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:!tidy -mi -xml %

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values = [1,3,4,4,4,4,4,10,12,15,18]
bin_width = 5 
ranges = 0.step((values.size/bin_width.to_f).ceil*bin_width, bin_width).each_cons(2).map { |s, e| Range.new(s, e, true) }

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require 'RMagick'

$scale_size = 256.0
$img_fn1 = ARGV[0]
$img_fn2 = ARGV[1]
$scale_size = ARGV[2].to_f if ARGV[2]

def calculate_threshold(img_fn)
   dir_name = File.dirname(img_fn)

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class Array
  def to_table_format
    return self unless self.grep(/\${image\d+}/).empty?

    cached_max = {}

    unless self[0].class == Array
      cached_max[0] = self.map(&:size).max
    else
      self[0].size.times.each do |i|

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data = [{"weight"=>0, "id"=>8153, "text"=>"submits", "blank_id"=>"color1"}, {"weight"=>100, "id"=>3559, "text"=>"reveals", "blank_id"=>"color1"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>9458, "text"=>"launches", "blank_id"=>"color1"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>552, "text"=>"generates", "blank_id"=>"color1"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>2495, "text"=>"audience", "blank_id"=>"color2"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>8127, "text"=>"officials", "blank_id"=>"color2"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>8535, "text"=>"partners", "blank_id"=>"color2"}, {"weight"=>100, "id"=>6025, "text"=>"staff", "blank_id"=>"color2"}, {"weight"=>100, "id"=>2260, "text"=>"while", "blank_id"=>"color3"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>2920, "text"=>"because", "blank_id"=>"color3"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>4023, "text"=>"for", "blank_id"=>"color3"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>6816, "text"=>"although", "blank_id"=>"color3"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>113, "text"=>"exits", "blank_id"=>"color4"}, {"weight"=>100, "id"=>3528, "text"=>"shortages", "blank_id"=>"color4"}, {"weight"=>0, "id"=>1980, "text"=>"absences", "blank_id"=>

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the simple way is

   require 'timeout'

   retries = 42

   begin
     Timeout::timeout(s){
       open('http://a.url.com') do |f|
         # ... stuff with f

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class Numeric
  Alph = ("a".."z").to_a
  def alph
    s, q = "", self
    (q, r = (q - 1).divmod(26)) && s.prepend(Alph[r]) until q.zero?
    s
  end
end

3.alph

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brew install uchardet

$uchardet your file

#puts "UTF-8"

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#encoding image to base64 
base64_str = Base64.encode64(File.open('Your_input_path'){|f| f.read})

#decoding base64 str to image file
File.open('your_output_path', 'w') {|f| f.write(Base64.decode64(base64_str))}

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=begin

Message Pack vs similar utilities
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-04-19 patchlevel 253) [i686-darwin10.0.0], MBARI 0x6770, Ruby Enterprise Edition 2010.02

Packing
                                    user     system      total        real
pack: bert                     18.320000   0.770000  19.090000 ( 19.101583)
pack: bson_ext                  0.850000   0.030000   0.880000 (  0.878398)
pack: json_ext                  2.540000   0.040000   2.580000 (  2.582495)