuyPaddock / password.txt

Created May 16, 2020 20:23

Technicolor CGA4234 VGW Default Password

The default username and password for a Technicolor CGA4234 VGW from AtlanticBBInc is "user" with no password.

GuyPaddock / 01-test-failing.php

Last active May 1, 2020 03:45

Why does this script lose CSV rows when three concurrent processes are run? Test.csv has an additional column added in Excel. It's TRUE when two rows are sequential.

	<?php
	// Run this command in three separate consoles, concurrently.
	// - Run the first with php -f ./test.php 1
	// - Run the second with php -f ./test.php 2
	// - Run the second with php -f ./test.php 3

	$prefix = $argv[1];

	for ($value = 0; $value < 1000; ++$value) {
	$sleep_amount = rand(50000, 250000);

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