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Testing the matrix.org client-server API

Matrix is:

an open standard for decentralised communication, providing simple HTTP APIs and open source reference implementations for securely distributing and persisting JSON over an open federation of servers.

It's pretty fantastic, if you think on the massive problem of fragmentation all across the web. They've created an easy to use API, and you can do a kludgy test using curl from the terminal (*nix, mac, win). See: http://matrix.org/docs/howtos/client-server.html

It's pretty straightforward to do a quick test. I have an account at https://matrix.org / https://vector.im, so I used that to get a token.

Useful regex during manuscript cleanup

Copy-paste to split book into separate chapter files (also see split.sh)
Add non-breaking space in range of numbers
Fix inline spans broken by a space after a word before the closing *
Remove image width and height inherited from images in docx
Wrap all images in an Electric Book figure blockquote
Simplify indentation in lists by reducing space after list marker to one space
[Remove non-kramdown markdown ^ around superscripts after numbers](#remove-non-kramdown-markdown--around-superscripts-a

Copied from http://code.lancepollard.com/complete-list-of-html-meta-tags/

Basic HTML Meta Tags

<meta charset='UTF-8'>
<meta name='keywords' content='your, tags'>
<meta name='description' content='150 words'>
<meta name='subject' content='your website's subject'>
<meta name='copyright' content='company name'>

Methods of Signing Git Commits on MacOS

Last updated March 13, 2024

This Gist explains how to sign commits using gpg in a step-by-step fashion. Previously, krypt.co was heavily mentioned, but I've only recently learned they were acquired by Akamai and no longer update their previous free products. Those mentions have been removed.

Additionally, 1Password now supports signing Git commits with SSH keys and makes it pretty easy-plus you can easily configure Git Tower to use it for both signing and ssh.

For using a GUI-based GIT tool such as Tower or Github Desktop, follow the steps here for signing your commits with GPG.

How to Change Open Files Limit on OS X and macOS

This text is the section about OS X Yosemite (which also works for macOS Sierra) from https://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/using/performance/open-files-limit/#mac-os-x

The last time i visited this link it was dead (403), so I cloned it here from the latest snapshot in Archive.org's Wayback Machine https://web.archive.org/web/20170523131633/https://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/using/performance/open-files-limit/

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	#
	# PoC: Manage a git repository in ~/.task that gets updated on changes.
	# Only pending.data and completed.data are included by default.
	# You can use "git add" to add whatever files you want to track in your
	# task folder.
	#
	# Inspired by https://gist.github.com/Unode/9366218
	#
	# Works with any Taskwarrior version that supports hooks.

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# Colours picked from https://robinpowered.com/blog/best-practice-system-for-organizing-and-tagging-github-issues/

	###
	# Label definitions
	###
	declare -A LABELS

	# Platform

	# In order for gpg to find gpg-agent, gpg-agent must be running, and there must be an env
	# variable pointing GPG to the gpg-agent socket. This little script, which must be sourced
	# in your shell's init script (ie, .bash_profile, .zshrc, whatever), will either start
	# gpg-agent or set up the GPG_AGENT_INFO variable if it's already running.

	# Add the following to your shell init to set up gpg-agent automatically for every shell
	if [ -f ~/.gnupg/.gpg-agent-info ] && [ -n "$(pgrep gpg-agent)" ]; then
	source ~/.gnupg/.gpg-agent-info
	export GPG_AGENT_INFO
	else


	get_latest_release() {
	curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" \| # Get latest release from GitHub api
	grep '"tag_name":' \| # Get tag line
	sed -E 's/."([^"]+)"./\1/' # Pluck JSON value
	}

	# Usage
	# $ get_latest_release "creationix/nvm"
	# v0.31.4

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# Time-stamp: <2017-10-23 12:14:47 kmodi>

	# Hugo build script.. for hugo version build after switching to Go dep.
	# (v0.31-DEV+)

	# Usage: ./hugo_mybuild.sh # Installs using origin/master
	# ./hugo_mybuild.sh --rev v0.30.2

	#${GOPATH}/src/github.com/gohugoio/hugo/README.md