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## annual-prepay.md

      
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                Appointment Reminder Annual Pre-pay copy (2014)
              
          
    Notes

This is the latest version of an email which I send periodically, offering customers the opportunity to pre-pay for SaaS in return for a discount.  The benefits to the SaaS company are better cash flow and reduced churn rate.  The benefits to the customer are, well, in the email.  This genre of email has produced hundreds of thousands of dollars in pre-pays for some companies I work with, and it rarely requires any more work than this example.
I've put $79 is as a placeholder for the cost of the user's plan.  We calculate that for each account, naturally, along with the billing contact's name.
Subject: Save $79 on Appointment Reminder (and get a tax write-off)
Formatting: 100% plain text.  Gmail automatically links up the central link.
From: Patrick McKenzie (Appointment Reminder) patrick@appointmentreminder.org

  
## nixie-console-copypasta.lua
-- Thanks to ChatGPT for improving my lua ability

local player = game.player
local surface = player.surface

local sprite_names = {'SNTD-nixie-tube-small-sprite', 'SNTD-nixie-tube-sprite'}

local all_nixie_sprites = surface.find_entities_filtered{name=sprite_names}

local known_sprites = {}

## slurper.rb
require 'rubygems'
require 'httparty'
require 'fileutils'
require 'json'

USERNAME = ARGV[0] || "patio11"
MAX_TO_FETCH = ARGV[1]

puts "Username: #{USERNAME} max to fetch: #{MAX_TO_FETCH || "all"}"

## ansible-snippet.yaml
 vars:
    starfighters:
      - username: patrick
        github: patio11
        name: "Patrick McKenzie"
      - username: thomas
        github: tqbf
        name: "Thomas Ptacek"
      - username: erin
        github: boboTjones

## monte-carlo-that-perl.rb
NUMBER_OF_BUCKETS = 100
EXPECTED_BUCKET_SIZE = 100

file = "1-to-#{NUMBER_OF_BUCKETS}.txt"
f = File.open(file, "w")
contents = (1..NUMBER_OF_BUCKETS).to_a.map(&:to_s).join("\n")
f.write(contents)
f.close()

command = "cat #{file} | perl -e 'while(<>){$x=$_ if rand()<=(1/$.)}print $x'"

## bitfinex-03152019.md

      
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                `shasum bitfinex-03152019.md` is 938d939059a23aa84ce493db0c4d542748f849a7
              
          
    Prediction as of 3/15/2019 JST:

Bitfinex is insolvent, for the Bitcoin economy's usual quixotic definition of insolvent.
This happened as a result of collateralizing Tether with BTC and other cryptocurrencies during the run-up.
Bitfinex / Tether treat whether Bitfinex held the collateral or Tether held the collateral as a material distinction, but that's ridiculous due to common control. The important fact: in 2018, ground truth diverged from "There is $1 in a bank account for every tether outstanding" to "There is $1 in a bank account and/or $1 worth of Bitcoin at prevailing prices available to Bitfinex for every tether outstanding."
This makes Tether synthetically long Bitcoin, via a receivable from Bitfinex. Bitfinex took the newly issued Tether and then, since this accounting shellgame appears to balance its books and leave it with surplus Bitcoin, either sold or lent the Bitcoin to short sellers during the run-up.
If Bitfinex simply sold the Bitcoin, they're doing relatively well for themselve


## app_controllers_slack_controller.rb
class SlackController < ApplicationController
  skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token

  @@slack_security_tokens =
   ["copy-paste-the-token-you-get-from-Slack-when-configuring-the-integration-here"]

    before_filter :bounce_access_not_from_slack

  def healthcheck
    services = SystemStatus.list_services

## borked.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang='en'>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="css/text" href="https://dwpnibhogf8y5.cloudfront.net/static/css/bootstrap.min-f04b517b.css" />
<body>
<div class="alert alert-danger">This text should be styled.</div>
</body>
</html>


## samples.js
//JSON to POST to /venues/FOOEX/stocks/BAR/orders

{
  “symbol”: “BAR”,
  “venue”: “FOOEX”,
  “direction”: “buy”,
  “qty”: 20,
  “price”:  5100,
  “type”: “limit”,
  “account” : “OGB12345”, // your trading account (game gives you this)

## SchoolClass.java


List<Student> studentsWhoHaveNotTakenAtLeastOneTest() {
  List<Student> allStudents = this.getStudents().clone(); /* shallow copy to avoid mutation */
  Iterator<Student> studentIt = allStudents.iterator();

  /* select down to students missing at least one test */
  List<Student> studentsMissingAtLeastOneTest = new ArrayList<Student>();
	-- Thanks to ChatGPT for improving my lua ability

	local player = game.player
	local surface = player.surface

	local sprite_names = {'SNTD-nixie-tube-small-sprite', 'SNTD-nixie-tube-sprite'}

	local all_nixie_sprites = surface.find_entities_filtered{name=sprite_names}

	local known_sprites = {}
	require 'rubygems'
	require 'httparty'
	require 'fileutils'
	require 'json'

	USERNAME = ARGV[0] \|\| "patio11"
	MAX_TO_FETCH = ARGV[1]

	puts "Username: #{USERNAME} max to fetch: #{MAX_TO_FETCH \|\| "all"}"
	vars:
	starfighters:
	- username: patrick
	github: patio11
	name: "Patrick McKenzie"
	- username: thomas
	github: tqbf
	name: "Thomas Ptacek"
	- username: erin
	github: boboTjones
	NUMBER_OF_BUCKETS = 100
	EXPECTED_BUCKET_SIZE = 100

	file = "1-to-#{NUMBER_OF_BUCKETS}.txt"
	f = File.open(file, "w")
	contents = (1..NUMBER_OF_BUCKETS).to_a.map(&:to_s).join("\n")
	f.write(contents)
	f.close()

	command = "cat #{file} \| perl -e 'while(<>){$x=$_ if rand()<=(1/$.)}print $x'"
	class SlackController < ApplicationController
	skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token

	@@slack_security_tokens =
	["copy-paste-the-token-you-get-from-Slack-when-configuring-the-integration-here"]

	before_filter :bounce_access_not_from_slack

	def healthcheck
	services = SystemStatus.list_services
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang='en'>
	<head>
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="css/text" href="https://dwpnibhogf8y5.cloudfront.net/static/css/bootstrap.min-f04b517b.css" />
	<body>
	<div class="alert alert-danger">This text should be styled.</div>
	</body>
	</html>
	//JSON to POST to /venues/FOOEX/stocks/BAR/orders

	{
	“symbol”: “BAR”,
	“venue”: “FOOEX”,
	“direction”: “buy”,
	“qty”: 20,
	“price”: 5100,
	“type”: “limit”,
	“account” : “OGB12345”, // your trading account (game gives you this)


	List<Student> studentsWhoHaveNotTakenAtLeastOneTest() {
	List<Student> allStudents = this.getStudents().clone(); /* shallow copy to avoid mutation */
	Iterator<Student> studentIt = allStudents.iterator();

	/* select down to students missing at least one test */
	List<Student> studentsMissingAtLeastOneTest = new ArrayList<Student>();