Initialization in modern C++

Initialization in C++ is unreasonably hard. There are 19 ways to initialize an int, leading to quite different results depending on the case. Copying initialization is a bogus. Move semantics makes all that ever more harder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNRju6_yn3o.

There are improvements coming in C++20 though: https://habr.com/ru/company/jugru/blog/469465/ related to homogenizing curly-braced and parenthesis initializations. This funny stuff is also fixed: https://youtu.be/AgatxxXNwBM?t=390 (in a funny way as well).

My own rule of thumb so far:

• always avoid copy initialization,
• use curly-braced initialization everywhere,
• don't use parenthesis initialization.

That shall remain even with the coming of (args) and {args} homogenization in C++20, as {} prevents narrowing conversions which you usually don't want.

C++ craftsman named arguments

We try to compensate for lack on named arguments in so many ways. Check one the lastest takes on a subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grveezn0zhUCppCon 2018: Richard Powell “Named Arguments from Scratch”. The recent C++20 "designated initialization" doesn't help much, as you must remember the order of fields as declared in a corresponding struct. Other people try things around it, as well, such as calling functions using curly syntax: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eeDzTWEtU, or allowing default parameters in the middle of args list https://github.com/joboccara/Defaulted. So, there's a lot, and more: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1171605/Named-Cpp-Function-Parameters , https://www.fluentcpp.com/2018/12/14/named-arguments-cpp/ etc.

But let's pull back. What if:

USPTO patent filing

This link worked well for me: https://patentfile.org/filing-provisional-patent-at-uspto/. No account is required. Prepare $280 to pay one-time fee. Don't forget to save all the receipts during the process.

Hyper-V Ubuntu Enhanced Session — actually make it work

The typical situation is that after entering your creds for xorg session you only see a teal screen, and nothing else happens. In short — turn off autologin for your user, and the enhanced sessions will start to work. Oh my had I spent a time searching for a solution, surprisingly found it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPHqoLbNTP8. Just watch.

Also check this https://www.frodehus.dev/resize-disk-for-ubuntu-hyper-v-quick-create-image/ for disk sizes. And this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY9x9wx9mb4 for vm-tools.

Chrome Plugins 101

1. Print innerHTML every 3 seconds

manifest.json

{
  "manifest_version": 2,

  "name": "Try me",

  "version": "0.3",

  "permissions": [
    "<all_urls>"
  ],
  "content_scripts": [{

    "js": [ "content-script.js" ],

    "all_frames": true,

    "run_at": "document_end",

    "matches": ["<all_urls>"]

  }]

}

content-script.js

window.setInterval(function() {

  alert(document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].innerHTML);

}, 3000);

It's all about themes

Some tweaks for themes in Chrome.

1. All themes ever installed: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/user/purchases#themes.
2. Chrome command line toggles: https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/

Old-buttoned (via --force-high-contrast):

1. All themes by polamjag: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/polamjag?_category=themes.
2. Graphite by GKing.
3. Material Green by CatBox.
4. Simple Grey Theme by cartaguez.
5. Minimalistic by asronline.weebly.com.
6. Classic Blue (grey navbar).
7. Light Green.
8. Windows XP Royale Noir theme by StudioJanck.
9. Windows XP Zune theme (alternate) by StudioJanck.

New-buttoned:

1. Serenity by Google Team.
2. Material Classic Blue by Fiddle N.

Change an author of the last commit in both origin and remote

Only if it isn't too late ;)

git commit --amend --author "John Doe <john.doe@protonmail.ch>" --no-edit
git push origin <your_branch_name> --force