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Collection of Everyday Tips

Also see The Lazy Programmer

Mac

• cmd-shift-t open last tab (sometimes preserves input) via @atmos
• option-shift-volume|brightness increase/decrease brightness or volume by quarter increments
• cmd-shift-3 whole screenshot
• cmd-shift-4 select screenshot. Click space and it'll let you choose a window.
• cmd-shift-g in finder, go to folder. tab completion available

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http://examples.com

irc://freenode.net

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  # find this file in config/locales/en.yml
  # http://guides.rubyonrails.org/i18n.html
  # https://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n/blob/master/rails/locale/en.yml
  number:
    currency:
      format:
        delimiter: ","
        format: "%u%n"
        negative_format: "(%u%n)"  # <-- wrap negative numbers in parenthesis
        precision: 2

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#!/bin/sh

# Usage:
#
# find app -name *.rb | xargs -L1 ./namespace.sh
#
sed -i.bak -e '
/^class/ {
  # prepend namespace
  i\

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#!/bin/sh

# Start fresh
curl -q -XDELETE 'localhost:19200/emails?pretty' 2>1 1>/dev/null

# Create index 'emails' with a mapping for type 'user', and settings for
# custom email analyzers
echo "Create Index"
curl -XPUT 'localhost:19200/emails?pretty' -d '{
  "settings": {

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* asking for a country when it's easily derived
* listing different states in a country dropdown
* all browser autocomplete forms

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http://www.irs.gov/uac/Publication-575,-Pension-and-Annuity-Income-2

• Are Roth IRA distributions taxable? http://www.irs.gov/publications/p590/ch02.html#en_US_2011_publink1000231057 tl;dr keep money in until you are 59.5, and at least 5 years.

• Moving amounts into a Roth IRA http://www.irs.gov/publications/p590/ch02.html#en_US_2011_publink1000231029

• same trustee is ok (vanguard traditional -> vanguard roth)
• Rollover From Employer's Plan Into a Roth IRA

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

banner = <<-USAGE

  Turn shoulda formatted tests into traditional test-unit format
  
  Edit in place:
  find test -name '*_test.rb' | xargs ruby -p -i.bak test-unitfy.rb
  
  Preview:

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curl -O http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.3-p0.tar.gz
tar xzvf ruby-1.9.3-p0.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.9.3-p0
./configure --enable-shared --disable-pthread --program-suffix n

make && make install

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# 1) Running a raw RackAdapter in config.ru mounted at '/' works fine
require 'bundler/setup'
require 'yard'

run YARD::Server::RackAdapter.new(
  {'surfiki' => [YARD::Server::LibraryVersion.new('surfiki', nil, File.expand_path('../.yardoc', __FILE__))]},
  {
    :single_library => true,
    :caching        => false
  })