Ivan Loh ivan-loh

Ubuntu on Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2021 (Setup guide)

Here is a way to do a robust install of Ubuntu (+ optional Windows 11 dual boot and LUKS encryption) on an Asus laptop, with minimal usable hardware support, without a significant amount of tinkering that may break in future or require frequent technical attention.

In summary, the key thing is to have an up to date kernel, which usually means disabling secure-boot and installing the latest stable (6.0+) using mainline or xanmod, and as well as making sure the latest nvidia driver and dkms is installed.

Specs:

Model Asus G14 2021 (GA401QC)
AMD R7 5800 8 core 16 thread (onboard Radeon graphics)
NVIDIA RTX 3050 4GB (60W +15W boost)

How many times shouldn't it happen...

-- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11396045

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RxJS 5 Operators By Example

⚠️ UPDATE: I have moved the contents of this gist plus more to http://www.learnrxjs.io and https://github.com/btroncone/learn-rxjs. For expanded examples, explanations, and resources, please check out this new location!

A complete list of RxJS 5 operators with easy to understand explanations and runnable examples.

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/

Service Worker - offline support for the web

Progressive apps - high-res icon, splash screen, no URL bar, etc.

Progressive Web Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul

The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing

(by @andrestaltz)

This tutorial as a series of videos

If you prefer to watch video tutorials with live-coding, then check out this series I recorded with the same contents as in this article: Egghead.io - Introduction to Reactive Programming.

Backend Development

node.js
- Installation paths: use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo.
- Node.js HOWTO: Install Node+NPM as user (not root) under Unix OSes
- Felix's Node.js Guide
- Creating a REST API using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB
- Node Cellar Sample Application with Backbone.js, Twitter Bootstrap, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB
- JavaScript Event Loop
Node.js for PHP programmers

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:

	#!/bin/bash

	sudo apt install build-essential texinfo libx11-dev libxpm-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libgif-dev libtiff-dev libgtk2.0-dev libncurses-dev libgnutls28-dev

	wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-29.3.tar.gz
	tar xvzf emacs-29.3.tar.gz

	cd emacs-29.3
	./configure --with-mailutils
	make

	#!/usr/bin/python/
	# Get xively library in https://github.com/xively/xively-python
	import xively
	import datetime

	def main():
	now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
	earliest = now - datetime.timedelta(minutes=30)
	api = xively.XivelyAPIClient("SL2N1SZTVFZHxb2p2DXq1GdtaKInCpv521mFtOxwmkrrBvsL")
	feed = api.feeds.get("1068165020")