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leommoore / file_magic_numbers.md
Last active April 28, 2024 01:26
File Magic Numbers

File Magic Numbers

Magic numbers are the first bits of a file which uniquely identify the type of file. This makes programming easier because complicated file structures need not be searched in order to identify the file type.

For example, a jpeg file starts with ffd8 ffe0 0010 4a46 4946 0001 0101 0047 ......JFIF.....G ffd8 shows that it's a JPEG file, and ffe0 identify a JFIF type structure. There is an ascii encoding of "JFIF" which comes after a length code, but that is not necessary in order to identify the file. The first 4 bytes do that uniquely.

This gives an ongoing list of file-type magic numbers.

Image Files

@mjackson
mjackson / color-conversion-algorithms.js
Last active April 14, 2024 08:46
RGB, HSV, and HSL color conversion algorithms in JavaScript
/**
* Converts an RGB color value to HSL. Conversion formula
* adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_color_space.
* Assumes r, g, and b are contained in the set [0, 255] and
* returns h, s, and l in the set [0, 1].
*
* @param Number r The red color value
* @param Number g The green color value
* @param Number b The blue color value
* @return Array The HSL representation
@domenic
domenic / 0-github-actions.md
Last active April 8, 2024 23:35
Auto-deploying built products to gh-pages with Travis

Auto-deploying built products to gh-pages with GitHub Actions

This is a set up for projects which want to check in only their source files, but have their gh-pages branch automatically updated with some compiled output every time they push.

A file below this one contains the steps for doing this with Travis CI. However, these days I recommend GitHub Actions, for the following reasons:

  • It is much easier and requires less steps, because you are already authenticated with GitHub, so you don't need to share secret keys across services like you do when coordinate Travis CI and GitHub.
  • It is free, with no quotas.
  • Anecdotally, builds are much faster with GitHub Actions than with Travis CI, especially in terms of time spent waiting for a builder.
@conorbuck
conorbuck / angle-between-points.js
Created May 5, 2012 22:51
JavaScript: Find the angle between two points
var p1 = {
x: 20,
y: 20
};
var p2 = {
x: 40,
y: 40
};
@danielgtaylor
danielgtaylor / gist:0b60c2ed1f069f118562
Last active April 2, 2024 20:18
Moving to ES6 from CoffeeScript

Moving to ES6 from CoffeeScript

I fell in love with CoffeeScript a couple of years ago. Javascript has always seemed something of an interesting curiosity to me and I was happy to see the meteoric rise of Node.js, but coming from a background of Python I really preferred a cleaner syntax.

In any fast moving community it is inevitable that things will change, and so today we see a big shift toward ES6, the new version of Javascript. It incorporates a handful of the nicer features from CoffeeScript and is usable today through tools like Babel. Here are some of my thoughts and issues on moving away from CoffeeScript in favor of ES6.

While reading I suggest keeping open a tab to Babel's learning ES6 page. The examples there are great.

Punctuation

Holy punctuation, Batman! Say goodbye to your whitespace and hello to parenthesis, curly braces, and semicolons again. Even with the advanced ES6 syntax you'll find yourself writing a lot more punctuatio

@indexzero
indexzero / ISC.md
Created April 13, 2014 21:00
ISC vs. MIT

Copyright (c) 4-digit year, Company or Person's Name

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Source: http://opensource.org/licenses/ISC

@timo22345
timo22345 / flatten.js
Last active March 13, 2024 17:06
Flatten.js, general SVG flattener. Flattens transformations of SVG shapes and paths. All shapes and path commands are supported.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<title>Flatten.js, General SVG Flattener</title>
<head>
<script>
/*
Random path and shape generator, flattener test base: https://jsfiddle.net/fjm9423q/embedded/result/
Basic usage example: https://jsfiddle.net/nrjvmqur/embedded/result/
@faraday
faraday / selective_gaussian_blur.c
Created February 18, 2014 18:37
Adaptation of Selective Gaussian Blur Noise Reduction (SGBNR) that works with PPM images
/** CENG466 HW1 - 2006/2007 - 1st Semester
*
* - Team -
* Cagatay Calli
* Felix Wolfsteller
*
* - Summary -
* Implemented an original adaptation of Selective Gaussian Blur (SGBNR)
*(given name: Varying Multi-pass Isotropic Selective Gaussian Blur, VMISGB),
* using a Gaussian mask having double type values.
@noygal
noygal / Windows Subsystem for Linux version 1 and 2 (WSL) - node install guide.md
Last active February 21, 2024 23:17
Installing node via windows subsystem for linux

Windows 10 version 2004 - Installing Node.js on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL/WSL2)

UPDATE (Fall 2020): This gist is an updated version to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - Installing Node.js on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) guide, I usually just keep here notes, configuration or short guides for personal use, it was nice to know it also helps other ppl, I hope this one too.

Windows updated windows subsystem for linux to version 2, as the F.A.Q stated you can still use WSL version 1 side by side with version 2. I'm not sure about existing WSL machines surviving the upgrade process, but as always backup and 🤞. NOTE: WSL version 1 is not replace/deprecated, and there ar

@tschoffelen
tschoffelen / install.php
Last active February 12, 2024 09:20
A simple PHP script that automatically downloads and unzips the latest version of Wordpress in the current directory (./), so that I don't have to download it and upload it to my server through FTP manually.
<?php
echo '<pre>';
echo '<span style="color:blue">DOWNLOADING...</span>'.PHP_EOL;
// Download file
file_put_contents('wp.zip', file_get_contents('https://wordpress.org/latest.zip'));
$zip = new ZipArchive();
$res = $zip->open('wp.zip');
if ($res === TRUE) {