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dmdavis / __init__.py
Created March 5, 2012 16:59
Namespaced __init__.py
from pkgutil import extend_path
__base_path__ = __path__
__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
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dmdavis / __init__.py
Created May 1, 2012 19:01
Nested Python Package using pkgutil
from pkgutil import extend_path
__base_path__ = __path__
__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
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dmdavis / random_string.php
Created May 3, 2012 14:13
Random String (PHP)
<?php
/**
* Create a random string $l characters in length.
*
* @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php#84888
* @param int $l number of characters (default: 10)
* @return string the random string
*/
function random_string($l = 10) {
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dmdavis / gist:2636204
Created May 8, 2012 15:19
Homebrew PyQt 4.9.1 make failure (Qt 4.8.1)
$ brew instal -vd pyqt
==> Downloading http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/PyQt4/PyQt-mac-gpl-4.9.1.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/dale/Library/Caches/Homebrew/pyqt-4.9.1.tar.gz
/usr/bin/tar xf /Users/dale/Library/Caches/Homebrew/pyqt-4.9.1.tar.gz
==> python ./configure.py --confirm-license --bindir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.9.1/bin --destdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.9.1/lib/python2.7/site-packages --sipdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.9.1/share/sip
python ./configure.py --confirm-license --bindir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.9.1/bin --destdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.9.1/lib/python2.7/site-packages --sipdir=/usr/local/Cellar/pyqt/4.9.1/share/sip
Determining the layout of your Qt installation...
This is the GPL version of PyQt 4.9.1 (licensed under the GNU General Public
License) for Python 2.7.3 on darwin.
Found the license file pyqt-gpl.sip.
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dmdavis / auto_timestamp.sql
Created May 10, 2012 14:58
Automatic MySql Timestamps
-- Limited to one default TIMESTAMP column per table
-- See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4489548/why-there-can-be-only-one-timestamp-column-with-current-timestamp-in-default-cla
CREATE TABLE my_table (
-- some columns
updated TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
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dmdavis / remove_on_update.sql
Created May 25, 2012 19:52
Remove ON UPDATE from MySQL Timestamp column
-- From http://www.fakebeing.com/projects/remove-on-update-from-mysql-timestamp-column/
ALTER TABLE mytable CHANGE columnName columnName TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
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dmdavis / mysql_time_format.php
Created May 29, 2012 20:39
DateInterval to MySQL TIME format string
$dateInterval->format('%H:%I:%S');
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dmdavis / peg_dice.js
Created June 4, 2012 21:35
Simple PEG.js dice roller
start
= additive
additive
= left:dice "+" right:additive { return left + right; }
/ left:dice "-" right:additive { return left - right; }
/ dice
dice
= left:primary "d" right:primary { var s = 0; for(var i = 0; i < left; i++ ) { s += Math.floor(Math.random() * right) + 1; } return s; }
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dmdavis / utf-8_gzip.py
Created August 22, 2012 15:18
Python: Compress a UTF-8 file using GZIP compression
def compress_utf8_file(fullpath, delete_original = True):
"""Compress a UTF-8 encoded file using GZIP compression named *.gz. If `delete_original` is `True` [default: True],
the original file specified by `delete_original` is removed after compression."""
with codecs.open(fullpath, 'r', 'utf-8') as fin:
with gzip.open(fullpath + '.gz', 'wb') as fout:
for line in fin:
fout.write(unicode(line).encode('utf-8'))
if delete_original:
os.remove(fullpath)
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dmdavis / swdiceprob.py
Created April 3, 2013 19:29
Functions for calculating Savage Worlds dice probabilities.
#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
"""
swdiceprob.py
Functions for calculating Savage Worlds dice probabilities.
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