aras-p

// Just before switching jobs:
// Add one of these.
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
//
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
//
// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,

willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

chergert

/* gcc iobomb.c -o libiobomb.so -shared -fPIC -lpthread */

#include <assert.h>
#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>

MohamedAlaa

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname

jboner

Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
L1 cache reference                           0.5 ns
Branch mispredict                            5   ns
L2 cache reference                           7   ns                      14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock                           25   ns
Main memory reference                      100   ns                      20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy             3,000   ns        3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network       10,000   ns       10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD*             150,000   ns      150 us          ~1GB/sec SSD

RedBeard0531

// derived from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms_for_calculating_variance#Parallel_algorithm

function map() {
    emit(1, // Or put a GROUP BY key here
         {sum: this.value, // the field you want stats for
          min: this.value,
          max: this.value,
          count:1,
          diff: 0, // M2,n:  sum((val-mean)^2)
    });

trodrigues

If you want to clone an svn repository with git-svn but don't want it to push all the existing branches, here's what you should do.

* Clone with git-svn using the -T parameter to define your trunk path inside the svnrepo, at the same time instructing it to clone only the trunk:
  
  git svn clone -T trunk http://example.com/PROJECT

* If instead of cloning trunk you just want to clone a certain branch, do the same thing but change the path given to -T:

  git svn clone -T branches/somefeature http://example.com/PROJECT