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sharplet / SimpleNetworkingExample.swift
Created September 14, 2017 21:37
Example Source Code for "A Simple Approach to Thread-Safe Networking in iOS Apps"
import Foundation
import PlaygroundSupport
enum URLResult {
case response(Data, URLResponse)
case error(Error, Data?, URLResponse?)
}
extension URLSession {
@discardableResult
@yossorion
yossorion / what-i-wish-id-known-about-equity-before-joining-a-unicorn.md
Last active April 7, 2024 22:55
What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

@DaveWoodCom
DaveWoodCom / String+Email.swift
Last active February 28, 2021 16:45
Swift method to check for a valid email address (uses Apples data detector instead of a regex)
extension String {
func isValidEmail() -> Bool {
guard !self.lowercaseString.hasPrefix("mailto:") else { return false }
guard let emailDetector = try? NSDataDetector(types: NSTextCheckingType.Link.rawValue) else { return false }
let matches = emailDetector.matchesInString(self, options: NSMatchingOptions.Anchored, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: self.characters.count))
guard matches.count == 1 else { return false }
return matches[0].URL?.scheme == "mailto"
}
}
@kharrison
kharrison / String.swift
Last active January 22, 2024 14:03
Swift String Playground Examples
// Swift Standard Librray - String
// Keith Harrison http://useyourloaf.com
// Import Foundation if you want to bridge to NSString
import Foundation
// ====
// Initializing a String
// ====
@kristopolous
kristopolous / hn_seach.js
Last active July 24, 2023 04:12
hn job query search
// Usage:
// Copy and paste all of this into a debug console window of the "Who is Hiring?" comment thread
// then use as follows:
//
// query(term | [term, term, ...], term | [term, term, ...], ...)
//
// When arguments are in an array then that means an "or" and when they are seperate that means "and"
//
// Term is of the format:
// ((-)text/RegExp) ( '-' means negation )
@igordeoliveirasa
igordeoliveirasa / gist:78a310f0348fcad9b270
Created March 26, 2015 01:41
iOS Loading Overlay View - SWIFT
//
// LoadingOverlay.swift
// app
//
// Created by Igor de Oliveira Sa on 25/03/15.
// Copyright (c) 2015 Igor de Oliveira Sa. All rights reserved.
//
// Usage:
//
// # Show Overlay
@jdiaz5513
jdiaz5513 / ascii_arty.py
Last active December 30, 2023 02:32
Console ASCII Art Generator
#! /usr/bin/env python2
# Requires: PIL, colormath
#
# Improved algorithm now automatically crops the image and uses much
# better color matching
from PIL import Image, ImageChops
from colormath.color_conversions import convert_color
from colormath.color_objects import LabColor
from colormath.color_objects import sRGBColor as RGBColor
@lelandbatey
lelandbatey / whiteboardCleaner.md
Last active April 25, 2024 02:01
Whiteboard Picture Cleaner - Shell one-liner/script to clean up and beautify photos of whiteboards!

Description

This simple script will take a picture of a whiteboard and use parts of the ImageMagick library with sane defaults to clean it up tremendously.

The script is here:

#!/bin/bash
convert "$1" -morphology Convolve DoG:15,100,0 -negate -normalize -blur 0x1 -channel RBG -level 60%,91%,0.1 "$2"

Results

  1. Enter this code into the URL bar:

     data:text/html;charset=utf-8, <title>TextEditor</title><body contenteditable style="font-size:2rem;line-height:1.4;max-width:60rem;margin:0 auto;padding:4rem;" spellcheck="false">
    
  2. Bookmark it for easy access.

  3. Example http://screencast.com/t/5iEvLK4C0BM

  4. Cheers!

// Needed in AndroidManifest:
<!-- Permission for using NFC hardware -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.NFC"/>
<!-- Forcing device to have NFC hardware -->
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.nfc" android:required="true"/>
<!-- Registering app for receiving NFC's TAG_DISCOVERED intent -->
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.nfc.action.TAG_DISCOVERED"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>