Stephan Sokolow ssokolow

#How to create a .file or .folder on Windows

There are several ways

1. Rename

Create file.txt
Rename to .file., the last dot will be dropped, you'll have .file

Works the same with a file or a directory.

The git command-line interface sucks

When I use git, I'm scared I'll break something. I just talked to an open source celebrity who has used git for 3-4 years who avoids using the CLI because he's afraid he'll break something, and uses Tower when possible. I recently had a client accidentally delete their work because they didn't understand git. My fear of breaking something is well-founded.

You can't put a price on the confidence that source control is supposed to give you. That confidence suffers when people are afraid of causing irreparable damage during normal use.

This article lists a few ideas on what git can do to improve.

A Controlled Vocabulary

Markdown and reStructuredText

GitHub supports several lightweight markup languages for documentation; the most popular ones (generally, not just at GitHub) are Markdown and reStructuredText. Markdown is sometimes considered easier to use, and is often preferred when the purpose is simply to generate HTML. On the other hand, reStructuredText is more extensible and powerful, with native support (not just embedded HTML) for tables, as well as things like automatic generation of tables of contents.

	function readFile(file) {
	var reader = new FileReader();
	var deferred = $.Deferred();

	reader.onload = function(event) {
	deferred.resolve(event.target.result);
	};

	reader.onerror = function() {
	deferred.reject(this);

	gnome-cups-manager
	------------------

	Once upon a time there was a printer who lived in the woods. He was a
	lonely printer, because nobody knew how to configure him. He hoped
	and hoped for someone to play with.

	One day, the wind passed by the printer's cottage. "Whoosh," said the
	wind. The printer became excited. Maybe the wind would be his
	friend!

	// $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xkb/symbols/custom

	// Makes ALT + CAPS_LOCK act as 3rd level switch
	// Works sporadically
	partial modifier_keys
	xkb_symbols "alt_caps_mode_switch" {
	key <CAPS> {
	type[Group1]="PC_ALT_LEVEL2",
	[ Caps_Lock, ISO_Level3_Shift ]
	};

	<html>
	<head>
	<style>
	#barcode {height: 60px;}
	#barcode span {margin: 0;padding-bottom: 34px;height: 16px;}
	.n {border-left: 1px solid;}
	.w {border-left: 3px solid;}
	.n, .w {border-color: #000;}
	.s {border-color: #fff;}
	</style>

	/*
	The MIT License (MIT)

	Copyright (c) 2014 Anthony Lieuallen

	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
	of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
	in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
	to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
	copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

	Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
	----------------------------------
	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

	// Derived from http://stackoverflow.com/a/8545403/106786
	function decodeFloat(bytes, signBits, exponentBits, fractionBits, eMin, eMax, littleEndian) {
	var totalBits = (signBits + exponentBits + fractionBits);

	var binary = "";
	for (var i = 0, l = bytes.length; i < l; i++) {
	var bits = bytes[i].toString(2);
	while (bits.length < 8)
	bits = "0" + bits;