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# A VLC invocation that converts a movie file into an audio file that iTunes will sync to your iPhone

/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/vlc -I dummy --no-sout-video --sout-audio --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1 --sout-keep --sout "#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=podcast.wav}" movie.mp4

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/**
 * Allow other processes to execute while iterating over 
 * an array. Useful for large arrays, or long-running processing
 *
 * @param {Function} fn    iterator fed each element of the array.
 * @param {Function} next  executed when done
 */
Array.prototype.nonBlockingForEach = function(fn, next) {
  var arr = this;
  var i = 0;

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var Worker = require('webworker-threads').Worker;

var worker = new Worker('bin/testWorker.js');
var workerSend;

(function() {
  var idCounter = 0;
  var callbacks = {};
  worker.onmessage = function(oEvent) {
    var message = oEvent.data;

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// sign up
account.signUp('[email protected]', 'secret');

// sign in
account.signIn('[email protected]', 'secret');

// sign in via oauth
account.signInWith('twitter');

// sign out

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#!/bin/bash

# SSH into a Vagrant VM, forwarding ports in a way that allows node within Vagrant to be debugged by a debugger
# or IDE in the host operating system. Don't know why, but Vagrantfile port forwarding does not work.
# (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vagrant-up/RzPooJ0dp6Q)

/usr/bin/vagrant ssh-config > $TMPDIR/vagrant-ssh-config
ssh -F $TMPDIR/vagrant-ssh-config -L 5858:127.0.0.1:5858 default
rm $TMPDIR/vagrant-ssh-config

neilk

'use strict';

var when = require('when'),
    delay = require('when/delay'),
    unfold = require('when/unfold');

function getNumber() {
  var deferred = when.defer();
  deferred.resolve(Math.floor(Math.random() * 10));
  return deferred.promise;

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'use strict';

var Q = require('q');

// `condition` is a function that returns a boolean
// `body` is a function that returns a promise
// returns a promise for the completion of the loop
function promiseWhile(condition, body) {
  var done = Q.defer();

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* {
  -webkit-filter: grayscale(100%) !important;
  background-color: white !important;
  border-color: black !important;
  color: black !important;
  font-family: "redacted script" !important;
}

neilk

/**
 * postgres does not have replace into, so...
 *
 * @param {Object} tile specification {tx: ty: zoom:}
 * @param {Object} quad properties of that tile
 * @param {Knex.transaction} t database transaction
 * @return {Promise}
 */
function insertOrUpdateTile(tile, quad, t) {

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// promisey foreach loop

'use strict';

var Promise = require('bluebird'),
    promiseWhile = require('./promiseWhile');

/**
 * Promisey foreach
 *