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rule 0: It has to work.

rule 1: As simple as possible.

rule 2: Use the right tool for the job.

rule 3: Everything is a tradeoff. (see Rule 41)

Reverse Mouse Wheel scroll in Windows 11

Chose between natural mode like MacOS or Windows default mode.

Step 1: Open Windows PowerShell in Administrator Mode.

You can do this by going to Start Menu, type PowerShell, and click Run as Administrator.

Step 2: Copy the following code and paste it in the command line of Windows PowerShell:

$mode = Read-host "How do you like your mouse scroll (0 or 1)?"; Get-PnpDevice -Class Mouse -PresentOnly -Status OK | ForEach-Object { "$($_.Name): $($_.DeviceID)"; Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\$($_.DeviceID)\Device Parameters" -Name FlipFlopWheel -Value $mode; "+--- Value of FlipFlopWheel is set to " + (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\$($_.DeviceID)\Device Parameters").FlipFlopWheel + "`n" }

ffmpeg

Converting Audio into Different Formats / Sample Rates

Minimal example: transcode from MP3 to WMA:
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 output.wma

You can get the list of supported formats with:
ffmpeg -formats

You can get the list of installed codecs with:

Ever since I wrote It's Time For Furries to Stop Using Telegram, I've had a few folks ask me about my opinion on Matrix.

(I've also had a few people evangelize Matrix in my mentions. That's annoying.)

My stance on Matrix has been the same for years: I don't trust the Matrix developers to produce a secure protocol, and until they abandon Olm / Megolm in favor of something like MLS, I'm adamant about refusing to trust their team's designs.

To understand why I feel so strongly about this, you need to understand that practically exploitable vulnerabilities were found in Matrix in 2022.

It isn't enough that there were vulnerabilities found to be alarming. Vulnerabilities happen. You aren't writing software if you don't occasionally fuck up.

How to connect Apple AirPods to Linux (Debian/Ubuntu/Mint)

Step 1.

Open your terminal.

In the root directory run the command:

sudo nano /etc/bluetooth/main.conf

	// example courtesy of http://adilatwork.blogspot.com/2012/11/android-dialogfragment-enter-and-exit.html
	// file location: src/main/java/com/example/

	@Override
	public void onStart() {
	super.onStart();

	// safety check
	if (getDialog() == null) {
	return;

	const {
	network: {
	match,
	},
	utils: {
	isOwnedByCurrentPlayer,
	manhattan,
	},
	} = networkLayer;

	import { Controller } from "stimulus"
	export default class extends Controller {
	connect() {
	const templates = this.element.import.querySelectorAll("template");
	templates.forEach(function(template) {
	document.querySelector('body').appendChild(template);
	});
	}
	}

	import tiktoken
	import langdetect
	T = tiktoken.get_encoding("o200k_base")

	length_dict = {}

	for i in range(T.n_vocab):
	try:
	length_dict[i] = len(T.decode([i]))
	except: