jagregory

So you've cloned somebody's repo from github, but now you want to fork it and contribute back. Never fear!

Technically, when you fork "origin" should be your fork and "upstream" should be the project you forked; however, if you're willing to break this convention then it's easy.

* Off the top of my head *

1. Fork their repo on Github
2. In your local, add a new remote to your fork; then fetch it, and push your changes up to it

    git remote add my-fork git@github...my-fork.git

btompkins

def new_user(admin_username, admin_password):   
    env.user = 'root'
    
    # Create the admin group and add it to the sudoers file
    admin_group = 'admin'
    runcmd('addgroup {group}'.format(group=admin_group))
    runcmd('echo "%{group} ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers'.format(
        group=admin_group))
    
    # Create the new admin user (default group=username); add to admin group

allnightlong

import com.jolbox.bonecp.BoneCPDataSource
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.ConfigurationHolder as CH
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.ApplicationHolder as AH
import com.burtbeckwith.grails.plugin.datasources.DatasourcesBuilder
import grails.util.Environment

beans = {
  def ds = CH.config.dataSource
  def dsClosure = { bean ->
    bean.destroyMethod = 'close'

chitchcock

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

vsergeev

Busybox "Embedded Linux from Scratch" Distribution for the Beaglebone

Prepare your Build Sandbox

$ mkdir -p beaglelfs/{sources,rootfs_install,boot_mnt,rootfs_mnt}

Acquire an ARM Toolchain

Download the latest i686 Binary TAR of the ARM GNU/Linux (glibc-based) Lite Toolchain:

agentgt

/*
 *    Copyright 2009-2012 The MyBatis Team
 *
 *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

BPScott

# Generating throwaway QR codes from the command line for shunting URLS to mobile devices

brew install qrencode

qrencode  -o - http://www.google.com | open -f -a preview

aktau

#!/bin/bash

set -e

set -u

# hat-tips:
# - http://codeghar.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/automated-customized-debian-installation-using-preseed/
# - the gist

VitToCode

Summary:  	A high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations
Name:			octave
Version:		3.6.4
Release:		1.el6
#Epoch:			2
License:		GPL
Group:			Applications/Mathematics
URL:			http://www.octave.org
Source0:		ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-%{version}.tar.bz2
Source1:		octave.png

ara303

Hey! Just to let you know there is a much better version of this script that doesn't require jQuery here:
https://gist.github.com/edadams/5ce1ec3d0b1f69e80724af7eb3b606f4

For posterity, and because this Gist got unexpectedly popular for a random code snippet, I will preserve the original below. Please do know that I've figured out a much better way to do this, which is above.

$(function(){ // shorthand document.ready()
    $('.make_lightbox').each(function(){ // this is just an element I let them click, it carries a series of data- attributes.
        $(this).on('click',function(){  // when clicked. this is the newer jQuery click() handler that's only in v1.8+ so that may be something to note.
            var lbArray = []; // create blank array.
            var arrayContents = {"width":$(this).data('width'), "height":$(this).data('height'), "low_res":$(this).data("lowres"), "high_res":$(this).data('highres')}; // make set of the data- attributes.