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import UIKit

extension UIImage {
    func tinted(withLinearGradient gradient: CGGradient, fromTop: Bool = true, blendMode: CGBlendMode = CGBlendMode.normal) -> UIImage {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, false, self.scale);
        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!
        context.translateBy(x: 0, y: self.size.height)
        context.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)

        context.setBlendMode(blendMode)

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//
//  UIColor+Hex.swift
// 
//

import UIKit

extension UIColor {
    convenience init(colorWithHexValue value: Int, alpha:CGFloat = 1.0){
        self.init(

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let rx_request = Observable<Value>.create { (observer) -> Disposable in
            let requestReference = Alamofire.request(.POST, url, parameters: payload)
                .responseJSON(completionHandler: { (response) in
                    if let value = response.result.value {
                        observer.onNext(value)
                        observer.onCompleted()
                    }else if let error = response.result.error {
                        observer.onError(error)
                    }
                })

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Videos

• Introduction to Functional Programming Johannes Weiß - https://vimeo.com/100786088
• ReactiveCocoa at MobiDevDay Andrew Sardone - https://vimeo.com/65637501
• The Future Of ReactiveCocoa Justin Spahr-Summers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICNjRS2X8WM
• Enemy of the State Justin Spahr-Summers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AqXBuJOJkY
• WWDC 2014 Session 229 - Advanced iOS Application Architecture and Patterns Andy Matuschak - https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2014/229/
• Functioning as a Functionalist Andy Matuschak - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJosPrqBqrA
• Controlling Complexity in Swift Andy Matuschak - https://realm.io/news/andy-matuschak-controlling-complexity/

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/*

In response of Tom Lokhort's article.
A third alternative: alternative 2 under steroïds
---
Source: http://tom.lokhorst.eu/2017/07/strongly-typed-identifiers-in-swift
*/

struct GenericIdentifier<T>: RawRepresentable, Hashable, Equatable {
    let rawValue: String

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#!/usr/bin/env xcrun swift -O

/*
gen.swift is a direct port of cfdrake's helloevolve.py from Python 2.7 to Swift 3
-------------------- https://gist.github.com/cfdrake/973505 ---------------------
gen.swift implements a genetic algorithm that starts with a base
population of randomly generated strings, iterates over a certain number of
generations while implementing 'natural selection', and prints out the most fit
string.
The parameters of the simulation can be changed by modifying one of the many

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set -e

defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 5 
defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 1
killall Dock

# restore defaults
# defaults delete com.apple.Dock autohide-delay

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How I setup my machine after a fresh install

Download and Install Applications

1. Install Dropbox
2. Install 1Password
3. Install Alfred
4. Install Skype
5. Install iTerm
6. Install Cloud App
7. Install BetterTouchTool

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Set up a new os x laptop

Steps to setup a new OS X laptop with a data science & computational biology development environment.

Last updated: 7 Jan 2017 macOS: Yosemite => Sierra

Sure you could try to do this from dotfiles, but historically something has broken and required manual input anyway. So, inspired by the pragmatism of paul irish bash setup script and a few other gists written in markdown like this, I rolled my own.

Some design considerations:

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" sVimrc
let lastactivetablimit = 50
let lastclosedtablimit = 50
let scrollduration = 20
let scrollstep = 160
let homeurl = "http://google.com"
let newtaburl = "http://google.com"

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