mrenouf

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys, subprocess

def main(args=sys.argv):
  if len(args) < 2:
    print "Usage: %s <command>" % (args[0])
    exit 1
  while True:
    try: line = raw_input(None)

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

dalethedeveloper

#Mobile Device Detection via User Agent RegEx

Yes, it is nearly 2012 and this exercise has been done to death in every imaginable language. For my own purposes I needed to get the majority of non-desktop devices on to a trimmed down, mobile optimized version of a site. I decided to try and chase down an up-to-date RegEx of the simplest thing that could possibly work.

I arrived at my current solution after analyzing 12 months of traffic over 30+ US based entertainment properties (5.8M+ visitors) from Jan - Dec 2011.

The numbers solidified my thoughts on the irrelevancy of including browsers/OSes such as Nokia, Samsung, Maemo, Symbian, Ipaq, Avant, Zino, Bolt, Iris, etc. The brass tacks of the matter is that you certainly could support these obscure beasts, but are you really going to test your site on them? Heck, could you even find one?! Unless the folks that pay you are die hard Treo users my guess is "No".

Interestingly enough my research shows that /Mobile/ is more efficient than **/iP(

TomTasche

// more information here: http://blog.tomtasche.at/2012/10/use-built-in-feedback-mechanism-on.html

try {
    int i = 3 / 0;
} catch (Exception e) {
    ApplicationErrorReport report = new ApplicationErrorReport();
    report.packageName = report.processName = getApplication()
        .getPackageName();
    report.time = System.currentTimeMillis();
    report.type = ApplicationErrorReport.TYPE_CRASH;

willurd

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

carlosefr

/*
 * RPi2c - test i2c communication between an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2013 Carlos Rodrigues <cefrodrigues@gmail.com>
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

fabiofl

sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.dock.iconcache -exec rm {} \;

nikic

Order of evaluation in PHP

Yesterday I found some people on my [favorite reddit][lolphp] wonder about the output of the following code:

<?php

$a = 1;
$c = $a + $a++;

mcpherrinm

diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 00c07ce..e691821 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -921,8 +921,9 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             return true
         }

-        if token::is_keyword(keywords::Unsafe, &self.token) ||
-            token::is_keyword(keywords::Once, &self.token) {

shamil

How to mount a qcow2 disk image

This is a quick guide to mounting a qcow2 disk images on your host server. This is useful to reset passwords, edit files, or recover something without the virtual machine running.

Step 1 - Enable NBD on the Host

modprobe nbd max_part=8