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@gcatlin
gcatlin / gist:1847248
Created February 16, 2012 19:43
Install specific version of Homebrew formula
brew update
brew versions FORMULA
cd `brew --prefix`
git checkout HASH Library/Formula/FORMULA.rb # use output of "brew versions"
brew install FORMULA
brew switch FORMULA VERSION
git checkout -- Library/Formula/FORMULA.rb # reset formula
## Example: Using Subversion 1.6.17
#
@datagrok
datagrok / gist:2199506
Last active August 22, 2024 14:21
Virtualenv's `bin/activate` is Doing It Wrong
@sankitch
sankitch / facebook_ogp.html
Created May 9, 2012 03:57
Octopress Facebook OGP
<meta property="og:title" content="{% if page.title %}{{ page.title }} - {% endif %}{{ site.title }}" />
<meta property="og:description" content="{{ description | strip_html | condense_spaces | truncate:150 }}" />
<meta property="og:url" content="{{ canonical }}" />
<meta property="og:image" content="{% if page.ogp_image %}{{ page.ogp_image }}{% else %}{{ site.default_ogp_image }}{% endif %}" />
<meta property="og:author" content="{{ site.author }}" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ site.title }}" />
<meta property="og:locale" content="{{ site.facebook_locale }}" />
<meta property="og:type" content="{% if page.index %}blog{% else %}article{% endif %}" />
<meta property="fb:app_id" content="{{ site.facebook_app_id }}" />
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active November 17, 2024 11:32
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
@shamansir
shamansir / gist:3007244
Created June 27, 2012 22:21
Test If Two Rotating Rectangles Intersect (SAT, JS)
// Excerpt from: https://github.com/Animatron/player/blob/master/anm.collisions.js
function edgeTest(p1, p2, p3, r2) {
var rot = [ -(p2[1] - p1[1]),
p2[0] - p1[0] ];
var ref = (rot[0] * (p3[0] - p1[0]) +
rot[1] * (p3[1] - p1[1])) >= 0;
for (var i = 0, il = r2.length; i < il; i+=2) {
@HKLF4
HKLF4 / audio_tag.rb
Created August 27, 2012 09:54
Octopress HTML5 Audio Tag
# Title:
# Octopress HTML5 Audio Tag
# http://antoncherkasov.me/projects/octopress-plugins
# Author:
# Anton Cherkasov
# http://antoncherkasov.me
# [email protected]
# Syntax:
# {% audio url/to/mp3 %}
# {% audio url/to/mp3 url/to/ogg %}
@nikcub
nikcub / README.md
Created October 4, 2012 13:06
Facebook PHP Source Code from August 2007
@zenorocha
zenorocha / README.md
Last active August 22, 2024 14:20
A template for Github READMEs (Markdown) + Sublime Snippet

Project Name

TODO: Write a project description

Installation

TODO: Describe the installation process

Usage

@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active November 5, 2024 18:44
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

@econchick
econchick / gist:4666413
Last active December 22, 2023 13:32
Python implementation of Dijkstra's Algorithm
class Graph:
def __init__(self):
self.nodes = set()
self.edges = defaultdict(list)
self.distances = {}
def add_node(self, value):
self.nodes.add(value)
def add_edge(self, from_node, to_node, distance):