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Win zip()

I don't often use zip(), but by coincidence this week I ran into it a few times, using both Python and JavaScript. In the former, it's a built-in, but in the latter it's typically provided by a library like D3. And it struck me as kind of a fun warm-up challenge. How would you write this function in modern JavaScript?

Well, let's see how D3 does it. Oh, it's a wrapper around transpose(), here we go...

import min from "./min.js";

function length(d) {

How to create an HTTPS certificate for localhost domains

This focuses on generating the certificates for loading local virtual hosts hosted on your computer, for development only.

Do not use self-signed certificates in production ! For online certificates, use Let's Encrypt instead (tutorial).

Open File App\Providers\AppServiceProvider

Change method boot

use Carbon\Carbon;


public function boot()
{
	config(['app.locale' =&gt; 'id']);

Python installation guide

These are my notes, not a generic solution. They are not meant to work anywhere outside my machines. Update version numbers to whatever are the current ones while you do this.

Install `asdf` and its python plugin, then install Python

asdf lives in https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf

Follow its installation instructions, which at the moment of writing were:

The Setup

I wanted to write a module that generates multiple systemd services and timers to scrub some zfs pools at certain intervals. The default scrub config does not support individual scrub intervals for each pool.

I want the config to look like this:

{
  services.zfs-auto-scrub = {
 tank = "Sat *-*-* 00:00:00";

	Locale Identifier	Description
	af	Afrikaans
	af-NA	Afrikaans (Namibia)
	af-ZA	Afrikaans (South Africa)
	agq	Aghem
	agq-CM	Aghem (Cameroon)
	ak	Akan
	ak-GH	Akan (Ghana)
	am	Amharic
	am-ET	Amharic (Ethiopia)

	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -profile:v baseline -level 3 -an -vf "scale=-1:1440, reverse" -preset veryslow -g 2 output.mp4

	// -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -profile:v baseline -level 3
	// Encode for web with a good balance of browser compatibility and compression ratio

	// -an
	// Strip audio tracks

	// -vf "scale=-1:1440, reverse"
	// Scale video to 1440px wide, maintaining aspect ratio

	jobs:
	build:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest

	steps:
	- name: Clone main repository
	uses: actions/checkout@v4

	- name: Add SSH private keys for submodule repositories
	uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.9.0

	// Copyright © 2016 Alex
	//
	// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
	// the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
	// Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
	// later version.
	//
	// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
	// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
	// FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more

	import keyring
	import gkeepapi

	################################################################
	# Simple script that exports Google Keep notes to a file called
	# export-google-keep.py in the current directory. A note will
	# look like this:
	# Hearthstone want list 2,☑ Aggro Druid common’s : Mark of the Lotus, power of the wild
	# Rogue eviscerate, cold blood,
	#