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shell scripting: “for i in $( … )” or “… | while read” ?
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-09/msg00291.html The link refers to some code like the one I am working on right now: $ for i in $(seq -w $n); do …; done And the guy replying on that ml thread suggests to better write it this way: $ seq -w $n | while read i; do …; done His reason: to prevent…
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shell scripting: “Can I use seq to go from 001 to 999?”
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/152857/can-i-use-seq-to-go-from-001-to-999 The thread got closed there, so I cannot reply to it there … I am not sure, why people ask that kind of question instead of simply trying it at least – but then … Yes, of course that works, and not just with the coreutils’ seq but also with BusyBox’s seq, esp. if…
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2015 CPAN Pull Request Challenge
http://perlmaven.com/2015-cpan-pull-request-challenge The message that Gabor sent out to pm_groups got forwarded in quite a few different ways: “replied to” with “> ” before every line “forwarded” but “inline” “forwarded” as attachment I haven’t seen a “redirect” yet 😎
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my new “wesco” bin: Baseboy 20 litres New Silver
http://www.wesco.de/en/products/details/show/baseboy-20-litres.html – product number: 135531-03 – colour: “New Silver” http://www.wesco.de/files/wesco/pdf/muellbeutel/swirl_P_F.pdf – which “swirl” rubbish bags are right for it? strange enough the listed fitting rubbish bags are not 20-liter ones, but 35-liter and one 25-liter one. the documents quotes some “rubber ring to hold the rubbish bags”, and I missed it and I sent them my respective…
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how to use MediaWiki’s DumpBackup.php, if you need to connect through a socket or a port?
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:DumpBackup.php https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual_talk:DumpBackup.php#my_MySQL_database_is_not_on_a_standard_port – I took me a while to remember, that solving an issue would be done best right here – well, actually I was looking around for the right mailing list https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:MWDumper My web-space provider has a lot of MySQL servers running for customers like me. All these servers answer to requests on their resp.…
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my MediaWiki installation up and running again
Getting it running again (after my web-space provider’s PHP changes) was only a matter of re-running the configuration script: http://[domain]/[directory]/mw-config/index.php It asks for the UpgradeKey from here: http://[domain]/[directory]/LocalSettings.php After that I installed the latest MediaWiki tar ball. I took a few notes in my diary, labeled MediaWiki. At last I changed a few articles and I…
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RMON – … to support monitoring and protocol analysis of LANs – RMON GUI …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMON http://www.loriotpro.com/Products/RMON_GUI/RMON_GUI_Documentation.htm
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“the single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete”
http://www.ted.com/speakers/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on stereotypes etc. : The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.
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a Palestinian “instructional” video on ‘how to stab’ goes viral on social media – Arab-Israeli Conflict – Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/WATCH-Palestinian-instructional-video-on-how-to-stab-goes-viral-on-social-media-385942 http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid591867023001?bctid=3963141878001 – this is (a link to) the video in question, actually a shorter one than on the Jerusalem Post article The video was reportedly produced by Hamas-affiliated sympathizers on social media. […] Palestinian social media users are disseminating an online video clip instructing people “how to stab” more efficiently. The video was reportedly produced…
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Winston Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam – International – Jerusalem Post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0330455770 http://www.jpost.com/International/Winston-Churchills-family-begged-him-not-to-convert-to-Islam-385977 Churchill’s fascination with Islam is demonstrated in a letter from Sudan, where he was serving as an officer. Written to Lady Lytton in 1907 and referenced in The Independent report, Churchill wrote that he “wished he were” a Pasha, a rank of distinction in the Ottoman Empire. The historical record also shows that…