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probonopd / Wayland.md
Last active January 9, 2026 08:56
Think twice about Wayland. It breaks everything!

Think twice before abandoning X11. Wayland breaks everything!

tl;dr: Wayland is not "the future", it is merely an incompatible alternative to the established standard with a different set of priorities and goals.

Wayland breaks everything! It is binary incompatible, provides no clear transition path with 1:1 replacements for everything in X11, and is even philosophically incompatible with X11. Hence, if you are interested in existing applications to "just work" without the need for adjustments, then you may be better off avoiding Wayland.

Wayland solves no issues I have but breaks almost everything I need. Even the most basic, most simple things (like xkill) - in this case with no obvious replacement. And usually it stays broken, because the Wayland folks mostly seem to care about Automotive, Gnome, maybe KDE - and alienating e

@GoldraK
GoldraK / ElPais-Reset-Count-bookmarklet
Last active October 18, 2021 09:23
javascript:(function () { if (location.hostname !== 'elpais.com') { location.href = 'https://elpais.com/'; } if (localStorage) { const serializedArcp = localStorage.getItem('ArcP'); if (serializedArcp && serializedArcp.length > 0) { const arcp = JSON.parse(serializedArcp); arcp.anonymous.rc[Object.keys(arcp.anonymous.rc)[0]].c = -200; localStorage.setItem('ArcP', JSON.stringify(arcp)); location.reload(); } } })();
@moeffju
moeffju / unblock.js
Last active May 27, 2021 10:54
// Unblock everyone on Twitter: Go to https://twitter.com/settings/blocked and paste the below in DevTools
// Yes this is super ugly and hacky don’t @ me
function click_all_unblock_buttons() { document.querySelectorAll('button.blocked-text').forEach(btn => btn.click()); }
function unblock(min_num_accounts) {
var checkNumber, autoScroll, curScrollPos, prevScrollPos, checkScroll, done;
done = false;
curScrollPos = prevScrollPos = window.scrollY;
checkScroll = setInterval(() => {
@unoexperto
unoexperto / patch_apk_for_sniffing.md
Last active July 24, 2025 09:02
How to patch Android app to sniff its HTTPS traffic with self-signed certificate

How to patch Android app to sniff its HTTPS traffic with self-signed certificate

  • Download apktool from https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/
  • Unpack apk file: java -jar /home/expert/work/tools/apktool.jar d net.flixster.android-9.1.3@APK4Fun.com.apk
  • Modify AndroidManifest.xml by adding android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" attribute to application element.
  • Create file /res/xml/network_security_config.xml with following content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<network-security-config>
    <base-config>
@PurpleBooth
PurpleBooth / README-Template.md
Last active January 9, 2026 07:12
A template to make good README.md

Project Title

One Paragraph of project description goes here

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

@CristinaSolana
CristinaSolana / gist:1885435
Created February 22, 2012 14:56
Keeping a fork up to date

1. Clone your fork:

git clone git@github.com:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream