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brendanberg / password.py
Created June 20, 2012 02:07
Generates every valid password for an incredibly stupid authentication system
import itertools
# Finding every single terrible password
#
# (Password requirements from http://kottke.org/12/06/the-worlds-worst-password-requirements-list)
#
# Must be exactly 8 characters long
# Must contain at least one character from each of these sets:
# ['@', '#', '$'],
# ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'],
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brendanberg / detector.py
Created March 10, 2012 00:06
Connect4 winner detection
import sys
import json
def search_line(row):
string = ''.join(row)
if string.find('OOOO') != -1:
return 'O'
if string.find('XXXX') != -1:
return 'X'
else:
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brendanberg / gist:1556862
Created January 3, 2012 20:49
Evil dictionary insertions in Python
from time import time
def elapsed(fn):
t = time()
fn()
return time() - t
def insert_good(n):
for i in range(2 ** n):
d[i] = 0
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brendanberg / best-of.txt
Created November 12, 2011 15:23
egrep [aeiou]{4} sowpods.txt
aqueous
banlieue
bioaeration
bioaeronautics
euouae
gooier
guaiac
guaiacol
guaiacum
homoiousian
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brendanberg / random
Created October 27, 2011 15:34
Can you guess the output?
public static void main(String ... args) {
System.out.println(randomString(-229985452)+' '+randomString(-147909649));
}
public static String randomString(int seed) {
Random rand = new Random(seed);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for(int i=0;;i++) {
int n = rand.nextInt(27);
if (n == 0) break;
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brendanberg / point.coffee
Created August 29, 2011 22:01
Making objects using closures in CoffeeScript
point = (x, y) ->
setX = (nx) -> x = nx
setY = (ny) -> y = ny
(n) -> n(x, y, setX, setY)
pointGetX = ->
(x, y) -> x
pointGetY = ->
(x, y) -> y
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brendanberg / coffee.html
Created August 24, 2011 20:28
CoffeeScript in Your Browser
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Caffeinate Me!</title>
<meta name="generator" content="TextMate http://macromates.com/">
<meta name="author" content="Brendan Berg">
<!-- Date: 2011-08-24 -->
<style>
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brendanberg / lisp.coffee
Created August 24, 2011 07:11
Lisp list functions in CoffeeScript
cons = (h, t) -> (m) -> m(h, t)
car = (x) -> x((h, t) -> h)
cdr = (x) -> if x then x((h, t) -> t) else null
map = (ls, f) ->
cons (f car ls), if cdr ls then map cdr(ls), f else null
foldl = (ls, f, n) ->
f (car ls), if cdr ls then foldl (cdr ls), f, n else n
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brendanberg / vowlies.py
Created August 6, 2010 02:26
Counts vowels and consonants from stdin
import sys, string
def vowels(str):
count = 0
for let in str:
if let in list("AEIOUaeiou"):
count += 1
return count
def vowelies(str):