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# blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/2613268281/changing-from-tz-database-identifiers-to-rails-friendly
{
  "Australia/Adelaide"             => "Adelaide",
  "Australia/Broken_Hill"          => "Adelaide",
  "America/Anchorage"              => "Alaska",
  "America/Juneau"                 => "Alaska",
  "America/Nome"                   => "Alaska",
  "America/Yakutat"                => "Alaska",
  "Pacific/Gambier"                => "Alaska",
  "Asia/Almaty"                    => "Almaty",

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defmodule HttpRequester do
  use GenServer

  def start_link(_) do
    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, nil, [])
  end

  def fetch(server, url) do
    # Don't use cast: http://blog.elixirsips.com/2014/07/16/errata-dont-use-cast-in-a-poolboy-transaction/
    timeout_ms = 10_000

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require 'resque/failure/multiple'
require 'resque/failure/redis'
require 'resque_failure_honeybadger'

Resque::Failure::Multiple.classes = [
  Resque::Failure::Redis,
  Resque::Failure::Honeybadger
]
Resque::Failure.backend = Resque::Failure::Multiple

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#!/bin/bash

function actual_path() {
  if [ [ -z "$1" ] -a [ -d $1 ] ]; then
    echo $(cd $1 && test `pwd` = `pwd -P`)
    return 0
  else
    return 1
  fi
}

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require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler'
Bundler.require(:default, (ENV['RACK_ENV'] || "development").to_sym)

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lib/foo.rb:22:in `save'
# foo.book

>> REQUEST:
{
  "CashBook_Book": {
    "cashBookHandle": {
      "Number": "14"

henrik

# Sort lexicographically, but sorting numbers into their proper position.
# 
class Array
  def sort_preserving_numbers
    sort_by { |x|
      x.split(/(\d+)/).
        map { |piece| piece.match(/\d/) ? piece.to_i : piece }
    }
  end
end

henrik

# https://gist.github.com/1214011

module WillPaginate
  module ActionView
    def will_paginate(collection = nil, options = {})
      options[:renderer] ||= BootstrapLinkRenderer
      super.try :html_safe
    end

    class BootstrapLinkRenderer < LinkRenderer

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def aws_zone
  [ ["east", "d"], ["west", "c"] ].inject([]) do |array, (zone, max)|
    'a'.upto(max) { |letter| array << "us-#{zone}-1#{letter}" }
    array
  end.sample
end

henrik

# 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 <&-; $(which grep) $@); }