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• Azure Custom Vision: Use managed identity or other Azure Identity

  Reference: Custom Vision: Azure role-based access control, Custom Vision: azure.identity credentials aren't supported

  C# Code

  First of all, the C# Code. You can also translate it to other languages like Python.

  Jan 1, 2025 Author: xz-dev Category: Tips Read more →

• Cat in Heat: Tail Base Pressure / Finger Pressure Method

  Unfortunately, my kitten, just one day past 6 months old, went into heat before I could schedule her spay surgery.

  Here's how to use the finger pressure method to help her climax when she suddenly starts yowling and you don't have appropriate toys or catnip on hand.

  Reference Materials

  • Cat in Heat Tail Base Pressure Method – bilibili
  • (Short) How To Relieve A Cat In Heat. Finger Cat Butthole, sorta -Youtube
  • Cat in Heat Finger Pressure Method – Sohu
  Sep 24, 2024 Author: xz-dev Category: Tips Read more →

• WebM/WebP to GIF with semi-transparency

  Preface

  Due to Add support of animated sticker #78

  There is currently no direct way to convert WebM to GIF this on the Internet.

  Sep 15, 2024 Author: xz-dev Category: Algorithm Read more →

• Cut and move Runs via python-docx

  I want to cut and paste a run in one same document, but python-docx(1.1.0) don't have the function.

  Here are some related page, but it doesn't solve the problem: How do I copy the contents of a word document? Copy paragraphs elements from one document to another

  So I carefully read the source code and found that:

  • You can process OXML object via paragraph._p and run._r, also call (paragraph/run)._element
  • If you add a run._r to an other paragraph._p, it will be automatically removed from the origin paragraph
  Mar 19, 2024 Author: xz-dev Category: Tips Read more →

• How to Update ID Information for Railway e-Card on 12306

  Recently encountered the situation where Railway e-Card reached one year and required updating Bank of China's real-name information

  Although 12306 prompts for card upgrade, it's actually unnecessary.

  Reference: Railway e-Card Activation Error: Operation Failed, System Error, Reserved

  Search for "BOC Customer Verification" in WeChat mini-programs (this mini-program's sole function), then update ID information using ID card photos.

  Feb 23, 2024 Author: xz-dev Category: Tips Read more →

• Code as Operating System (UpgradeAll 2 Development Plan)

  As I use more electronic products spanning Linux desktops/servers and Android, I've realized there are limits to backup/restore OS configurations - the fundamental limitation being that it neither understands nor can understand the meaning of data.

  Whether it's DNS hosts or software database caches, they're all just "files" in its eyes.

  The Past

  This led to the idea of "code as infrastructure," exemplified by Ansible and Terraform. However, their interpretation of "code" contains significant flaws. With software code, most side effects disappear when the software stops running, and the remaining side effects can be covered by test code.

  Oct 18, 2023 Author: xz-dev Category: Linux Read more →

• Manually Flashing Any Android ROM

  With Fastboot and payload_dumper, we can flash any ROM we need at any time.

  In this article, I'll share my experience successfully flashing third-party ROMs (like crDroid OS) on Redmi K40 via Fastboot. After referencing some threads on XDA forums, I found a simple method to avoid errors during flashing.

  Recently, during an update, I encountered the error: "Error applying update: 7 (ErrorCode:: kInstallDeviceOpenError )Updater process ended with ERROR: 1 Error installing zip file"

  Considering OTA packages for A/B partitions don't contain updater-script files at all, referring to Google's "Building OTA Packages" documentation, you could modify pre-device, pre-build-incremental, pre-build, etc. But trust me, it's completely useless.

  Through research, I found this article: Flash fastboot rom / unbrick any xiaomi phone without any flashtool.

  Apr 22, 2023 Author: xz-dev Category: Android Read more →

• Random Thoughts, Excerpts

  To the Stars, Our Dreams Are Bound

  Oct 28, 2022 Author: xz-dev Category: Daily Life Read more →

• Sharing dom4j Proguard Rules Configuration

  Preface

  Users reported that UpgradeAll's F-Droid configuration couldn't be parsed. Checking logs revealed dom4j-related errors. However, debugging couldn't reproduce the issue - it only occurred in release builds with obfuscation.

  Troubleshooting

  Sep 7, 2022 Author: xz-dev Category: UpgradeAll Read more →

• Displaying Only Dotfiles with exa

  exa is a replacement for the ls command, designed to provide a more user-friendly and colorful interface, similar to what bat aims to achieve.

  Background

  After briefly trying exa, I decided to alias it to replace ls for a trial period. Then I discovered that the ls -al --ignore="[^.]*" command couldn't be directly replaced since exa doesn't have an ignore parameter.

  Aug 16, 2022 Author: xz-dev Category: Linux Read more →