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/*
This must be added to ~/.gradle/init.gradle or to a .gradle file under ~/.gradle/init.d/ before applying.

initscript {
    repositories {
        maven {
            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
        }
    }
    dependencies {

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function emu() {
	green=$(tput setaf 64)
	reset=$(tput sgr0)

	# is VBoxManage available on the machine?
    if hash VBoxManage 2>/dev/null; then
      # print the emu:
      echo "${green}"
      echo '
      /-/-=/-=

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#!/usr/bin/python

# For the reddit daily programmer challenge

# Challenge: http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/y5svk/8132012_challenge_88_intermediate_printing_out_a/
# Solution: http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/y5svk/8132012_challenge_88_intermediate_printing_out_a/c5soy7s
# run code at http://ideone.com/yFOA4
# by @dvoiss on github / @daveasaurus on reddit

# Two variations:

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#!/usr/bin/python

# For the reddit daily programmer challenge

# Challenge: http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/y5sox/8132012_challenge_88_easy_vigen%C3%A8re_cipher/
# Solution: http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/y5sox/8132012_challenge_88_easy_vigen%C3%A8re_cipher/c5socop
# by @dvoiss on github / @daveasaurus on reddit

from string import ascii_uppercase as up

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# http://programmingpraxis.com/2010/06/01/unwrapping-a-spiral/
# Unwrapping A Spiral

#  1  2  3  4
#  5  6  7  8
#  9 10 11 12
# 13 14 15 16
# 17 18 19 20

# input assumption:

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# http://programmingpraxis.com/2009/06/30/steve-yegges-phone-screen-coding-exercises/
# Steve Yegge's Phone screen questions

# reverse-string
# built-in in python: input[::-1] => "gnirts-tset"
def reverse_string(input, input_length):
	result = ""
	i = input_length - 1
	while i >= 0:
		result += input[i]

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# programming praxis:
# http://programmingpraxis.com/2011/02/15/google-code-jam-qualification-round-africa-2010/
# "Today's three programming exercises come from the Google Code Jam Qualification Round Africa 2010"

# 1.
# find the index of the two items that add up to the total credit amount
def store_credit(sample, credit):
	for i, x in enumerate(sample):
		for j, y in enumerate(sample):
			if x + y == credit and i != j:

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#!/usr/bin/python

# For the reddit daily programmer challenge

# Challenge: http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/y2lbv/8102012_challenge_87_difficult_sokoban_game/
# Solution: http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/y2lbv/8102012_challenge_87_difficult_sokoban_game/c5rv38d
# by @dvoiss on github / @daveasaurus on reddit

# Uses curses and plays in the terminal. This started out pretty minimal but 
# then grew a bit in complexity, so it isn't very clean: the grid is a 

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#!/usr/bin/env python

# convert english to pig-latin and pig-latin to english
# solution for: http://programmingpraxis.com/2009/06/02/pig-latin/2/

# rules:
# words that start with a consonant and followed immediately by a vowel,
# such as 'sorry' become 'orry-say', (first letter plus 'ay')
# words that start with vowels: 'amazing' => 'amazing-way' ('way' is appended)

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#!/usr/bin/python

# Challenge: http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/xx97s/882012_challenge_86_intermediate_weekday/
# Solution: http://www.reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer/comments/xx97s/882012_challenge_86_intermediate_weekday/c5qgu1k
# Run code online: http://ideone.com/HIyf7

import sys

# this example assumes proper dates are entered (there are no safety checks performed)
if len(sys.argv) == 1: