What "Wide character in print" means in Perl (hint: UTF8)

 It means there is a glitch in the matrix - agents are coming!

	$ perl -le 'print "\x{2603}"';
	Wide character in print at -e line 1.
	☃
	$ perl -CSDL -le 'print "\x{2603}"';
	☃

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(further reading)

Hack your own MySQL to log in as root

$> sudo service mysql stop

$> mysqld --skip-grant-tables

$> mysql

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'root';

mysql> SELECT host, user, plugin FROM mysql.user;

(source)

Note-taking apps for desktop, web and mobile

November 2021

Joplin

• Joplin is pretty great because it syncs between desktop and mobile, using any backend cloud of your choice.
• Joplin doesn't have an official web app, probably because it would be re-inventing the wheel.
• It does have this web client (alternate link), but it's not being maintained.
• There are many forks, have any been worked on?
• It did have nextcloud integration, but this has not been maintained.
• To do: Check those forks too
• Nextcloud can be self-hosted (requires some work), or it can be hosted in the cloud by a provider.

Tomboy

• Tomboy appears very linux-centric, although it has clients for Windows and Mac too.
• It has an Android app, TomDroid.
• It has a WebDAV plugin for publishing to the web
• No web actual app

Evernote

• Proprietary software
• Charges actual money
• Irritating business practices
• Free version only allows two devices, which isn't enough

Org mode

• orgmode.org
• No web app

Colornote

• Works brilliantly on Android
• Super fast for short notes
• No web app

Others

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_note-taking_software