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Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

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Convert XPS to PDF on Linux and Mac

1. Download this file

2. chmod +x ./xps2pdf.bash

3. To convert a particular xps file: ./xps2pdf.bash thefile.xps

4. To convert all xps files in the current working directory: ./xps2pdf.bash *.xps

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from multiprocessing import Process
import time
import redis

# publish random message 
def pub(myredis):
    for n in range(10):
        myredis.publish('channel_rand','blah %d' % n)
        time.sleep(1)

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import gnsq
conn = gnsq.Nsqd(address='localhost', http_port=4151)

conn.publish('topic_name', 'hello gevent!')
conn.publish('topic_name', 'hello nsq!')

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-

import time

from pymongo import MongoClient
from prometheus_client import start_http_server
from prometheus_client.core import GaugeMetricFamily, CounterMetricFamily, REGISTRY

from config.settings import MONGO_USER, MONGO_PASS, MONGO_URL, MONGO_DBNAME

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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

Convert WAV to MP3, mix down to mono (use 1 audio channel), set bit rate to 64 kbps and sample rate to 22050 Hz:

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/*jshint  esnext:true*/
// see https://gitlab.com/help/web_hooks/web_hooks for full json posted by GitLab
const NOTIF_COLOR = '#6498CC';
const refParser = (ref) => ref.replace(/^.*?([^\/]+)$/,'$1');

class Script {
	process_incoming_request({request}) {
		try {
			switch(request.headers['x-gitlab-event']){
				case 'Push Hook':

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IPsec/L2TP VPN Auto Install Script for Ubuntu/Debian

Amazon EC2 user-data file for automatic configuration of IPsec/L2TP VPN server on a Ubuntu or Debian instance. Tested with Ubuntu 14.04 & 12.04 and Debian 8 (Jessie).

With minor modifications, this script can also be used on dedicated servers or any KVM- or XEN- based Virtual Private Server (VPS) from other providers.

My VPN tutorial with detailed usage instructions

Alternative VPN script for CentOS/RHEL
Original post by Thomas Sarlandie

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#!/usr/bin/python 
# -*- encoding: UTF-8 -*-

import codecs
import sys
from math import log
from collections import defaultdict

class Trie (object):
    class TrieNode:

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