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lincank / pdfform.py
Created September 11, 2012 06:38
collect fillable form data from all pdf files in the input directory, and generate a "output.csv" file in the input directory
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collect fillable form data from all pdf files in the input directory,
and generate a "output.csv" file in the input directory
Dependency: pdfminer
Install: pip install pdfminer
Usage:
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active July 2, 2025 06:46
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
@mxcl
mxcl / uninstall_homebrew.sh
Created August 26, 2011 11:25
Uninstall Homebrew
#!/bin/sh
# Just copy and paste the lines below (all at once, it won't work line by line!)
# MAKE SURE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT IT DOES FIRST! THERE IS NO WARRANTY!
function abort {
echo "$1"
exit 1
}
set -e