The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Chapter 2: Father and Son
Additional Information
- Year Published: 1844
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States of America
- Source: Dumas, A. (1844). The Count of Monte Cristo. London: Chapman and Hall.
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Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 6.1
- Word Count: 2,874
- Genre: Adventure
- Keywords: betrayal, forgiveness, justice, mercy, redemption, revenge
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We will leave Danglars struggling with the demon of hatred, and endeavoring to insinuate in the ear of the shipowner some evil suspicions against his comrade, and follow Dantes, who, after having traversed La Canebiere, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allees de Meillan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, holding the baluster with one hand, while with the other he repressed the beatings of his heart, and paused before a half–open door, from which he could see the whole of a small room.
This room was occupied by Dantes’ father. The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached the old man, who, mounted on a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at his window. Suddenly, he felt an arm thrown around his body, and a well–known voice behind him exclaimed, “Father—dear father!”
The old man uttered a cry, and turned round; then, seeing his son, he fell into his arms, pale and trembling.
“What ails you, my dearest father? Are you ill?” inquired the young man, much alarmed.
“No, no, my dear Edmond—my boy—my son!—no; but I did not expect you; and joy, the surprise of seeing you so suddenly—Ah, I feel as if I were going to die.”
“Come, come, cheer up, my dear father! ‘Tis I—really I! They say joy never hurts, and so I came to you without any warning. Come now, do smile, instead of looking at me so solemnly. Here I am back again, and we are going to be happy.”
“Yes, yes, my boy, so we will—so we will,” replied the old man; “but how shall we be happy? Shall you never leave me again? Come, tell me all the good fortune that has befallen you.”
“God forgive me,” said the young man, “for rejoicing at happiness derived from the misery of others, but, Heaven knows, I did not seek this good fortune; it has happened, and I really cannot pretend to lament it. The good Captain Leclere is dead, father, and it is probable that, with the aid of M. Morrel, I shall have his place. Do you understand, father? Only imagine me a captain at twenty, with a hundred louis pay, and a share in the profits! Is this not more than a poor sailor like me could have hoped for?”
“Yes, my dear boy,” replied the old man, “it is very fortunate.”
“Well, then, with the first money I touch, I mean you to have a small house, with a garden in which to plant clematis, nasturtiums, and honeysuckle. But what ails you, father? Are you not well?”
”’Tis nothing, nothing; it will soon pass away”—and as he said so the old man’s strength failed him, and he fell backwards.
“Come, come,” said the young man, “a glass of wine, father, will revive you. Where do you keep your wine?”
“No, no; thanks. You need not look for it; I do not want it,” said the old man.
“Yes, yes, father, tell me where it is,” and he opened two or three cupboards.
“It is no use,” said the old man, “there is no wine.”
“What, no wine?” said Dantes, turning pale, and looking alternately at the hollow cheeks of the old man and the empty cupboards. “What, no wine? Have you wanted money, father?”
“I want nothing now that I have you,” said the old man.
“Yet,” stammered Dantes, wiping the perspiration from his brow,—”yet I gave you two hundred francs when I left, three months ago.”
“Yes, yes, Edmond, that is true, but you forgot at that time a little debt to our neighbor, Caderousse. He reminded me of it, telling me if I did not pay for you, he would be paid by M. Morrel; and so, you see, lest he might do you an injury”—
“Well?”
“Why, I paid him.”
“But,” cried Dantes, “it was a hundred and forty francs I owed Caderousse.”
“Yes,” stammered the old man.
“And you paid him out of the two hundred francs I left you?”
The old man nodded.
“So that you have lived for three months on sixty francs,” muttered Edmond.
“You know how little I require,” said the old man.
“Heaven pardon me,” cried Edmond, falling on his knees before his father.
“What are you doing?”
“You have wounded me to the heart.”
“Never mind it, for I see you once more,” said the old man; “and now it’s all over—everything is all right again.”
“Yes, here I am,” said the young man, “with a promising future and a little money. Here, father, here!” he said, “take this—take it, and send for something immediately.” And he emptied his pockets on the table, the contents consisting of a dozen gold pieces, five or six five–franc pieces, and some smaller coin. The countenance of old Dantes brightened.
“Whom does this belong to?” he inquired.
“To me, to you, to us! Take it; buy some provisions; be happy, and to–morrow we shall have more.”
“Gently, gently,” said the old man, with a smile; “and by your leave I will use your purse moderately, for they would say, if they saw me buy too many things at a time, that I had been obliged to await your return, in order to be able to purchase them.”
“Do as you please; but, first of all, pray have a servant, father. I will not have you left alone so long. I have some smuggled coffee and most capital tobacco, in a small chest in the hold, which you shall have to–morrow. But, hush, here comes somebody.”
”’Tis Caderousse, who has heard of your arrival, and no doubt comes to congratulate you on your fortunate return.”
“Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another,” murmured Edmond. “But, never mind, he is a neighbor who has done us a service on a time, so he’s welcome.”
As Edmond paused, the black and bearded head of Caderousse appeared at the door. He was a man of twenty–five or six, and held a piece of cloth, which, being a tailor, he was about to make into a coat–lining.
“What, is it you, Edmond, back again?” said he, with a broad Marseillaise accent, and a grin that displayed his ivory–white teeth.
“Yes, as you see, neighbor Caderousse; and ready to be agreeable to you in any and every way,” replied Dantes, but ill–concealing his coldness under this cloak of civility.
“Thanks—thanks; but, fortunately, I do not want for anything; and it chances that at times there are others who have need of me.” Dantes made a gesture. “I do not allude to you, my boy. No I lent you money, and you returned it; that’s like good neighbors, and we are quits.”
“We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.”
“What’s the use of mentioning that? What is done is done. Let us talk of your happy return, my boy. I had gone on the quay to match a piece of mulberry cloth, when I met friend Danglars. ‘You at Marseilles?’—’Yes,’ says he.
”’I thought you were at Smyrna.’—’I was; but am now back again.’
”’And where is the dear boy, our little Edmond?’
”’Why, with his father, no doubt,’ replied Danglars. And so I came,” added Caderousse, “as fast as I could to have the pleasure of shaking hands with a friend.”
“Worthy Caderousse!” said the old man, “he is so much attached to us.”
“Yes, to be sure I am. I love and esteem you, because honest folks are so rare. But it seems you have come back rich, my boy,” continued the tailor, looking askance at the handful of gold and silver which Dantes had thrown on the table.
The young man remarked the greedy glance which shone in the dark eyes of his neighbor. “Eh,” he said, negligently, “this money is not mine. I was expressing to my father my fears that he had wanted many things in my absence, and to convince me he emptied his purse on the table. Come, father” added Dantes, “put this money back in your box—unless neighbor Caderousse wants anything, and in that case it is at his service.”
“No, my boy, no,” said Caderousse. “I am not in any want, thank God, my living is suited to my means. Keep your money—keep it, I say;—one never has too much;—but, at the same time, my boy, I am as much obliged by your offer as if I took advantage of it.”
“It was offered with good will,” said Dantes.
“No doubt, my boy; no doubt. Well, you stand well with M. Morrel I hear,—you insinuating dog, you!”
“M. Morrel has always been exceedingly kind to me,” replied Dantes.
“Then you were wrong to refuse to dine with him.”
“What, did you refuse to dine with him?” said old Dantes; “and did he invite you to dine?”
“Yes, my dear father,” replied Edmond, smiling at his father’s astonishment at the excessive honor paid to his son.
“And why did you refuse, my son?” inquired the old man.
“That I might the sooner see you again, my dear father,” replied the young man. “I was most anxious to see you.”
“But it must have vexed M. Morrel, good, worthy man,” said Caderousse. “And when you are looking forward to be captain, it was wrong to annoy the owner.”
“But I explained to him the cause of my refusal,” replied Dantes, “and I hope he fully understood it.”
“Yes, but to be captain one must do a little flattery to one’s patrons.”
“I hope to be captain without that,” said Dantes.
“So much the better—so much the better! Nothing will give greater pleasure to all your old friends; and I know one down there behind the Saint Nicolas citadel who will not be sorry to hear it.”
“Mercedes?” said the old man.

“Yes—yes,” said Caderousse; “but you were right to return as soon as possible, my boy.”
“And why?”
“Because Mercedes is a very fine girl, and fine girls never lack followers; she particularly has them by dozens.”
“Really?” answered Edmond, with a smile which had in it traces of slight uneasiness.
“Ah, yes,” continued Caderousse, “and capital offers, too; but you know, you will be captain, and who could refuse you then?”
“Meaning to say,” replied Dantes, with a smile which but ill–concealed his trouble, “that if I were not a captain”—
“Eh—eh!” said Caderousse, shaking his head.
“Come, come,” said the sailor, “I have a better opinion than you of women in general, and of Mercedes in particular; and I am certain that, captain or not, she will remain ever faithful to me.”
“So much the better—so much the better,” said Caderousse. “When one is going to be married, there is nothing like implicit confidence; but never mind that, my boy,—go and announce your arrival, and let her know all your hopes and prospects.”
“I will go directly,” was Edmond’s reply; and, embracing his father, and nodding to Caderousse, he left the apartment.
Caderousse lingered for a moment, then taking leave of old Dantes, he went downstairs to rejoin Danglars, who awaited him at the corner of the Rue Senac.
“Well,” said Danglars, “did you see him?”
“I have just left him,” answered Caderousse.
“Did he allude to his hope of being captain?”
“He spoke of it as a thing already decided.”
“Indeed!” said Danglars, “he is in too much hurry, it appears to me.”
“Why, it seems M. Morrel has promised him the thing.”
“So that he is quite elated about it?”
“Why, yes, he is actually insolent over the matter—has already offered me his patronage, as if he were a grand personage, and proffered me a loan of money, as though he were a banker.”
“Which you refused?”
“Most assuredly; although I might easily have accepted it, for it was I who put into his hands the first silver he ever earned; but now M. Dantes has no longer any occasion for assistance—he is about to become a captain.”
“Pooh!” said Danglars, “he is not one yet.”
“Ma foi, it will be as well if he is not,” answered Caderousse; “for if he should be, there will be really no speaking to him.”
“If we choose,” replied Danglars, “he will remain what he is; and perhaps become even less than he is.”
“What do you mean?”
“Nothing—I was speaking to myself.  You do not like Dantes?”
“I never like upstarts.”
“Then tell me all you know about the Catalane.”
“I know nothing for certain; only I have seen things which induce me to believe, as I told you, that the future captain will find some annoyance in the vicinity of the Vieilles Infirmeries.”
“What have you seen?—come, tell me!”
“Well, every time I have seen Mercedes come into the city she has been accompanied by a tall, strapping, black–eyed Catalan, with a red complexion, brown skin, and fierce air, whom she calls cousin.”
“Really; and you think this cousin pays her attentions?”
“I only suppose so. What else can a strapping chap of twenty–one mean with a fine wench of seventeen?”
“And you say that Dantes has gone to the Catalans?”
“He went before I came down.”
“Let us go the same way; we will stop at La Reserve, and we can drink a glass of La Malgue, whilst we wait for news.”
“Come along,” said Caderousse; “but you pay the score.”
“Of course,” replied Danglars; and going quickly to the designated place, they called for a bottle of wine, and two glasses.
Pere Pamphile had seen Dantes pass not ten minutes before; and assured that he was at the Catalans, they sat down under the budding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the branches of which the birds were singing their welcome to one of the first days of spring.


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Text 11.1
they (FDu) ate it (WARA)C
wu-gu-rngi:-'yung
as for them (FDu)
ngar-ubi-rngi-yung
those (FDu)
ngara-n
gari-n
yi
na-yum-bi:yun
g
two father's sisters
ngara-n
gari-n
yi
na-yum-bi:yun
g
two father's sisters
wingi-bu=buri-Ø
they (FDu) satc
(Story of) Crow. He was staying there at whatchamacallit, at the place Wumilij. As for them, two adult women, they were eating them (shellfish). They were in the father's sister relationship to him. They were staying there.
Note: The word for 'shellfish' is not even mentioned; the use of WARA object in the verb 'they ate it', without explicit mention of the noun, normally suggests either the noun lha:du 'mud-whelk shell' or wulburu 'round yam species (Dioscorea)'. Here the coastal location is sufficient to point to mud-whelk shells (which are still commonly gathered by women). However, some ellipsis of this type is perhaps to be expected in recounting a very well known myth like this one.The kinship relationship specified means that the two women are a generation older than Crow and in the same clan.
Text 11.2
wu-gu-rngi:-'yung
as for them (FDu)
wa:ngi:='nma:::,
they (FDu) looked for itc
As for him (Crow), he sat there making a whatchamacallit (type of spear). He was making that what-the-heck-do-they-call-it? He was sitting (there). They (the two women) were out gathering and eating them (turret-shells).
Note: wa:ng jagu (second line of this segment, preceding page) is an intensive form of wa:ng 'whatchamacallit' and indicates real self-annoyance; it contains yagu 'but' in a phonologically tightly knit unit with wa:ng.
Text 11.3
wingi:='gi:-ni
they (FDu) returnedc
wingi-da=da-ngi-maga:::
they defecatedc
wa:ngi:='nma:-',
they looked for itc
They came back, then they defecated into a hole (which they had dug out). They were out looking for them (shells), while Crow was sitting over that way (some distance away).
Text 11.4
di-rngi:-'la
they are coming there
wunguna:-'=gadi-ny,
they shouted to himp
wunguna:-'=gadi-ny
they shouted to himp
*nimba:-'=da-ya-ng!
spear (it) for us !p
nimba:-'=da-ya-ng!,
(see above)
nimba:-'=da-ya:::-ng",
spear (it) for us!p
They were defecating into the hole some more. Now they were coming along not far away from him. They shouted out to him (Crow), "(Hey!) There is a bandicoot here! Spear it for us (to save us)!"
 The two women had filled up the pit with a certain substance (see below) and covered it with grass, so that a bulge was visible; the women were pointing to it and telling Crow that this was the outside of a bandicoot burrow. Bandicoots are not dangerous; the idea was. to hunt it for its meat.
* Benefactive form with root =ra-
Text 11.5
nimba:-'=da-ya-ng",
spear (it) for us!p
(Crow said,) "What is it? Is it a coolamon (paperbark container)?" (The two women said,) "No!" "Is it some string?" "No! Bandicoot! Come and spear it for us!" "You mean it's a bandicoot?" "Yes!"
Note: Obviously Crow is slow to understand, as well as rather gullible. This type of exchange is ironically repeated later in the myth.
Text 11.6
an-uwa-ga:-'la,
from there
ni:-'nyji=wuwalga:-'
he ran with (it)c
ma:='binyburda:-',
it is bulging
ma:='binyburda:-'
it is bulging
Then he rushed over from there with his wooden-pronged spear. He ran along. Then he was at that place. (They said,) "Look! Here it is (just as we said)!" (He said,) "I will spear it. All right?"
Note: wingil is an old-fashioned spear with a couple of wooden prongs or barbs at the business end; it has evolved now into a spear type with iron prongs. The particle yigaj in this segment is used to indicate confirmation of the presence of an object which has been suspected or claimed to be present but has not yet been definitely observed.
Text 11.7
bama=wannga-ng,
step on it!p
your feet will go togetherp
bama=wannga-ng,
step on itp!
they (legs) will go togetherp
He was about to spear it, but they said, "Don't! Put your legs and feet together and stomp on it!"
* See note to 5.14, above. In the present form the prefix is phonologically distorted (as often with -gi=wa-) from ngunu- (1Sg/2Sga or 1ExPl/2Sga) to nu-
Text 11.8
nima:-'y=wannga-ny,
he stepped on nestp
nima:-'y=wannga-ny
he stepped on nestp
ni=rararbi-ny,
he went down inp
ni=rararbi-ny
he went down inp
bu-gu-ni-miri,
to right there
Then he jumped onto and stomped on the burrow (of the bandicoot). He went right down into it, down there.
Text 11.9
mana-nggurya,
excrement (MANA)
wama:-'ra-walga=walga:-;
it (MANA) hit all of them
wunguna:='ru-ny
they left himp
Then the excrement all came flying up, splattering against all of them. They (the two women) abandoned him (Crow) there.
Note: The two women had laid a trap for Crow. They had dug a pit to use as a toilet and has used it over a period of time, then they had covered it with grass to make it look like the burrow (nest) of a bandicoot. In order to make sure that Crow actually jumped into it they had (see 11.7) insisted that he not merely spear the bandicoot but rather that he stomp on it.
Text 11.10
yuwi-rngi:-'la
there they come
wingi-bu=buri-Ø,
they satc
wingi-bu=buri:::-',
they satc
As for them (the two women), they came along this way and sat. They sat for a long time. (One said to the other,) "Come! Let's go and get this crooked branch here!"
Note: miljir can refer to the part of a tree where the trunk starts to branch out or to any other large, sharply bent piece of wood. It functions here as a long pole with a "hock" on the end.
Text 11.11
wingini=wagiwa-ny
they broke it offp
wingi-yangga=ya-nggi:::
they (FDu) wentc
wungunu-mum=biririmi-ny
they tangled up his hairp
wungunu-mum=biririmi-ny
(see above)
wunguna:='rgi-ny,
they pulled himp
wunguna:-'rga:='rgi:-ni
they pulled himc
wunguna:-'rga:='rgi:-ni
they pulled himc
They broke off the crooked branch (from a tree) and went along there (where Grow was). They worked the hook of the crooked branch into his hair and twisted it around. (Crow's hair was covered with sticky excrement.) They jerked him out of the hole (by pulling on the crooked branch) by the hair. Then they dumped him unceremoniously outside the hole.
Text 11.12
wunguna:='ru-ny,
they abandoned him
wunguna:='ru-ny
they abandoned himp
nima:='jarga-ny,
he missed itp
Then they just left him there. Meat ants were eating him here, and here on the back. He is now black-backed. He missed it. End.
Note: Meat ants are social ants who build large mounds and who will devour a carcass in large numbers.The significance of 'he missed itp' in the last line is not fully clear; apparently 'back' is the implied direct object and the sense is then something like 'he lost his (original) back'.For general comments on this myth see comments to text 13.
* Reduplication of /-janda=duma-/ 'to have black back, to be black in the back', with Epenthetic -ngu- inserted


Buhari signs Executive Order 009 to end open defecation
by John AmehJohn Ameh, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed Executive Order 009 to end open defecation in the country by 2025.
It is entitled “The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order 2019.”
The Presidency said Buhari’s action became necessary because Nigeria had been ranked the second country with the highest number of people practising open defecation.
It stated that up to 46 million Nigerians practised open defecation, “a practice which has had a negative effect on the populace and has contributed to the country’s failure to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals”.
It explained in a statement by presidential media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, that part of the strategies to end open defecation was to implement the National Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Action Plan to improve access to pipe borne water and hygiene.
Order 009, which took effect from Wednesday, provides among others, “That by this Order, Nigeria is committed to being open defecation free by 2025.
“That the National Open Defecation Free Roadmap developed by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources with support from other key sector players across Nigeria be put into effect.”
“There is established in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources a National Secretariat called ‘Clean Nigeria Campaign Secretariat.’
“The secretariat is authorised on behalf of the President to implement this Order by ensuring that all public places including schools, hotels, fuel stations, places of worship, market places, hospitals and offices have accessible toilets and latrines within their premises.”
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Report: Uber has been recording passenger video for safety reasons
Uber and out
by Alan MartinPANTOMIME VILLAINS Uber will have to reset that "X days without a scandal" calendar once again. The New York Times reports that the company has been filming passengers in cars in Texas, Florida and Tennessee so that the company can learn more about disputes between drivers and passengers.
The report explains that the test allows drivers to request cameras for a fee of $5 per month through a partnership with Nauto - a company that uses AI to analyse video from vehicles. Amongst the software's party tricks is the ability to spot when drivers are distracted, at which point it tells them to watch the road.
For Uber drivers, though, the idea is to look into disputes inside the car. The footage is stored by Nauto, but becomes available to Uber if the camera detects a crash, a safety incident is reported or - alarmingly - if the driver requests footage. Apparently faces are blurred if sent to the driver, but fully visible to Uber employees analysing safety footage externally.
That's not all, either. The Washington Post reports that Uber is planning on recording audio of journeys soon, too. Drivers will apparently be able to set recordings to occur automatically, while passengers will have activate it via the app's Safety Toolkit. Although everyone will be informed that things may be recorded, it won't provide an alert when activated for fear of escalating a situation, and neither driver nor passenger will be able to listen back.
Soon to be piloted in Latin America, an email seen by the paper gives further details on how it'll work: "When the trip ends, the user will be asked if everything is okay and be able to report a safety incident and submit the audio recording to Uber with a few taps. The encrypted audio file is sent to Uber's customer support agents who will use it to better understand an incident and take the appropriate action."
A heady mix of strained small talk and Magic FM awaits the poor sods who have to listen to most of our Uber journeys, then. µ
Further reading
Uber's self-driving car heavily criticised following death
- 06 Nov 2019
TfL extends Uber's London licence by just two months
- 24 Sep 2019
Uber is still losing a whole lot of money
- 31 May 2019
Uber (yes, Uber) has taught AI how to beat Montezuma's Revenge
- 28 Nov 2018


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Introduction
Handy Signs is a visual communications protocol using hand signals. The hand signals are static and designed to transmit efficiently over video making it useful for video conferencing. Handy signs can also be utilised for group meetings, presentations, and speeches.
Purpose
- Being efficient in video conference call setup
- Improving audio quality over video conferencing
- Gathering group consensus
- Ability to signal about necessary adjustments for the video conference (eg: disruptive background noise that needs to be muted) without stopping the flow of the meeting.
Usage
The transmitting node holds the signal in view of the receiving node. In the case of video conferencing, ensure the signal is in view of the camera. The signal is held by the sending node until acknowledged by the receiving node.
Signals
What is my audio quality?
Usage
Determine how audio is being received by the other nodes.
Gesture
- Back of hand facing camera.
- Fingers spread.
Signal audio quality.
Your audio quality is (0-5).
Usage
Rate received audio quality on scale from zero (nothing heard) to five (loud and clear).
Gesture
- 0 - fist with palm facing camera.
- 1 - one finger raised from fist palm facing camera.
- …
- 5 - fingers spread with palm facing camera.
I am not receiving you
Usage
Communicate no audio being received from another node.
Gesture
- Make fist
- Palm facing camera (same signal as your audio quality is 0).
Mute your mic
Usage
Ask node to mute their mic.
Gesture
- Make fist
- Back of hand facing camera
Can you hear me?
Usage
Determine if other nodes are receiving audio.
Gesture
- Cupped hand
- Thumb close to ear
- Palm facing camera
Response
Yes or No hand signal.
Yes / Approve
Usage
Communicate affirmative or approval to other nodes.
Gesture
- Make fist
- Thumb pointing up
No / Disapprove
Usage
Communicate negative or disapproval to other nodes.
Gesture
- Make fist
- Thumb pointing down
Resend
Usage
Request node re transmit recently send packets.
Gesture
- Cupped hand into a circle
- Pinky finger facing camera
- All fingers together
- Thumb touching index finger to make circle
Response
Node will retransmit previous packets.
Adjust your video framing
Usage
Request node adjust video framing.
Gesture
- Pistol grip
- Index finger and thumb extended at right angles
Video off
Usage
Sending or receiving nodes change to audio only mode.
Gesture
- Hand with fingers spread in between eyes and camera
- Palm facing forward
Response
- Node shuts of video
- And/Or you shut your video off
- Audio continues
There is background noise
Usage
Node is receiving background noise.
Gesture
- Fingers in the shape of a claw
- Fingertips toward and near ear
- Blade of hand towards camera
Response
- Node will stop background noise
- Node will mute mic
Reestablish call
Usage
Node needs to reestablish call because of bad connection.
Gesture
- Arm diagonal across camera frame
- Hand pointing up and to the left
Response
Node will disconnect call and reestablish the call.


Projects
TitanReach (2020-present)
Some of my responsibilities have been reworking the old UI, designing a style guide for the programming team, designing and implementing a new sound system and more.

Nonno Lorenzo (2019-present)
It is set to release in late 2021 or early 2022.
Project N (Working Title, 2020-present)
It is made with Unity, C# Blender and Photoshop.
Project: Nethus (2020-present)
The frontend is made with React and the Arwes library. The backend is made with Asp.NET Core and SignalR which allows for real-time gameplay. It has GitHub hooks integration which deploys both the backend and frontend using docker. It has a persistent database that stores both user- and game data. The game engine is made by me using HTML Canvas and TypeScript with its own custom entity component system. There is a built in editor which stores solar systems in the backend database so that we can change the game world during run-time.
Education
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2018-2020)
Bachelors degree in Computer Science,
Specialization in Graphics Programming.
Malvik Videregående Skole (2013-2016)
Specialization in General Studies Vg1,
Natural Science and Mathematics Studies Vg2,
Natural Science and Mathematics Studies Vg3,
General university admissions certification.
Skills, Tools & Experience
Unity Engine
I have over five years of experience with the Unity Engine with several released games and working prototypes.
Asp.NET Core & Blazor
I have used Asp.NET Core to create backend APIs hosted on both Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure aswell as it's frontend capabilities to make a virtual bank app simulator. I have also used SignalR to create a full duplex connection from client to server.
C++, OpenGL & Glut
I have used C++ together with OpenGL to create my own 3D Game Engine and to make simple games from the ground up. I have also used C++ implemented my own multi-thread safe custom memory allocator.
React, Vue & Angular
I have used React, Vue & Angular to create frontend single page web apps for my own backend API's.
Java
I have used Java to develop various software including graphical 2D games and backend RESTful APIs.
Spring Boot
I have used SpringBoot to make backend API's for a social-media-like web application.
HTML, CSS, JavaScript & PHP
I have used HTML, CSS, JavaScript & PHP to create complex websites such as online stores, blogs and more. I have also used JavaScript together with Three.js and WebGL to make 3D environments and animations.
Python
I have used python in AI using various techniques such as reinforcement learning, advanced heuristics, pathfinding, bayesian particle filters and more.
Unit Testing
I have worked in teams that utilize Test Driven Development together with unit testing frameworks like Jasmine, NUnit, JUnit and XUnit.
Google Cloud
I have used Google Cloud to host projects from university utilizing most of its services including App Engine, Compute Engine, Google SQL and more.
GitHub
I have used GitHub extensively throughout University and together with my own personal and commercial projects.
TravisCI & Docker
I have used TravisCI together with Docker to create a CI/CD Pipleline for my own personal projects.
Trello
I have used Trello together with Agile Development during University and my time with Square Root Studios.
PlasticSCM
I have used PlasticSCM as the source control management system when working with Square Root Studios.
Agile Development
I have worked in teams that use scrum as their development methodology extensively during my time at RMIT University.


Web Widget Toolkit (also referenced as WWT) is a JavaScript API created to aid in the creation and event listening of widgets such as Buttons and Textboxes. The API has a similar style to SWT, a Java API created for the same purpose. One of the planned features is to include Look and Feel CSS files so the widgets look like native widgets (independent of the host operating system).
WWT was originally created to aid in the development of Journey and Project Ascension. It’s source is not yet available, but will be in the future.
WWT uses Spectrum for its ColorPicker widget. However, the <div>
containing the Replacer (the square showing the current color) is not exposed by Spectrum. The container element (the actual box where you select a new color, as well as some swatches) however, is exposed. In order for tooltip functionality to work (which requires the mouseenter
event from JQuery), this element needs to be exposed to WWT. There is a simple, less-than-10-lines hack that has been made to spectrum.js in order to allow this.
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SIGPROCMASK
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)Updated: 2008-10-17
Index Return to Main Contents
NAME
sigprocmask - examine and change blocked signalsSYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>int sigprocmask(int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
sigprocmask(): _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 1 || _XOPEN_SOURCE || _POSIX_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
sigprocmask() is used to fetch and/or change the signal mask of the calling thread. The signal mask is the set of signals whose delivery is currently blocked for the caller (see also signal(7) for more details).The behavior of the call is dependent on the value of how, as follows.
- SIG_BLOCK
- The set of blocked signals is the union of the current set and the set argument.
- SIG_UNBLOCK
- The signals in set are removed from the current set of blocked signals. It is permissible to attempt to unblock a signal which is not blocked.
- SIG_SETMASK
- The set of blocked signals is set to the argument set.
If oldset is non-null, the previous value of the signal mask is stored in oldset.
If set is NULL, then the signal mask is unchanged (i.e., how is ignored), but the current value of the signal mask is nevertheless returned in oldset (if it is not NULL).
The use of sigprocmask() is unspecified in a multithreaded process; see pthread_sigmask(3).
RETURN VALUE
sigprocmask() returns 0 on success and -1 on error.ERRORS
EINVAL The value specified in how was invalid.CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001.NOTES
It is not possible to block SIGKILL or SIGSTOP. Attempts to do so are silently ignored.Each of the threads in a process has its own signal mask.
A child created via fork(2) inherits a copy of its parent's signal mask; the signal mask is preserved across execve(2).
If SIGBUS, SIGFPE, SIGILL, or SIGSEGV are generated while they are blocked, the result is undefined, unless the signal was generated by the kill(2), sigqueue(2), or raise(3).
See sigsetops(3) for details on manipulating signal sets.
SEE ALSO
kill(2), pause(2), sigaction(2), signal(2), sigpending(2), sigqueue(2), sigsuspend(2), pthread_sigmask(3), sigsetops(3), signal(7)COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
Index
This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 05:33:05 GMT, December 24, 2015


Educating for the Future
IEEE Learning aims to teach students valuable skills to use in their careers that are often bypassed in Purdue's curriculum. Many workshops are held throughout the year, and some past examples are Code Cafe (Python), Arduino, soldering, Git, EAGLE, SOLIDWORKS, and many others!
The IEEE Learning team is always looking for driven students to help plan workshops by educating, writing curriculum, and planning events! If interested, contact us.
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Cooking time
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Serves
Serves 6
Preheat the oven to 200C/390F/Gas 6. Lightly butter a cake tin.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the bacon until it is crisp and releases its fat. Add the spring onions and cook for five minutes, then add the corn kernels and chilli flakes and stir to combine. Allow to cool slightly.
Combine the polenta, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the bacon mixture, the buttermilk, eggs, maple syrup, black pepper and half the melted butter. Mix well.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and brush the top with the remaining melted butter. Bake until golden (about 20-25 minutes). Serve warm.


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I can make things sometimes, too.
I am good at business handlings.
I am good at maintaining sanitary conditons and aerospace engineering.
I am a smart kid, ask me anything I know it.


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Glad you are interested in this DIY app.
Todo app with following fields


Angular Material - Starter App
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#include <Contact.h>
◆ Contact()
◆ ~Contact()
◆ calculateContactBasis()
| void Contact::calculateContactBasis |
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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:
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- /root/projects/kelp-engine/src/kep/collisionDetection/finephase/Contact.cpp


Before Change
if isinstance(self, TransformerMixin):
// Find the best individuals in the final generation
fitness = np.array([gp.raw_fitness_ for gp in self._programs[-1]])
hall_of_fame = fitness.argsort()[:self.hall_of_fame]
evaluation = np.array([gp.execute(X) for gp in
[self._programs[-1][i] for
i in hall_of_fame]])
After Change
length, X, y, sample_weight)
// Check for early stopping
if self.metric in ("pearson", "spearman"):
best_fitness = fitness[np.argmax(fitness)]
if best_fitness >= self.stopping_criteria:
break
else:
best_fitness = fitness[np.argmin(fitness)]
if best_fitness <= self.stopping_criteria:
break
if isinstance(self, RegressorMixin):
// Find the best individual in the final generation
self._program = self._programs[-1][np.argmin(fitness)]


Map from extension type to set of commands used to compile this agent instead of the defaults. When there is no mapping default commands are used
Whether agent is to be run in detached mode. In detached mode, the agent simply stores messages that is written to it and clears the message queue when a turn is finished
A specified ID to use for the agent
Image to use for docker container if Agent is being run in secureMode. The default is a standard image provided by Dimensions that has all supported languages built in so agents can use them. The requirement for these images is that they have bash installed.
It is highly recommended to use the Match.Configs.languageSpecificAgentOptions field and set specific images for each programming language in a production environment to reduce overhead caused by docker.
Limit of agent logs in bytes.
Logging level of this agent
Maximum time allowed to be spent compiling
Maximium time allowed for an agent to spend on the installing step
Name of agent
Map from extension type to set of commands used to run this agent instead of the defaults. When there is no mapping default commands are used
Whether or not to spawn agent securely and avoid malicious activity
When set to true, the agent's file and the directory containing the file are copied over to a temporary directory of which there is restricted access. By default this is false
A specified tournament ID linking an agent to the {@link Tournament} and Player it belongs to
Whether or not to try and use a cached bot file. This is only relevant if a storage service is used as it helps reduce the number of times a bot file is downloaded.
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Please select a template from top right dropdown box, to see some examples!
Also refer to documentation for more info!
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Use
.row
and .col-sm-*
to have multiple columns inside a row which will be stacked on top of each other in small devices.
If you add .sm-border
class to .row
, there will be a border separating stacked columns on small devices.
You can also use a single .col
class for less padding.
.row
element can have .padding-*
class for different content padding values.
If you use this, the paddings will be fixed and won't be changed on smaller screens:

Use .margin-*
class on .row
to specify spacing between its columns.
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Use
.clearfix
and .pull-left
or .pull-right
classes to have a table with multiple rows and columns which won't be stacked.
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Use
.navbar
class for a navbar which has 100% width.
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Use
.space-*
, .break-*
and .hr-*
classes for spacing or horizontal lines.
For example .break-12
adds a 12px space with body background color
and .space-12
adds a 12px space with content background color.
For .hr-*
you can also add the optional
.padding-*
to add padding from sides.
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For each of the above classes (.row, .clearfix, .navbar, .space-*, .hr-*) you can use inline styles to override background color:

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Background classes such as
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Text colors and styles such as
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Button & label classes such as
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List classes such as
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list-style-type
, etc ...


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layout: post
title: Page from sketchbook
date: '2018-05-23T10:53:35+02:00'
categories:
- Sketchbooks
- Sketches
picture_url: https://film-Storyboards.tumblr.com/post/174181124811/page-from-Sketchbooks
---
Sketchbook—unknown people talking at a conference.


Pass: Make several buttons to prove that you can store and retrieve each of these types of
variables:
Text example: fred Integer exampe: 6 Decimal example: 6.34 Boolean example: true
Excellent:Also make buttons to store and retrieve a 1 D array of cool cars
Note: remember this kind of javascript code
myCars = new Array()
myCars[1] = "BMW'
myCars[2] = "Smartcar'


Core tracklist functionality
Replace the missing tracklist
Track timestamps
Display timings of each track, if available, in the tracklist
Show download options
Display download and conversion scripts options
Save changes
Close
Reset local storage


China trade talks moving along nicely, but deal has to be right: Trump
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday (Nov 9) that trade talks with China were moving along "very nicely", but the United States would only make a deal with Beijing if it was the right deal for America.
Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before leaving for a visit to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that the talks had moved more slowly than he would have liked, but China wanted a deal more than he did.
READ: China, US agree to roll back tariffs as part of trade deal: Official
READ: Trump says has not agreed to roll back tariffs on China
"The trade talks with China are moving along, I think, very nicely and if we make the deal that we want it will be a great deal and if it's not a great deal, I won't make it," he said.
"I'd like to make a deal, but it's got to be the right deal," he said.
"China very much wants to make a deal," Trump added. "They're having the worst year they've had in 57 years. Their supply chain is all broken, like an egg, they want to make a deal, perhaps they have to make a deal, I don't know, I don't care, that's up to them."
Trump said there had been incorrect reporting about US willingness to lift tariffs, which he said had brought in tens of billions of dollars for the United States and soon "literally hundreds of billions of dollars."
"There was a lot of incorrect reporting, but you will see what I'm going to be doing," he said.
"There's a difference on tariffs, but we can always get tariffs," he said.
"The level of tariff lift is incorrect," Trump said in reference to news reports. He did not elaborate.
READ: How China and Russia are becoming BFFs, following Trump’s US policy
Commentary: It's only a pause for breath in US-China trade tensions
Officials from both countries said on Thursday that China and the United States had agreed to roll back tariffs already in place on each others' goods in a "phase one" trade deal to end a damaging trade war, but the idea has been met with stiff opposition within some quarters of the Trump administration.
On Friday, Trump, in comments that hit stock prices and the dollar, said he had not agreed to a tariff rollback. "I haven't agreed to anything," he told reporters then.