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kennethreitz / 0_urllib2.py
Created May 16, 2011 00:17
urllib2 vs requests
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import urllib2
gh_url = 'https://api.github.com'
req = urllib2.Request(gh_url)
password_manager = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
@Gozala
Gozala / example.js
Created January 29, 2012 03:46
Workaround for lack of "tail call optimization" in JS
// Lack of tail call optimization in JS
var sum = function(x, y) {
return y > 0 ? sum(x + 1, y - 1) :
y < 0 ? sum(x - 1, y + 1) :
x
}
sum(20, 100000) // => RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
// Using workaround
@trey
trey / happy_git_on_osx.md
Last active February 18, 2024 10:46
Creating a Happy Git Environment on OS X

Creating a Happy Git Environment on OS X

Step 1: Install Git

brew install git bash-completion

Configure things:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

@dAnjou
dAnjou / flask-upload
Created June 5, 2012 12:35
Flask upload example
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName example.com
WSGIDaemonProcess www user=max group=max threads=5
WSGIScriptAlias / /home/max/Projekte/flask-upload/flask-upload.wsgi
<Directory /home/max/Projekte/flask-upload>
WSGIProcessGroup www
WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
Order deny,allow
@lpm11
lpm11 / unch.md
Last active December 13, 2015 17:09
Just another Unscientific Benchmark of Topaz vs. MRI-Ruby.
@Rhomboid
Rhomboid / clipformats.py
Last active November 28, 2019 11:52
Enumerate clipboard formats with Python and Pywin32
import win32clipboard
formats = {val: name for name, val in vars(win32clipboard).items() if name.startswith('CF_')}
def format_name(fmt):
if fmt in formats:
return formats[fmt]
try:
return win32clipboard.GetClipboardFormatName(fmt)
except:
@ohsqueezy
ohsqueezy / pygame-play-tone.py
Last active March 14, 2022 09:46
Play a 440 Hz tone in Pygame
# Generate a 440 Hz square waveform in Pygame by building an array of samples and play
# it for 5 seconds. Change the hard-coded 440 to another value to generate a different
# pitch.
#
# Run with the following command:
# python pygame-play-tone.py
from array import array
from time import sleep
@philfreo
philfreo / gist:7257723
Created October 31, 2013 21:44
Facebook Perl source code from 2005. When browsing around thefacebook.com in 2005 the server spit out some server-side source code rather than running it. I believe this was for their old graph feature that let you visualize the graph between all your friends. The filename is `mygraph.svgz` and contains some gems such as a commented out "zuck" d…
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Mysql;
use strict;
use vars qw($school_name);
use vars qw($pass);
require "./cgi-lib.pl";
@gear11
gear11 / main.py
Created December 17, 2013 14:54
Simple Python proxy server based on Flask and Requests. See: http:/python-proxy-server/gear11.com/2013/12/python-proxy-server/
"""
A simple proxy server. Usage:
http://hostname:port/p/(URL to be proxied, minus protocol)
For example:
http://localhost:8080/p/www.google.com
"""
@jadient
jadient / python-batchfile.bat
Last active March 24, 2024 11:38
Run python code directly from a batch file
@echo off & python -x "%~f0" %* & goto :eof
# ==========================================================
# one way to place python script in a batch file
# place python code below (no need for .py file)
# ==========================================================
import sys
print "Hello World!"
for i,a in enumerate(sys.argv):