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#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Check that a particular email address exists.
Adam Blinkinsop <blinks@acm.org>

WARNING:
  Checking email addresses in this way is not recommended, and will lead to
  your site being listed in RBLs as a source of abusive traffic. Mail server
  admins do like it when they get connections that don't result in email being
  sent, because spammers often use this technique to verify email addresses.

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"""
Scanner: match text to generate tokens.
Adam Blinkinsop <blinks@acm.org>

First, construct a scanner with the tokens you'd like to match described as
keyword arguments, using Python-syntax regular expressions.
WARNING: Group syntax in these expressions has an undefined effect.

>>> simple = Scan(ID=r'\w+')

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import logging
import random
import re
import sys

ROLL = re.compile(r'(\d*)d(\d+)')

def roll(dice):
  """Randomly generate the result of a dice roll.

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-- Master: Mastermind Solver
-- Adam Blinkinsop <blinks@google.com>
import Data.Ord
import Data.List

-- Types for pegs and codes, mainly for display.
data Peg = Red | Green | Blue | White | Yellow | Orange
  deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
data Code = Code [Peg] deriving Show
data Response = Respond (Int, Int) deriving Eq

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#!/usr/bin/env python2.6
"""
Choose a random game from your BGG collection.  For example:

  $ ./randgame.py blinks
  Downloading collection for blinks...
  Filtering collection of 66 for 2 players...
  Filtering remaining 53 for 90 minutes...
  Filtering remaining 39 for rating 6.0...
  Choosing from 29 games... -> Fluxx <-

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/**
 * MIDI Helper Methods
 */
class MIDIConnection {
  MidiOut mout;

  fun void connect(int port) {
    if (!mout.open(0)) { me.exit(); }
  }

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(ns bgm.core
  (:use [overtone.inst sampled-piano])
  (:require [clojure.set]
            [overtone.core :as overtone])
  (:gen-class))

(def golden-ratio 1.61803398875)
(def golden-ratio-conjugate (/ 1.61803398875))

;;; COMPOSITION

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Gather cards from wizards.com into local Elasticsearch.
# Adam Blinkinsop <http://plus.google.com/+AdamBlinkinsop>
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
import bs4
import re
import urllib

def main(args):
    sets = args.sets

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A strategic card game about the Napoleonic Wars (c. 1797 to 1815), based on mechanisms from Glory to Rome.

Components

• Decks of event cards, each with action, reaction, unit, and 2d6 roll.
• A bunch of morale cubes.
• A map of Europe and surrounding areas.
• Standees for the various leaders involved.

Play

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# A simple monte carlo simulation for a specific kind of die pool.
#
# Usage: ./pool.py --trials=1000 4d6+3d8

import collections
import random

def main(args):
    result = collections.defaultdict(lambda: 0)