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@isaacs
isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active April 14, 2025 11:07
Use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo. Discussed in more detail at http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/ Note: npm >=0.3 is *safer* when using sudo.
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
@lucasfais
lucasfais / gist:1207002
Created September 9, 2011 18:46
Sublime Text 2 - Useful Shortcuts

Sublime Text 2 – Useful Shortcuts (Mac OS X)

General

⌘T go to file
⌘⌃P go to project
⌘R go to methods
⌃G go to line
⌘KB toggle side bar
⌘⇧P command prompt
@henrik
henrik / ocr.markdown
Created March 3, 2012 17:07
OCR on OS X with tesseract

Install ImageMagick for image conversion:

brew install imagemagick

Install tesseract for OCR:

brew install tesseract --all-languages

Or install without --all-languages and install them manually as needed.

@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active May 9, 2025 18:09
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@hugorodgerbrown
hugorodgerbrown / md_to_rst.sh
Last active March 26, 2023 16:57
Shell script for converting a batch of *.md files into *.rst using pandoc.
# This script was created to convert a directory full
# of markdown files into rst equivalents. It uses
# pandoc to do the conversion.
#
# 1. Install pandoc from http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
# 2. Copy this script into the directory containing the .md files
# 3. Ensure that the script has execute permissions
# 4. Run the script
#
# By default this will keep the original .md file
@reagle
reagle / gist:5591363
Created May 16, 2013 12:25
The program I used to analyze the balance of gender coverage in Wikipedia and Britannica. The gender guessing heuristics might be useful to others.
#!/usr/bin/python2.6
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# (c) Copyright 2011-2013 by Joseph Reagle
# Licensed under the GPLv3, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>
import codecs
from difflib import SequenceMatcher
from cfiledict import FileDict # compressed FileDict
#from filedict import FileDict # http://erezsh.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/filedict-a-persistent-dictionary-in-python/
import logging
anonymous
anonymous / night-before-opsmas.txt
Created December 24, 2013 07:19
Twas the night before Opsmas..
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the racks
Not a server was alerting, not even Compaqs.
The backups were written to tapes with care
In hopes that later the data would be there.
The machines were nestled all snug in their sleds
Whilst visions of vengeance danced in their heads;
And oncall in his three-wolf and I in my rack.
Had just settled down for some syn and some ack.
@hectorperez
hectorperez / copy word under cursor in Vim.txt
Created August 7, 2014 13:37
copy word under cursor in Vim
copy/delete word under cursor in Vim
yw / byw
Assuming that the cursor is at the first character of the word simply do this in command mode:
yw
y is for yank and w is for word.
Other ways of doing the same thing which are not as efficient:
vey
the v starts visual select mode. e tells vim to move to end of word. y yanks or copies the word. to delete replace y with x.
@jasonrhodes
jasonrhodes / nodeschool-empirenode-2014.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:08
Slide link and other links from my NodeSchool talk for EmpireNode 2014
@paulirish
paulirish / what-forces-layout.md
Last active May 16, 2025 17:21
What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics
  • elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent