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yourcelf / bridges.py

Created January 28, 2016 06:37

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	# Simulation of the 'Can you cross the river' riddler problem:
	# https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/night-falls-a-storm-rolls-in-can-you-cross-the-river/
	#
	# n
	# / \| \
	# a - b - c
	# \| \| \|
	# d - e - f
	# \ \| /

yourcelf / 2016.py

Last active January 7, 2016 22:14

Find all ways to create "2016" using the numbers 1,2,3,4,5 and basic operations (parentheses, multiplication, addition, subtraction, exponentiation).

	from __future__ import division, print_function
	from itertools import permutations, combinations_with_replacement, product

	def guarded_exponentiation(a,b):
	"""
	Raise a to the power of b, but only if the result won't be silly large, as
	silly largeness slows us way down.
	"""
	if (a > 1 or a < -1) and b > 1000:
	raise OverflowError

yourcelf / gist:db3c52784b7975774be4

Created December 2, 2014 02:44

	### Keybase proof

	I hereby claim:

	* I am yourcelf on github.
	* I am cfd (https://keybase.io/cfd) on keybase.
	* I have a public key whose fingerprint is A1F8 409D BC1A 0A62 AD20 EC7F 2BAC A497 F566 4872

	To claim this, I am signing this object:

yourcelf / gist:084e8a0d73ef8f9a6809

Created September 12, 2014 21:31

velocity / npm / path issue

	=> Started proxy.
	=> Meteor 0.9.1.1 is available. Update this project with 'meteor update'.
	=> Started MongoDB.
	npm: updating npm dependencies -- temp, path, request, twilio, googleapis...
	I20140912-15:30:22.408(-6)? [velocity] PWD /home/dev/git/Admit
	I20140912-15:30:22.518(-6)? Check for test package configs... [ 'packages/HTML5-History-API/smart.json',
	I20140912-15:30:22.518(-6)? 'packages/autoform/smart.json',
	I20140912-15:30:22.519(-6)? 'packages/blaze-layout/smart.json',
	I20140912-15:30:22.519(-6)? 'packages/bootstrap-3/smart.json',
	I20140912-15:30:22.527(-6)? 'packages/bootstrap3-wysihtml5/smart.json',

yourcelf / gist:884a08245d52331ebbfc

Created September 10, 2014 15:57

jasmine-unit run for https://github.com/xolvio/jasmine-unit/issues/44

	I20140910-08:17:22.677(-6)? [velocity] retrying mirror at http://localhost:5000/ connect ECONNREFUSED
	npm: updating npm dependencies -- temp, path, request, twilio, googleapis...
	I20140910-08:17:37.236(-6)? Jasmine-Unit is loaded
	I20140910-08:17:37.463(-6)? [PackageStubber] custom stub found for core package jquery
	I20140910-08:17:37.463(-6)? [PackageStubber] custom stub found for core package underscore
	I20140910-08:17:37.465(-6)? [PackageStubber] community stub found for iron-core
	I20140910-08:17:37.466(-6)? [PackageStubber] community stub found for iron-router
	I20140910-08:17:37.466(-6)? [PackageStubber] community stub found for router
	I20140910-08:17:37.466(-6)? [PackageStubber] won't auto-stub these packages: [ 'jasmine-unit',
	I20140910-08:17:37.466(-6)? 'jasmine',

yourcelf / tex-conversions.py

Created July 22, 2013 17:39

Convert utf-8 encoded unicode characters to latex escape sequences. I use this for pre-processing bibtex exports from zotero. Usage: tex-conversions.py infile > outfile

	# Obtained from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/252124-latex-codec/
	latex_equivalents = {
	0x0009: ' ',
	0x000a: '\n',
	0x0023: '{\#}',
	0x0026: '{\&}',
	0x00a0: '{~}',
	0x00a1: '{!`}',
	0x00a2: '{\\not{c}}',
	0x00a3: '{\\pounds}',

yourcelf / gist:5819531

Created June 20, 2013 01:12

find_palindromes.py

	# Find unintentional palindromes in a text file.

	import re
	import argparse
	from collections import defaultdict

	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Find unintentional palindromes in a text file.")
	parser.add_argument("filename", help="The name of the file to look in.")
	parser.add_argument("--min", help="Minimum length", default=4)
	parser.add_argument("--max", help="Maximum length", default=500)

yourcelf / servethis

Created March 7, 2013 00:36

Run python's simple http server in the current directory with the specified port.

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	import sys
	import subprocess

	ports = sys.argv[1:] or [8000]

	procs = []
	for port in ports:
	procs.append(

yourcelf / soma.py

Last active June 10, 2019 14:32

Command line script to play somafm radio stations. Type `soma.py --help` for usage, but briefly: `soma.py <stationname>` plays the station, `soma.py` with no argument lists the available stations. Uses mplayer to do the playing (change with --player option).

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	from __future__ import print_function

	import sys
	import subprocess
	import argparse
	import textwrap
	import signal

	stations = {

yourcelf / check_inclusion.py

Created February 17, 2013 16:05

Python script to check whether all the files found anywhere in the source directory are also found somewhere in the dest directory. I use it for, e.g., cleaning up after importing mp3's or photos using a program that changes directory layouts. Checks identity using either md5sum or filename. Run with "--help" for usage.

	#!/usr/bin/env python3.2

	import os
	import sys
	import hashlib
	import argparse
	from functools import partial

	def md5sum(filename):
	# http://stackoverflow.com/a/7829658

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