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orls / paint-with-farage-head-scaling.js
Last active August 29, 2015 14:18
Dynamic Nigel Resizer for paintwithnigelfarage.com
/**
* SuperDynamicHeadMode for http://paintwithnigelfarage.com
*
* Paste this script into browser's JS console.
*
* Controls:
* press/hold z to smallify Nigel
* press/hold x to embiggenate Nigel
*/
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orls / README.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:03 — forked from mbostock/.block

Crude demo of a 'layered' force-layout graph.

Run flip() in JS console to switch layers. (You need to change the context fo the chrom dev console to the right iframe first, or use window.frames[0].flip())

This uses the character co-occurence in Les Misérables dataset from the canonical D3 force-layout demo.

The choice of what's in what layer is just based on even/odd-numbered node index. This selection mechanism, and the fact that the graph is very dense, means this might not be the most appropriate dataset to demo the 'layering', but hopefully it gives some hint of its potential.

The intent is that slightly different force-layout rules apply to different layers, giving them structural focus as well as visual.

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orls / README.md
Created July 11, 2014 16:27 — forked from mbostock/.block

Click to add nodes! Nodes near the cursor will be linked to the new node.

D3's force layout uses the Barnes–Hut approximation to compute repulsive charge forces between all nodes efficiently. Links are implemented as geometric constraints on top of position Verlet integration, offering greater stability. A virtual spring between each node and the center of the chart prevents nodes from drifting into space.

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orls / EnvDefault.py
Last active February 7, 2024 21:56
Using env vars in argparse
"""Provides a utility to inject environment variables into argparse definitions.
Currently requires explicit naming of env vars to check for"""
import argparse
import os
# Courtesy of http://stackoverflow.com/a/10551190 with env-var retrieval fixed
class EnvDefault(argparse.Action):
"""An argparse action class that auto-sets missing default values from env
vars. Defaults to requiring the argument."""
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orls / d&b.md
Last active December 21, 2015 11:49

Below content is authored by Darian Shirazi for forbes.com -- I'm just saving it for the record/sharing post-removal


Why Dun & Bradstreet's Monopoly Has Stifled Innovation For 100 Years (Part 1 Of 2)

Original from forbes.com 2013-08-19 13:43. Retrieved from yahoo cache 2013-08-22 00:20

From the movie Boiler Room: "Hey these are the D&B cards. These are our leads...These are good leads. People on these cards buy stock."

import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
public class TestDns {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(sun.net.InetAddressCachePolicy.get());
InetSocketAddress unresolved = InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved("10.228.174.223", 8020);
System.out.println(unresolved.toString()); // prints 10.228.174.223:8020
System.out.println(unresolved.getHostName()); // prints 10.228.174.223:8020
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orls / MetaObject.php
Created September 3, 2011 20:35 — forked from CHH/MetaObject.php
PHP does Meta Programming too! (Requires PHP 5.4)
<?php
namespace CHH;
trait MetaObject
{
protected static $metaClass;
static function setMetaClass(MetaClass $metaClass)
{
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orls / gist:870165
Created March 15, 2011 01:09
Determining freq. distribution buckets

How to figure out numbers of buckets

Rough way to determine number of buckets/classes to split a dataset into, for frequency distribution analysis / histograms:

2ⁿ⁻¹ < α < 2ⁿ

where α is the size of the dataset.

In other words, find a power of 2 that yields a number just larger than the size of your dataset. Decrementing this power would yield a number smaller.

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orls / loader.js
Created February 7, 2011 16:04 — forked from cyu/loader.js
var fs = require('fs');
var http = require('http');
var path = require('path');
var console = require('sys');
var url = require('url');
var Script = process.binding('evals').Script;
var couchURL = url.parse(process.argv[2]),
couchUser = process.argv[3],
couchPass = process.argv[4],