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@AndrewIngram
AndrewIngram / gist:8285680
Last active January 2, 2016 09:49
Ragadjust for Python (http://24ways.org/2013/run-ragged/), untested
ENGLISH_PREPOSITIONS = (
'aboard',
'about',
'above',
'across',
'after',
'against',
'along',
'amid',
'among',
@briancollins
briancollins / StripeTutorialPage.html
Last active October 10, 2019 23:10 — forked from maccman/StripeTutorialPage.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Stripe Getting Started Form</title>
<!-- The required Stripe lib -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://js.stripe.com/v2/"></script>
<!-- jQuery is used only for this example; it isn't required to use Stripe -->
@venkatesh22
venkatesh22 / django custom signal
Created June 26, 2013 05:37
django custom signals creation example
#signals.py
from django.dispatch import Signal
user_login = Signal(providing_args=["request", "user"])
#views.py
from foo import signals
@harrisj
harrisj / tinyurl_test.rb
Created April 26, 2012 16:44
Testing Punctuation on URL Shorteners
require 'net/http'
# These links were taken from my twitter timeline. No endorsement implied.
tiny_urls = {
'bitly' => ['http://bit.ly/3S9c5K', 'http://developer.nytimes.com/'],
'j.mp' => ['http://j.mp/JsML0u', 'http://www.npr.org/2012/04/26/151303230/an-african-trader-and-the-perils-of-business-in-china'],
'tinyurl' => ['http://tinyurl.com/6rq9vob', 'http://politicsoftheplate.com/?p=1283'],
'owly' => ['http://ow.ly/axesj', 'http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/opera-12-beta-released-new-security-features-including-do-not-track-support-042612'],
'ht.ly' => ['http://ht.ly/1j7LiX', 'http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/8vFV-fFfhAc/1'],
'is.gd' => ['http://is.gd/gk0FoM', 'http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/joe-schmoe-drones/'],
@erikh
erikh / hack.sh
Created March 31, 2012 07:02 — forked from DAddYE/hack.sh
OSX For Hackers
#!/usr/bin/env sh
##
# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
#
# install it:
# curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh | sh
#
@tfausak
tfausak / ios-8-web-app.html
Last active January 29, 2024 19:50
iOS 8 web app http://taylor.fausak.me/2015/01/27/ios-8-web-apps/
<!doctype html>
<!-- http://taylor.fausak.me/2015/01/27/ios-8-web-apps/ -->
<html>
<head>
<title>iOS 8 web app</title>
<!-- CONFIGURATION -->
@vlado
vlado / gist:1877457
Last active April 3, 2018 08:36
Postgres on macos or OSX - Fix
# ** ERROR 1 **
# FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists
# HINT: Is another postmaster (PID 4646) running in data directory "/usr/local/var/postgres"?
#
# ** ERROR 2 **
# Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
#
# To fix one of this errors:
cat /usr/local/var/postgres/postmaster.pid # pid is the number on first line
@chitchcock
chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real