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<?php
/**
 * Compare two strings by length first (descending),
 * alphabetically second (ascending)
 */
function strlen_cmp($a, $b) {
  $diff = strlen($a) - strlen($b);
  return ($diff != 0) ? -$diff : strcmp($a, $b);
}

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javascript:void(function(){n=parseInt((location.href.split("/").pop().split("_")[0]),10);s="";while(n>0){s="123456789abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ"[n%2558]+s;n=Math.floor(n/58)};window.location="http://flic.kr/p/"+s;}())

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
"""Stemmers for Swedish and English

Implements the Swedish stemming algorithm used in snowball:
<http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/swedish/stemmer.html>

Implements the English (Porter2) stemming algorithm used in snowball:
<http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/english/stemmer.html>
"""

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# Call grep, with stdin closed if it is a terminal.
# 
# Avoids the "eternal wait" problem when you've forgotten
# to specify a filename.

function grep { (tty -s && exec <&-; exec $(which grep) "$@"); }

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(function($) {
    $.fn.inverse = function() {
        var prevSelector = this.prevObject.selector,
        suffix = this.selector.slice(prevSelector.length);
        if (suffix.charAt(0) === " ") {
            // Last action was a find
            return this.prevObject.find(":not(" + suffix.slice(1) + ")");
        } else {
            return this.prevObject.not(this);
        }

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright 2011 Filip Salomonsson <filip.salomonsson@gmail.com>
# MIT Licensed

# Simple JSON pretty-printer
# Save as ~/bin/json and pipe stuff to it.

import json
import sys

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sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool YES;
sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionDisabled;

// by the way, you need to logout and log back in for this to take effect.  Or at least that's what
// Quartz Debug says.  Who knows, maybe it's lying?

// P.S. Go to [Apple menu --> System Preferences --> Displays --> Display --> Scaled] after logging
// back in, and you'll see a bunch of "HiDPI" resolutions in the list to choose from.

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Simple file/stream encryption using OpenSSL

Create and store a 512-byte random encryption key named secret:

$ mkkey secret

Encrypt the contents of file with the secret key and write it to file.enc:

$ encrypt secret < file > file.enc

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function parse_git_branch {
  git_status="$(git status 2> /dev/null)"
  pattern="^# On branch ([^${IFS}]*)"
  if [[ ! ${git_status}} =~ "working directory clean" ]]; then
    state="*"
  fi
  # add an else if or two here if you want to get more specific

  if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${pattern} ]]; then
    branch=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}