yossorion

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

sAbakumoff

• nylas/N1 💌 An extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web.
• black-screen/black-screen A terminal emulator for the 21st century.
• shockone/black-screen A terminal emulator for the 21st century.
• ptmt/react-native-macos React Native for macOS
• docker/kitematic Visual Docker Container Management on Mac & Windows
• kitematic/kitematic Visual Docker Container Management on Mac & Windows
• davezuko/wirk-starter Get started with React, Redux, and React-Router!
• TelescopeJS/Telescope 🔭 An open-source social news app built with Meteor & React
• coryhouse/react-slingshot React + Redux starter kit / boile

yurivish

// Since `overlapArea` function is monotonic increasing, we can perform a
// simple bisection search to find the distance that leads to an overlap
// area within epsilon of the desired overlap.
function distanceForOverlapArea(r1, r2, desiredOverlap) {
    // Ensure r1 <= r2
    if (r1 > r2) {
        var temp = r2;
        r2 = r1;
        r1 = temp;
    }

leonardofed

A curated list of AWS resources to prepare for the AWS Certifications

A curated list of awesome AWS resources you need to prepare for the all 5 AWS Certifications. This gist will include: open source repos, blogs & blogposts, ebooks, PDF, whitepapers, video courses, free lecture, slides, sample test and many other resources.

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alirobe

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### UPDATE: For Win 11, I recommend using this tool in place of this script: 
### https://christitus.com/windows-tool/
### https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
### https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UQZ5oQg8XA
### iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win | iex
###
### OR take a look at 
### https://github.com/HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security

hfreire

# Install QEMU OSX port with ARM support
sudo port install qemu +target_arm
export QEMU=$(which qemu-system-arm)

# Dowload kernel and export location
curl -OL \
https://github.com/dhruvvyas90/qemu-rpi-kernel/blob/master/kernel-qemu-4.1.7-jessie
export RPI_KERNEL=./kernel-qemu-4.1.7-jessie

# Download filesystem and export location

Timopheym

var request = require("request");
var fs = require("fs");

var api_root = 'http://widgets.pinterest.com/v3/pidgets/boards/';
var sync_dir = './images', image_url, image_path, current_user_boards, current_user_name, board_dir;

var users = {
	timopheym : [
		'skatches',
		'home',

protrolium

ffmpeg

Converting Audio into Different Formats / Sample Rates

Minimal example: transcode from MP3 to WMA:
ffmpeg -i input.mp3 output.wma

You can get the list of supported formats with:
ffmpeg -formats

You can get the list of installed codecs with:

emdagon

# see https://github.com/reactjs/react-meteor
# and https://github.com/jhartma/meteor-cjsx

@IncludeTemplate = React.createClass

  componentDidMount: () ->
    componentRoot = React.findDOMNode(@)
    parentNode = componentRoot.parentNode
    parentNode.removeChild(componentRoot);
    Blaze.render @props.template, parentNode

willyg302

config:
  FunctionName: aws-lambda-aes-gist
  Handler: index.handler
  Runtime: nodejs
  Description: A Lambda function for AES encryption/decryption, from a Gist!
install: npm install --production