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creationix / chatServer.js
Created November 19, 2010 20:47
A simple TCP based chat server written in node.js
// Load the TCP Library
net = require('net');
// Keep track of the chat clients
var clients = [];
// Start a TCP Server
net.createServer(function (socket) {
// Identify this client
@paulmillr
paulmillr / dart.md
Last active July 2, 2024 18:11
Leaked internal google dart email

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Mark S. Miller <erights@google.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Subject: "Future of Javascript" doc from our internal "JavaScript Summit"
last week
To: javascript-standard@google.com
@tsabat
tsabat / zsh.md
Last active December 25, 2023 19:16
Getting oh-my-zsh to work in Ubuntu
@saetia
saetia / gist:1623487
Last active May 1, 2024 19:55
Clean Install – OS X 10.11 El Capitan

OS X Preferences


most of these require logout/restart to take effect

# Enable character repeat on keydown
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

# Set a shorter Delay until key repeat
@samnang
samnang / gist:1759336
Created February 7, 2012 11:52
Install Bash version 4 on MacOS X
# Install Bash 4 using homebrew
brew install bash
# Or build it from source...
curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2.tar.gz
tar xzf bash-4.2.tar.gz
cd bash-4.2
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bin && make && sudo make install
# Add the new shell to the list of legit shells
@jpoehls
jpoehls / node-cluster-messaging.js
Created March 29, 2012 01:48
Simple message passing between cluster master and workers in Node.js
var cluster = require('cluster');
if (cluster.isWorker) {
console.log('Worker ' + process.pid + ' has started.');
// Send message to master process.
process.send({msgFromWorker: 'This is from worker ' + process.pid + '.'})
// Receive messages from the master process.
@lholden
lholden / gist:2382480
Created April 14, 2012 06:32
Samsung Series 9 ClickPad
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "np900x4b clickpad"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Driver "synaptics"
# Enable the clickpad and set click actions
Option "ClickPad" "1"
Option "ClickFinger1" "1"
Option "ClickFinger2" "1"
Option "ClickFinger3" "1"
@paulmillr
paulmillr / active.md
Last active June 24, 2024 13:58
Most active GitHub users (by contributions). http://twitter.com/paulmillr

Most active GitHub users (git.io/top)

The count of contributions (summary of Pull Requests, opened issues and commits) to public repos at GitHub.com from Wed, 21 Sep 2022 till Thu, 21 Sep 2023.

Only first 1000 GitHub users according to the count of followers are taken. This is because of limitations of GitHub search. Sorting algo in pseudocode:

githubUsers
 .filter(user =&gt; user.followers &gt; 1000)
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active July 7, 2024 09:23
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
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
@hellerbarde
hellerbarde / latency.markdown
Created May 31, 2012 13:16 — forked from jboner/latency.txt
Latency numbers every programmer should know

Latency numbers every programmer should know

L1 cache reference ......................... 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict ............................ 5 ns
L2 cache reference ........................... 7 ns
Mutex lock/unlock ........................... 25 ns
Main memory reference ...................... 100 ns             
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy ............. 3,000 ns  =   3 µs
Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network ....... 20,000 ns  =  20 µs
SSD random read ........................ 150,000 ns  = 150 µs

Read 1 MB sequentially from memory ..... 250,000 ns = 250 µs