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Fix Git repository after Subversion conversion
After converting a Git repository from Subversion with svn2git, all was well. At least until I wanted to squash some of the oldest commits with the excellent interactive rebase. Full of fail, I realized that I might have to do some cleanup before going on such a bold expedition. Here's a couple tricks for "post-processing" a converted repository.
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Regarding finger scan as part of IELTS identity verification
Verbatim email to ielts@britishcouncil.ch:
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Mein Kampf at OSL
No, this is not some tastelessly titled travel story. During a routine book store stop at Oslo Airport Gardermoen, I felt surprised and slightly uncomfortable seeing Mein Kampf for sale. Two paperback copies, side by side, both with that familiar crumpled back caused by heavyhanded customers checking out random pages. But it's the sign of a properly civilized society to trust that people will read such a book knowing its significance, and act accordingly. For me the significance is simply this: Anyone who follows a person or book without question is a dangerous, untrustworthy fool.
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Delicious data loss
After many years, it looks like Delicious will never have support for excluding tags from a search, so when I saw that they had added a "Remove Tag" functionality I finally decided to get rid of all the "toread" tags from posts already tagged with "read". This didn't quite turn out as expected:
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Unexplained line item from Lebara Switzerland
These line items showed up recently on my Lebara Switzerland account page (Update: sorry, the link is dead):
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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go: Cloning is biologically equivalent to having an identical twin. Now can we please find another literary device for some plausible antagonists?
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I'm severely disappointed in Unity
Let's count the ways:
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Creating time-lapse videos
This guide shows you how to create high-definition time-lapse videos from series of still pictures, tailored towards Flickr, and using only free and open source tools available on most operating systems (although I'm not sure about Windows).
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Facebook won't work with NoScript extension
Looks like they're doing something retarded when detecting NoScript: Some links (for example, other people's profiles) have an extra
?_fb_noscript=1at the end, and the page includes a<meta http-equiv=refresh content="0; URL=/people/JohnDoe/12345678?_fb_noscript=1" />, which results in an endless loop of reloading the same page :/ -
Wireless setup of HP printer on Ubuntu
It's ridiculously simple: