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// 'downloadFile.js', written by blending two solutions:
// 'js-download' https://github.com/kennethjiang/js-file-download
// 'Anders Paulsen' https://blog.jayway.com/2017/07/13/open-pdf-downloaded-api-javascript/

export function downloadFile(data, filename, mime) {
  // It is necessary to create a new blob object with mime-type explicitly set
  // otherwise only Chrome works like it should
  const blob = new Blob([data], {type: mime || 'application/octet-stream'});
  if (typeof window.navigator.msSaveBlob !== 'undefined') {
    // IE doesn't allow using a blob object directly as link href.

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#! /usr/bin/env python

import redis
import random
import pylibmc
import sys

r = redis.Redis(host = 'localhost', port = 6389)
mc = pylibmc.Client(['localhost:11222'])

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What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

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# HAProxy config

mkdir /etc/haproxy
cat > /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg << EOF
global
  maxconn 4096

defaults
  mode http
  

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#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Example configuration for a possible web application.  See the
# full configuration options online.
#
#   http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.4/doc/configuration.txt
#
#---------------------------------------------------------------------

#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Global settings

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var Redis = require('ioredis');

var redis = new Redis({
  host: "nodesydney.wiftycloud.com",
  password: "7884b8baaa49fbcb48f17ad2a146"
});

async function main() {
  // write an event to stream 'events', setting 'key1' to 'value1'
  await redis.sendCommand(

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// This is from my comment here: http://wolfram.kriesing.de/blog/index.php/2008/javascript-remove-element-from-array/comment-page-2#comment-466561

/*
 * How to delete items from an Array in JavaScript, an exhaustive guide
 */

// DON'T use the delete operator, it leaves a hole in the array:
var arr = [4, 5, 6];
delete arr[1]; // arr now: [4, undefined, 6]

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function createUUID() {
    return uuid.v4();
}

// version 4
// createUUID.regex = '^[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-4[a-fA-F0-9]{3}-[89abAB][a-fA-F0-9]{3}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}$';
createUUID.regex = '^[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}$';

createUUID.is = function (str) {
    return new RegExp(createUUID.regex).test(str);

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/*
	Check SSE/AVX support.
	This application can detect the instruction support of
	SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4a, SSE5, and AVX.
*/

#include <iostream>
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#include <intrin.h>
#endif

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console.groupWithTrace = (name, fn) => {
  console.group(name);
  fn();
  console.groupCollapsed();
  console.trace(name);
  console.groupEnd();
  console.groupEnd();
};

function add(x, y) {