Marcin Chwedczuk marcin-chwedczuk

How to keep using adblockers on chrome and chromium

google's manifest v3 has no analouge to the webRequestBlocking API, which is neccesary for (effective) adblockers to work
starting in chrome version 127, the transition to mv3 will start cutting off the use of mv2 extensions alltogether
this will inevitably piss of enterprises when their extensions don't work, so the ExtensionManifestV2Availability key was added and will presumably stay forever after enterprises complain enough

You can use this as a regular user, which will let you keep your mv2 extensions even after they're supposed to stop working

Linux

In a terminal, run:

Linux - first things to do after install

These commands were tested on Linux Mint 20.03

Use most recent kernel version

From distribution repo - using Update Manager

Select the latest version which works for you: https://www.makeuseof.com/upgrade-kernel-linux-mint/

From cutting edge repo

Resize Ghidra for High DPI screens

If you run Ghidra on a high DPI screen, you will probably find the GUI to be scaled down so small to be almost of no use.

There is a setting that you can adjust to scale the Ghidra GUI:

in $GHIDRA_ROOT/support is a file named launch.properties. In this launch.properties file is the following configuration key:

VMARGS_LINUX=-Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1

32-bit ELF binary

how to assemble and link:

nasm -f elf32 -o <filename>.o <filename>.asm
ld -m elf_i386 -o <filename> <filename>.o

template code (hello world):

section .text
global _start

Europe

SkinFlint : Price comparison site which has some nice filtering options per switch type etc. Searches for offers in UK, Germany, Poland and Austria
mykeyboard.eu : Keyboards, keycaps and accessories. Based in Belgium.
candykeys.com : European Store selling Vortex, Leopold, KBP, Anne Pro keyboards, keycap sets and components (ISO + ANSI). Based in Germany, ships to EU.
falba.tech : custom wooden bamboo cases, and some acrylic and carbon ones. Switch packs (65 browns at 48EUR). Other parts for the GH60, Atreus, ErgoDox. Also Microcontrollers, diodes, leds etc.
42keebs.eu - Mostly PCBs, tools and accessories. Located in Czech Republic.
KEYGEM : Switches, Keycaps, lubes, cables, DIY kits and deskmats. Based in Germany, ships to the EU and worldwide.
[Eloquent Clicks - Custom Mechanical Keyboard Store](https://www.eloquen

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

Explaining Miles's Magic

Miles Sabin recently opened a pull request fixing the infamous SI-2712. First off, this is remarkable and, if merged, will make everyone's life enormously easier. This is a bug that a lot of people hit often without even realizing it, and they just assume that either they did something wrong or the compiler is broken in some weird way. It is especially common for users of scalaz or cats.

But that's not what I wanted to write about. What I want to write about is the exact semantics of Miles's fix, because it does impose some very specific assumptions about the way that type constructors work, and understanding those assumptions is the key to getting the most of it his fix.

For starters, here is the sort of thing that SI-2712 affects:

def foo[F[_], A](fa: F[A]): String = fa.toString

	brew install gmp
	brew install mpfr
	brew install libmpc
	pip install gmpy2

	/**
	* 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
	*/

	import javafx.application.Application;
	import javafx.beans.property.IntegerProperty;
	import javafx.beans.property.SimpleIntegerProperty;
	import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
	import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
	import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
	import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
	import javafx.geometry.Insets;
	import javafx.scene.Scene;
	import javafx.scene.control.Label;