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transientlunatic / lal_install.sh
Last active January 25, 2018 11:50
LAL Install script
#! /bin/bash
LIBFRAME_VER=v8r26
# CHECK IF WE'RE INSTALLING INTO A VIRTUALENV
if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
echo "This installation appears to be within a virtual environment."
echo "LALSuite will be installed to $VIRTUAL_ENV."
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transientlunatic / burstsim_install.sh
Last active October 20, 2015 09:32
BurstSim Installation
#! /bin/bash
# This is a bash script to install the BurstSims environment as
# described at https://wiki.ligo.org/Bursts/BurstSimsEnvironment
NAME=burstsim
SOURCE_DIR=${HOME}/repositories
# Install PIP in the home directory
VERSION=`python -c 'import sys; print "%d.%d" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])'`
mkdir -p ${HOME}/local/pip-7.1.0/lib/python${VERSION}/site-packages
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transientlunatic / burst.mplstyle
Last active April 19, 2016 09:54
A Matplotlib style for the Burst Companion Paper
patch.linewidth: 0.5
patch.facecolor: 348ABD # blue
patch.edgecolor: EEEEEE
patch.antialiased: True
font.size: 8
text.usetex: True,
font.family: 'New Century Schoolbook',
text.color : black,
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transientlunatic / keybase.md
Created July 9, 2016 14:13

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transientlunatic / plot.py
Last active February 28, 2017 11:38
Reading-in SRT Data
# Script here
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transientlunatic / gnuradio_data.py
Last active January 16, 2018 12:46
Snippet for loading a gnuradio data file into python
import scipy
import re
data = scipy.fromfile(datafile, dtype=np.float32)
a = re.compile("ra(.*)dec(.*)time(.*).dat")
bandwidth = 4e6
centre = 1420.4e6
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transientlunatic / hexmap.tex
Last active April 29, 2021 20:56
Hexagons for map-making in the Traveller RPG
%
% x=3*(minimum size)/2
% x=\sqrt{3/4}*(minimum size)/2
%
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\def\hexdia{1cm}
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transientlunatic / mcmc.tex
Created March 17, 2019 09:54
Markov chain illustration in LaTeX
\newcommand\gauss[2]{1/(#2*sqrt(2*pi))*exp(-((x-#1)^2)/(2*#2^2))}
\newcommand\complicated{ 0.5*( 1/(.2*sqrt(2*pi))*exp(-((x-1)^2)/(.2*2^2))) + 0.5*(1/(.5*sqrt(2*pi))*exp(-((x-5)^2)/(.5*2^2)) ) }
% Gauss function, parameters mu and sigma
\begin{tikzpicture}
\foreach \x in {1,2,...,4}{
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm, yshift=1.5*\x cm]
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transientlunatic / Sunset plots.ipynb
Last active December 14, 2021 18:14
Calculate the earliest sunset and the latest sunrise in winter.
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transientlunatic / altair.py
Last active May 26, 2020 15:44
Some useful plotting styles
import altair
def pastle():
# Typography
font = "Lato"
# At Urban it's the same font for all text but it's good to keep them separate in case you want to change one later.
labelFont = "Source Code Pro"
sourceFont = "Lato" # Axes
axisColor = "#000000"
gridColor = "#4298bd" # Colors
main_palette = ['#8dd3c7', '#ffffb3', '#bebada',