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about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar. Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable.

I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.

Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions (HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, Privacy Badger etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".

Windows 10 Development Environment for Scala

This is a guide for Scala and Java development on Windows, using Windows Subsystem for Linux, although a bunch of it is applicable to a VirtualBox / Vagrant / Docker subsystem environment. This is not complete, but is intended to be as step by step as possible.

Harden Windows 10

Read the entire Decent Security guide, and follow the instructions, especially:

Set UAC to full
Enable Drive Encryption

Script to repair MKV files for display in Plex/Synology. This (should) prevent the stuttering or not displaying at all of MKV files. https://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/63691-how-to-automated-linux-script-for-fixing-broken-mkv-files-works-with-sickbeard-too/

First install Termux

Then there are two options:

Build from source

Open the Termux terminal on your Android device and copy-and-paste the commands listed below and hit ENTER:

Mutt/Gmail/OS X Keychain

Create a new keychain item, enter the Keychain Item Name as mutt, the Account Name as your gmail email address and then enter your password, then add the keychain item.

2-step auth

If you're using Google 2-step auth, you'll need to generate an Application-specific password from your Google Account settings and enter that as the password.

These are some notes I put together prior to and during setting up my new Retina MacBook Pro. If anyone else is setting up a new machine, it may help you with the process.

Prepare Old Machine

Verify Disk with Disk Utility—see here
Generate a final TimeMachine backup
Verify Crashplan backup is complete
Create a final SuperDuper! bootable backup
Push changes to remote git repos

	<?php
	class Hooks_kollide_password_protect extends Hooks
	{
	public $meta = array(
	'name' => 'Kollide - Password Protect',
	'version' => '1.0.0',
	'author' => 'Sean Washington',
	'author_url' => 'http://octopuscreative.com'
	);

	#!/usr/bin/python
	# encoding: utf-8
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2014 Stephen Margheim <[email protected]>
	#
	# MIT Licence. See http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
	#
	# Created on 12-08-2014
	#
	import os

	[color]
	ui = on
	[core]
	whitespace= fix,-indent-with-non-tab,-indent-with-tab,trailing-space,cr-at-eol
	excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
	[alias]
	df = !git diff --no-prefix && git diff --staged --no-prefix
	clear = reset --hard
	st = status
	lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative

	#!/usr/bin/env sh

	##
	# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
	# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
	#
	# install it:
	# curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh \| sh
	#