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paulmillr / active.md
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The count of contributions (summary of Pull Requests, opened issues and commits) to public repos at GitHub.com from Wed, 21 Sep 2022 till Thu, 21 Sep 2023.

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@HusseinMorsy
HusseinMorsy / pomodoro.rb
Created March 18, 2012 00:33
script for pomodoro timer with tmux and Pomodoro-App
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# for use with ugol's pomodoro app (https://github.com/ugol/pomodoro) and tmux
# use applescript to set the time
# How to use it:
# 1. Open preferences from the pomodoro app
# 2. Choose script
# 3. Set start, reset and end to: do shell script "/usr/local/bin/pomodoro reset"
# 4. set every 1 min to: do shell script "/usr/local/bin/pomodoro decrease"
@ttscoff
ttscoff / tp-dailylog.rb
Created February 26, 2012 04:33
Daily background logger to write completed TaskPaper tasks (system-wide) to a Day One entry
#!/usr/bin/ruby
# tp-dailylog.rb - Log TaskPaper tasks completed on the current day to a Day One entry
# Brett Terpstra 2012 <http://brettterpstra.com>
#
# Run it with launchd at 11pm and forget about it
#
# Notes:
# * Uses `mdfind` to locate all .taskpaper files changed in the last day
# * Scans for @done(xxxx-xx-xx) tags in each line matching today's date
# * Does not alter TaskPaper files in any way
@alblue
alblue / .gitignore
Created February 12, 2012 10:29
RSS Importer for Jekyll
jekyll
@rlemon
rlemon / seabandoned.user.js
Created January 24, 2012 16:15
abandoned user script
// ==UserScript==
// @name LookAtMeINeedFlags
// @author rlemon, jamesgifford
// @version 0.2
// @namespace rlemon.com
// @description Flag SE Questions as Duplicates / Abandoned
// @include http://*stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http://*superuser.com/*
// @include http://*serverfault.com/*
// @include http://*askubuntu.com/*
@benjaminws
benjaminws / bounce_shoes.rb
Created January 22, 2012 21:24
Learning ruby with shoes!
# KBounce clone
# Setup a basic canvas, 600x400, not resizable
Shoes.app :width => 600, :height => 400, :resizable => false do
background black
# Put our vertical and horizontal baracades in a list
@linesv = []
@linesh = []
@isaacsanders
isaacsanders / Equity.md
Created January 21, 2012 15:32
Joel Spolsky on Equity for Startups

This is a post by Joel Spolsky. The original post is linked at the bottom.

This is such a common question here and elsewhere that I will attempt to write the world's most canonical answer to this question. Hopefully in the future when someone on answers.onstartups asks how to split up the ownership of their new company, you can simply point to this answer.

The most important principle: Fairness, and the perception of fairness, is much more valuable than owning a large stake. Almost everything that can go wrong in a startup will go wrong, and one of the biggest things that can go wrong is huge, angry, shouting matches between the founders as to who worked harder, who owns more, whose idea was it anyway, etc. That is why I would always rather split a new company 50-50 with a friend than insist on owning 60% because "it was my idea," or because "I was more experienced" or anything else. Why? Because if I split the company 60-40, the company is going to fail when we argue ourselves to death. And if you ju

@jimbojsb
jimbojsb / gist:1630790
Created January 18, 2012 03:52
Code highlighting for Keynote presentations

Step 0:

Get Homebrew installed on your mac if you don't already have it

Step 1:

Install highlight. "brew install highlight". (This brings down Lua and Boost as well)

Step 2:

@rvandervort
rvandervort / pascal.rb
Created January 6, 2012 08:56
Pascal's Triangle in Ruby
def pascal_calc(row_num)
if row_num == 0
return [1]
end
previous = pascal_calc(row_num - 1)
ret = []
(previous.length - 1).times do |i|
@JeffreyWay
JeffreyWay / gist:1525217
Created December 27, 2011 21:29
Instant Server for Current Directory
alias server='open http://localhost:8000 && python -m SimpleHTTPServer'