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Make PowerShell Readable on a White Windows Terminal Background

When you switch Windows Terminal to a light or white background, the default PowerShell token colors can become hard to read. You can fix this by customizing PSReadLine’s color scheme so that prompts, selections, and syntax tokens use higher-contrast tones.

Below is a minimal configuration that keeps most text at the terminal’s default foreground color, uses a dim gray for numbers, and highlights selections in an inverted style. It also gives commands a warm accent for visibility.

# Run in PowerShell (requires PSReadLine)
Import-Module PSReadLine
Set-PSReadLineOption -Colors @{

Falsehoods programmers believe about time

This is a compiled list of falsehoods programmers tend to believe about working with time.

Don't re-invent a date time library yourself. If you think you understand everything about time, you're probably doing it wrong.

Falsehoods

There are always 24 hours in a day.
February is always 28 days long.
Any 24-hour period will always begin and end in the same day (or week, or month).

	import sys
	import pprint
	import struct
	import socket
	import ssl
	from time import sleep

	# Standard "HELLO" message for TDS
	prelogin_msg = bytearray([ 0x12, 0x01, 0x00, 0x2f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1a, 0x00, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x20,
	0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x01, 0x03, 0x00, 0x22, 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x00, 0x26, 0x00,

	# run resolvconf?
	RESOLVCONF=yes

	# startup options for the server
	OPTIONS="-u bind"

	#!/bin/bash

	# TODO: Remove pve-enterprise, add pve-no-subscription repo to sources.list(*)

	# Update packages, install essentials
	apt update
	apt install -y build-essential git zsh htop

	# Update Proxmox Appliance Manager (https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/no-turnkey-fresh-install-5-1-35.38199/)
	pveam update

	---
	name: frontend-design
	description: Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use this skill when the user asks to build web components, pages, or applications. Generates creative, polished code that avoids generic AI aesthetics.
	license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
	---

	This skill guides creation of distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces that avoid generic "AI slop" aesthetics. Implement real working code with exceptional attention to aesthetic details and creative choices.

	The user provides frontend requirements: a component, page, application, or interface to build. They may include context about the purpose, audience, or technical constraints.

	{
	"Andaman and Nicobar Islands": [
	"Port Blair"
	],
	"Haryana": [
	"Faridabad",
	"Gurgaon",
	"Hisar",
	"Rohtak",
	"Panipat",

	SharePoint Server 2019 Enterprise

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	-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
	SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
	FROM pg_stat_activity
	WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
	ORDER BY query_start desc;

	-- show running queries (9.2)
	SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
	FROM pg_stat_activity
	WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'