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@yura
yura / pdf2jpg.sh
Created November 10, 2010 15:18
script to PDF to JPG using pdftk and imagemagick
#!/bin/bash
# Script to convert PDF file to JPG images
#
# Dependencies:
# * pdftk
# * imagemagick
PDF=$1
@pklaus
pklaus / ping.py
Created March 5, 2011 09:50
A pure python ping implementation using raw socket.
#!/usr/bin/env python2
"""
Other Repositories of python-ping
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* https://github.com/l4m3rx/python-ping supports Python2 and Python3
* https://bitbucket.org/delroth/python-ping
@karthick18
karthick18 / splice.c
Created September 22, 2011 06:31
An example copy of a file to output file using the splice syscall that avoids copying to/from user space buffers to kernel space by employing pipe buffers allocated in kernel space for fast data transfers between 2 files
/*
* An example using splice syscall which avoids copying to/from user space buffers to kernel space
* and uses the pipe buffers allocated in kernel space as an intermediate to directly xfer from one file to another
*
* gcc -o splice splice.c -g
*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
@dabrahams
dabrahams / private_access.cpp
Created December 28, 2011 17:50
Accessing Private Data
#include <iostream>
// This is a rewrite and analysis of the technique in this article:
// http://bloglitb.blogspot.com/2010/07/access-to-private-members-thats-easy.html
// ------- Framework -------
// The little library required to work this magic
// Generate a static data member of type Tag::type in which to store
// the address of a private member. It is crucial that Tag does not
@mojavelinux
mojavelinux / Writing Tools Writeup.markdown
Created January 30, 2012 18:56 — forked from matthewmccullough/Writing Tools Writeup.md
How To Write A Technical Book (One Man's Modest Suggestions)
@hrldcpr
hrldcpr / tree.md
Last active September 1, 2024 07:04
one-line tree in python

One-line Tree in Python

Using Python's built-in defaultdict we can easily define a tree data structure:

def tree(): return defaultdict(tree)

That's it!

@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active November 18, 2024 08:23
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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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
@andreyvit
andreyvit / tmux.md
Created June 13, 2012 03:41
tmux cheatsheet

tmux cheat sheet

(C-x means ctrl+x, M-x means alt+x)

Prefix key

The default prefix is C-b. If you (or your muscle memory) prefer C-a, you need to add this to ~/.tmux.conf:

remap prefix to Control + a

@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active November 18, 2024 18:38
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@vi
vi / README
Created September 5, 2012 03:16
Create tun/tap device that just copies all packets to/from the given ethernet interface.
Primary use case: workaround non-working "ip link set wlan0 netns ..." for some network drivers.
Secondary use case: simple demo for getting/setting the MAC address, tun/tap, raw sockets...
Pre-built version: http://vi-server.org/pub/tap_copy