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def retry_on_connection_error(retries=2, sleep=0.1):
    """ Retries on Autoreconnect errors. Wrap functions you want to ensure they
    retry if there's a connection failure, giving the chance to mongo to failover.

    params:
        retries: the number of retries
        sleep: seconds to sleep between retries

    >>> @retry_on_connection_error(retries=1)
    ... def super_sensitive_function(data=2)

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#!/bin/bash -ex
perl -pi -e 's/^#?Port 22$/Port 443/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
service sshd restart || service ssh restart

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from datetime import datetime
import math

def friendly_ago_string(d):
    """
    Returns a friendly string like "8 minutes ago" representing the 
    differences between now and d.
    """
    if not d or not isinstance(d, datetime):
        return None

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def worker(n):
    return n**2

squared = mtmap(worker, [2, 3, 4, 5]) 
#= [4, 9, 16, 25]
    

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def mtmap(fn, iterable):
    """ A multi-threaded map(). Must be used with care - large
        iterables might cause a machine to crash from too many
        threads. If an exception is thrown in a thread, 
        the iteration stops and that exception is thrown. 
    """
    result      = {}
    threads     = []
    exception_q = Queue.Queue()

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/**
 * @fileOverview Signup page JS code.
 * @author <a href="mailto:hi@alexmic.com"> Alex Michael </a>
 * @requires PK.js, facebox.js
 */

PK.onPageLoad(function(){
  
     // Once the register page is loaded, make 
     // a request to FB and fill in user fields.

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#!/usr/bin/env python

import string
import os
import uuid
import mimetypes

class Uploader:
    
    def __init__(self, request = None):