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@wandernauta
wandernauta / sp
Last active May 14, 2024 16:49
sp is a command-line client for Spotify's dbus interface. Play, pause, skip and search tracks from the comfort of your command line.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# This is sp, the command-line Spotify controller. It talks to a running
# instance of the Spotify Linux client over dbus, providing an interface not
# unlike mpc.
#
# Put differently, it allows you to control Spotify without leaving the comfort
# of your command line, and without a custom client or Premium subscription.
#
@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active May 24, 2024 12:34
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@nossidge
nossidge / Snowball
Last active December 15, 2015 14:09
C++ Generate valid snowball poems, using input file of example text and Markov chains to help make it grammatically correct.
/*
~~ Snowball Poem ~~
Snowball (also called a Chaterism): A poem in which each line is a single word,
and each successive word is one letter longer. One of the constrained writing
techniques invented by the Oulipo (Workshop of Potential Literature).
~~ Program Description ~~
This program takes input from the file "input-raw.txt". It examines the file for
@robinsloan
robinsloan / langoliers.rb
Last active April 7, 2024 13:22
The Langoliers, a tweet deletion script
require "rubygems"
require "twitter"
require "json"
# things you must configure
TWITTER_USER = "your_username"
MAX_AGE_IN_DAYS = 1 # anything older than this is deleted
# get these from dev.twitter.com
CONSUMER_KEY = "your_consumer_key"
@hellerbarde
hellerbarde / latency.markdown
Created May 31, 2012 13:16 — forked from jboner/latency.txt
Latency numbers every programmer should know

Latency numbers every programmer should know

L1 cache reference ......................... 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict ............................ 5 ns
L2 cache reference ........................... 7 ns
Mutex lock/unlock ........................... 25 ns
Main memory reference ...................... 100 ns             
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy ............. 3,000 ns  =   3 µs
Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network ....... 20,000 ns  =  20 µs
SSD random read ........................ 150,000 ns  = 150 µs

Read 1 MB sequentially from memory ..... 250,000 ns = 250 µs