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_complete_ssh_hosts ()
{
        COMPREPLY=()
        cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
        comp_ssh_hosts=`cat ~/.ssh/known_hosts | \
                        cut -f 1 -d ' ' | \
                        sed -e s/,.*//g | \
                        grep -v ^# | \
                        uniq | \
                        grep -v "\[" ;

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# Shamelessly taken from http://blog.iharder.net/2009/09/28/itunes-stream-itunes-over-ssh/
# Your remote library will appear in your local iTunes as a shared library
# You need an ssh server running on the remote library's computer

#!/bin/sh
dns-sd -P "Home iTunes" _daap._tcp local 3689 localhost.local. \
  127.0.0.1 "Arbitrary text record" &
PID=$!
ssh -C -N -L 3689:localhost:3689 yourhost.dyndns.org
kill $PID

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# taken from http://railsbros.de/2010/11/29/a-custom-irbrc-for-rails-3.html
# config/application.rb that is
module MyApp
  class Application < Rails::Application
    # config stuff comes here

    def load_console(sandbox=false)
      super
      if File.exists?(project_specific_irbrc = File.join(Rails.root, ".irbrc"))
        puts "Loading project specific .irbrc ..."

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# app/common/templatetags/expr.py

from django import template
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
from django.conf import settings
import re

register = template.Library()

class ExprNode(template.Node):

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class MandrillSignatureVerifier
  def initialize(key, url, params, signature)
    @key = key
    @url = url
    @params = params
    @signature = signature
  end

  # Return true if the signature matches
  def verified?

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# yes, sometimes you need to do this. you get pilloried in a forum if you
# ask about it, though!

# this code taken from
# http://wholemeal.co.nz/blog/2011/04/05/rendering-from-a-model-in-rails-3/

class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  # Use the my_models/_my_model.txt.erb view to render this object as a string
  def to_s
    ActionView::Base.new(Rails.configuration.paths.app.views.first).render(

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# Rails datetime_select and similar use multiparameter attributes which are
# these dawful things from the bowels of activerecord and actionpack. This
# module extends virtus models to coerce multiparameter attributes back together
# before assigning attributes.
#
# Here's the implementation for ActiveRecord:
#
#   https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/11fd052aa815ae0255ea5b2463e88138fb3fec61/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_assignment.rb#L113-L218
#
# and DataMapper:

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# this was surprisingly difficult to find, the documentation and API is poor

require "net/http"
require "uri"

url = URI.parse("http://www.whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp")

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.path)
req.add_field("X-Forwarded-For", "0.0.0.0")
# For content type, you could also use content_type=(type, params={})

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shared_examples_for "ActiveModel" do
  require 'minitest/assertions'
  require 'active_model/lint'
  include MiniTest::Assertions
  include ActiveModel::Lint::Tests

  # This is the main difference between MiniTest 4 and 5.
  # We must keep a counter of assertions.
  attr_accessor :assertions

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# via http://jablan.radioni.ca/post/4982485974/parsing-search-query-in-ruby

def parse_query s
  s.scan(/((\S+)\:\s?)?([+-])?(("(.+?)")|(\S+))/).map{|match|
    Hash[
      [nil, :prefix, :plusminus, nil, nil, :phrase, :word].zip(match).select(&:all?)
    ]
  }
end