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Ubuntu Zesty Fails to `apt-get update`

Published May 14, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

Ubuntu Zesty no longer is a supported version of Ubuntu, you’ll need to update apt/sources.list to this:

Run apt-get clean all after updating that file and you’ll be able to upgrade as normal.

HQ Trivia Adding Answering with Friends

Published May 7, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

I noticed when taking a look at HQ Trivia’s traffic, they look to be adding support for answering with friends:   The variables ‘maxAnswerSharingQuestions’, ‘maxFriendsAnswersPerChoice’ and ‘maxFriendAnswersPerQuestion’ are all recent additions. I’d guess that they are going to add support for answering questions together with friends.

Clear Bash History

Published April 19, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

Quick way to clear bash/shell history:

 

Deleting Immutable Files on Linux

Published April 15, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

If you have a file such as php-fpm.cgi that won’t delete no matter what you try, it’s likely immutable. You can remove the immature flag using:

 

Easier Git Aliases

Published April 14, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

I recently came across the git-legit project which creates a few easier to understand aliases for newcomers to Git. Head over to http://www.git-legit.org to read and install.

Install older Android SDK Version

Published April 1, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

For a Titanium project I recently needed to install an older version of the Android SDK tools (build tools API 24) to build an old project. Find the path to sdkmanager and then run this command:

How to De-Register iMessage

Published March 25, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

This is quick and easy, head over to https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/ and fill in your mobile number. It’ll then SMS a code which you need to input into the site and then it’ll deactivate iMessage for that number.

List All Your Digital Ocean Servers IPv4 addresses

Published March 7, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

List all Digital Ocean servers IPv4 addresses using doctl homebrew package:

AWS S3 Recursively List Bucket Sizes

Published March 7, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

Recursively list sizes of your AWS buckets using s3cmd:

Simple IP Reverse & Info

Published February 13, 2018 by Scott Wilcox

Using ipinfo.io, you can quickly grab some IP data for the current machine:

This will return you something like: