Alexis La Porte aklap

PDFs

Halve every page of a pdf if it's too text dense, (spread text across more pages):

$ mutool poster -y2 filename.pdf split.pdf

Requires installing mupdf-tools.

Studying for a Tech Interview Sucks, so Here's a Cheat Sheet to Help

This list is meant to be a both a quick guide and reference for further research into these topics. It's basically a summary of that comp sci course you never took or forgot about, so there's no way it can cover everything in depth. It also will be available as a gist on Github for everyone to edit and add to.

Data Structure Basics

###Array ####Definition:

Stores data elements based on an sequential, most commonly 0 based, index.
Based on tuples from set theory.

From Apple Stack Exchange

1. Download Ubuntu ISO

2. Insert flash drive. Reformat.

Open DiskUtility. Erase flash drive. Reformat as MS-DOS(FAT) with GUID partition.

3. Convert the ISO to .img

Run hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o /path/to/target.img /path/to/ubuntu.iso

READ BEFORE STARTING!

Before erasing and partitioning your Kobo always back up your SD card and make sure you have an image of your Kobo drive before beginning this process.

I no longer own a Kobo Glo and do not have any Kobo images. The best place to find help with Kobo images or a bricked device are the forums at https://www.mobileread.com/forums.

You will need:

Kobo Glo HD (or other Kobo model that uses microSD)

Tabs and Windows

Function	Shortcut
Fullscreen	`⌘`+ `Enter`
Previous Tab	`⌘`+ `Left Arrow`
Next Tab	`⌘`+ `Right Arrow`
Go to Tab	`⌘` + `Number`
Go to Window	`⌘` + `Option` + `Number`
Go to Split Pane by Direction	`⌘` + `Option` + `Arrow`

Checklist for maintaining setup (MacOS)

MacOS

Apple Icon Software Update or run in command line: This command lists all updates for your v of MacOS

softwareupdate -l

This command lists installs all updates for you v of MacOS

Pushing to Multiple Git Repos

If a project has to have multiple git repos (e.g. Bitbucket and Github) then it's better that they remain in sync.

Usually this would involve pushing each branch to each repo in turn, but actually Git allows pushing to multiple repos in one go.

If in doubt about what git is doing when you run these commands, just

Resolving missing link to libcrypto openssl on OSX from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38670295/brew-refusing-to-link-openssl

brew update

brew install openssl

ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/

ln -s /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/

Level 1

ls -la    
cd ./backup    
cat ./bookmarks-html | grep password

pw: rioGegei8m

Level 2

	# Hello, and welcome to makefile basics.
	#
	# You will learn why `make` is so great, and why, despite its "weird" syntax,
	# it is actually a highly expressive, efficient, and powerful way to build
	# programs.
	#
	# Once you're done here, go to
	# http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
	# to learn SOOOO much more.