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"""
This source code can act as base for a coding dojo.
It implements and test a function `iter_is_equal()` that take two sequences
as parameters and returns `True` if all there items are equal.
>>> iter_is_equal([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3])
True
>>> iter_is_equal([1, 2, 3], [1, 3])
False
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roskakori / cutplace_htlwrn_notes
Last active August 29, 2015 14:10
Notes for HTLWRN team on improving cutplace
Notes for cutplace
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0.9.0, week 2015/xxx
* Thomas: explain test_sql._assert_is_valid_sqlite_statement
0.9.0, week 2015/13
* Thomas: test that field names with non alphanumeric/_ are rejected
* htlwrn: continue SQL
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roskakori / dojo_sql_comment_excludes.py
Last active September 2, 2015 20:30
Coding dojo: SQL code generator for an SQL comment to describe items to exclude.
"""
Coding dojo: SQL code generator for an SQL comment to describe items to
exclude.
Write a function that generates an SQL comment describing a list of items to
exclude. Long lists of items should be broken into multiple lines. To make the
test case more managable, the maximum line length is 30.
For example, ['one', 'two'] should result in
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roskakori / essentials.py
Created May 17, 2012 11:01
Python essentials
'''
Python 2.x essentials.
This requires Python 2.5 or later.
'''
from __future__ import with_statement
import codecs
import os
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roskakori / picklecache.py
Created August 2, 2012 23:31
Caching a list of data using pickle
'''
Example for caching a list of data using pickle.
'''
import cPickle as pickle
_CachePath = '/tmp/cache.pkl'
def expensiveToComputeData():
# These would be date retrieved from an external file involving lots fo
# computations, validation and so on. This particular example data are
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roskakori / geocaching_schlaflos_im_laendle.py
Last active December 21, 2015 05:38
Download images for "Schlaflos im Ländle" geocache as described at <http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3052c599-c8bb-4bff-a209-7b23b98bdb1c>. To obtain the required images, start the program sometime around 21:45 CET and let it run until 05:30 CET. You can start it earlier or stop it later but then you might have to ignore so…
'''
Download images for "Schlaflos im Ländle" geocache as described at
<http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3052c599-c8bb-4bff-a209-7b23b98bdb1c>.
To obtain the required images, start the program sometime around 21:45 CET and let it run
until 05:30 CET. You can start it earlier or stop it later but then you might have to ignore
some of the images.
'''
import logging
import os
import time
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roskakori / notes_talk_subnautica_postmortem.md
Last active May 12, 2019 11:18
Notes on GDC talk about Subnautica postmortem (Jonas Bötel)

Subnautica postmortem

  • 14:24 "We added telemetry and feedback systems": in game feedback form, all feedbacks are public
  • 16:00 feedback includes position on map
  • 19:26 "people were telling us we were making a horror game, which was never our intent"
  • 19:42 on how to set priorities for increasing sales during early access
  • "look at your spikes, focus on what makes your game stand out, do more of that"
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roskakori / notes_talk_preventing_the_collapse_of_civilization.md
Last active June 30, 2019 21:24
Notes on talk about "Preventing the collapse of civilisation" (Jonathan Blow)

Preventing the collpase of civilization

Jonathan Blow at DevGAMM 2019

28:27 "Five 9s" (99.999% uptime) "We don't use this anymore."

30:45 "Software startups are stumbling into a market, not doing software technology well."

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roskakori / test_zoom.py
Created December 9, 2020 10:38
Test for Zoom calculations
MIN_DPI = 200
MM_PER_INCH = 25.4
class ZoomCalculator:
def __init__(
self,
view_width_in_mm: float,
view_width_in_pixel: int,
view_height_in_pixel: int,
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roskakori / writexml.py
Created July 7, 2012 19:37
Different variants of writting XML in Python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
'''
Example code to write large output in XML with Unicode and namespaces.
This code has been referenced in a lightning talk I gave at EuroPython 2012
in Florence.
'''
# This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
# the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
# and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
# To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See