Posts tagged “til”

20230410T002200

9 April 2023

TIL that you can create Gmail filters on the iOS app.

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20230318T221318

18 March 2023

TIL that on Windows you can use a laptop as a second display using this tutorial.

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20230318T194024

18 March 2023

TIL you can have a universal shortcut to paste as plain text on Windows with Powertoys.

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20220428T175828

28 April 2022

TIL you can convert OpenDocuments into txts and pdfs with unoconv.

unoconv -f pdf *.odt
unoconv -f txt *.odt

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20220407T193600

7 April 2022

TIL you can use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard in iOS.

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20220407T150511

7 April 2022

TIL you can use multiple ssh private keys in one client.

# credit: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2419609
Host myshortname realname.example.com
    HostName realname.example.com
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/realname_rsa # private key for realname
    User remoteusername

Host myother realname2.example.org
    HostName realname2.example.org
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/realname2_rsa  # different private key for realname2
    User remoteusername

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20220405T142655

5 April 2022

TIL you can clone a specific branch with git.

git clone -b my-branch --single-branch git@github.com:user/myproject.git

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20220401T225319

1 April 2022

TIL that people hiking up the mountain have the right of way.

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20220329T191514

29 March 2022

TIL you can change the background color of conflict marker sections.

Credit: https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/19760

function! ConflictsHighlight() abort
    syn region conflictStart start=/^<<<<<<< .*$/ end=/^\ze\(=======$\||||||||\)/
    syn region conflictMiddle start=/^||||||| .*$/ end=/^\ze=======$/
    syn region conflictEnd start=/^\(=======$\||||||| |\)/ end=/^>>>>>>> .*$/

    highlight conflictStart ctermbg=red ctermfg=black
    highlight conflictMiddle ctermbg=blue ctermfg=black
    highlight conflictEnd ctermbg=green cterm=bold ctermfg=black
endfunction

augroup MyColors
    autocmd!
    autocmd BufEnter * call ConflictsHighlight()
augroup END

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20211216T090942

16 December 2021

TIL that the word “procrastinate” comes from the Latin procratinat- which means “deferred till the morning”.

The prefix pro means forward and crastinus means “belonging to tomorrow” which comes from the word cras which means “tomorrow”.

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20211215T132749

15 December 2021

TIL that the word “robot” comes from the Czech word robota which means “forced labor”.

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20211215T115458

15 December 2021

TIL you can detect whether the targetEnvironment is iPadOS in SwiftUI with the following code:

extension UIDevice {
static var isIPad: Bool {
UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad
}
static var isIPhone: Bool {
UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone
}
}

Here’s the Stack Overflow comment I got this code from.

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20211215T105604

15 December 2021

TIL that the word “decide” originally meant “cut off” in Latin. So when you decide on something you “cut off” all other possible choices.

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20211215T100733

15 December 2021

TIL you can find a file recursively in Linux with the following command:

find . -name "*foo"

Here’s the Stack Overflow comment I got this from.

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20211206T205658

6 December 2021

TIL you can have syntax highlighting with code blocks in JIRA.

Here’s an example inspired from the docs:

{code:java}
// Some comments here
public String getFoo()
{
    return foo;
}
{code}

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20211129T212900

29 November 2021

TIL you can switch back to the previous branch by running git switch -.

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20211129T185500

29 November 2021

TIL you can navigate to the previous directory with cd -.

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20211116T181500

16 November 2021

TIL that there’s a free, open source, private, iOS fitness app called OutRun (App Store).

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20211116T181000

16 November 2021

TIL you can get music recognition (Shazam) in your Control Center.

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20211113T141455

13 November 2021

TIL you can get Vim keybindings in XCode 13.

Menu Bar -> Editor -> Vim Mode

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20211105T230006

5 November 2021

TIL you can create an iOS shortcut to turn Bluetooth off completely.

Or you can download mine.

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20211105T204230

5 November 2021

TIL you can create an iOS shortcut to turn Wifi completely off.

Or you can download mine.

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20211103T150150

1 November 2021

TIL there’s dark mode on Webex.

You can only turn this on during a meeting.

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20211029T105802

29 October 2021

TIL you can sort lines of text in Vi.

1. Select lines with Visual mode linewise
2. :sort<CR>

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20211026T142734

29 October 2021

TIL you can quickly go to another character in the terminal when you do ⌥+click.

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