Write a bit about yourself: try to use descriptive words, or show us a
few sites you really like. It can even just be a few words that you
like. http://xkcd.com
http://reddit.com
http://news.ycombinator.com
http://twitter.com/japherwocky
http://japherwocky.posterous.com ad infinitium.. the more content, and the more personal and
distinctive the content, the smarter your algorithm will fit what
you'd like it to do. So here's my challenge: how do I build this thing for my parents to use? "Are you more of a Boing Boing or a Slashdot?"
"What's a Slashdot?" Which is the equivalent of the first thing that comes to my mind:
presenting a new user with a panel of favicons representing a swathe
of popular websites, and saying here, click some boxes for me.
Gray binary
I don't quite grok this, but I've seen it twice and it still seems
incredibly useful for comparing vectors.. from
http://blog.plover.com/math/ which is fantastic.
"""
Gray code is a method for encoding numbers in binary so that each
numeral differs from the adjacent ones in only one position: 0000000000
0000000001
0000000011
0000000010
0000000110
0000000111
0000000101
0000000100
0000001100
...
1000011100
1000011101
...
1000000000 This is the pattern from the post, which you can also see at the right
of this article. Now suppose that the mis-aligned sensor reads part of the (416) line
and part of the (417) line. With ordinary binary coding, this could
result in an error of up to 7.75 cm. (And worse errors for children of
other heights.) But with Gray coding no error results from the
misreading: ...
0101110000 (417)
0101010000 (416)
0101010001 (415)
0101010011 (414)
... No matter what parts of 0101110000 and 0101110001 are stitched
together, the result is always either 416 or 417. Converting from Gray code to standard binary is easy: take the binary
expansion, and invert every bit that is immediately to the right of a
1 bit. For example, in 1111101000, each red bit is to the right of a
1, and so is inverted to obtain the Gray code 1000011100. Converting back is also easy: of the Gray code. Replace every sequence
of the form 1000...01 with 1111...10; also replace 1000... with
1111... if it appears at the end of the code. For example, Gray code
1000011100 contains two such sequences, 100001 and 11, which are
replaced with 111110 and 10, to give 1111101000.
"""
incredibly useful for comparing vectors.. from
http://blog.plover.com/math/ which is fantastic.
"""
Gray code is a method for encoding numbers in binary so that each
numeral differs from the adjacent ones in only one position: 0000000000
0000000001
0000000011
0000000010
0000000110
0000000111
0000000101
0000000100
0000001100
...
1000011100
1000011101
...
1000000000 This is the pattern from the post, which you can also see at the right
of this article. Now suppose that the mis-aligned sensor reads part of the (416) line
and part of the (417) line. With ordinary binary coding, this could
result in an error of up to 7.75 cm. (And worse errors for children of
other heights.) But with Gray coding no error results from the
misreading: ...
0101110000 (417)
0101010000 (416)
0101010001 (415)
0101010011 (414)
... No matter what parts of 0101110000 and 0101110001 are stitched
together, the result is always either 416 or 417. Converting from Gray code to standard binary is easy: take the binary
expansion, and invert every bit that is immediately to the right of a
1 bit. For example, in 1111101000, each red bit is to the right of a
1, and so is inverted to obtain the Gray code 1000011100. Converting back is also easy: of the Gray code. Replace every sequence
of the form 1000...01 with 1111...10; also replace 1000... with
1111... if it appears at the end of the code. For example, Gray code
1000011100 contains two such sequences, 100001 and 11, which are
replaced with 111110 and 10, to give 1111101000.
"""
emoticons
hah, let's see how posterous handles this little dump: ┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘ ಠ_ಠ {ಠಠ}_,,|, ┌─┐
┴─┴
ಠ_ರೃ (\/) (°,,°) (\/) WOOBwoobwoobwoob! ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿ O'RLY? ๏[-ิิ_•ิ]๏ ಥ_ಥ ٩๏̯͡๏۶ ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ٩◔̯◔۶ ๏̯͡๏﴿ ਉ_ਉ ଘ_ଘ ๏_๏ ॓_॔ ☉_☉ (///_ಥ) ๏̯͡๏ ◔̯◔ טּ_טּ {´◕ ◡ ◕｀} ◪_◪ ◮_◮ ◔_◔ ಠ▃ಠ ●_● (✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ ☝☞✌ ತಎತ ◉_◉ מּ_מּ לּ_לּ סּ_סּ טּ_טּ בּ_בּ תּ_תּ ۞_۞ ๏_๏ ఠ_ఠ ಸ_ಸ ↁ_ↁ ⇎_⇎ 흫_흫 (`･ω･´)
句_句 ໖_໖ இ_இ Ծ_Ծ (◕︵◕) 〠_〠 ⊙▃⊙ ☹_☹ 〓D (°∀°) (• ε •) (●´ω｀●) (｡◕‿◕｡) ಠ , ಥ ಸ , ໖ ◉︵◉ ◑ ◔
╔═╗
║▓▒░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
╚═╝
IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER!
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ô╝
|
^ I ♥ you ━━━ヽ(ヽ(ﾟヽ(ﾟ∀ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ∀ﾟ)ﾉﾟ)ﾉ)ﾉ━━━ /╲/\╭ºoꍘoº╮/\╱\ ._ o o
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," ## | ಠ ಠ.
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," / `--._;)
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," ## / ("\ '' /").___..--' ' "`-._
`ಠ_ ಠ ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`)
(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-'
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̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡. (｡◕‿◕｡)
from http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/87gf7/notice_how_theyre_starting_...
┴─┴
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句_句 ໖_໖ இ_இ Ծ_Ծ (◕︵◕) 〠_〠 ⊙▃⊙ ☹_☹ 〓D (°∀°) (• ε •) (●´ω｀●) (｡◕‿◕｡) ಠ , ಥ ಸ , ໖ ◉︵◉ ◑ ◔
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║▓▒░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
╚═╝
IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER!
╔╗
ô╝
|
^ I ♥ you ━━━ヽ(ヽ(ﾟヽ(ﾟ∀ヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟヽ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉ∀ﾟ)ﾉﾟ)ﾉ)ﾉ━━━ /╲/\╭ºoꍘoº╮/\╱\ ._ o o
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,"" \
," ## | ಠ ಠ.
," ## ,-\__ `.
," / `--._;)
," ## /
," ## / ("\ '' /").___..--' ' "`-._
`ಠ_ ಠ ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`)
(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-'
_..`--'_. .-_/ /--'_.' .'
(i l).-' ' ((i). ' ((!.-' ̴ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡
̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡. (｡◕‿◕｡)
from http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/87gf7/notice_how_theyre_starting_...
A vivid dream
I had the most vivid dream last night. Somehow, I had impregnated my
first love (who is a quite real person I've not thought of in some
time), and after a troubles at the hospital, the child was born dead.
The girl worked at a sort of grocery store with a bar, on the beach in
a metropolitan city. Afterwards, we were on the patio, and I looked at the sky, noticing an
enormous alien ship in the sky, with a ring of ominous red lights. As
other people on the patio noticed (and shouts started coming from the
distance), the ship moved straight up, into the clouds, which began to
break away to reveal another alien ship twice the size of the first. The smaller ship moved into the larger, which started firing lasers
into the city, vaguely reminiscent of Independence Day. Everyone ran,
and I ended up in a multi-floor office building, evading alien-robot
deathsquads. I escaped into the suburbs, and found a very high-tech
(talking?) car, which was presumably abandoned. As the sun set (and I knew the aliens would be returning!), I drove
this fantastic car towards my love's bar/store, where I knew she was
working, while arguing with the car. ( Somehow it knew it was
registered to a star athlete, not me, and had been meant as a gift
from the family's parents. There was something about a young boy
being at the house where I found the car; why didn't I bring him
along?) It finally let me run the car in "demo" mode.
first love (who is a quite real person I've not thought of in some
time), and after a troubles at the hospital, the child was born dead.
The girl worked at a sort of grocery store with a bar, on the beach in
a metropolitan city. Afterwards, we were on the patio, and I looked at the sky, noticing an
enormous alien ship in the sky, with a ring of ominous red lights. As
other people on the patio noticed (and shouts started coming from the
distance), the ship moved straight up, into the clouds, which began to
break away to reveal another alien ship twice the size of the first. The smaller ship moved into the larger, which started firing lasers
into the city, vaguely reminiscent of Independence Day. Everyone ran,
and I ended up in a multi-floor office building, evading alien-robot
deathsquads. I escaped into the suburbs, and found a very high-tech
(talking?) car, which was presumably abandoned. As the sun set (and I knew the aliens would be returning!), I drove
this fantastic car towards my love's bar/store, where I knew she was
working, while arguing with the car. ( Somehow it knew it was
registered to a star athlete, not me, and had been meant as a gift
from the family's parents. There was something about a young boy
being at the house where I found the car; why didn't I bring him
along?) It finally let me run the car in "demo" mode.
A real thing that just happened
@Christory is taking forever to get home from the bar, and we've given him up for lost. We play the YouTube video for " all by myself" by Eric Carmen - it is awkward to paste a link into an email from the japherpoddy - and dedicate it to our presumed fallen comrade. Who walks in the door just as the cheesy finale kicks up. Rofls ensued. Sent from my iPod
Health Care
Representative Grayson with some of what we'd like to see more of out
of our Democrats: """
Last night here in this chamber I gave a speech. I’m not going to
recount every single thing that I said, but I will point out that
immediately after that speech, several Republicans asked me to
apologize. Well, I would like to apologize. I would like to apologize
to the dead. And here’s why. According to this study, “Health
Insurance and Mortality in U.S. Adults” which was published two weeks
ago, 44,789 Americans die every year because they have no health
insurance. That’s right, 44,789 Americans die every year, according to
this Harvard study called “Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S.
Adults.” You can see it by going to our website, grayson.house.gov.
That is more than ten times the number of Americans who have died in
the war in Iraq. It’s more than ten times the number of Americans who died in 9/11. But
that was just once: this is every single year. That’s right: every
single year. Take a look at this. Read it and weep. And I mean that –
read it and weep because of all these Americans who are dying because
they don’t have health insurance. Now I think we should do something about that, and the Democratic
health care plan does do something about that. It makes health care
affordable for those who can’t afford insurance, and it saves these
peoples’ lives. Let’s remember that we should care about people even
after they’re born. So I call upon the Democratic members of the
House, I call upon the Republican members of the House, I call upon
all of us to do our jobs for the sake of America – for the sake of
those dying people and their families. I apologize to the dead and
their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this holocaust in
America.
""" YES
of our Democrats: """
Last night here in this chamber I gave a speech. I’m not going to
recount every single thing that I said, but I will point out that
immediately after that speech, several Republicans asked me to
apologize. Well, I would like to apologize. I would like to apologize
to the dead. And here’s why. According to this study, “Health
Insurance and Mortality in U.S. Adults” which was published two weeks
ago, 44,789 Americans die every year because they have no health
insurance. That’s right, 44,789 Americans die every year, according to
this Harvard study called “Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S.
Adults.” You can see it by going to our website, grayson.house.gov.
That is more than ten times the number of Americans who have died in
the war in Iraq. It’s more than ten times the number of Americans who died in 9/11. But
that was just once: this is every single year. That’s right: every
single year. Take a look at this. Read it and weep. And I mean that –
read it and weep because of all these Americans who are dying because
they don’t have health insurance. Now I think we should do something about that, and the Democratic
health care plan does do something about that. It makes health care
affordable for those who can’t afford insurance, and it saves these
peoples’ lives. Let’s remember that we should care about people even
after they’re born. So I call upon the Democratic members of the
House, I call upon the Republican members of the House, I call upon
all of us to do our jobs for the sake of America – for the sake of
those dying people and their families. I apologize to the dead and
their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this holocaust in
America.
""" YES
