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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# standard libraries
require 'fileutils'
require 'securerandom'
require 'logger'

# external library -- run `gem install oga` before this script will work
require 'oga'

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class Lychrel
  def initialize(starting_at:)
    @start = starting_at
  end

  def for(iterations:)
    last = start
    yield last

    iterations.times do

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require 'yaml'

class MyOrm
  attr_accessor :id, :destroyed

  def save
    !!self.class.write_new(self)
  end

  def destroy

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class Person
  def friend
    friend_type.new
  end
  def friend_type
    Person
  end
end

class Diamonds; end

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class Dog
  attr_reader :name
end

milo = Dog.new
milo.instance_variable_set('@name', 'Milo')
name = milo.name
name.gsub!(name, 'Lola')
p (lola = milo).name

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// https://projecteuler.net/problem=9
// There exists exactly one Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000.
// Find the product abc.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
  a, b, c := findBeautifulTriplet(1000)
  fmt.Println(a * b * c)

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package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
  i := 1
  for !coolNumber(i, 20) {
    i++
  }
  fmt.Println(i)
}

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package main
import(
  "fmt"
  "strconv"
  "sort"
  "strings"
)

func main() {
  palindromes := []int{}

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class Dog
  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
  end
  def to_s
    "#<Dog name=#{@name}>"
  end
  def bark
    "WOOF"
  end

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Notes On A Writing Device

Here’s a brain dump of something Stephen Hackett and I were talking about yesterday. This is an idea I’ve had (and researched pretty thoroughly) since freshman year in the dorm: the ultimate tool for writing text. A “real” computer is overkill, and an iOS device, with its color LCD screen and multitude of apps, isn’t ideally suited to be a tool for writing text. What is needed is something closer to the Kindle: a (mostly) single-purpose, self-contained device with an always-on wireless connection (whether that’s through 3G like Whispernet or through WiFi) in which every facet of the design of the hardware and software is geared toward one thing: being an efficient tool for translating ideas into words. Essentially this device would be the translation of an application like Byword or TextMate into hardware.

The Hardware

The hardware would be a cross between an Alphasmart Neo and a Kindle (other antecedents include the Information Appliance Swyft and the TRS-80 Model 100: black an