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Wait for Dark Mode change in Windows

This is a snippet I came up with that doesn't exist anywhere else on the net (so far). I think its the best way to programmatically detect dark mode change in Windows. Unlike other approaches, there's no busy-waiting/polling involved. Instead, we use the native event system to subscribe to the AppsUseLightTheme registry key change.

A big benefit of this approach is that theme change detection is almost instantaneous.

To run this in a loop, call this script, react to it's output, then call it again. An example script is provided.

Playing NHL94 between two Macs over the internet with Xbox Controllers

2023-03-20 9:56pm, Denys Pavlov [email protected]

There are a couple different ways to get this done. The "best" way depends on your technical skills.

Internet connection

An absolute requirement is a reliable and fast internet connection. Unreliable Wi-Fi and distance introduces delays and a degraded experience. Hardwired ethernet and geographic proximity makes a better experience.

Peanut Butter Curry

A recipe from The Starving Artist's Way by Nava Lubelski. Combines off-the-shelf ingredients in strategic ways to make a delicious curry.

Ingredients

1/2 onion, diced
2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped
2-3 teaspoons of chopped fresh ginger
1 tblsp olive, coconut, or sesame oil

Sichuan Wings

Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/d7kqjm/chongqing-chicken-wings

Spice Mix

Toast:
- 2 table spoons whole sichuan peppercorns

2 table spoons cumin seeds

GPU System-Tray Toggler

Using an eGPU requires occasional disabling and enabling of certain devices. This script adds an icon in your system tray to allow that to be done faster than opening Device Mangager.

Technically, you can use this to toggle any device shown in Device Manager, but I've found it most useful for GPUs so far.

Installation

Download gpu-systray.ps1 and save it somewhere.

Sourdough Bread
1. Feeding Starter
- 1.1. Trouble Shooting
2. Bread
2.5. Baking

A rewrite of https://gist.github.com/Darkhogg/82a651f40f835196df3b1bd1362f5b8c#file-windows-refind-next-boot-cpp to avoid a compilation step.

Download all files in the same directory
Run in an Administrator PowerShell:

. path/to/RefindNextBoot.ps1
Set-RefindNextBoot Linux

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	I find the ability to get my android devices' battery info on my desktops via cli to be extremely convenient. I used to be able to this with KDE Connect easily, but things have just changed. Since I can't find any documentation on how to do this, and since I just stumbled on the answer myself, I though I might share what I know here. Please note that in the examples below, I will be using `{device-id}` as a placeholder for the string that KDE Connect uses to identify to my devices.

	That said, I used to be able to get my various devices' battery status through gdbus through the following:

	gdbus call --session --dest org.kde.kdeconnect --object-path /modules/kdeconnect/devices/{device-id} --method org.kde.kdeconnect.device.battery.charge

	However on Arch, I now get the following error: `Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownInterface: No such interface 'org.kde.kdeconnect.device.battery' at object path '/modules/kdeconnect/devices/b04294f19e8767f5'`. I don't get this message on Ubuntu 2