nikolaysm / is_palindrome.py

Created August 29, 2024 23:27

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same forward and backward (ignoring spaces, punctuation, and capitalization). Function to test if a word is a palindrome

	def is_palindrome(word):
	"""
	Check if a word is a palindrome.

	Args:
	word (str): The word to check.

	Returns:
	bool: True if the word is a palindrome, otherwise False.
	"""

nikolaysm / python_decorator_functions.md

Last active August 29, 2024 23:20

Decorator - A function that takes another function as an argument, adds functionality, and returns the decorated function.

Timing Decorator

# Function decorator that times execution
from time import time

def timer(func):
    # Nested wrapper function

nikolaysm / The 25 Principles for Adult Behavior: John Perry Barlow (R.I.P.).md

Last active May 29, 2024 10:32

On August 15, 2013, Barlow participated in a Reddit AMA, where he shared his "Principles of Adult Behavior",

which were originally written in 1977 on the eve of his 30th birthday and have been in circulation ever since:

Be patient. No matter what.
Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him in the same language and tone of voice.
Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.

nikolaysm / Design Mode: HTML text change

Created May 4, 2022 09:33

	https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/designMode

	document.designmode = "on";

nikolaysm / Docker with Django, Numpy, Scipy, Gensim and Pandas

Created March 11, 2022 23:38 — forked from ruddra/Docker with Django, Numpy, Scipy, Gensim and Pandas

Docker with Django, Numpy, Scipy, Gensim and Pandas

	# pull official python alpine image
	FROM python:3.7-alpine

	# Set Environment Variable
	ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
	ENV C_FORCE_ROOT true

	# Making source and static directory
	RUN mkdir /src
	RUN mkdir /static

nikolaysm / selenium_xhr_requests_via_performance_logging.py

Last active February 21, 2022 21:34

	#
	# This small example shows you how to access JS-based requests via Selenium
	# Like this, one can access raw data for scraping,
	# for example on many JS-intensive/React-based websites
	#

	from time import sleep

	from selenium import webdriver
	from selenium.webdriver import DesiredCapabilities

nikolaysm / fakejobs.json

Created January 3, 2022 13:30

	[
	{
	"id": "1",
	"title": "Manager de campagne Anvers",
	"company": "Qiwie",
	"duration": "7"
	},
	{
	"id": "2",
	"title": "Teamleader of Private Projects Construction",

nikolaysm / fake.json

Created January 3, 2022 13:28

	[
	{
	"id": "1",
	"candidates": "2",
	"views": "1001"
	},
	{
	"id": "2",
	"candidates": "3",
	"views": "639"

nikolaysm / pg_backup.config

Last active September 15, 2021 15:34

Automated Backup on Linux with admin notification by mail

	##############################
	## POSTGRESQL BACKUP CONFIG ##
	##############################

	# Optional system user to run backups as. If the user the script is running as doesn't match this
	# the script terminates. Leave blank to skip check.
	BACKUP_USER=

	# Optional hostname to adhere to pg_hba policies. Will default to "localhost" if none specified.
	HOSTNAME=

nikolaysm / gist:1f8e6dd42173a62341d34d616151888e

Created March 21, 2021 16:02 — forked from bradleyayers/gist:1480017

Fill a page with an image with ReportLab and PIL

	def fill_page_with_image(path, canvas):
	"""
	Given the path to an image and a reportlab canvas, fill the current page
	with the image.

	This function takes into consideration EXIF orientation information (making
	it compatible with photos taken from iOS devices).

	This function makes use of ``canvas.setPageRotation()`` and
	``canvas.setPageSize()`` which will affect subsequent pages, so be sure to

Nikolay S. nikolaysm

Timing Decorator

On August 15, 2013, Barlow participated in a Reddit AMA, where he shared his "Principles of Adult Behavior",