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@banksean
banksean / mersenne-twister.js
Created February 10, 2010 16:24
a Mersenne Twister implementation in javascript. Makes up for Math.random() not letting you specify a seed value.
/*
I've wrapped Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura's code in a namespace
so it's better encapsulated. Now you can have multiple random number generators
and they won't stomp all over eachother's state.
If you want to use this as a substitute for Math.random(), use the random()
method like so:
var m = new MersenneTwister();
@endolith
endolith / readme.md
Last active March 27, 2025 16:57
How to stream a webcam to a web browser in Ubuntu

Grr this took hours to figure out. I was trying to install MJPG-streamer and running VLC command lines and all this crap but nothing worked.

First install motion:

~> sudo apt-get install motion

Then create a config file:

~> mkdir ~/.motion

~> nano ~/.motion/motion.conf

@hellerbarde
hellerbarde / latency.markdown
Created May 31, 2012 13:16 — forked from jboner/latency.txt
Latency numbers every programmer should know

Latency numbers every programmer should know

L1 cache reference ......................... 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict ............................ 5 ns
L2 cache reference ........................... 7 ns
Mutex lock/unlock ........................... 25 ns
Main memory reference ...................... 100 ns             
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy ............. 3,000 ns  =   3 Β΅s
Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network ....... 20,000 ns  =  20 Β΅s
SSD random read ........................ 150,000 ns  = 150 Β΅s

Read 1 MB sequentially from memory ..... 250,000 ns = 250 Β΅s

@wavded
wavded / promise.js
Last active May 6, 2021 13:25
Promise A+ Implementation
"use strict"
var Promise = function () {
this.state = 'pending'
this.thenables = []
}
Promise.prototype.resolve = function (value) {
if (this.state != 'pending') return
this.state = 'fulfilled'
@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active August 5, 2025 00:46
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@plentz
plentz / nginx.conf
Last active August 14, 2025 00:51
Best nginx configuration for improved security(and performance)
# to generate your dhparam.pem file, run in the terminal
openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem 2048
@rxaviers
rxaviers / gist:7360908
Last active August 14, 2025 06:41
Complete list of github markdown emoji markup

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@lelandbatey
lelandbatey / whiteboardCleaner.md
Last active May 20, 2025 13:11
Whiteboard Picture Cleaner - Shell one-liner/script to clean up and beautify photos of whiteboards!

Description

This simple script will take a picture of a whiteboard and use parts of the ImageMagick library with sane defaults to clean it up tremendously.

The script is here:

#!/bin/bash
convert "$1" -morphology Convolve DoG:15,100,0 -negate -normalize -blur 0x1 -channel RBG -level 60%,91%,0.1 "$2"

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@Rich-Harris
Rich-Harris / promise.js
Last active August 27, 2022 14:59
ES6 Promise polyfill
( function ( global ) {
'use strict';
var Promise, PENDING = {}, FULFILLED = {}, REJECTED = {};
if ( typeof global.Promise === 'function' ) {
Promise = global.Promise;
} else {
Promise = function ( callback ) {
@jdx
jdx / boot.js
Last active August 11, 2024 13:00
zero-downtime node.js app runner
// This script will boot app.js with the number of workers
// specified in WORKER_COUNT.
//
// The master will respond to SIGHUP, which will trigger
// restarting all the workers and reloading the app.
var cluster = require('cluster');
var workerCount = process.env.WORKER_COUNT || 2;
// Defines what each worker needs to run