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jed / LICENSE.txt
Created May 20, 2011 13:27 — forked from 140bytes/LICENSE.txt
generate random UUIDs
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2011 Jed Schmidt <http://jed.is>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
@jacobbubu
jacobbubu / ISOCurrencySymbols.csv
Created February 15, 2012 14:31
iOS Currency Symbols
We can make this file beautiful and searchable if this error is corrected: No commas found in this CSV file in line 0.
ADP ADP
AED AED
AFA AFA
AFN Af
ALK ALK
ALL ALL
AMD AMD
ANG NAf.
AOA Kz
AOK AOK
@egguy
egguy / mongo_db_recover_delete_record.py
Created May 25, 2012 16:04
Recover deleted data from mongo DB database
"""A little script to recover deleted recording of a mongoDB db file
There's no optimization but it work and has saved me
"""
import struct
import bson
import pymongo
import sys
@statico
statico / gist:3172711
Created July 24, 2012 21:15
How to use a PS3 controller on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

How to use a PS3 controller on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

  1. Open Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Bluetooth and disable Bluetooth on Mac as well as any other nearby Macs or devices which will try to pair with and confuse the controller.

  2. Reset PS3 controller by inserting paperclip into pinhole near L2 button.

  3. Connect PS3 controller to Mac with USB cable.

  4. Enable Bluetooth.

@Hupotronic
Hupotronic / h264-vs-vp8-test.md
Last active May 11, 2024 18:19
H.264 & VP8 Quality Comparison And Some Words on Future Video Formats

VP8 vs H.264 - Which One is Better?

So I was reading Hacker News and decided to read the comments in the thread about H.265 being approved. Pretty close to the top was this comment about VP9, Google's future video format. I have some words of my own about it and other future formats at the bottom of this post, but what jumped out from the comment to me was this part:

Many have already implemented VP8 (which is also slightly better than h.264 at this point)

The comparison linked to back up that statement is faulty for several reasons, such as not providing the source material used (hell, he doesn't even name the source material), exact encoding settings used (no, some random profiles are not enough), not providing the resulting encodes, only providing a

@HarishChaudhari
HarishChaudhari / country-code-to-currency-code-mapping.csv
Last active June 28, 2024 13:56
Country, Country Code, Currency code mapping in CSV format Taken from https://gist.github.com/304261 Contains 249 countries.
Country CountryCode Currency Code
New Zealand NZ New Zealand Dollars NZD
Cook Islands CK New Zealand Dollars NZD
Niue NU New Zealand Dollars NZD
Pitcairn PN New Zealand Dollars NZD
Tokelau TK New Zealand Dollars NZD
Australian AU Australian Dollars AUD
Christmas Island CX Australian Dollars AUD
Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC Australian Dollars AUD
Heard and Mc Donald Islands HM Australian Dollars AUD
@desandro
desandro / bower-logo.md
Last active December 30, 2021 23:11
Bower logo

In addition to awesome docs #228, Bower deserves a proper logo. See below for sketches. I'm curious if you think any of these are worth me putting more effort into.


Take a look at Yeoman right now.

Screen Shot 2013-02-19 at 4 43 10 PM

The other two entities have awesome logos. Bower's got to represent.

@jshaw
jshaw / byobuCommands
Last active July 4, 2024 10:58
Byobu Commands
Byobu Commands
==============
byobu Screen manager
Level 0 Commands (Quick Start)
------------------------------
<F2> Create a new window
@miguelgrinberg
miguelgrinberg / rest-server.py
Last active March 29, 2024 09:05
The code from my article on building RESTful web services with Python and the Flask microframework. See the article here: http://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/designing-a-restful-api-with-python-and-flask
#!flask/bin/python
from flask import Flask, jsonify, abort, request, make_response, url_for
from flask_httpauth import HTTPBasicAuth
app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path = "")
auth = HTTPBasicAuth()
@auth.get_password
def get_password(username):
if username == 'miguel':
@aras-p
aras-p / preprocessor_fun.h
Last active July 16, 2024 02:50
Things to commit just before leaving your job
// Just before switching jobs:
// Add one of these.
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
//
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
//
// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,