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Mac VSCode: How to plantUML preview within markdown.

Prepare

$ mkdir -p ~/java
$ cd ~/java
$ brew install maven
$ git clone https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml-server.git
$ cd plantuml-server

There doesn't seem to be a good resource online describing the issues with protocol buffers and deterministic serialization (or lack thereof). This is a collection of links on the subject.

Protocol Buffers v3.0.0. release notes:

The deterministic serialization is, however, NOT canonical across languages; it is also unstable across different builds with schema changes due to unknown fields.

Maps documentation:

Wire format ordering and map iteration ordering of map values is undefined, so you cannot rely on your map items being in a particular order.

List all Git repository objects by size

Summary
Example

Summary

Bash script which will:

Iterate all commits made within a Git repository.

Setting up Pi Zero OTG - The quick way (No USB keyboard, mouse, HDMI monitor needed)

More details - http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=791

For this method, alongside your Pi Zero, MicroUSB cable and MicroSD card, only an additional computer is required, which can be running Windows (with Bonjour, iTunes or Quicktime installed), Mac OS or Linux (with Avahi Daemon installed, for example Ubuntu has it built in).
1. Flash Raspbian Jessie full or Raspbian Jessie Lite onto the SD card.
2. Once Raspbian is flashed, open up the boot partition (in Windows Explorer, Finder etc) and add to the bottom of the config.txt file dtoverlay=dwc2 on a new line, then save the file.
3. If using a recent release of Jessie (Dec 2016 onwards), then create a new file simply called ssh in the SD card as well. By default SSH i

Build your own private, encrypted, open-source Dropbox-esque sync folder

Prerequisites:

One or more clients running a UNIX-like OS. Examples are given for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, although all software components are available for other platforms as well (e.g. OS X). YMMV
A cheap Ubuntu 12.04 VPS with storage. I recommend Backupsy, they offer 250GB storage for $5/month. Ask Google for coupon codes.

Software components used:

Unison for file synchronization
EncFS for folder encryption

Auto Synchronized Backups with Bittorrent sync & a vps

1. Cloud syncing on the cheap

Two awsome things were released yesterday :

bittorrent sync aka btsync
backupsy

Compare this to the pricing of : dropbox pro

Do your part to resist Government surveillance and take back your privacy:

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VPNs: Private Internet Access (US), BTGuard (Canada), ItsHidden (Africa), Ipredator (Sweden), Faceless.me (Cyprus / Netherlands)
Internet Anonymization: Tor, Tor Browser Bundle, I2P
Disk Encryption: TrueCrypt (Windows / OSX / Linux), File Vault

	#!/bin/bash

	# Tom Hale, 2016. MIT Licence.
	# Print out 256 colours, with each number printed in its corresponding colour
	# See http://askubuntu.com/questions/821157/print-a-256-color-test-pattern-in-the-terminal/821163#821163

	set -eu # Fail on errors or undeclared variables

	printable_colours=256

	o o o
	o x
	o x x x
	x o
	x x x o
	x
	o o
	o

	import numpy as np
	import pylab as pl
	import pandas as pd

	from sklearn import svm
	from sklearn import linear_model
	from sklearn import tree

	from sklearn.metrics import confusion_matrix