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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# OMG THIS CODE IS SO UGLY
# but...
# IT WORKS!!
#
# Hacked together by http://github.com/marcinbunsch
#
# This assumes the following:
# - That you're on a Mac

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str = '4/11/01'
# => "4/11/01"

str.sub!(/(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)/, '\\2/\\1/\\3')
# => "11/4/01"

str.sub!(/(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)/, '\\2/\\1/\\3')
# => "4/11/01"

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Simple hostfile manager
#
# Only tested on OSX
#
# Usage:
#
# To list defined entries in the hostfile, call:
#

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require 'appscript'
require 'open-uri'
require 'json'
require 'youtube_g'
include Appscript

itunes = app('iTunes')
safari = app('Safari')
# Get info on track
current_track = "#{itunes.current_track.name.get}"

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Appscript
http://appscript.sourceforge.net/
http://appscript.sourceforge.net/rb-appscript/index.html

Matt Neuburg "Scripting Mac Applications With Ruby: An AppleScript Alternative"
http://www.apeth.com/rbappscript/00intro.html

Things-client
http://github.com/marcinbunsch/things-client

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# Benchmark of different solutions to mislav's "Find the longest common starting substring in a set of strings" contest
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1916218/find-the-longest-common-starting-substring-in-a-set-of-strings

# Solutions:

# mislav
class String
  def &(other)
    difference = other.to_str.each_char.with_index.find { |ch, idx|
      self[idx].nil? or ch != self[idx].chr

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class Array
  # invoke a method on each element of the array and return an array of return values
  def invoke(method_name, *args, &block)
    collect { |item| item.send(method_name, *args, &block) }
  end
end