Ashish Kumar ashfame

list of links for quick copypasting when debating on forums, also useful as a reading list

this was posted on reddit, link is https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7mh8c2/long_live_decentralized_bitcoin_a_reading_list/

some of these links may be subject to linkrot, try looking on archive.org or archive.is

Summary / The fundamental tradeoff

a trip to the moon requires a rocket with multiple stages by gmaxwell https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/438hx0/a_trip_to_the_moon_requires_a_rocket_with/

Golang Workers / Job Queue

A running example of the code from:

This gist creates a working example from blog post, and a alternate example using simple worker pool.

TLDR: if you want simple and controlled concurrency use a worker pool.

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = [email protected]:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

	// This code has not been professionally audited.
	// Use at own risk.

	package main

	import (
	"crypto/rand"
	"crypto/sha256"
	"encoding/hex"
	"fmt"

	INITIALISATION
	==============

	load wp-config.php
	set up default constants
	load wp-content/advanced-cache.php if it exists
	load wp-content/db.php if it exists
	connect to mysql, select db
	load object cache (object-cache.php if it exists, or wp-include/cache.php if not)
	load wp-content/sunrise.php if it exists (multisite only)

	#!/bin/bash

	target_branch="production"
	working_tree="PATH_TO_DEPLOY"

	while read oldrev newrev refname
	do
	branch=$(git rev-parse --symbolic --abbrev-ref $refname)
	if [ -n "$branch" ] && [ "$target_branch" == "$branch" ]; then

	<?php

	/**
	* Drop this into the shell directory in the Magento root and run with -h to see all options.
	*/

	require_once 'abstract.php';

	/**
	* Fix duplicate url keys for categories and products to work with the 1.8 alpha1 CE url key constraints.

	<?php /*

	**************************************************************************

	Plugin Name: Generate Thumbnails On The Fly
	Description: When a thumbnail image is requested of a specific width/height (rather than by name), generate it if it doesn't exist.
	Version: 1.0.0
	Author: Alex Mills (Viper007Bond)
	Author URI: http://www.viper007bond.com/

	<?php
	/**
	* Set global/skip_process_modules_updates to '1' in app/etc/local.xml and
	* then use this script to apply updates and refresh the config cache without
	* causing a stampede on the config cache.
	*
	* @author Colin Mollenhour
	*/
	umask(0);
	ini_set('memory_limit','512M');