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@cryzed
cryzed / fix-infinality.md
Last active March 20, 2025 13:16
A set of instructions on how to fix the harfbuzz + Infinality issue and restoring good-looking, Infinality-like font rendering.

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide being aware of the fact that I'm not an expert regarding the things outlined below, however I made my best attempt. A few people in IRC confirmed it worked for them and the results looked acceptable.

Attention: After following all the steps run gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache as root, this prevents various gdk-related bugs that have been reported in the last few hours. Symptoms are varied, and for Cinnamon the DE fails to start entirely while for XFCE the icon theme seemingly can't be changed anymore etc.

Check the gist's comments for any further tips and instructions, especially if you are running into problems!

Screenshots

Results after following the guide as of 11.01.2017 13:08:

@pvieito
pvieito / VGASimulator.py
Created May 17, 2016 23:06
Simulate and view VGA output from a VHDL simulation
#!/usr/bin/env python3
'''VGASimulator.py - Pedro José Pereira Vieito © 2016
View VGA output from a VHDL simulation.
Ported from VGA Simulator:
https://github.com/MadLittleMods/vga-simulator
by Eric Eastwood <[email protected]>
More info about how to generate VGA output from VHDL simulation here:
http://ericeastwood.com/blog/8/vga-simulator-getting-started
@ptrelford
ptrelford / JsonParser.js
Created May 16, 2016 08:56
Custom Json Parser in vanilla JavaScript
JSON={
parse:function(str,options) {
this.str = str;
this.i = 0;
this.nfirstchars = '-0123456789.';
this.nchars = '-0123456789.eE';
this.n
return this.parseValue();
},
isWhiteSpace:function(c) {
@alirobe
alirobe / reclaimWindows10.ps1
Last active May 14, 2025 14:03
This Windows 10 Setup Script turns off a bunch of unnecessary Windows 10 telemetery, bloatware, & privacy things. Not guaranteed to catch everything. Review and tweak before running. Reboot after running. Scripts for reversing are included and commented. Fork of https://github.com/Disassembler0/Win10-Initial-Setup-Script (different defaults). N.…
###
###
### UPDATE: For Win 11, I recommend using this tool in place of this script:
### https://christitus.com/windows-tool/
### https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
### https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UQZ5oQg8XA
### iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win | iex
###
### OR take a look at
### https://github.com/HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=226801
url='https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/net/+/master/http/transport_security_state_static.json?format=TEXT';
curl -#s "${url}" | \
base64 --decode | \
sed '/^ *\/\// d' | \
sed '/^\s*$/d' > hsts.json;
@yi
yi / gist:01e3ab762838d567e65d
Created July 24, 2014 18:52
lua hex <= => string
function string.fromhex(str)
return (str:gsub('..', function (cc)
return string.char(tonumber(cc, 16))
end))
end
function string.tohex(str)
return (str:gsub('.', function (c)
return string.format('%02X', string.byte(c))
end))
@tsutsui
tsutsui / NetBSD-HPT5325.log
Created May 16, 2014 19:23
boot dmesg of NetBSD/evbarm on HP T5325 Thin Client with internal mSATA SSD
~
_ _ .____
| |_| | | _ \
| _ | | (_))
| |-| | | |
|_| |_| |_| ..
_ _ ____ _
| | | | | __ ) ___ ___ | |_
| | | |___| _ \ / _ \ / _ \| __|
| |_| |___| |_) | (_) | (_) | |_
@rmcgibbo
rmcgibbo / github_comment_on_commit.py
Created August 23, 2012 07:22
Jenkins setup to automatically comment on github commits with build status
// Using the Jenkins Groovy Post build plugin to execute the following after every build
// https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Groovy+Postbuild+Plugin
// It would be nice not to have to specify these here... the repo name should be available within the hudson
// api somehow, but I didn't know how to get it. The access token should maybe be saved in a config file, and
// read in at runtime?
GITHUB_REPO_NAME = 'myusername/myreponame'
GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN = 'my_github_api_v3_access_token'
@chitchcock
chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real