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@blinks
blinks / smtpcheck.py
Created January 16, 2009 16:35
Check if an email address exists without sending an email. Technique from: http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/how-to-check-if-an-email-address-exists-without-sending-an-email/
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Check that a particular email address exists.
Adam Blinkinsop <blinks@acm.org>
WARNING:
Checking email addresses in this way is not recommended, and will lead to
your site being listed in RBLs as a source of abusive traffic. Mail server
admins do like it when they get connections that don't result in email being
sent, because spammers often use this technique to verify email addresses.
@Takazudo
Takazudo / gfm.rb
Created March 27, 2012 15:25 — forked from peterhellberg/gfm.rb
GitHub Flavored Markdown parser for use with Jekyll and Marked.app
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'redcarpet'
require 'pygments.rb'
class HTMLwithPygments < Redcarpet::Render::HTML
def block_code(code, language)
Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => language.to_sym, :options => {
:encoding => 'utf-8'
})
@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

@klmr
klmr / range.hpp
Created September 2, 2012 15:06
Range-based for in C++
#ifndef UTIL_LANG_RANGE_HPP
#define UTIL_LANG_RANGE_HPP
#include <iterator>
namespace util { namespace lang {
namespace detail {
template <typename T>
@postmodern
postmodern / comment.md
Last active January 11, 2024 15:37
Crypto Privacy Copy Pasta
@NYKevin
NYKevin / accounting.sql
Last active April 3, 2024 15:46
Basic double-entry bookkeeping system, for PostgreSQL.
CREATE TABLE accounts(
id serial PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE entries(
id serial PRIMARY KEY,
description VARCHAR(1024) NOT NULL,
amount NUMERIC(20, 2) NOT NULL CHECK (amount > 0.0),
-- Every entry is a credit to one account...