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@pcreux
pcreux / Gemfile
Last active December 11, 2023 20:24
Fast Rails + Heroku Configuration
group :production do
gem 'unicorn'
# Enable gzip compression on heroku, but don't compress images.
gem 'heroku-deflater'
# Heroku injects it if it's not in there already
gem 'rails_12factor'
end
@t33chong
t33chong / disjoint.py
Created November 27, 2013 05:39
My textbook claims the worst case runtime of this function is O(n^2). I don't understand why - there are 3 nested loops, shouldn't it be O(n^3)?
def disjoint2(A, B, C):
"""Return True if there is no element common to all three lists."""
for a in A:
for b in B:
if a == b: # only check C if we found match from A and B
for c in C:
if a == c # (and thus a == b == c)
return False # we found a common value
return True # if we reach this, sets are disjoint
#!/usr/bin/ruby
# Create display override file to force Mac OS X to use RGB mode for Display
# see http://embdev.net/topic/284710
require 'base64'
data=`ioreg -l -d0 -w 0 -r -c AppleDisplay`
edids=data.scan(/IODisplayEDID.*?<([a-z0-9]+)>/i).flatten
vendorids=data.scan(/DisplayVendorID.*?([0-9]+)/i).flatten
@walesmd
walesmd / IconServiceAgent.md
Last active April 18, 2025 13:38
A lot of people are having issues with com.apple.IconServicesAgent. Since this is a very new issue, Google was no help and `man iconservicesd` is even more hilarious. I eventually fixed it, when I was working on a completely different issue (that is still not fixed). The instructions are below and on the Apple Support Forum, https://discussions.…

I was chasing down another issue (slow "Save As") and thought these two issues may have been related (with QuickLook being the common broken link). Unfortunately, my "Save As" dialog is still miserably slow on the initial load; but IconServicesAgent hasn't gone above 30MB and he rarely makes an appearance in the Console!

Some of these steps may not be necessary, but here are all of the steps I took that inadverdently put IconServicesAgent back in its place. Note: all commands are a single-line, if they appear to be multiple that's just the forum formatting.

  1. Check for any QuickLooks related .plist files. In a terminal: mdfind com.apple.quicklook. -name .plist

  2. I only had files at the system level (specifically within /System/Library/LaunchAgents/). If you have others, modify the directions below to take that into account (re-introducing plist files from the system level back up to the user).

  3. Make some temporary directories to store these plist files, just in case: mkdir ~/tmp-quicklook

@kozo002
kozo002 / jquery.brightness.js
Created October 3, 2013 07:38
Get brightness from background color with jQuery
jQuery.fn.brightness = function() {
var bg_color, rgba, y;
bg_color = this.css('background-color');
if ((bg_color != null) && bg_color.length) {
rgba = bg_color.match(/^rgb(?:a)?\(([0-9]{1,3}),\s([0-9]{1,3}),\s([0-9]{1,3})(?:,\s)?([0-9]{1,3})?\)$/);
if (rgba != null) {
if (rgba[4] === '0') {
if (this.parent().length) return this.parent().brightness();
} else {
y = 2.99 * rgba[1] + 5.87 * rgba[2] + 1.14 * rgba[3];
@adamico
adamico / collection_check_boxes_input.rb
Last active January 17, 2025 21:21 — forked from mattclar/simple_form.rb
This fork adds a custom horizontal form wrapper and merges append/prepend in a 'group' wrapper
#app/inputs/collection_check_boxes_input.rb
class CollectionCheckBoxesInput < SimpleForm::Inputs::CollectionCheckBoxesInput
def item_wrapper_class
"checkbox-inline"
end
end
@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active May 16, 2025 23:15
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@ruckus
ruckus / statistics.sql
Created June 5, 2013 23:26
Postgres statistics queries
** Find commmonly accessed tables and their use of indexes:
SELECT relname,seq_tup_read,idx_tup_fetch,cast(idx_tup_fetch AS numeric) / (idx_tup_fetch + seq_tup_read) AS idx_tup_pct FROM pg_stat_user_tables WHERE (idx_tup_fetch + seq_tup_read)>0 ORDER BY idx_tup_pct;
Returns output like:
relname | seq_tup_read | idx_tup_fetch | idx_tup_pct
----------------------+--------------+---------------+------------------------
schema_migrations | 817 | 0 | 0.00000000000000000000
user_device_photos | 349 | 0 | 0.00000000000000000000
@ryansobol
ryansobol / gist:5252653
Last active February 23, 2025 06:28
15 Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview

Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active April 28, 2025 00:02
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application: