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# If you're using Structs within a Rails project (in particular),
# you might run into an error about "superclass mismatch for class".

# You can solve this quite simply. Rather than doing this:

class SimpleContact < Struct.new(:name, :role, :company)
  def get_details
    ...
  end
end

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var View = Backbone.View.extend({
   
   events : function() {
       var events = {};
       
       var throttledAction = _.throttle(this.doSomeAction, 500);
       
       events["click .someItem"] = function(event) {
           throttledAction.call(this, event);
           

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[ { left : x, top : y }, width, height ] = [
    $el.offset(), $el.width(), $el.height()
]

@bounds = {x, y, width, height}

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require "redcarpet"
require "redcarpet/render_strip"

# I'm not suggesting this is particularly sane, but it works.
# 
# The little bit of regex fixes cases where two paragraphs get squished
# together and you end up with the unsightly
#
#   "end of sentence.New sentence"
#

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# Ruby's epoch times are three digits shorter than JavaScript's,
# which need only be slightly annoying:
class Time
    def self.at_from_js(date)
        self.at date.to_i / 1000
    end
end

Time.at(1369503558784)         # 45367-11-03 15:13:04 +0000
Time.at_from_js(1369503558784) # 2013-05-25 18:39:18 +0100

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Object.defineProperty Object.prototype, "new", get : -> new @

class Foo
    constructor : -> console.log "foo!"

class Bar
    constructor : -> console.log "bar!"

Foo.new # -> "foo!"

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Open JIRA tickets from the commandline!
#
# Installation:
#
#   $ sudo ln jira.sh /usr/bin/jira

if [ -z $1 ]
then

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paper   = Raphael el
rect    = paper.rect 100, 100, 100, 100

methods =
    move : (x, y) ->
        rect.attr
            transform : "...T#{x},#{y}"

    rotate : (ang) ->
        rect.attr

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shift = (element, dir) ->
    if dir is "down"
        fn   = "insertBefore"
        prop = "prev"
    else
        fn   = "insertAfter"
        prop = "next"

    # sibling (either next or previous)
    sib = element[prop]

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randomColour = -> "#" + (Math.floor(Math.random() * 0xffffff)).toString(16)