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I'm surprised they didn't mention anything about the command line utilities to manage the mac's airport (scan for wireless networks, list network interface names, etc). I did a quick blog post about these a while back: http://blog.mattcrampton.com/post/64144666914/managing-wifi-...
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It uses the same underlying API. I use it too. It’s only on–off, though, so you have to remember to turn it off.
> It uses the same underlying API I don't think so. For whatever reason Caffeine doesn't take a power assertion, as show by `pmset -g assertions`, whereas caffeinate does. This is what prompted me to write Theine ( https://github.com/lvillani/theine ) to use the proper API for this task, since Caffeine would behave erratically with the lock screen active.
This article was nice, but it indicated that you need to change the system preferences in order to change the voice. It turns out that you can pass the -v flag to use a different voice, or "-v ?" to get a list of names. So you can do say -v Samantha Help, I'm trapped in this castle! or say -v Princess Help, I'm trapped in this castle! But wait, it gets even better: The Mac comes with a number of voices for other lang…
OMG the Dutch voice sounds perfect. say -v Xander "Ik houdt van appeltaart met slagroom in Scheveningen op zondag."
I would add caffeinate, which prevents the Mac from going to sleep. It can do this indefinitely, for a fixed period of time, or after a process is done running. You can even specify that process either as the PID of an existing process or by invoking it through caffeinate itself.
Recommend "Amphetamine" as an alternative. More features and kept up to date with bug fixes and improvements. I am not affiliated, just a happy user.
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OS X ships outdated versions of Bash and Git for example. The 10.10.5 version ships Bash 3.2 and Git 2.3, while Homebrew gives you Bash 4.3+ and git 2.5+.
This is the usual mistake young generations do in regard to UNIX, neither bash nor Git are part of UNIX standard. POSIX IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition defines sh as the shell. There is no git in POSIX IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition.
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"I don't lock my computer." This is a fire-able offense where I work.
That's a metric I use to know when it's time to change jobs: if I can't trust the people around me not to mess with my computer (or there's too many people to trust the environment) then it's time to move on.
Barring myself from working at an company with more than ~150 people (Dunbar's number) because I'm too pompous to lock my laptop doesn't seem like a metric one would be wise to follow.
Remove unwanted formatting from text in the clipboard: alias pbclean='pbpaste | pbcopy'
Great list, not a big fan of homebrew personally, or its creator who seems to be full of himself. I'd recommend pkg_src from joyent[0]. homebrew seems to have a lot of the hip webdev packages, but pkg_src and joyent's repository is the real deal when it comes to hardcore UNIX package management. Some friends have a nice bootstrap for pkg_src on OS X called saveosx[1], too. [0]: https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/install-on-os…
FWIW, I have no issues with homebrew, but I have used macports for many years and never had any issue. Especially now that it supports binary packages, I find it perfect for my usage.
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I don't agree with your logic and think you need a more nuanced sense of humor. Spying on someone remotely? Fireable offense. Remotely kicking off speech utils between people on a team once? Not so much. Disclaimer: I have managed tech teams before. It is better to forgive then have knee jerk managerial reactions.
Sure, getting fired for doing it the first time would definitely be a bit strong. However, an admin who was regularly using his remote management capabilities to play pranks I would hope would be let go.