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# This is more "Ruby", and I agree that I don't necessarily agree with 
# all the syntax choices. The else condition isn't required as the
# function returns nil if no other code paths executed. You could argue
# that, that is a regression waiting to happen though.

def just_one_kind_of_response? item, controller
  case controller
  when 'actions'
    item.comments.blank? or item.suggestions.blank? or detail.comments.blank?
  when 'thoughts'

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// gcc -o fswatcher -framework Carbon fswatcher.c

#include <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/dir.h>

static time_t timestamp = 0;

static void callback(ConstFSEventStreamRef stream,

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#!/usr/bin/ruby
#
# Example usage:
#     tell iTunes to pause
#     tell iTunes to play
#     tell Linkinus to quit
#
# http://twitter.com/mxcl

# we add it back later

mxcl

# Use this for your URL shortening needs
# Base 62 is as good as you can easily get for URL shortening
# And it's effective: 1_000_000 => '4c92'
# Challenge: fork and speed up the implementation!

class Fixnum
  TOKENS = ('0'..'9').to_a + ('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a

  # NOTE returns nil for 0
  def to_62_s

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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

I think it's from “The moon is a harsh mistress”

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def inreplace path, before=nil, after=nil
  [*path].each do |path|
    f = File.open path, 'r'
    s = f.read.gsub before, after
    f.reopen(path, 'w').write s
    f.close
  end
end

require 'pathname'

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#!/usr/bin/ruby

RED = "\033[0;31m"
RESET = "\033[0m"
YELLOW = "\033[0;33m"
BLUE = "\033[0;35m"
GREY = "\033[0;34m"

trap("INT") { puts; exit! 127 }

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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface NSURLRequest (mxcl)

+ (id)requestWithURL:(NSURL *)url;
+ (id)requestWithURL:(NSURL *)url cachePolicy:(NSURLRequestCachePolicy)cachePolicy timeoutInterval:(NSTimeInterval)timeoutInterval;

+ (id)requestWithURLString:(NSString *)url; // for convenience

@end

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#!/usr/bin/ruby
# The Ruby FizzBuzz with the best concision versus elegance compromise.
# Fork if you have better ideas.

1.upto 100 do |n|
  puts [[:fizz][n%3], [:buzz][n%5]].join[/.+/m] || n
end

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$:.unshift(`brew --prefix`.chomp+'/Library/Homebrew')
require 'global'

Formula.each do |f|
  p f
end