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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "date"

class Fixnum
  Date::MONTHNAMES[1..-1].each_with_index do |month, index|
    define_method month.downcase do |year|
      Date.new(year, index+1, self)
    end
  end
end

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import re

# http://atomboy.isa-geek.com/plone/Members/acoil/programing/double-metaphone
from metaphone import dm as double_metaphone

# get the Redis connection
from jellybean.core import redis
import models

# Words which should not be indexed

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# compl1.rb - Redis autocomplete example
# download female-names.txt from http://antirez.com/misc/female-names.txt

require 'rubygems'
require 'redis'

r = Redis.new

# Create the completion sorted set
if !r.exists(:compl)

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# Search usernames that begins with given phrase
#
# usernames: (username1, username2, ..)
# userscore:<username>: float
# user:obj: { id: int, username: string }

usernames_zset = "usernames"

def my_ord(c):
    return "%03d" % ord(c)

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- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];

    self.viewController = [[JBViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"JBViewController" bundle:nil];
    self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;
    
    // ADD THIS LINE:
    [self.window setTransform:CGAffineTransformMakeScale(0.81, 0.81)];
    

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require 'date'

# Actually doesn't matter WHAT you choose as the epoch, it
# won't change the algorithm. Just don't change it after you
# have cached computed scores. Choose something before your first
# post to avoid annoying negative numbers. Choose something close
# to your first post to keep the numbers smaller. This is, I think,
# reddit's own epoch. 
$our_epoch = Time.local(2005, 12, 8, 7, 46, 43).to_time

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require 'mongoid'
require 'sinatra'

require_relative 'resource'

class Example
  include Mongoid::Document
  
  field :name
  field :created, :type => DateTime

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// here is a simple example of overriding the base backbone collection class to enable default jsonp support
// i am using the github api as an example. you can obviously modify (or not) the url to suit your needs

var username = 'catshirt';

Backbone.Collection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
	sync: function(method, model, options) {
		options.dataType = 'jsonp';
		options.url = _.sprintf('https://api.github.com%s', this.url);
		return Backbone.sync(method, model, options);

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Summary

Just some quick notes on how to create a hackathon, super simple really.

Sponsors & Judges

• Prepare one page summary of the event (Name, venue, audience numbers)
• Reach out to tech evangelist from various companies, offer 10 minutes to pitch their APIs (skype or in person)
• Reach out to influential hackers to be judges and includes sponsors

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var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";

parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.host;     // => "example.com"
parser.port;     // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search;   // => "?search=test"
parser.hash;     // => "#hash"