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There are some words which carry with them the baggage of sexism and ableism and so they're words we've chosen to avoid using within our community.

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There are plenty of other words that you can use which can still convey the meaning you're looking for. Sometimes it might require a bit of creativity, but trust us – it can be done.

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markdorison / .ackrc
Last active August 29, 2015 14:01 — forked from theaboutbox/.ackrc
--type-add=css=.sass,.less,.scss
--type-add=php=.module,.info,.inc,.install,.test
--type-add=ruby=.rake,.rsel,.builder,.thor
--type-add=html=.haml,.html.erb,.html.haml
--smart-case
--sort-files
--color
--follow
--group

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markdorison / settings.php
Created August 8, 2013 23:35
Drupal / Redis (Predis) configuration
$conf['cache_backends'][] = 'sites/all/modules/redis_cache/predis.inc';`
$conf['cache_class_cache'] = 'RedisPredisCache';`
$conf['cache_class_cache_menu'] = 'RedisPredisCache';`
$conf['cache_class_cache_bootstrap'] = 'RedisPredisCache';
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markdorison / redis.conf
Created August 8, 2013 22:55
Default Redis configuration.
daemonize yes
pidfile /var/run/redis.pid
logfile /var/log/redis.log
port 6379
bind 127.0.0.1
timeout 300
loglevel notice
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markdorison / default.vcl
Created April 28, 2012 23:59
Varnish vcl
# This is a basic VCL configuration file for varnish. See the vcl(7)
# man page for details on VCL syntax and semantics.
#
# Define the internal network subnet.
# These are used below to allow internal access to certain files while not
# allowing access from the public internet.
acl internal {
"192.10.0.0"/24;
}
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markdorison / gist:1157808
Created August 19, 2011 19:46
Get current nid
function _get_argument_nid() {
foreach (range(1, 3) as $i) {
$node = menu_get_object('node', $i);
if (!empty($node)) {
return $node->nid;
}
}
}