knu

# Rename tags named foo-bar-#.#.# to v#.#.# and push the tag changes
git tag -l | while read t; do n="v${t##*-}"; git tag $n $t; git push --tags ; git tag -d $t; git push origin :refs/tags/$t ; done

isaacs

// See comments below.

// This code sample and justification brought to you by
// Isaac Z. Schlueter, aka isaacs

// standard style
var a = "ape",
  b = "bat",
  c = "cat",
  d = "dog",

retronym

object scala {
   val version = "SCALA_VERSION$"
}

val xml =         <dependencies>
            <dependency>                
                <groupId>org.scalanlp</groupId>
                <artifactId>scalala_${scala.version}</artifactId>
                <version>0.3.1</version>
            </dependency>

cowboy

This is now an actual repo:

https://github.com/cowboy/jquery-tiny-pubsub

lukemorton

jQuery Caret

This is a very simple lightweight plugin to allow you to move the caret (or cursor) position in an <input /> or <textarea> element.

By exposing three jQuery.fn methods you can easily move a a caret to any position you like:

$.fn.caretTo( index , [ offset ] )

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

santiycr

import junit.framework.Assert;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class TestingUploadSe2Sauce extends TestCase {
    private RemoteWebDriver driver;

jterrace

XVFB=/usr/bin/Xvfb
XVFBARGS=":1 -screen 0 1024x768x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset"
PIDFILE=/var/run/xvfb.pid
case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting virtual X frame buffer: Xvfb"
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --background --exec $XVFB -- $XVFBARGS
    echo "."
    ;;
  stop)

awidegreen

Introduction

• C-a == Ctrl-a
• M-a == Alt-a

General

:q        close
:w        write/saves
:wa[!]    write/save all windows [force]
:wq       write/save and close

bobuk

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# 
# Video of this screencast: https://vimeo.com/57296525
# 
# 
from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
from PIL import Image as pImage
import numpy