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Useful Linux commands
Thus is just a list of useful Linux commands. Putting them here means I can always find them. See the info of an uninstalled rpm : `rpm -qip --provides an.rpm` Check Linux is 64 bit: `egrep -c ' lm ' /proc/cpuinfo` Bigger than zero means 64 bit. Lm stands for Long Mode. Check that a package is installed in Ubuntu : `dpkg --get-selections | grep python`
MySQL 5.6 GTID settings
The following settings are the minimum required if you want to use Global Transaction IDs with MySQL 5.6 : log-bin=bin-log log-slave-updates enforce-gtid-consistency binlog-format=ROW datadir = /var/lib/mysql port = 3306 server-id = 1 gtid_mode = ON report-host =
Stubbing out open() in Python
Here’s an example that stubs out the open() function in Python using the mock library.
Uruguay
Here are some photos from a trip to Urugyay :
Montevideo. This is the Plaza Independencia with the wonderful Palacio Salvo. This was the highest building in South America from 1928 to 1935.
Correlation or causation
Statistics are easy : http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/correlation-or-causation-12012011-gfx.html