ElijahLynn

Cherry-pick or squash-merge a PR into another branch as a single commit

GitHub lets you suffix any PR with .diff or .patch to get the raw diff/patch.

e.g.

https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4908.diff
https://github.com/github/gitignore/pull/4908.patch

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{
  "env": {
    "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:1234",
    "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "dummy",
    "ANTHROPIC_MODEL": "google/gemma-4-e4b"
  },

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# https://gist.github.com/ElijahLynn/adf761215c85a5d8136ced38d4022ddd
function lid-sleep --description "Toggle or check lid-close sleep behaviour"
    set config /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/lid.conf

    switch $argv[1]
        case help --help -h
            echo "Usage: lid-sleep [on|off|status|help]"
            echo ""
            echo "  on      Re-enable sleep when the lid is closed"
            echo "  off     Prevent sleep when the lid is closed"

ElijahLynn

ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 — Touchpad ghost clicks while typing

OS: Arch Linux
DE: GNOME on Wayland
Symptom: Cursor jumps / ghost clicks while typing, palm touches registering during typing

What triggered it

This started after upgrading on 2026-06-27:

ElijahLynn

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Whole-GPU utilization sampler via the i915 PMU -- the same source btop and
intel_gpu_top use. Reads per-engine `*-busy` perf counters (nanoseconds the
engine was busy) and normalizes by PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED:

    engine_util% = delta(busy_ns) / delta(time_enabled_ns) * 100

This measures the GPU system-wide (pid=-1), so it includes warp's rendering
AND the GNOME compositor compositing warp's frames -- matching btop.

ElijahLynn

#!/bin/bash
# Script to "kick" Sony XM6 headphones when multi-point switching gets stuck

CARD="bluez_card.80_99_E7_DE_5F_68"

echo "Attempting to reset Bluetooth audio for Eli Beats..."

# 1. Toggle profile to "off" and back to "a2dp-sink"
# This usually forces the transport to re-handshake without a full disconnect
echo "-> Resetting profile..."

ElijahLynn

Cursor: Python + Ansible Extension Compatibility

Notes for fixing extension activation failures and Python environment warnings when using Ansible 26.6+, Python Environments, and ms-python.python in Cursor on macOS.

Tested on Cursor ~1.105 (VS Code 1.105 base), macOS arm64, June 2026.

Symptoms

• Notification: "Extension activation failed" — root cause is usually ms-python.python

ElijahLynn

Ralph Wiggum Loop: xhigh vs low effort comparison

Testing the Claude Code agentic loop (claude -p --dangerously-skip-permissions) building a small Python CLI from scratch, with two effort levels compared.

Setup

• App: Ralph Wiggum Quotes CLI — random, list, add, delete subcommands, stdlib only
• Loop: while grep -q '\- \[ \]' implementation_plan.md — one task per iteration, auto-terminates
• Branches: main (xhigh/default effort) vs no-thinking (--effort low)

ElijahLynn

dconf reset -f /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/tablets/056a:52b5/
echo i2c-WACF2200:00 | sudo tee /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/i2c_hid_acpi/unbind
echo i2c-WACF2200:00 | sudo tee /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/i2c_hid_acpi/bind

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How to format strings as code w/keyboard shortcuts in various tools:

Slack

• inline - cmd + shift + c
• block - cmd + shift + e
• select any code block, triple click it

GitHub issues and comments - w/Refined GitHub Extension

• inline - double click to highlight the string, then press ` to wrap in backticks
• block - ??