A. Fox WTFox

Install

Either copy the aliases from the .gitconfig or run the commands in add-pr-alias.sh

Usage

Easily checkout local copies of pull requests from remotes:

git pr 4 - creates local branch pr/4 from the github upstream(if it exists) or origin remote and checks it out
git pr 4 someremote - creates local branch pr/4 from someremote remote and checks it out

C# For Python Programmers

Syntax and core concepts

Basic Syntax

Single-line comments are started with //. Multi-line comments are started with /* and ended with */.
C# uses braces ({ and }) instead of indentation to organize code into blocks. If a block is a single line, the braces can be omitted. For example,

Useful Pandas Snippets

A personal diary of DataFrame munging over the years.

Data Types and Conversion

Convert Series datatype to numeric (will error if column has non-numeric values)
(h/t @makmanalp)

How to implement a custom search for Hugo usig Gruntjs and Lunrjs.

Requirements

Install the following tools:

Setup

Python 2.7. Unicode Errors Simply Explained

I know I'm late with this article for about 5 years or so, but people are still using Python 2.x, so this subject is relevant I think.

Some facts first:

Unicode is an international encoding standard for use with different languages and scripts
In python-2.x, there are two types that deal with text.
1. str is an 8-bit string.

unicode is for strings of unicode code points.

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

	# Executes a Stored Procedure from Powershell and returns the first output DataTable
	function Exec-Sproc{
	param($Conn, $Sproc, $Parameters=@{})

	$SqlCmd = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
	$SqlCmd.CommandType = [System.Data.CommandType]::StoredProcedure
	$SqlCmd.Connection = $Conn
	$SqlCmd.CommandText = $Sproc
	foreach($p in $Parameters.Keys){
	[Void] $SqlCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@$p",$Parameters[$p])

	--taken from http://benguild.com/2012/04/11/how-to-import-tasks-to-do-items-into-ios-reminders/#comment-1346894559
	--set theFileContents to (read file "Users:n8henrie:Desktop:Reminders.txt") -- Change this to the path to your downloaded text file with your tasks in it! (Note the : instead of a / between folders) Or, just name them Reminders.txt and put them in your downloads folder
	--set theLines to paragraphs of theFileContents

	set theLines to {"task name 1", "task name 2"}
	repeat with eachLine in theLines
	tell application "Reminders"
	set mylist to list "Your List Name"
	tell mylist
	make new reminder at end with properties {name:eachLine, due date:date "7/10/2014 3:00 PM"}

	#!/bin/bash
	#####################################################
	# Name: Bash CheatSheet for Mac OSX
	#
	# A little overlook of the Bash basics
	#
	# Usage:
	#
	# Author: J. Le Coupanec
	# Date: 2014/11/04

	# <type>: (If applied, this commit will...) <subject> (Max 50 char)
	# \|<---- Using a Maximum Of 50 Characters ---->\|


	# Explain why this change is being made
	# \|<---- Try To Limit Each Line to a Maximum Of 72 Characters ---->\|

	# Provide links or keys to any relevant tickets, articles or other resources
	# Example: Github issue #23