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Setup tor proxy on Arch Linux

Installation

Install `tor`

     $ sudo pacman -S tor
     $ ## nyx provides a terminal status monitor for bandwidth usage, connection details and more.

$ sudo pacman -S nyx

Convert MP4 file to animated WEBP file in ffmpeg CLI

1. Install ffmpeg CLI through homebrew

In terminal.app, install ffmpeg through homebrew

brew install ffmpeg

Validate the installation:

Download a File from Dropbox in Linux

To download a file from dropbox, the following steps have to be followed:

In your dropbox folder, click the file you want to share, and then click share; and then click create link.
Once the link has been created, you can copy the link by copy link. This will copy the link into your clipboard.
You can paste it somewhere. It has a format similar to: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5ay6j4to7ryr4p/resizer.bit?dl=0

Random "Freezing" with AMD Ryzen CPUs

It seems that numerous GNU/Linux users (including myself) have been having issues with the system randomly "freezing" during light usage. From journalctl output and anecdotal accounts, it is speculated that the AMD Ryzen CPUs do not support other C-states for power management very well (at least on GNU/Linux distributions), and the freezing may be resolved by limiting the C-state of the CPU.

Possible Solution

Limiting the C-state of the CPU can be done through the addition of the following kernel boot parameter.

processor.max_cstate=1

	// 1. Open the browser developper console on the network tab
	// 2. Start the video
	// 3. In the dev tab, locate the load of the "master.json" file, copy its full URL
	// 4. Run: node vimeo-downloader.js "<URL>"
	// (done automatically now) 5. Combine the m4v and m4a files with mkvmerge

	const fs = require('fs');
	const url = require('url');
	const https = require('https');
	const { exec } = require('child_process');

	<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*?)(&?fbclid=[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$
	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1?%1 [L,NE,R=301]
	</IfModule>

	http {

	...

	# redirect map in http block - remove fbclid argument from the end
	map $request_uri $redirect_fbclid {
	"~^(.*?)([?&]fbclid=[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$" $1;
	}

	...