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#
#
# weight.rb (A Ruby on Rails Model).
# Lets you pick a row from a table randomly based on the rows weight.
#
# Your table will need three columns:
#  - weight       (float)
#  - weight_begin (float)
#  - weight_end   (float)
#

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#
# The dumbest piece of code I've EVER written.
#
# I REALLY don't know WTF I was thinking, or not thinking.
# I must have been drunk and asleep while I wrote this method.
#
# It's not only stupid, but IT DOESN'T EVEN WORK! *stabs self in face*
#

def stupid_method

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for (var i=0; i < 100000; i++) {
	db.mass_insert.save({
		"first_name": "James",
		"middle_name": "Richard",
		"last_name": "Windsgate",
		"email": "jamesrichardwindsgate@email.com"
	});
};

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#
# Run multiple system commands in parallel
#
def call_parallel(cmds = [], check_interval = nil)
  if cmds.size > 0
    threads, results = [], []
    cmds.each do |cmd|
      threads << Thread.new { results << [cmd, `#{cmd}`, $?] }
    end
    is_done = false

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# Dump database "hello_world"
$ ./dump_to_s3.rb hello_world
dumping hello_world database...
uploading /mnt/hello_world-2009-10-30_12-11-44.sql_aa to S3.
uploading /mnt/hello_world-2009-10-30_12-11-44.sql_ab to S3.
uploading /mnt/hello_world-2009-10-30_12-11-44.sql_ac to S3.

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NOTE

This gist is now deprecated as I've finally sorted out and made my dotfiles public.

My ~/.gitconfig is available here, and my git-related shell setup here.

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# A simple Ruby method which checks if the current script
# is running as root, and if not, re-invokes itself by
# using the sudo command.

def sudome
  if ENV["USER"] != "root"
    exec("sudo #{ENV['_']} #{ARGV.join(' ')}")
  end
end

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require "rubygems"
require "friendly"
require "models/user"

Friendly.configure(
  :adapter  => "mysql",
  :host     => "localhost",
  :user     => "root",
  :password => "boot",
  :database => "friendlyplay"

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.DS_Store
data.rb
results.txt

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#! /usr/bin/env ruby

#
# Convert a MySQL database from latin1 to utf8 charset.
#
# Based on the short but slightly limited shell script in this article:
# http://yoonkit.blogspot.com/2006/03/mysql-charset-from-latin1-to-utf8.html
#
# Use at your own risk! I take not responsiblity for anything or
# anyone that might be damaged, lost, or killed from using this