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How to install game-porting-toolkit (aka proton for macOS)

You also might wanna just use Whisky which does this automatically

This guide works on macOS 13.4+ using Command Line Tools for XCode 15 Beta!

What is this?

In the recent WWDC, Apple announced and released the "game porting toolkit", which upon further inspection this is just a modified version of CrossOver's fork of wine which is a "compatibility layer" that allows you to run Windows applications on macOS and Linux.

Enable `systemd` in WSL 2

**NOTE: If you have Windows 11 there is now an official way to do this in WSL 2, use it if possible - see MS post here (WINDOWS 11 ONLY)**

This guide will enable systemd to run as normal under WSL 2. This will enable services like microk8s, docker and many more to just work during a WSL session. Note: this was tested on Windows 10 Build 2004, running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in WSL 2.

To enable systemd under WSL we require a tool called systemd-genie
Copy the contents of install-sg.sh to a new file /tmp/install-sg.sh:

How to setup Next.js app on Nginx with letsencrypt

Next.js, Nginx with Reverse proxy, SSL certificate

UPDATE (07/20/2021):
- This process got simplified over the years of this gist being out
- Older version of this gist (without certbot): https://gist.github.com/kocisov/2a9567eb51b83dfef48efce02ef3ab06/33fdd88872a0801bdde58fccce430fa48737ae10
- I would also now recommend deploying to Vercel if you don't need custom server support

1. Install Nginx, Node and certbot

⚠️ This gist is no longer updated! For maintained, improved and even more extended guide click here.

How to use Discord Webhook

It's a JSON

First, learn JSON. It's not programming language, not even close. Just follow syntax rules and you will be fine.

This setup guide has been moved to my blog:

https://nathaniel.blog/tutorials/shadowsocks/

How to mount a qcow2 disk image

This is a quick guide to mounting a qcow2 disk images on your host server. This is useful to reset passwords, edit files, or recover something without the virtual machine running.

Step 1 - Enable NBD on the Host

modprobe nbd max_part=8

How to: Allow Node to bind to port 80 without sudo

TL;DR

Only do this if you understand the consequences: all node programs will be able to bind on ports < 1024

sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/local/bin/node

Important: your node location may vary. Use which node to find it, or use it directly in the command:

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

	/**
	* USB HID Keyboard scan codes as per USB spec 1.11
	* plus some additional codes
	*
	* Created by MightyPork, 2016
	* Public domain
	*
	* Adapted from:
	* https://source.android.com/devices/input/keyboard-devices.html
	*/

	server {
	listen 80;
	server_name localhost;
	root /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Sites;

	access_log /Library/Logs/default.access.log main;

	location / {
	include /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/php-fpm;
	}