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tantalor / merge.py
Created May 5, 2014 17:51
Merge Algorithm
def merge(streams):
# Keep track of the least value in each stream.
head = [stream.next() for stream in streams]
while len(head):
# Yield the least value of all streams.
next = min(head)
yield next
index = head.index(next)
try:
# Get next value from that stream.
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tantalor / newcomments.pl
Created November 8, 2013 23:49
A perl script which outputs the usernames for new comments on Hacker News, preceded by the date.
#!/usr/bin/perl
my $url = "https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments";
sub html {
`curl get $url 2>/dev/null`;
}
printf "# %s", `date`;
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tantalor / reservoir.py
Created July 2, 2013 17:08
Testing whether reservoir sampling works when you sample the RNG only once. reservoir1: Samples RNG once per stream element. reservoir2: Samples the RNG once per stream.
from random import random as rand
def reservoir1(stream):
i = 1
choice = None
for value in stream:
if rand() * i < 1:
choice = value
i = i + 1
return choice
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tantalor / catalan.py
Created June 3, 2012 03:02
linear algorithm to generate catalan numbers
def catalan():
"""Yields catalan numbers: 1 1 2 5 14 42 132..."""
n = 0
c = 1
while 1:
yield c
n = n+1
c = c * 2 * (2*n-1) / (n+1)
# print the first ten catalan numbers
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tantalor / graph.js
Created April 26, 2012 23:06
liquidGraph minimal no-solution
{"polys":[{"fillColor":"110-hsb(0.1820702975615859,0.7,1)-hsb(0.38207029756158595,0.9,1)","vertices":[{"x":0.0380517503805175,"y":0.25799086757990863},{"x":0.11643835616438353,"y":0.25722983257229837},{"x":0.13318112633181123,"y":0.21232876712328766},{"x":0.1582952815829528,"y":0.27853881278538817},{"x":0,"y":0.2808219178082192},{"x":0.1537290715372907,"y":0},{"x":0.33409436834094364,"y":0.2808219178082192},{"x":0.1811263318112633,"y":0.27929984779299843},{"x":0.20319634703196343,"y":0.21232876712328766},{"x":0.2161339421613394,"y":0.25494672754946723},{"x":0.29147640791476404,"y":0.258751902587519},{"x":0.1552511415525114,"y":0.04033485540334855}]}],"particles":[]}
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tantalor / original.js
Created April 3, 2012 15:49
Mozilla Notification API
var notification = navigator.mozNotification;
if (notification && notification.requestRemotePermission) {
// Ask the user to allow notifications.
var request = notification.requestRemotePermission();
request.onsuccess = function() {
var url = request.result;
console.log('New push URL: ' + url);
// We got a new push URL, store it on the server.
jQuery.post('/push-urls/', {url: url});
};
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tantalor / gist:2244383
Created March 29, 2012 22:27 — forked from jedsundwall/gist:2244379
hacking google spreadhseets
function makeURL(firstname,lastname) {
var name = firstname + lastname;
if (!name) {
return null;
} else {
return name;
}
}
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tantalor / moon.html
Created March 12, 2012 22:25
Moon in px
<body style="background: black">
<a href="http://inamidst.com/stuff/notes/csspx">
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Moon_nearside_LRO.jpg/170px-Moon_nearside_LRO.jpg" style="width:24.3px;height:24.3px">
</a>
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tantalor / ssh.py
Created January 25, 2012 17:46
import thor
thor.ssh()
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tantalor / Custom.css
Created January 18, 2012 05:32
Wikipedia Blackout Blocker
#mw-page-base, #mw-head-base, #content,
#mw-head, #mw-panel, #footer {
display: block !important;
}
#mw-sopaOverlay {
display: none !important;
}