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The dynamic wallpaper in MacOS Mojave is a single 114 MB .heic file that seems to contain 16 embedded images.

It also contains the following binary plist data in its metadata under the key "Solar". It's an array of 16 items, each with four keys:

i (integer). This seems to be the image index.
o (integer). This is always 1 or 0. Stephen Radford thinks it indicates dark mode (0) vs. light mode (1).
a (decimal). I’m pretty sure this is the angle of the sun over the horizon. 0º = sunset/sunrise. 90º = sun directly overhead. Negative values = sun below horizon.
z (decimal). This seems to be the cardinal position of the sun relative to the camera. 0º = sun is directly in front of the camera. 90º = sun is directly to the right of the camera. 180º = sun is directly behind the camera.

Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. Clean code can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility and maintainability.

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Keep it simple stupid. Simpler is always better. Reduce complexity as much as possible.
Boy scout rule. Leave the campground cleaner than you found it.
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	from github import Github
	from pathlib import Path
	from git import Repo

	skip = ['UnrealEngine'] # a really big repo i want to skip

	token = "xxxxxxxxxxx" # github personal access token
	g = Github(token)
	dest = Path('/repos/go/here') # save my cloned repos here
	dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

	import numpy as np
	import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

	from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap

	clist=[(1,1,1),(1,0,0)]
	cm = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('wr',clist)
	plt.register_cmap(cmap=cm)

	clist=[(0,0,1),(1,1,1)]

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	# Author: Nicolas Seriot
	# Date: 2018-03-17
	# Description: Reproducing Benjamin Kovach's art with pycairo
	# https://www.kovach.me/Generating_artwork_with_Haskell.html
	# Output: http://seriot.ch/visualization/kovach_pycairo.png
	# Gist: https://gist.github.com/nst/3dc5378399678be7eb297ef18580025e

	import cairo

	#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

	static NSString * _Nonnull ActuallyLocalizedStringForStatusCode(NSInteger statusCode)
	{
	static NSBundle *cfNetworkBundle;
	static dispatch_once_t once;
	dispatch_once(&once, ^{
	cfNetworkBundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:NSHTTPURLResponse.class];
	});
	NSString *httpError = [NSHTTPURLResponse localizedStringForStatusCode:statusCode];

	#!/bin/bash

	# Exit the script immediately on error
	set -e

	# We'll work in /tmp
	cd /tmp

	# Clone mach_override unless we already have it
	if [ ! -d ~/mach_override ]; then

	#!/bin/sh
	# PNG Gamma trick (by @marcan42 / [email protected])
	#
	# This script implements an improved version of the gamma trick used to make
	# thumbnail images on reddit/4chan look different from the full-size image.
	#
	# Sample output (SFW; images by @Miluda):
	# https://mrcn.st/t/homura_gamma_trick.png
	# https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/6edthw/ (click for fullsize)
	# https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/869855956842143744

	//: Playground - noun: a place where people can play

	import UIKit

	protocol Foo {

	}

	protocol Bar {

Nicolas Seriot nst

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