spikegrobstein

upstream plex-upstream {
	# change plex-server.example.com:32400 to the hostname:port of your plex server.
	# this can be "localhost:32400", for instance, if Plex is running on the same server as nginx.
	server plex-server.example.com:32400;
}

server {
	listen 80;

	# server names for this server.

willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

drawveloper

This can reduce files to ~15% of their size (2.3M to 345K, in one case) with no obvious degradation of quality.

ghostscript -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf

Other options for PDFSETTINGS:

• /screen selects low-resolution output similar to the Acrobat Distiller "Screen Optimized" setting.
• /ebook selects medium-resolution output similar to the Acrobat Distiller "eBook" setting.
• /printer selects output similar to the Acrobat Distiller "Print Optimized" setting.
• /prepress selects output similar to Acrobat Distiller "Prepress Optimized" setting.

hubert3

#!/usr/bin/python

'''
Python implementation of passcode hashing algorithm used on the Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 4.2.2
Correct PIN for hash and salt below is 1234.

Get 40-character hash value in ascii hex format from file /data/system/password.key on the phone

Get salt in signed numeric format by doing sqlite3 query SELECT value FROM locksettings WHERE name = 'lockscreen.password_salt' on /data/system/locksettings.db

ataylor32

[Console]::Beep(130, 100)
[Console]::Beep(262, 100)
[Console]::Beep(330, 100)
[Console]::Beep(392, 100)
[Console]::Beep(523, 100)
[Console]::Beep(660, 100)
[Console]::Beep(784, 300)
[Console]::Beep(660, 300)
[Console]::Beep(146, 100)
[Console]::Beep(262, 100)

altrive

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

$notificationTitle = "Notification: " + [DateTime]::Now.ToShortTimeString()

[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime] > $null
$template = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::GetTemplateContent([Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType]::ToastText01)

#Convert to .NET type for XML manipuration
$toastXml = [xml] $template.GetXml()
$toastXml.GetElementsByTagName("text").AppendChild($toastXml.CreateTextNode($notificationTitle)) > $null

haasn

Firefox bullshit removal

Updated: Just use qutebrowser (and disable javascript). The web is done for.

Citillara

:: Removes most telemetry/data collection/potentially unwanted behavior from Windows 7
:: Disables the automatic download of Windows 10
:: Note : be careful to keep KB in descending order

:: Comment that line to restore prompts for uninstall/reboot
:: Thanks to https://gist.github.com/geoffroyjabouley
set WUSA_OPTIONS=/quiet /norestart

:: Removes Windows 7-8.1 telemetry (part 1)
wusa %WUSA_OPTIONS% /uninstall /kb:3080149

mplewis

How Do I Into Git?

a helpful primer for users sick of git's poorly-named commands

I've used Git since 2011, and this is the stuff that I've always had to Google to remember. I hope it helps you not hate Git so much.

Learning About the Repo

Learning About History

mdang

Ruby on Rails Cheatsheet

Architecture

Create a new application

Install the Rails gem if you haven't done so before