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@grantslatton
grantslatton / hngen.py
Last active September 27, 2021 11:07
A program that uses Markov chains to generate probabilistic Hacker News titles.
import urllib2
import re
import sys
from collections import defaultdict
from random import random
"""
PLEASE DO NOT RUN THIS QUOTED CODE FOR THE SAKE OF daemonology's SERVER, IT IS
NOT MY SERVER AND I FEEL BAD FOR ABUSING IT. JUST GET THE RESULTS OF THE
CRAWL HERE: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=nqpsnTtW AND SAVE THEM TO "archive.txt"
@branneman
branneman / better-nodejs-require-paths.md
Last active June 24, 2025 22:40
Better local require() paths for Node.js

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions

@danharper
danharper / background.js
Last active April 29, 2025 04:09
Bare minimum Chrome extension to inject a JS file into the given page when you click on the browser action icon. The script then inserts a new div into the DOM.
// this is the background code...
// listen for our browerAction to be clicked
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function (tab) {
// for the current tab, inject the "inject.js" file & execute it
chrome.tabs.executeScript(tab.ib, {
file: 'inject.js'
});
});
@sebmarkbage
sebmarkbage / react-warning-descriptors.md
Created February 11, 2014 02:10
React Warning - Invalid access to component property

You're probably getting this warning because you're accessing methods on a component before it gets mounted. This will be soon be an unsupported use case.

The component that gets created by invoking the convenience constructor MyComponent(props, children) or using the JSX syntax <MyComponent /> is not guaranteed to be the instance that actually gets mounted. It's a description of what the actual mounted instance should look like.

Anti-pattern:

The component also doesn't have access to state or other important information such as the final props. As a consequence you shouldn't be calling custom methods on this object.

var MyComponent = React.createClass({
var _ = require('underscore');
var Backbone = require('backbone');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');
var request = require('request');
Backbone.ajax = function(options) {
options.json = true;
return request(options, function(error, result) {
if (error) {
@unicornist
unicornist / caretRangeFromPoint.js
Last active August 30, 2023 01:39
Cross browser caretRangeFromPoint
//demo: http://jsfiddle.net/heZ4z/
if (document.addEventListener) { // standard
document.addEventListener('click', function onclick(e) {
var r;
if (document.caretRangeFromPoint) { // standard (WebKit)
r = document.caretRangeFromPoint(e.pageX, e.pageY);
} else if (e.rangeParent) { // Mozilla
r = document.createRange();
/*
* How to detect which element is the scrolling element in charge of scrolling the viewport:
*
* - in Quirks mode the scrolling element is the "body"
* - in Standard mode the scrolling element is the "documentElement"
*
* webkit based browsers always use the "body" element, disrespectful of the specifications:
*
* http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom-view/#dom-element-scrolltop
*
@kevinelliott
kevinelliott / osx-10.10-setup.md
Last active July 3, 2025 21:23
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Setup

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.10 Yosemite running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. On average, I reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between distros.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your own needs.

Install Software

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial post by a random person from the community. I am not an official representative of io.js. Want to ask a question? open an issue on the node-forward discussions repo

io.js - what you need to know

io-logo-substack

  • io is a fork of node v0.12 (the next stable version of node.js, currently unreleased)
  • io.js will be totally compatible with node.js
  • the people who created io.js are node core contributors who have different ideas on how to run the project
  • it is not a zero-sum game. many core contributors will help maintain both node.js and io.js
@christofluethi
christofluethi / gist:646ae60d797a46a706a5
Last active April 30, 2025 20:03
Convert m4a to mp3 on OS X command line using ffmpeg
brew update
brew link yasm
brew link x264
brew link lame
brew link xvid
brew install ffmpeg
ffmpeg wiki:
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/MP3