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melriffe / dates.st

Last active October 14, 2019 04:34

GNU Smalltalk script exploring dates and "2nd Saturday of the Month"

	#! /usr/local/bin/gst -f

	"
	This script is a way for me to get back into Smalltalk doing odd little tasks.

	$ gst /Users/mriffe/dev/play/dnd_games/dates.st
	$ gist -u https://gist.github.com/cfa53b8f6cd12f75f03d32075c49b82c dates.st

	"

melriffe / gist:ddfd7ce437ff4943b5ff

Last active October 11, 2019 15:18

blockchain ID

Verifying that +mriffe is my blockchain ID. https://onename.com/mriffe

melriffe / keybase.md

Last active October 11, 2019 15:20

keybase ID

I hereby claim:

I am melriffe on github.
I am mriffe (https://keybase.io/mriffe) on keybase.
I have a public key whose fingerprint is 969D 4A5E 57B6 ACF6 786E 4C99 B302 4828 6251 F6B9

To claim this, I am signing this object:

melriffe / pass_failinator.rb

Created January 16, 2013 20:29

Need to do something in an odd, non-standard ratio of time? Say 13 out of 17 times? Use PassFailinator to accomplish this feat!

	# Simple class that lets you to define a custom ratio of when to let something
	# occur veruses not.
	#
	# Inspiration: We've all done the 'index % 5 == 0' to act as a gatekeeper to
	# some action, typically when creating test data. However, this works find when
	# you want a standard occurance rate: half the time, third of the time, 25% of
	# the time. I had a need to generate test data 40% (2 out 5) times. I'm not
	# smart enough to calculate a mod that would work for me. So I created a brute-
	# force method that included a variable, some checking, some incrementing, and
	# voila: 40% of the time I was able to create data.

melriffe / spike.rb

Created May 3, 2012 17:50

PragPubinator: Script to download PragPub Magazine into your Dropbox folder

	#! /usr/bin/env ruby

	# Solution Spike, a down-n-dirty implementation of the desired functionality.

	require 'rubygems'
	require 'mechanize' # mechanize 2.4

	target_directory = "#{ENV['HOME']}/Dropbox/Pragmatic Bookshelf/Magazines" # ruby 1.9
	FileUtils.mkdir_p target_directory

melriffe / gist:1911966

Created February 26, 2012 00:54

Notes on changing a Many-to-Many to a Self-Referential Many-to-Many

	Currently I have Kits and Items. A Kit can contain many Items; an Item can be associated to many Kits.
	I also have a join model, KitItem, that allows me to define how many of an Item is associated to a Kit.

	Here are the model definitions:

	class Kit < ActiveRecord::Base
	belongs_to :category
	has_many :kit_items, :dependent => :destroy
	has_many :items, :through => :kit_items
	end

melriffe / about.md

Created August 9, 2011 14:05 — forked from jasonrudolph/about.md

Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

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