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@tgirardi
tgirardi / os-x-update-tzdata.sh
Last active February 7, 2025 18:46
Update tzdata and ICU data on OS X to fix problems with outdated DST information (needs reboot)
#!/bin/bash
# author: Tomás Girardi
# Based on http://helw.net/2011/04/28/updating-osx-for-egypts-dst-changes/ by Ahmed El-Helw
# CHANGE THIS:
# go to https://www.iana.org/time-zones and get the URL for the last DATA
# release
URLTZDATASRC=https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2016d.tar.gz
# BACKUP your current icu file first
@kevinSuttle
kevinSuttle / touch-icons.html
Last active October 11, 2024 23:52
Touch icon link syntax
<!-- For non-Retina iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android 2.1+ devices: -->
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png">
<!-- For the iPad mini and the first- and second-generation iPad on iOS ≤ 6: -->
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="apple-touch-icon-72x72-precomposed.png">
<!-- For the iPad mini and the first- and second-generation iPad on iOS ≥ 7: -->
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="76x76" href="apple-touch-icon-76x76-precomposed.png">
<!-- For iPhone with high-resolution Retina display running iOS ≤ 6: -->
@telent
telent / gist:9742059
Last active December 28, 2024 15:25
12 factor app configuration vs leaking environment variables
App configuration in environment variables: for and against
For (some of these as per the 12 factor principles)
1) they are are easy to change between deploys without changing any code
2) unlike config files, there is little chance of them being checked
into the code repo accidentally
3) unlike custom config files, or other config mechanisms such as Java
@stevenyap
stevenyap / Github Flavored Markdown.md
Last active February 18, 2025 08:23
Github Flavored Markdown cheatsheet

Github Flavored Markdown (GFMD) is based on Markdown Syntax Guide with some overwriting as described at Github Flavored Markdown

Text Writing

It is easy to write in GFMD. Just write simply like text and use the below simple "tagging" to mark the text and you are good to go!

To specify a paragraph, leave 2 spaces at the end of the line

Headings

@glueckpress
glueckpress / px-rem-cheat-sheet.css
Created May 26, 2013 16:17
Cheat sheet for rem-calculations based upon 14px and 16px.
/*! = $rembase: 14px
--------------------------------------------------------------
* hmtl { font-size: 87.5%; }
* body { font-size: 14px; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1; }
* 4px 0.28571429rem
* 8px 0.571428571rem
* 12px 0.857142857rem
* 13px 0.928571429rem
* 14px 1rem
* 16px 1.142857143rem
@paulmillr
paulmillr / active.md
Last active May 7, 2025 14:35
Most active GitHub users (by contributions). https://paulmillr.com

Most active GitHub users (git.io/top)

The list would not be updated for now. Don't write comments.

The count of contributions (summary of Pull Requests, opened issues and commits) to public repos at GitHub.com from Wed, 21 Sep 2022 till Thu, 21 Sep 2023.

Because of GitHub search limitations, only 1000 first users according to amount of followers are included. If you are not in the list you don't have enough followers. See raw data and source code. Algorithm in pseudocode:

githubUsers
@Rarst
Rarst / r-debug.php
Last active March 27, 2025 16:58
R Debug (set of dump helpers for debug)
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: R Debug
Description: Set of dump helpers for debug.
Author: Andrey "Rarst" Savchenko
Author URI: https://www.rarst.net/
License: MIT
*/
@matthutchinson
matthutchinson / fnotify.pl
Created August 21, 2010 10:47
Irssi fnotify
# todo: grap topic changes
use strict;
use vars qw($VERSION %IRSSI);
use Irssi;
$VERSION = '0.0.3';
%IRSSI = (
authors => 'Thorsten Leemhuis',
contact => '[email protected]',