chitchcock

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

MohamedAlaa

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname

brandonb927

#!/bin/sh

###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###

# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx

jefffriesen

This is a d3.js visualization of US zip codes.

Original zip code dataset from Geocommons.

5MB shapefile with properties such as zipcode, state, name, population, area, more.

http://geocommons.com/overlays/54893 (Thank you Bill Greer)

This converts it nicely:

ShirtlessKirk

/**
 * Luhn algorithm in JavaScript: validate credit card number supplied as string of numbers
 * @author ShirtlessKirk. Copyright (c) 2012.
 * @license WTFPL (http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying)
 */
var luhnChk = (function (arr) {
    return function (ccNum) {
        var 
            len = ccNum.length,
            bit = 1,

rickharrison

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name www.yourdomain.com;
    return 301 $scheme://yourdomain.com$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 80;

    root /var/www/yourdomain.com;

dhh

Hi David,
I came across your profile online and wanted to reach out about Development
Opportunities here at Groupon. The company is growing, and we're always
looking for folks with solid skills that can make positive contribution to
our continued success. Any chance you'd be open to a quick conversation
about opportunities, or for any possible networking potential? If so, let me
know when you're free and we can set up a time to chat. Also, if you are
interested, it would be great if you could forward a current resume over
that I can take a look at. I look forward to hearing back from you! Please
let me know if you have any questions.

X0nic

#List vms
VBoxManage list vms

#get status of time sync
VBoxManage getextradata <vm-name> VBoxInternal/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/GetHostTimeDisabled 

#NOTE: Make sure to restart the VM after changing these settings.

#disable time sync
VBoxManage setextradata <vm-name> VBoxInternal/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/GetHostTimeDisabled 1

vnu

How to log the dumpsys information periodically?

What is dumpsys and what are its benefits?

Dumpsys is a very interesting android shell command that dumps the state of various running services and also other system information on std output.

Benefits :

Retrieve various system information in a simple string representation Analyse the various stats like cpuinfo, batteryinfo, meminfo, wifi, location etc., to analyze the overall performance of the device and also the individual performance of various application and services.

idan

Hello there! This is a sample post for gist.io, a super-lightweight writing soapbox for hackers.

Now look up. Further. Above the post title. See that grey text with the gist ID?

Now back to me. That grey text is a link! Open that sucker in a new tab to see the source for this post. Also, I'm on a horse.

This is a major heading

If you peek at it with a web inspector, you'll see that it is a second-level heading. You can use first level headings, but they'll look just like the second level ones, and the gods of the HTML5 outlining algorithm will frown upon you.