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by a_e_k 2054 days ago
- Stand up an ad-hoc web server with `python -m http.server 8000` and use it fetch some photos onto the desktop over local wifi.

- Having a backup of my private repos and dot files that's always with me. Easily keep them up to date with a pull every now and then.

- Occasionally do some lightweight symbolic math or high precision arithmetic with Emacs' calc.

- Test the portability of a library I've been writing by building and running its test suite on a lower-powered ARM environment.