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var accounts = [
  { name: 'James Brown', msgCount: 123 },
  { name: 'Stevie Wonder', msgCount: 22 },
  { name: 'Sly Stone', msgCount: 16 },
  { name: 'Otis Redding', msgCount: 300 }  // Otis has the most messages
];

// get sum of msgCount prop across all objects in array
var msgTotal = accounts.reduce(function(prev, cur) {
  return prev + cur.msgCount;

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# put this function in your .bash_profile or .zshrc to open the github compare screen
# for your current branch.  Of course, you must push your branch up remotely first for this to work.
# The function parses your current working branch from the output of git branch
# and opens github in Chrome, right to the compare page for your branch.
#
# Edit myaccountname and myreponame and enter the account and repo of your choice.
#
function openpr () {
  ACCOUNT=myaccountname # replace with your account name
  REPO=myreponame # replace with your repo name

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# ~/.atom/init.coffee

atom.commands.add 'atom-text-editor', 'exit-insert-mode-if-preceded-by-j': (e) ->
  editor = @getModel()
  pos = editor.getCursorBufferPosition()
  range = [pos.traverse([0,-1]), pos]
  lastChar = editor.getTextInBufferRange(range)
  if lastChar != "j"
    e.abortKeyBinding()
  else

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# Batch renaming/mv/cp/etc... using bash

# Step 1:  to make a backup copy of all pdf files in a directory
for i in *.pdf ; do mv "$i" "${i}.backup" ; done

# Step 2: to copy one file over all of the original files in this directory
for i in *.pdf ; do cp "~/source.pdf" "${i}" ; done

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/**
*  Define a method inside of a JavaScript Object.  In this instance, the method gets
*  recreated with each Class Instance.  Sometimes desirable, sometimes not.
*/
function Wizard () {
  this.name = "The Wiz";
  this.level = 1;
  this.shoot = function () {
    alert('Imma Shoot You!');
  };

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var test = ["this is an element", "this is an element", "so is this"];

var unique = test.filter(function(elem, pos, self) {
  return self.indexOf(elem) == pos;
});

console.dir(unique);

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require 'sinatra'
require 'vimeo'
require 'shotgun'
require 'haml'

enable :sessions
set :protection, :except => :frame_options

get '/:key/:secret/:access_token/:access_token_secret/:user_id' do

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/**
* choose a random background image on
* page load from a number of sequentially
* numbered image files
*/
var numImages = 4;
var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * numImages);
$('div.application-header').css({'background': 'url(https://www.gdg.do/images/banner_imgs/' + index + '.jpg)');

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/* fadeOut animation css */
.fadeOut {
  animation-name: fadeOut;
  -webkit-animation-name: fadeOut; 

  animation-duration: 0.4s; 
  -webkit-animation-duration: 0.4s;

  animation-timing-function: ease-in-out; 
  -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-in-out;