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@svick
svick / Program.cs
Created September 3, 2012 13:38
SO Task inlining
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
@jdevalk
jdevalk / .htaccess
Last active November 28, 2023 20:28
These three files together form an affiliate link redirect script.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteRule (.*) ./index.php?id=$1 [L]
</IfModule>
@darekkay
darekkay / trakt-backup.php
Last active June 18, 2024 14:28
Trakt.tv backup script
<?php
/*
Backup script for trakt.tv (API v2).
Live demo: https://darekkay.com/blog/trakt-tv-backup/
*/
// create a Trakt app to get a client API key: http://docs.trakt.apiary.io/#introduction/create-an-app
$apikey = "CLIENT_API_KEY";
@gtallen1187
gtallen1187 / scar_tissue.md
Created November 1, 2015 23:53
talk given by John Ousterhout about sustaining relationships

"Scar Tissues Make Relationships Wear Out"

04/26/2103. From a lecture by Professor John Ousterhout at Stanford, class CS142.

This is my most touchy-feely thought for the weekend. Here’s the basic idea: It’s really hard to build relationships that last for a long time. If you haven’t discovered this, you will discover this sooner or later. And it's hard both for personal relationships and for business relationships. And to me, it's pretty amazing that two people can stay married for 25 years without killing each other.

[Laughter]

> But honestly, most professional relationships don't last anywhere near that long. The best bands always seem to break up after 2 or 3 years. And business partnerships fall apart, and there's all these problems in these relationships that just don't last. So, why is that? Well, in my view, it’s relationships don't fail because there some single catastrophic event to destroy them, although often there is a single catastrophic event around the the end of the relation