\hypersetup{colorlinks=true, linkcolor=Black, citecolor=Black, filecolor=Blue,
urlcolor=Blue, unicode=true}
-% add bibliographic stuff
+% list of footnote symbols for \thanks{}
+\makeatletter
+\renewcommand*{\@fnsymbol}[1]{\ensuremath{\ifcase#1\or *\or \dagger\or \ddagger\or
+ \mathsection\or \mathparagraph\or \|\or **\or \dagger\dagger
+ \or \ddagger\ddagger \else\@ctrerr\fi}}
+\makeatother
+\newcommand*\samethanks[1][\value{footnote}]{\footnotemark[#1]}
+
% add bibliographic stuff
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
% \input{vc}
% \pagestyle{mako-mem-git}
+% LATEX NOTE: this alternative line will just input a timestamp at the
+% build process, useful for sharelatex
+% \pagestyle{mako-mem-sharelatex}
+
\begin{document}
\setlength{\parskip}{4.5pt}