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function keepTrying(otherArgs, promise) {
	promise = promise||new Promise();
	
	// try doing the important thing
	
	if(success) {
		promise.resolve(result);
	} else {
		setTimeout(function() {
			keepTrying(otherArgs, promise);

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When a beginner asks you "when do I use semi-colons?" would you rather say this?

// what people who say "use semicolons!!" say
class Foo {
  prop = {
  }; // yes

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

verbose = ARGV[0] == '-v'

def colorize(text, color_code)
  "\e[#{color_code}m#{text}\e[0m"
end

def red(text); colorize(text, 31); end
def green(text); colorize(text, 32); end

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require 'aws-sdk'
require 'securerandom'
require 'pp'

$dynamo = AWS::DynamoDB.new(
  access_key_id: 'blah',
  secret_access_key: 'blah/blah/blah',
  )

$table = $dynamo.tables['some-table-name-here']