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pretend to be busy in office to enjoy a cup of coffee
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Hide or show Desktop Icons on MacOS
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tail, with specific pattern colored

Schedule a script or command in x num hours, silently run in the background even if logged out
doesn't require "at", change the "2h" to whatever you want... (deafult unit for sleep is seconds)

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