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# Bash alias to run Google gcloud via Docker

alias gcloud="docker run --workdir=/home/cloudsdk/work --user cloudsdk:cloudsdk \
--mount type=bind,source=$PWD,target=/home/cloudsdk/work \
--mount type=volume,source=gcloud_config,target=/home/cloudsdk/.config \
--rm -ti gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:slim gcloud"

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#!/usr/bin/env python

# Find cube roots. In honour of Pandrosion of Alexandria on Ada Lovelace day 2020

# from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_root#Numerical_methods

# see also https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/floatingpoint.html

def cubeRoot(a, epislon = 0.001):
    ''' Approximate cube roots using Halley's method

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# Git alias for next `git next` to go to next commit. Works on Powershell, brobably works on Bash as well.	

# Useful for live code demo. See https://blog.jayway.com/2015/03/30/using-git-commits-to-drive-a-live-coding-session

# Info about mapfile from https://www.computerhope.com/unix/bash/mapfile.htm

# Needed because Git on Windows does not have access to tail (by default)
  
  next = "!$SHELL -c 'git checkout $(mapfile -t < <(git rev-list HEAD..demo-end);echo -n ${MAPFILE[-1]})'"
  

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#!/bin/bash

oldb="${1:-master}"

newb="${2:-main}"

git pull --all

git checkout $oldb

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FROM debian:buster-slim

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y \
    nginx
   
   

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1. Package manager CLI is `dnf`
2. ALL the hardware works. Wifi, bt, function buttons
3. BT pairing and tethering was easy to set up
4. BT headphones took a few attempts to work
4. Good battery management

Snap:

Many apps (e.g. Spotify, Slack, ..) need to be installed with Snap

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

docker container run --rm -it --user $(id -u):$(id -g) \
    --mount "type=bind,source=$PWD,target=/testproj" \
    --workdir /testproj --env HOME=/testproj/dotnetcache  mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0 "$@"

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# Run some program that needs to supply valid json strings (that contain `"`)

# note the use of backtick to escape newlines
# AND NOTE that from --% onwards the backtick no longer works. It must be on one line!

# This information helped me 
# https://ss64.com/ps/syntax-esc.html


& 'C:\Program Files\<app>\<program>.exe' `