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avg = (a) ->
  sum = 0
  for v in a
    sum += v
  sum / a.length

cavg = (v, av, c) ->
  av + ((v - av) / c)

console.log '---'

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# monkey-patch Chef Git Provider
# to raise the default ShellOut timeout setting
# because this repo can take over 10min
# to clone from github.com
class ::Chef::Provider::Git
  def clone # based on opscode/chef commit b86c5b06
    converge_by("clone from #{@new_resource.repository} into #{@new_resource.destination}") do
      remote = @new_resource.remote

      args = []

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# vim: set ft=ruby :

verb = ARGV[0]
who = ARGV[1..-1]
workers = %w{Zero Nasir Harsh Nino Victor Andy Abbas Atef}
group = who.first.downcase == 'all'? workers : who

group.each do |worker|
  next if %w{Zero}.include? worker # skip

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# vim: set ft=ruby :
class Sax
  attr :b
  attr :s1
  attr :s2

  def initialize
    require 'bloops'
    # the bloops o' phone

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#!/bin/sh
echo to unload, combine on same line:
echo pactl unload-module # to unload
pactl load-module module-loopback; #latency_msec=1000

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Process of fixing a software bug:

A Guide for the Impatient Line Manager

(and how its interesting that only half of the time is estimatable

in a poorly run / bottom-dollar organization)

1. Reproduce; verify problem
   (not estimatable; can only set a maximum cut-off time based on pain/worth)

   in other words, if you could capture errors at the moment they happen (client-side error reporting),
   as well as the steps that led up to them (user behavior analytics, determinism, demo recording),

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sudo apt-get install ejabberd
sudo vim /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg
# may optionally want to set the hostname and acl admin user, otherwise not required
sudo /etc/init.d/ejabberd start
ejabberdctl register mikesmullin localhost PaSsWoRD
tail -f /var/log/ejabberd/*.log

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#!/bin/bash

# see original thread discussion:
# http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1370383

declare -i sinks=(`pacmd list-sinks | sed -n -e 's/\**[[:space:]]index:[[:space:]]\([[:digit:]]\)/\1/p'`)
declare -i sinks_count=${#sinks[*]}
declare -i active_sink_index=`pacmd list-sinks | sed -n -e 's/\*[[:space:]]index:[[:space:]]\([[:digit:]]\)/\1/p'`
declare -i next_sink_index=${sinks[0]}

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sudo apt-get install unzip;
wget -O /tmp/chromedriver.zip http://chromedriver.googlecode.com/files/chromedriver_linux64_19.0.1068.0.zip && sudo unzip /tmp/chromedriver.zip chromedriver -d /usr/local/bin/;

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ssh REMOTE-SERVER.COM "mysqldump -uroot -p REMOTE_DB | gzip -c" | gunzip | mysql -uroot LOCAL_DB