fabiofl

sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;

stared

Software for scientists

Some things takes much less time and stress once you know the right tool. Below, there is a community edited list of software for scientists.

Text editors

in General purpose text/code editors. It may be better to have a good editor for everything, than different ones for different languages, scripts, notes.

DanHerbert

OBSOLETE

This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.

I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.

addyosmani

CSS Layout Debugger

A tweet-sized debugger for visualizing your CSS layouts. Outlines every DOM element on your page a random (valid) CSS hex color.

One-line version to paste in your DevTools

Use $$ if your browser aliases it:

~ 108 byte version

ddennedy

See my DASH-IF presentation from October, 2014:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/misc.meltymedia/dash-if-reveal/index.html#/

1. encode multiple bitrates with keyframe alignment:
   ffmpeg -i ~/Movies/5D2_Portrait.MOV -s 1280x720 -c:v libx264 -b:v 1450k -bf 2 \
     -g 90 -sc_threshold 0 -c:a aac -strict experimental -b:a 96k -ar 32000 out.mp4

   My input was 30 fps = 3000 ms. If it were 29.97, then a GOP size of 90 frames will yield a base segment
   size of 3003 milliseconds. You can make the segment size some multiple of this, e.g.: 6006, 9009, 12012.

ericclemmons

Using <details> in GitHub

Suppose you're opening an issue and there's a lot noisey logs that may be useful.

Rather than wrecking readability, wrap it in a <details> tag!

<details>
 Summary Goes Here

mubix

• How to Build a Successful Information Security Career (Daniel Miessler)
  • https://danielmiessler.com/blog/build-successful-infosec-career/#gs.DtVCbbw
• The First Steps to a Career in Information Security (Errata Security - Marisa Fagan)
  • http://blog.erratasec.com/2010/04/first-steps-to-career-in-information.html#.WFrbofkrIuU
• Hiring your first Security Professional (Peerlyst - Dawid Balut)
  • https://www.peerlyst.com/posts/hiring-your-first-security-professional-dawid-balut
• How to Start a Career in Cyber security
  • https://www.concise-courses.com/security/how-to-start-your-career/
• How to Get Into Information Security (ISC^2)
• https://www.isc2.org/how-to-get-into-information-security.aspx

max-mapper

notwaldorf

Someone sent me an email asking me what advice I had for new developers. I get this question a bunch, so I wanted to put all my thoughts in one place, that I can update as I get more ideas!

I answered this a bunch on my AMA repo, so here's some initial general answers, before I get to some of the specific questions:

• how to find a project to work on: notwaldorf/ama#33
• how I learn: notwaldorf/ama#32
• what to learn: notwaldorf/ama#51
• advice for your first job: notwaldorf/ama#59

getify

function waitForEvent(elem,evtName) {
   return new Promise(function c(resolve){
      elem.addEventListener(evtName,function onEvent(evt){
         elem.removeEventListener(evtName,onEvent,false);
         resolve(evt);
      },false);
   });
}