Keep your system and project tidy with a Python virtual environment folder

cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ python3 -m venv venv
cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ which python3
/home/cees/code/space-monitor/venv/bin/python3
(venv) cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ python3 -m pip install logdna
Processing /home/cees/.cache/pip/wheels/af/ce/e9/fccf04ebc826e8cff5ec031f8ecc0c3b4092b44bc692f22a3f/logdna-1.5.3-py3-none-any.whl
Collecting requests
  Using cached requests-2.23.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (58 kB)
Collecting certifi>=2017.4.17
  Using cached certifi-2020.4.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (157 kB)
Collecting idna<3,>=2.5
  Using cached idna-2.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl (58 kB)
Collecting urllib3!=1.25.0,!=1.25.1,<1.26,>=1.21.1
  Using cached urllib3-1.25.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl (126 kB)
Collecting chardet<4,>=3.0.2
  Using cached chardet-3.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl (133 kB)
Installing collected packages: certifi, idna, urllib3, chardet, requests, logdna
Successfully installed certifi-2020.4.5.1 chardet-3.0.4 idna-2.9 logdna-1.5.3 requests-2.23.0 urllib3-1.25.9
(venv) cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ python3 -m pip freeze > requirements.txt
(venv) cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ cat requirements.txt 
certifi==2020.4.5.1
chardet==3.0.4
idna==2.9
logdna==1.5.3
requests==2.23.0
urllib3==1.25.9
(venv) cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
Requirement already satisfied: certifi==2020.4.5.1 in ./venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 1)) (2020.4.5.1)
Requirement already satisfied: chardet==3.0.4 in ./venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 2)) (3.0.4)
Requirement already satisfied: idna==2.9 in ./venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 3)) (2.9)
Requirement already satisfied: logdna==1.5.3 in ./venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 4)) (1.5.3)
Requirement already satisfied: requests==2.23.0 in ./venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 5)) (2.23.0)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3==1.25.9 in ./venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 6)) (1.25.9)
(venv) cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ deactivate
cees@cees-XPS-13-9380:~/code/space-monitor$ 

Autocue / Teleprompter

Frame time ms. Scroll step px. Padding Font Transform Text (from here):

You see, a teleprompter is nothing but a piece of glass in front of the lens, placed at a 45 degree angle. This glass then reflects an image from some sort of display below it, allowing me, your host, to see it. Sometimes a teleprompter has its display above the glass, but in this case it’s below. This display can be pretty much anything at all. In my case, it’s just a cheap tablet. The only thing the display must be able to do is reverse the image so that it appears normally in the reflection. You could simply practice reading backwards text; I personally don’t find that to be all that difficult, but it is significantly easier to simply read normal words and not sdrawkcab era taht sdrow. Of course, the key here is that the camera is looking through this piece of glass at me, your charming host. This means that when I’m looking at the words, I’m pretty much looking right at the camera lens.

Free Planning Poker

More info

I tend to more easily post tech news at GitHub Gist, Google+, and older Google+ now. See also my old snippets and user styles.

My Firefox won't paste text! A workaround using AutoHotkey.

In Firefox I often find myself unable to paste into Facebook or YouTube comment boxes. I've been a Mozilla fan since 3.0, but bugs like these make Firefox a pain. Here's a workaround that works in my 64-bit Windows 7:

1. Install AutoHotkey.
2. Save this script as "type_clipboard.ahk":

   ; http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/76296-type-out-text-in-clipboard/
   ; ctrl+win+v
   ^#v::
       sendraw %clipboard%
   return

3. Run the script and press Ctrl+Win+V to have AutoHotkey type your clipboard text into Firefox.

#TheDress

The dress is Coffee and Cool grey according to my new script:

What's that color?

Try these context-dependent colors: rgb(113,94,58) and rgb(135,154,189)

R: G: B: hex

Cyrillic to Latin

Tired of unreadable Russian characters? Try this JavaScript:

var Cyrillic_Latin = {
 "А":"A", "а":"a",
 "Б":"B", "б":"b",
 "В":"V", "в":"v",
 "Г":"G", "г":"ɡ",
 "Д":"D", "д":"d",
 "Е":"Je", "е":"e",
 "Ё":"Jo", "ё":"jo",
 "Ж":"S", "ж":"s",
 "З":"Z", "з":"z",
 "И":"I", "и":"i",
 "Й":"J", "й":"j",
 "К":"K", "к":"k",
 "Л":"L", "л":"l",
 "М":"M", "м":"m",
 "Н":"N", "н":"n",
 "О":"O", "о":"o",
 "П":"P", "п":"p",
 "Р":"R", "р":"r",
 "С":"S", "с":"s",
 "Т":"T", "т":"t",
 "У":"U", "у":"u",
 "Ф":"F", "ф":"f",
 "Х":"X", "х":"x",
 "Ц":"Ts", "ц":"ts",
 "Ч":"Tj", "ч":"tj",
 "Ш":"Sh", "ш":"sh",
 "Щ":"Sh", "щ":"sh",
 "Ъ":"", "ъ":"",
 "Ы":"E", "ы":"e",
 "Ь":"ʲ", "ь":"ʲ",
 "Э":"E", "э":"e",
 "Ю":"Ju", "ю":"ju",
 "Я":"Ja", "я":"ja",
 "І":"I", "і":"i",
 "Ѳ":"F", "ѳ":"f",
 "Ѣ":"E", "ѣ":"e",
 "Ѵ":"I", "ѵ":"i",
 "Ѕ":"Z", "ѕ":"z",
 "Ѯ":"Ks", "ѯ":"ks",
 "Ѱ":"Ps", "ѱ":"ps",
 "Ѡ":"O", "ѡ":"o",
 "Ѫ":"Ju", "ѫ":"ju",
 "Ѧ":"Ja", "ѧ":"ja",
 "Ѭ":"Ju", "ѭ":"ju",
 "Ѩ":"Ja", "ѩ":"ja"
}

function Cyr2Lat(text){
 var out = ""
 for(i in text) out += Cyrillic_Latin[text[i]] || text[i]
 return out
}

Example:

Cyr2Lat("чем")
"tjem"
Cyr2Lat("форма")
"forma"

Here it is as a bookmarklet that converts the current page (thanks to this snippet):

javascript:(function(){function t(t){var n="";for(var i in t)n+=e[t[i]]||t[i];return n}function n(e){if(e.nodeType==3&&e.nodeValue.trim()!=""){e.nodeValue=t(e.nodeValue)}else{for(var i=e.childNodes.length-1;i>=0;--i){n(e.childNodes[i])}}}var e={"А":"A","а":"a","Б":"B","б":"b","В":"V","в":"v","Г":"G","г":"ɡ","Д":"D","д":"d","Е":"Je","е":"e","Ё":"Jo","ё":"jo","Ж":"S","ж":"s","З":"Z","з":"z","И":"I","и":"i","Й":"J","й":"j","К":"K","к":"k","Л":"L","л":"l","М":"M","м":"m","Н":"N","н":"n","О":"O","о":"o","П":"P","п":"p","Р":"R","р":"r","С":"S","с":"s","Т":"T","т":"t","У":"U","у":"u","Ф":"F","ф":"f","Х":"X","х":"x","Ц":"Ts","ц":"ts","Ч":"Tj","ч":"tj","Ш":"Sh","ш":"sh","Щ":"Sh","щ":"sh","Ъ":"","ъ":"","Ы":"E","ы":"e","Ь":"ʲ","ь":"ʲ","Э":"E","э":"e","Ю":"Ju","ю":"ju","Я":"Ja","я":"ja","І":"I","і":"i","Ѳ":"F","ѳ":"f","Ѣ":"E","ѣ":"e","Ѵ":"I","ѵ":"i","Ѕ":"Z","ѕ":"z","Ѯ":"Ks","ѯ":"ks","Ѱ":"Ps","ѱ":"ps","Ѡ":"O","ѡ":"o","Ѫ":"Ju","ѫ":"ju","Ѧ":"Ja","ѧ":"ja","Ѭ":"Ju","ѭ":"ju","Ѩ":"Ja","ѩ":"ja"};n(document)})()