andrewh

-- 1. Place in ~/Library/Scripts and enable the Applescript menu via the Applescript Editor
-- 2. Substitute "vpn.example.com" and "redacted" for your VPN server and password
-- 3. Open Security & Privacy System Preferences, go to Privacy, Accessibility
-- 4. Enable Applescript Editor and System UI Server
-- 5. Trigger script from the menu
-- 6. Enjoy being connected

tell application "Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client"
    activate
end tell

Klowner

Instructions for ArchLinux

- Place [email protected] in /etc/systemd/system

Then for each user:

- Create a .sync directory in the user's home directory
- Create a config file (eg: /usr/bin/btsync --dump-sample-config > ~/.sync/btsync.json)
- Change options:
    "storage_path" : "/home/<username>/.sync"

nmcv

# BASH function to get the result
# of a ^ b when a, b are in the
# following hexadecimal string 
# form: AF396463D8705 ...

# Obtained from here:
# http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/470308/XOR-Hex-Strings-in-Linux-Shell-Script
# Author is Sanjay1982 (see http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Sanjay1982)

# Usage:

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

agnoster

agnoster.zsh-theme

A ZSH theme optimized for people who use:

• Solarized
• Git
• Unicode-compatible fonts and terminals (I use iTerm2 + Menlo)

For Mac users, I highly recommend iTerm 2 + Solarized Dark

MohamedAlaa

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname

hellerbarde

Latency numbers every programmer should know

L1 cache reference ......................... 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict ............................ 5 ns
L2 cache reference ........................... 7 ns
Mutex lock/unlock ........................... 25 ns
Main memory reference ...................... 100 ns             
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy ............. 3,000 ns  =   3 µs
Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network ....... 20,000 ns  =  20 µs
SSD random read ........................ 150,000 ns  = 150 µs

Read 1 MB sequentially from memory ..... 250,000 ns = 250 µs

andypiper

#!/bin/sh
# add a simple 'nuget' command to Mac OS X under Mono
# get NuGet.exe binary from http://nuget.codeplex.com/releases/view/58939
# get Microsoft.Build.dll from a Windows .NET 4.0 installation
# copy to /usr/local/bin and Robert is your father's brother....
#
PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
mono --runtime=v4.0 /usr/local/bin/NuGet.exe $*