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ghoseb / factorial.py
Created November 14, 2008 18:58
The evolution of a Python Programmer
#Newbie programmer
def factorial(x):
if x == 0:
return 1
else:
return x * factorial(x - 1)
print factorial(6)
#First year programmer, studied Pascal
@alexbowe
alexbowe / nltk-intro.py
Created March 21, 2011 12:59
Demonstration of extracting key phrases with NLTK in Python
import nltk
text = """The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital
computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain
or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha...which is
to demean oneself."""
# Used when tokenizing words
sentence_re = r'''(?x) # set flag to allow verbose regexps
([A-Z])(\.[A-Z])+\.? # abbreviations, e.g. U.S.A.
@dstufft
dstufft / gist:997475
Created May 29, 2011 04:48
Configuration Files for Nginx + Gunicorn + Supervisord
We couldn’t find that file to show.
@numan
numan / autoscaling_boto.py
Created July 17, 2011 00:42
Example of setting up AWS auto scaling using boto API
"""
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2011 Numan Sachwani
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
so, subject to the following conditions:
@lucasallan
lucasallan / install_postgis_osx.sh
Created September 6, 2011 21:03 — forked from klebervirgilio/install_postgis_osx.sh
Installing PostGIS on Mac OS X and Ubuntu
# Some good references are:
# http://russbrooks.com/2010/11/25/install-postgresql-9-on-os-x
# http://www.paolocorti.net/2008/01/30/installing-postgis-on-ubuntu/
# http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/ch02.html#id2630392
#1. Install PostgreSQL postgis and postgres
brew install postgis
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
@jimbojsb
jimbojsb / gist:1630790
Created January 18, 2012 03:52
Code highlighting for Keynote presentations

Step 0:

Get Homebrew installed on your mac if you don't already have it

Step 1:

Install highlight. "brew install highlight". (This brings down Lua and Boost as well)

Step 2:

@michaelgwelch
michaelgwelch / link_story2.user.js
Created March 24, 2012 16:13
A greasemonkey script that creates a link from commit to story on pivotal tracker
@comp615
comp615 / leaflet_numbered_markers.css
Created April 2, 2012 23:51
Numbered Markers in Leaflet (JS Mapping)
.leaflet-div-icon {
background: transparent;
border: none;
}
.leaflet-marker-icon .number{
position: relative;
top: -37px;
font-size: 12px;
width: 25px;
@Guerino1
Guerino1 / index.html
Created April 3, 2012 20:24
Simple D3 Pie Chart with Magnitudes in Arcs and Legends Outside and Along Arcs
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Testing Pie Chart</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://mbostock.github.com/d3/d3.js?2.4.5"></script>
<!-- Source for example located at: http://bl.ocks.org/1203641 -->
@garnaat
garnaat / gist:2917662
Created June 12, 2012 13:55
Example using boto to create an IAM role and associate it with an EC2 instance
In [1]: policy = """{
...: "Statement":[{
...: "Effect":"Allow",
...: "Action":["s3:*"],
...: "Resource":["arn:aws:s3:::mybucket"]}]}"""
In [2]: import boto
In [4]: c = boto.connect_iam()
In [5]: instance_profile = c.create_instance_profile('myinstanceprofile')
In [6]: role = c.create_role('myrole')
In [7]: c.add_role_to_instance_profile('myinstanceprofile', 'myrole')