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virtix / setlist.md
Last active September 3, 2017 17:15
List of cool songs

Covers

  • I'm still a man [instrumental]
  • Apache [instrumental]
  • After the storm [instrumental]
  • My favorite things [instrumental]
  • Far from any road [instrumental]
  • Rawhide [instrumental]
  • My Funny Valentine [instumental]
  • Goodbye Pork Pie Hat [instrumental]
  • Indian Summer
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virtix / music_documentaries.md
Last active August 31, 2015 21:09
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virtix / econ-workshop.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:10

Notes on Macro-econ models & Heterogeneity

Marginal Propensity to Consume. Transitory vs. Permanent Shocks. The Paradox of Thrift and Toil.

Platforms for collaboration? Issues with Uptake? The CFPB experience. [Moved to lunch] [Bill Shelton]

  • What tools to foster collaboration here? What infrastracture?
  • Open-source issues with uptake and collaboration
  • General topics and experiences at CFPB
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virtix / Brothers Under the Bridge.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:02
Songs, Lyrics, Charts

Brothers Under The Bridge

-Bruce Springsteen

Covered by David Lindley, The Cowboy Junkies, and probably others

Saigon, it was all gone.
The same Coke machines, as the streets I grew on.
Down a mesquite canyon, we come walking along the ridge.
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virtix / far_from_any_road.md
Last active August 29, 2015 13:56
Music and Lyics and by The Handsome Family - http://www.handsomefamily.com/ 

(Intro: percussion x 2 + Am x 4)

Am             E      
From the dusty mesa, her
Dm             Am
Looming shadow grows
Am            E               
Hidden in the branches, of the
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virtix / cfpb-source-code-policy.txt
Last active December 13, 2015 23:29 — forked from CFPBadmin/cfpb-source-code-policy.txt
1. USE OF EXTERNAL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
a) "Open Source Software" (OSS) is software that allows its recipients to modify and redistribute the source code; as such, "open source" is a copyright and distribution framework and makes no implications regarding technical support or indemnification. In almost all cases, OSS meets the definition of "commercial computer software" and shall be given appropriate statutory preference in accordance with 41 USC 264B (reference (b)) (see also FAR 2.101(b), 12_1.html 12.000, 12.101 (reference (c))).
b) Executive agencies, including CFPB, are required to conduct market research when preparing for the procurement of products or services by 41 USC Sec. 253a (reference (e)) (see also FAR 10.001. Market research for software should include OSS.
a. There are several positive aspects of OSS that should compel CFPB to seek out OSS when conducting market research on software for Bureau-wide use:
i. Publicly available source code enables continuous and broad peer review that
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virtix / Berry-muesli.md
Last active October 6, 2015 22:18
Fav Recipes

Berry Museli

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup of oats (Bob's Red Mill Organic Rolled Oats)
  • 1 Cup plain yogurt (Organic)
  • 2 Tbs Non-fat milk
  • 3/4 Cup Berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries)
  • 1/4 Cup chopped hazzlenuts, walnuts, or almonds
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 Tbs fresh fruit preserves
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virtix / Makefile
Created June 1, 2012 20:55
all: bison-1
bison-1: bison1.l bison1.y
bison -d bison1.y
flex -v -obison1.lex.c bison1.l
gcc -o $@ bison1.tab.c bison1.lex.c
clean:
rm -f bison-1 \
bison1.lex.c bison1.tab.h bison1.tab.c
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virtix / unicode_csv_util.py
Created April 13, 2012 01:05
Taken from http://docs.python.org/library/csv.html
import csv, codecs, cStringIO
class UTF8Recoder:
"""
Iterator that reads an encoded stream and reencodes the input to UTF-8
"""
def __init__(self, f, encoding):
self.reader = codecs.getreader(encoding)(f)
def __iter__(self):
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virtix / cfpb-source-code-policy.txt
Created April 9, 2012 14:34 — forked from CFPBadmin/cfpb-source-code-policy.txt
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Source Code Policy
1. USE OF EXTERNAL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
a) "Open Source Software" (OSS) is software that allows its recipients to modify and redistribute the source code; as such, "open source" is a copyright and distribution framework and makes no implications regarding technical support or indemnification. In almost all cases, OSS meets the definition of "commercial computer software" and shall be given appropriate statutory preference in accordance with 41 USC 264B (reference (b)) (see also FAR 2.101(b), 12_1.html 12.000, 12.101 (reference (c))).
b) Executive agencies, including CFPB, are required to conduct market research when preparing for the procurement of products or services by 41 USC Sec. 253a (reference (e)) (see also FAR 10.001. Market research for software should include OSS.
a. There are several positive aspects of OSS that should compel CFPB to seek out OSS when conducting market research on software for Bureau-wide use:
i. Publicly available source code enables continuous and broad peer review that