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@wamberg
wamberg / fab_ejabberd.py
Created May 1, 2010 18:47
Python Fabric ejabberd installation script
"""
Automated installation of ejabberd with a postgresql backend inspired by this
article: http://www.planeterlang.org/en/planet/article/How_to_install_ejabberd_2.0.0_with_PostgreSQL_support/
"""
from fabric.api import run, sudo
EJABBERD_VERSION = '2.0.5'
EJABBERD_SOURCE_HOME = '~/dev/xmpp/oss'
POSTGRES_PSQL_PASSWORD = 'user'
@pklaus
pklaus / AlwaysMountRootFSWithNoatime_MacOSX.sh
Created April 20, 2011 15:08
SSD Optimizations of Mac OS X 10.6 Operating System
#!/bin/bash
# +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
# | |
# | Mount the root file system / with the option noatime |
# | |
# | By Philipp Klaus <http://blog.philippklaus.de> |
# | Tip found on <http://blogs.nullvision.com/?p=275> |
# | |
# +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
@trrichard
trrichard / gist:1226966
Created September 19, 2011 17:08 — forked from jerodsanto/gist:1137337
Bookmarklet to uncripple Kindle Cloud Reader
javascript:(function(){
//import the javascript for jquery
var importJs=function(jsUrl){
var s=document.createElement("script");
s.setAttribute("src",jsUrl);
document.body.appendChild(s);
};
importJs("http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js");
})();
$('iframe').contents().find('iframe').each(function() {
@tlrobinson
tlrobinson / LICENSE.txt
Created October 2, 2011 08:56
Extremely simple lexer, parser, compiler, and interpreter for a prefix notation calculator.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2011 Tom Robinson <http://tlrobinson.net/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
@timo
timo / notebook_launcher.py
Created December 19, 2011 16:26
branded ipython notebook launcher
"""==============================
Branded IPython Notebook Launcher
=================================
Executing this module will create an overlay over ipython notebooks own static
files and templates and overrides static files and templates and copies over all
example notebooks into a temporary folder and launches the ipython notebook server.
You can use this to offer an interactive tutorial for your library/framework/...
@fperez
fperez / ipython-0.0.1.py
Created January 8, 2012 21:05
IPython 0.0.1, a simple script to be loaded as $PYTHONSTARTUP: of historical interest only...
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Interactive execution with automatic history, tries to mimic Mathematica's
prompt system. This environment's main features are:
- Numbered prompts (In/Out) similar to Mathematica. Only actions that produce
output (NOT assingments, for example) affect the counter and cache.
- The following GLOBAL variables always exist (so don't overwrite them!):
_p: stores previous result which generated printable output.
@sarva
sarva / multipart_uploads_test.py
Created January 21, 2012 03:32
Streaming multiple files (multipart/form-data) PUT uploads to Tornado (uses a fork that supports body streaming)
"""
This example requires the body-streaming tornado fork at https://github.com/nephics/tornado.
Refer to http://groups.google.com/group/python-tornado/browse_thread/thread/791c67cb86c2dea2.
Supports uploading an unlimited number/size of files in a single
PUT multipart/form-data request. Each file is processed as the stream
finds the part in the form data.
==USAGE==
@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

@marktheunissen
marktheunissen / pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Last active June 5, 2024 22:16 — forked from phred/pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Insanely complete Ansible playbook, showing off all the options
This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.
@jgarzik
jgarzik / ron-shamir-review.md
Created October 16, 2012 20:51
Peer review of "Quantitative Analysis of the Full Bitcoin Transaction Graph"

This is a review of "Quantitative Analysis of the Full Bitcoin Transaction Graph" by Dorit Ron and Adi Shamir.

There are some incorrect details and analyses that warrant attention.

Oct. 31 UPDATE

The authors have introduced several revisions to their paper, available at the same URL as before.

The criticism below may be outdated in part or in full.