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@zrsmithson
zrsmithson / mngw-w64_boost.MD
Last active February 27, 2026 04:18
Installing boost on Windows using MinGW-w64 (gcc 64-bit)

Installing boost on Windows using MinGW-w64 (gcc 64-bit)

Introduction

Boost is easy when you are using headers or pre-compiled binaries for visual studio, but it can be a pain to compile from source on windows, especially when you want the 64-bit version of MinGW to use gcc/g++. This installation process should be thorough enough to simply copy and paste commands, but robust enough to install everything you need.

Note: if you need to install any of the libraries that need dependencies, see this great answer from stack overflow

Get files needed for install

Get the MinGW installer mingw-w64-install.exe from Sourceforge
Get the boost_1_68_0.zip source from Sourceforge
__Note: This should work perfectly w

@yevrah
yevrah / Upgrade vim
Last active January 16, 2026 06:46
Update to Vim8 on Centos 7
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# Method 1: Install using rpm packages (credit to DarkMukke)
#
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.ghettoforge.org/distributions/gf/gf-release-latest.gf.el7.noarch.rpm
rpm --import http://mirror.ghettoforge.org/distributions/gf/RPM-GPG-KEY-gf.el7
# WARNING: removing vim-minimal uninstalls `sudo` if you skip the second step
# make sure to at least run `yum install sudo`
yum -y remove vim-minimal vim-common vim-enhanced
@adrianlzt
adrianlzt / aes_cryptojs_pycrypto.js
Last active September 24, 2024 01:17
Interoperable CryptoJS (defaults) <-> PyCrypto
/*
* CryptoJS by default:
* - uses CBC mode
* - pkcs7 for padding
* - evpKDF to extract key
* - part of the key is used as IV
* - before converting to base64 it makes "Salt__"+salt+encrypted_text
*/
var CryptoJS = require('crypto-js');
@tuxfight3r
tuxfight3r / 01.bash_shortcuts_v2.md
Last active May 17, 2026 17:11
Bash keyboard shortcuts

Bash Shortcuts

visual cheetsheet

Moving

command description
ctrl + a Goto BEGINNING of command line
@famousgarkin
famousgarkin / powershell-proxy-set-clear.ps1
Last active July 24, 2024 17:04
PowerShell Set-Proxy, Clear-proxy
# NOTE: registry keys for IE 8, may vary for other versions
$regPath = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings'
function Clear-Proxy
{
Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name ProxyEnable -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name ProxyServer -Value ''
Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name ProxyOverride -Value ''
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('http_proxy', $null, 'User')
@fatih
fatih / set.go
Created August 11, 2013 21:05
Concurrent safe SET data structure in Go (Golang)
// A very simple example about how to use concurrent-safe SETs (using string as keys) in GO
package main
import (
"fmt"
"sync"
)
type Set struct {
m map[string]bool
@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active May 16, 2026 19:21
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000