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#!/bin/bash

#
# Backs up my entire website, in case Tumblr or CloudApp goes down someday.
# Last time I ran this, it took 18 minutes.
#

wget \
  --mirror             `# turns on recursion and timestamping, basically says we want to "mirror" the whole site` \
  --convert-links      `# after download, convert all links to point to localhost` \

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Ten seconds to ponder if a thread is worth it

A userstyle that makes you wait ten seconds before entering a Hacker News thread. I use stylus to manage mine.

.subtext {
  display: inline-block;
 background: linear-gradient(to left, transparent 50%, #f60 50%) right;

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ruby '2.7.1'

gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'tzinfo-data', '>= 1.2016.7'  # Don't rely on OSX/Linux timezone data

# Action Text
gem 'actiontext', github: 'basecamp/actiontext', ref: 'okra'
gem 'okra', github: 'basecamp/okra'

# Drivers

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require "active_record"

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection('postgres:///testing')
ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false

ActiveRecord::Migration.class_eval do
  create_table :played_quizzes, force: true do |t|
    t.integer :player_ids, array: true
    t.json    :quiz_snapshot
  end

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#Mac OS X

Mensch coding font

Apps

• Webkit
• Chrome
• Firefox
• Opera

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gifify() {
  if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
    if [[ $2 == '--good' ]]; then
      ffmpeg -i $1 -r 10 -vcodec png out-static-%05d.png
      time convert -verbose +dither -layers Optimize -resize 600x600\> out-static*.png  GIF:- | gifsicle --colors 128 --delay=5 --loop --optimize=3 --multifile - > $1.gif
      rm out-static*.png
    else
      ffmpeg -i $1 -s 600x400 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=3 > $1.gif
    fi
  else

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sudo cp nginx /etc/init.d/
sudo update-rc.d nginx defaults
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
/etc/init.d/nginx start

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I'm planning on either writing this up in detail or maybe doing a screencast about screencasting, but I'll give a short version here.

On sound quality:

This matters a lot. In decreasing order of importance:

1. Remove echo. You have to hear this to understand. Set up a mic in front of your mouth and record a sentence. Then, put a thick comforter over you and the mic and say it again at the same distance. Listen to

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## Yacc is dead - Ruby edition (recognizer only)
# Pretty much a direct port of the recognizer from:
#   http://matt.might.net/articles/parsing-with-derivatives/code/dparse.rkt
# 
# Requires 1.9
# gem install lazy

require 'lazy'
include Lazy::Methods

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require "application_responder"

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  # ...

  def self.acts_as_magical
    around_filter :magic_new,     :only => :new
    around_filter :magic_show,    :only => :show
    around_filter :magic_edit,    :only => :edit