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  1. nathanl created this gist Feb 25, 2015.
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    # Exponential backoff in Ruby
    begin
    make_request
    rescue RequestError => e
    if retries <= max_retries
    retries += 1
    sleep 2 ** retries
    retry
    else
    raise "Timeout: #{e.message}"
    end
    end