David Ralph davidcralph

Hyperlinks (a.k.a. HTML-like anchors) in terminal emulators

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Most of the terminal emulators auto-detect when a URL appears onscreen and allow to conveniently open them (e.g. via Ctrl+click or Cmd+click, or the right click menu).

It was, however, not possible until now for arbitrary text to point to URLs, just as on webpages.

Simple Webhook Tutorial

In this tutorial, I will be explaining how to set up a simple webhook to relay your tweets to a Discord channel

Step 1 - Register on Zapier

Go to https://zapier.com/ and create an account (if you don't already have one).

Step 2 - Make a Discord Webhook

Find the Discord channel in which you would like to send Tweets

Transmission Blocklist

The Transmission torrent client has an option to set a Blocklist, which helps protect you from getting caught and having the DMCA send a letter/email.

It's as simple as downloading and installing the latest client:

https://transmissionbt.com/download/

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

PMX (Polygon Model eXtended) 2.1

This is an English description of the .PMX file format used in Miku Miku Dance (MMD).

PMX is the successor to the .PMD format (Polygon Model Data).

This is work-in-progress! Please leave feedback in the comments.

	#include <Windows.h>
	#include "../../API/RainmeterAPI.h"

	struct ACCENTPOLICY {
	int nAccentState;
	int nFlags;
	int nColor;
	int nAnimationId;
	};
	struct WINCOMPATTRDATA {

	// The following code is licensed under the MIT license: https://gist.github.com/TheRealMJP/bc503b0b87b643d3505d41eab8b332ae

	// Samples a texture with Catmull-Rom filtering, using 9 texture fetches instead of 16.
	// See http://vec3.ca/bicubic-filtering-in-fewer-taps/ for more details
	float4 SampleTextureCatmullRom(in Texture2D<float4> tex, in SamplerState linearSampler, in float2 uv, in float2 texSize)
	{
	// We're going to sample a a 4x4 grid of texels surrounding the target UV coordinate. We'll do this by rounding
	// down the sample location to get the exact center of our "starting" texel. The starting texel will be at
	// location [1, 1] in the grid, where [0, 0] is the top left corner.
	float2 samplePos = uv * texSize;



	(function () {
	function getCurrentSeason() {
	var now = new Date();
	var currentYear = now.getFullYear();

	if (now < new Date(currentYear, 2, 1)) {
	// [Jan 1 ~ Mar 1)
	return 'winter';

	.mono-font-stack {
	font-family: Consolas, "Andale Mono WT", "Andale Mono", "Lucida Console", "Lucida Sans Typewriter", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Liberation Mono", "Nimbus Mono L", Monaco, "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
	}

	.times-font-stack {
	font-family: Cambria, "Hoefler Text", Utopia, "Liberation Serif", "Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular", Times, "Times New Roman", serif;
	}

	.modern-font-stack {
	font-family: Constantia, "Lucida Bright", Lucidabright, "Lucida Serif", Lucida, "DejaVu Serif," "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Liberation Serif", Georgia, serif;

	This is a PRIVATE COMPUTER SYSTEM and is the property of <NAME OF THE BODY> and/or
	its stakeholders. It is RESTRICTED to AUTHORIZED USERS for AUTHORIZED use only.

	Unauthorized access is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and may be punishable in accordance to
	the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 and amendments to thereof, or other applicable laws.

	If NOT authorized to gain access this computer system, DISCONNECT NOW. By continuing,
	you consent to having NO EXPLICIT or IMPLICIT EXPECTATION of privacy. All persons
	are hereby notified that USE OF THIS SYSTEM constituents consent to monitoring and
	auditing, otherwise DISCONNECT NOW if you do NOT AGREE to the conditions stated in