$RANDOM on bash returns a random integer between 0 and 32767. echo $RANDOM 9816 echo $RANDOM 30922
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Create a 1 GB file to swap to (we have sufficient space on / on this machine. Use a different partition...
Next time you have to do more than trivial CSS changes on a project, you probably want to have live...
Set the hash to a dummy hash which doesn't hit any id at your page, for example: window.location.hash = "_";
You can use xmllint to pretty-print ugly XML files on your terminal. Just say: xmllint --format file.xml
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A great and enjoyable introduction into the concept of the web and about what HTTP was designed for. The original...
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This card shows how to upgrade a Rails 2 application from Rails 2.3.8 through every single patch level up to...
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In order to have more human readable git branches, do git pull --rebase To always pull like this, write these...
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Do it like this: attribute :active, Virtus::Attribute::Boolean Long story In Virtus you define attribute with their type...
Sometimes sound breaks for me and speaker output is completely broken. This helped: pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload
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Good article that tells you how to change behavior of certain keys via xmodmap (with the help of exv if...
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When your site is on HTTPS and you are linking or redirecting to a HTTP site, the browser will not...
Note: These instructions are for a quick per-project setup and may require you to change code. If you generally...