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require 'nokogiri'

class Doc < Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Document
  include Enumerable

  def initialize(xml)
    @xml = xml
  end

  def each(&block)

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Our personal information isn't really secure. It probably never has been, but our increasing reliance on digital services and the constant public disclosure of large breaches is only making that clearer.

You can't protect your personal information. Its already in the hands of third parties. All we can really do is take some steps to reduce the pain when our information falls into the wrong hands.

• Never use a debit card or any other card backed by real money. Not online, not in person. Maybe even ask your bank for an old-fashioned ATM card and get rid of the debit card altogether. When someone does make fraudulent charges, you don't want to have your real money disappear while you wait for your banks fraud department to investigate and refund. With a credit card the fraudster is merely racking up temporary debt that will disappear when the investigation is complete. In the meantime you can use one of your other credit cards (you should have at least two) and your real money is never touched.
• Use a passwo

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Backbone.ajax = function(){
  var old_function = Backbone.ajax

  return function() {
    // do some stuff before calling the old function

    result = old_function.apply(arguments)

    // do some stuff after calling the old function

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# Usage: expect(response).to have_status(:unauthorized)

RSpec::Matchers.define(:have_status) do |expected|
  status_code = case expected
                when Symbol
                  Rack::Utils.status_code(expected)
                else
                  expected
                end

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# Class that attempts to have fun with threads
#
# Meant to be used from within pry. Example:
#
#     $ pry
#     pry(main)> talk = FunWithThreads.new
#     pry(main)> cd talk
#     pry(#<FWT>)> puts "Hello"
#

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Lightning Talks Recap

Here are some links to some of the talks or the topics they covered.

Todd Nichols: Pundit

• Gem: https://github.com/elabs/pundit

Jay Hannah: Regular Expressions

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if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
  class ActiveRecord::Base
    def self.sample
      s = scoped
      c = s.count
      s.offset(rand(c)).first
    end
  end

  def __clear_lhm(sure = false)

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%head
  %title= page_title
  %meta{name: "viewport", content: "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"}
  = stylesheet_link_tag     "application"
  = javascript_include_tag  "application"
  = js_action_loader # <---- Helper sets up current controller/action for JS on every page
  = csrf_meta_tags
  = yield(:head)

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[20] pry(main)> start = Date.parse("May 21st"); (start + 10.weeks + 8.weeks)..(start + 12.weeks + 10.weeks)
=> Wed, 24 Sep 2014..Wed, 22 Oct 2014

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Omaha Ruby, September 2014 Lighting Talks

Video

R is for Ruby - Noah Koch

• RinRuby
• RinRuby on Github

Dev Bootcamp, A Students Perspective - Adam Willis