Mac: Power shortcuts
Control-Command-Power/Eject will reboot the Mac instantly. Command-Option-Control-Power/Eject will shut it down. Command-Shift-Q will log off. Shift...
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Python: Normalize text with unicodedata
Using the unicodedata Python module it’s easy to normalize any unicode data strings (remove accents etc):
Python: The last value printed
In the python REPL, _ is assigned the last value printed:
Python: Generate random but reproducible UUID with seed
I often generate UUIDs ( Universally Unique Identifiers ), but when I use these in testing, I want to do so reproducibly. Turns out you can do this using a s...
Python: Time the execution of a program
import time start_time = time.time() main() print("--- %s seconds ---" % (time.time() - start_time))