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thunderpoot / describe_parquet.py
Last active February 21, 2024 18:34
Parquet Examples
import os
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
def describe_parquet(file_path):
file_size = os.path.getsize(file_path)
print(f"File Size: {file_size} bytes")
table = pq.read_table(file_path)
columns = table.column_names
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thunderpoot / ghostbuster
Created January 30, 2024 22:39
Mosh: You have N detached Mosh sessions on this server
#!/bin/bash
# You know that really annoying message that pops up...
# Mosh: You have 3 detached Mosh sessions on this server, with PIDs:
# - mosh [2294539]
# - mosh [1874313]
# - mosh [2294805]
# I often find myself copying this list of PIDs in order to kill them manually
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thunderpoot / cc_fetch_page.py
Last active November 7, 2023 20:55
An example of fetching a page from Common Crawl using the Common Crawl Index
import requests
import json
from urllib.parse import quote_plus
# Please note: f-strings require Python 3.6+
# The URL of the Common Crawl Index server
CC_INDEX_SERVER = 'http://index.commoncrawl.org/'
# The Common Crawl index you want to query
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thunderpoot / findwords.pl
Last active June 18, 2023 13:34
Simple Perl script to find words containing only letters provided as argument
#!/usr/bin/env perl
# This script is useful when proofing with only some glyphs completed…
# Usage example:
# $ perl findwords.pl qwertyasdf
# Searching for words in /usr/share/dict/words containing only q, w, e, r, t, y, a, s, d, f
# westerwards
# afterstate
# aftertaste
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thunderpoot / gifserver
Created January 29, 2021 20:29
a small telnet gif server using gif-for-cli and netcat
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
echo "%usage: $0 <id> [options]"
exit
fi
echo "[$0] 🌶 Now servin' up hot GIFs!"
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thunderpoot / skipping_stones.py
Created November 2, 2020 17:46
...ported from Perl version
#!/usr/bin/python
import random
import time
import sys
class Unbuffered( object ) :
def __init__( self, stream ) :
self.stream = stream
def write( self, data ) :
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thunderpoot / skipping_stones.pl
Last active November 1, 2020 23:14
In response to some Python someone posted somewhere
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Time::HiRes 'usleep';
$|++; # force auto-flush (see perldoc perlvar)
my $distance = 1 + int(rand(49));
my @stones = ("_","-");
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thunderpoot / screen_functions.bas
Last active October 2, 2021 11:35
Locate without using locate, cls without using cls, various examples.
10 e$ = chr$(27)
20 def fnLocate$( y, x ) = chr$(27) + "[" + str$( y ) + ";" + str$( x ) + "f"
30 def fnCentre$(x$) = e$ + "[H" + e$ + "[" + str$(int(height/2)) + "B" + e$ + "[" + str$(int((width/2))-int(len(x$)/2)) + "C" + x$
40 def fnCls$(x$) = e$ + "[H" + e$ + "[J" + x$
50 print fnCls$( fnCentre$( "foo" ) )
60 print fnLocate$(10, 10) + "bar"
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thunderpoot / loader.bas
Last active February 29, 2020 11:25
Loading bar in TeleBASIC
10 PRINT "Loading..." : PRINT : S% = 1 : E% = 60 : FOR T% = S% TO E%
20 SLEEP 0.1 : REM YOUR PROGRAM LOGIC HERE, ADJUST S% AND E% VALUES
30 MD = INT((T%/E%*100)/10) : ML = 10 - INT((T%/E%*100)/10) : P% = INT(T%/E%*100)
40 IF O% <> P% THEN GOTO 50 : ELSE IF P% <> 100 THEN NEXT T%
50 PRINT CHR$(27) "[A" "[" STRING$(MD, "#") STRING$(ML, " ") "] " STR$(P%) "%" : O% = P% : NEXT T%
60 PRINT CHR$(27) "[A" CHR$(27) "[18C" "Done"