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# aeris_response.py
# response_dict is the dictionary returned from a requests.Response.json() method
# call. 
#
# Details regarding the response fields can be found at: 
# https://www.aerisweather.com/support/docs/api/reference/endpoints/observations/#response

response_dict = {
    "success": True,
    "error": None,

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m = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]

m_t = list(map(list,zip(*m)))

# m_t is now -> [[1,4,7], [2,5,8], [3,6,9]]

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"""
linecodes.py
Credit: StackOverflow via Bas Swinckels
URL: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20037521/845744
"""
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

def my_lines(ax, pos, *args, **kwargs):
    if ax == 'x':

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# Makefile
# 
# Converts Markdown to other formats (HTML, PDF, DOCX, RTF, ODT, EPUB) using Pandoc
# <http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/>
#
# Run "make" (or "make all") to convert to all other formats
#
# Run "make clean" to delete converted files

# Convert all files in this directory that have a .md suffix

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse

def read(f):
    """Reads the contents of param=value file and returns a dict"""
    d = {}

    with open(f,'r') as fin:
        for item in fin.readlines():

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/* See: http://jsfiddle.net/oh16h7cj/ */
function addRowHandlers() {
    var table = document.getElementById("tableId");
    var rows = table.getElementsByTagName("tr");
    for (i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
        var currentRow = table.rows[i];
        var createClickHandler = 
            function(row) 
        {
            return function() { 

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;;; org-airmail.el - Support for links to Airmail 3 messages in Org

(require 'org)

(org-add-link-type "airmail" 'org-airmail-open)

(defun org-airmail-open (url)
  "Visit the Airmail message referenced by URL.
URL should be a vaid Airmail message url retrieved from Airmail with
'Copy Message Link'."

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OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Author: Forrest Smith
import RPi.GPIO as io
import time


class USSensor():
    '''Simple class for interfacing an HC-SR04'''

    def __init__(self, echo=None, trigger=None):

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Making Chiptune Music using Sonic Pi v2.0

Warning: this might not work on a RaspberryPi yet

I was curious about making retro gaming sounds using Sonic Pi. A couple of months and a lot of Googling later, here's the original Mario Bros theme as it was heard on the NES console.

I'm (just about) old enough to remember rushing home from school to play this game at Philip Boucher's house, sitting cross-legged in front of the TV till my feet got pins and needles. Working out how to recreate it for Sonic Pi was a lot of fun!

Getting the sounds of the NES chip