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@giannisp
giannisp / gist:b53a76047b07751ed3ade3c1db1d2c51
Created November 18, 2016 05:50
Upgrade PostgreSQL 9.5.5 to 9.6.1 using Homebrew (macOS)
After automatically updating Postgres to 9.6.1 via Homebrew, the pg_ctl start command didn't work.
The error was something like "database files are incompatible with server".
Database files have to be updated before starting the server, here are the steps that had to be followed:
# need to have both 9.6.1 and latest 9.5.x installed, and keep 9.6.1 as default
brew unlink postgresql
brew install postgresql95
brew unlink postgresql95
brew link postgresql
@fredcy
fredcy / cartesian.elm
Last active November 2, 2019 18:03
Cartesian product of two lists in Elm
import Html exposing (text)
main =
text <| toString <| cartesian ["a", "b", "c"] [1..5]
cartesian : List a -> List b -> List (a,b)
cartesian xs ys =
List.concatMap
( \x -> List.map ( \y -> (x, y) ) ys )
xs
@scottsb
scottsb / casesafe.sh
Last active January 16, 2024 08:47 — forked from Hais/workspace.sh
Create and manage a case-sensitive disk-image on macOS (OS X).
#!/bin/bash
# ---------------------------------------------------------
# Customizable Settings
# ---------------------------------------------------------
MOUNT_POINT="${CASE_SAFE_MOUNT_POINT:-${HOME}/casesafe}"
VOLUME_PATH="${CASE_SAFE_VOLUME_PATH:-${HOME}/.casesafe.dmg.sparseimage}"
VOLUME_NAME="${CASE_SAFE_VOLUME_NAME:-casesafe}"
VOLUME_SIZE="${CASE_SAFE_VOLUME_SIZE:-60g}"
class Mind
def initialize
@random = Random.new
generate_code
end
def play
puts "Can you guess the code?\n\n"
10.times do
sysctl -w fs.file-max=12000500
sysctl -w fs.nr_open=20000500
ulimit -n 4000000
sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_mem='10000000 10000000 10000000'
sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rmem='1024 4096 16384'
sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_wmem='1024 4096 16384'
sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=16384
sysctl -w net.core.wmem_max=16384
wget http://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
m = mapnik.Map(1920, 1080)
mapnik.load_map(m, 'style.xml')
bbox = (-79, 35.5, -78.25, 36.25)
prj = mapnik.Projection(m.srs)
tileproj = GoogleProjection()
render_tiles(bbox, "tiledir/", minZoom = 9, maxZoom = 9)
import mapnik
from math import pi,cos,sin,log,exp,atan
import sys, os
DEG_TO_RAD = pi/180
RAD_TO_DEG = 180/pi
def minmax (a,b,c):
a = max(a,b)
a = min(a,c)
#!/usr/bin/sudo sh
## ruby_revealer.sh -- decrypt obfuscated GHE .rb files. 2.0.0 to 2.3.1+.
## From `strings ruby_concealer.so`:
##
## > This obfuscation is intended to discourage GitHub Enterprise customers
## > from making modifications to the VM.
##
## Well, good, as long as its not intended to discourage *me* from doing this!
@alanpeabody
alanpeabody / my_app.ex
Last active February 19, 2025 16:29
Websockets in Elixir with Cowboy and Plug
defmodule MyApp do
use Application
def start(_type, _args) do
import Supervisor.Spec, warn: false
children = [
Plug.Adapters.Cowboy.child_spec(:http, MyApp.Router, [], [
dispatch: dispatch
])