Ms. Zhengping Chen graduated from South Baylo University in Anaheim, CA at the top of her class and obtained a Master of Science degree in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine after its four-year full-time postgraduate program which included 3,000 hours of training. After graduation, she received intensive advanced training at China's most reputable Chinese medical school, the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in Beijing, China.
Ms. Zhengping Chen comes from a family of traditional Chinese medical doctors. She is a third-generation oriental medicine doctor and started learning acupuncture and herbal medicine when she was a teenager in China. Because of her deep roots in oriental medicine, she is skilled in techniques most Western-educated oriental medicine doctors are unaware of. She has worked with her mother and sister in Seattle, where her family owns a successful oriental medicine clinic, and is also skilled in herbal health care.
I have undergone Western medical treatments for over 20 years for asthma, food and seasonal allergies. These treatments included corticosteroid inhalers, allergy injections, nasal sprays and oral medications. Normally I experienced several sinus and bronchial infections each year which were treated with many antibiotic medications. I also suffered from irregular heart rhythm on a frequent basis.
Since beginning acupuncture treatments 6 months ago, I have begun to experience much improved health. I no longer require the use of any asthma or allergy medications, and the irregular heart rhythm episodes have dramatically diminished. My energy level and skin tone have noticeably changed for the better. After not feeling well for so many years, I am really appreciating the overall sense of well being I now enjoy.
The funny thing is that I only tried acupuncture to keep a friend company who was going to have treatment for the first time. I thought it would be good encouragement and support for him. Little did I know what a life-changing experience it held for me in restoring me to better health.
After trying to conceive naturally for a few years, my husband and I tried IVF 3 times. We couldn't complete the first two cycles of IVF as both times the number of follicles maturing at the same time was not sufficient. Before starting my 3rd IVF cycle, I took an acupuncture treatment from Ms. Zhengping Chen at the Acupuncture Clinic of Solon for 3 months. Her acupuncture and herbal treatment not only improved the blood circulation to my uterus but also increased the number of follicles during the third IVF cycle. I am very happy to say that this IVF cycle was a success and now I am 11 weeks pregnant!!
I am very grateful to Zhengping Chen for her support and therapy throughout the treatment.
- Allison T.
I have been confined to a wheelchair for many years due to motor neuron disease. Limited motion and poor positioning led to many problems. Regular visits to Ms. Chen have helped me in so many ways! I have improvement of acid reflux, chronic muscle pain, poor sleep and anxiety. Most importantly the deep relaxation achieved during a treatment improves my overall muscle tension, which makes me more stable during transfers from my wheelchair. This alone diminishes my fear of falling and improves my quality of life. Ms. Chen is a wonder! The office hours are convenient and the fees are very reasonable.
I recommend Solon Acupuncture with total confidence.
- Kathy G.
As a teenager I suffered frequent joint pains due to growth spurts and baseball pitching. In my early twenties the pain in my shoulder became severe and fairly constant. The discomfort affected my sleep and limited the range of motion in my arm.
Ms. Chen's treatment relieved the pain, thereby improving my sleep, my energy level and needless to say my mood.
- Sam G.
I have a history of knee problems for which I underwent arthroscopic surgery several years ago. My job requires a great deal of kneeling and climbing which caused severe pain in my knee. When it became unbearable I consulted Ms. Chen. I assumed it would take repeated treatments and some time to get relief. I was amazed. After only 1 treatment the pain was totally gone and has not reoccurred. It's wonderful and I didn't have to take medication or injections.
My sincere thanks to Ms. Chen.
- Dennis G.


Software Engineer in San Francisco
Approximately 4 1/2 weeks ago I was presented with a algorithm that nearly broke me. I was doing my technical interview at a highly sought after coding bootcamp here in San Francisco. I was pummelled when I received the following algorithm: write a function that takes a string as an argument and returns an array of all the repeated characters.
This may seem simple to many of you reading this, but you need to understand I’ve only been learning code for a few months.
I started sweating sorrow-shaped bullets when my interviewer asked me this. All I could think of were memories of opening coderbyte.com and
Fast-forward a bit: I’m now currently enrolled in that academy’s partner school across The Bay (and loving it). But today we had an assessment, and one of the things we were tested on was (you guessed it) algorithms! Oh, and THAT SAME ONE I totally bombed. My first thought was “Well I know I’m going to fail that one again.” I probably shouldn’t have come at it so negatively.
Ok, now to the fun part: I totally solved it! I’m not even sure if I solved it in the most efficient way, but hey at least it works. Again, this may not be the most optimal (in one way or another) and more experienced coders might have another approach.
I’ve had a few engineer friends of mine remind me about data structures and the unique ways they store data. A key thing that has helped me (on several occasions) throughout coding in Javascript has been remembering that an object’s keys are always strings and they’re always unique. When searching for duplicates in a string, I assigned each character as a key in an empty object and kept a count by making its value equal to a number. 1 makes sense, but since indexes start at 0, I’m more inclined to make the count start at 0. Also, as each key is assigned, I checked to see if it already exists on the object. If that character already exists on the object, its value is incremented by one. So by the time the string is finally looped through, every character has been accounted for. Next, I created an empty array to push duplicates into and return. Then in a for-in loop (yes I know, that Dirty-Double-for-loop, cue the Dirty Dancing theme song), search for any values that are greater than or equal to 1 and push its corresponding key into the array. Then be polite, and return what you borrowed… the array, that is.


checking(n) 1.0 "flibs"
checking - Instrument source code for tracing execution
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Usage
Notes
COPYRIGHT
If you need to understand a program written by somebody else,
it is often useful to run it in a debugger to see what it is
doing, but that can be time-consuming. Adding write statements
to the program is an alternative, but again time-consuming.
The module w_ is meant, in conjunction with the Tcl program
instrument.tcl to automate the process of adding such
write statements.
The write statements that are added record:
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Calls to a subroutine (which routine, where)
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Returns from the subroutine
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Gotos within the main program or subroutine
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Opening/closing of files
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Stop statements
Messages indicating what is happening in the program are written
to the screen (unit * to be more precise), because that way no
extra logical unit is consumed and it is easier to see the
program's actions in conjunction to the output it produces.
The design goals were:
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The code transformations should be simple (because these would
be easier to implement!)
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The code transformations should not change the program's logic
(of course!)
The module uses alternative returns to succeed in achieving
these goals, even though they are marked as depricated in the
Fortran 90 standard.
Using the module and the instrumentation program is easy:
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Run the Tcl program instrument.tcl in the directory with source
files:
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> tclsh <directory containing the source>/instrument.tcl
|
This will create an instrumented version of all source files in the
directory that have an extension .f, .for or .f90. The original files
are first renamed, so that they can be retrieved. (See the
tests/checking directory for an example).
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Add the file "w_.f90" to the list of source files for building the
program.
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Build the program by the means you ordinarily use.
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It can not easily log where functions are called, as
calls to functions are much more difficult to identify in the
source code than subroutine calls. Still, the source code for
functions is instrumented in the same way as subroutines
(with the exception of pure and elemental functions and
subroutines!)
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The instrumentation program is not foolproof: the generated
source will not be correct Fortran, if you use variable names
equal to keywords such as "return" or "open". (It is not a
full parser of Fortran code, it merely detects certain string
patterns and acts accordingly)
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The name "w_" was chosen, because it is unlikely to be used in
any ordinary program as the name of a module or routine.
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Running the Tcl program requires either an installation of Tcl
or a standalone Tcl "runtime program" (tclkit).
For the first: have a look at http://www.activestate.com/tcl
For the second: http://www.equi4.com/tclkit/index.html
The advantage of the tclkit family of programs is that installation is
simply a matter of copying one single file, an executable program and
de-installation is a matter of deleting that program.
The advantage of the complete installation is that it comes with
an extensive set of examples, libraries and documentation on Tcl/Tk.
(Note: I chose Tcl as the implementation language for this program,
because it is very easy to manipulate strings in Tcl. It could be
reprogrammed in Fortran - the string matching via regular expressions is
the hardest part, but even that can be done by standard means)
Copyright © 2007 Arjen Markus <arjenmarkus@sourceforge.net>


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We work closely with you to get to know the true purpose and story behind your dental practice, with the intent of reimagining your brand and building a foundation that is in harmony with your overall vision.
Your brand isn't just your logo. From health history and referral forms to appointment and business cards, we create assets specifically tailored to accommodate your growing dental practice's needs.
For your dental or medical practice, experience is everything. We extend the comforting, luxurious experience you carefully cultivate by infusing your brand with the same empathy and passion, further strengthening the bond you share with your patients.


 From space Earth resembles a big blue marble with swirling white clouds floating above blue oceans. About 71 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by water, which is essential to life. The rest is land, mostly in the form of continents that rise above the oceans.
For thousands of years, human beings could only wonder about Earth and the other observable planets in the solar system. Many early ideas—for example, that the Earth was a sphere and that it traveled around the Sun—were based on brilliant reasoning. However, it was only with the development of the scientific method and scientific instruments, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, that humans began to gather data that could be used to verify theories about Earth and the rest of the solar system. By studying fossils found in rock layers, for example, scientists realized that the Earth was much older than previously believed.
As a result of this recent space exploration, we now know that Earth is one of the most geologically active of all the planets and moons in the solar system. Earth is constantly changing. Over long periods of time land is built up and worn away, oceans are formed and re-formed, and continents move around, break up, and merge.
You are here on planet Earth


LOAN APPROVAL PREDICTION
Applicant Name
Applicant Age
Home Ownership
RENT
OWN
MORTGAGE
OTHER
Loan Details
Loan Amount
Loan Interest Rate
Grade Rate
A+
B+
C+
D+
E+
F+
G+
Annual Income
EMP Length
{% if prediction_text|length > 0: %}
{{ prediction_text }}
{% endif %}


Text
Retweets
Favorites
Created at
Top Prediction
Second Prediction
This model has been trained on ~18,000 tweets from candidates taking into account features such as number of retweets, number of favorites, month, day, and hour published as well as text information, with the goal of being able to predict which user published a given tweet based on this information. From a selection of the top 5 candidates, a random selection has a ~20% chance of guessing correctly. This model has an accuracy rate of ~78.8% for predicting the user correctly. By "hypertuning" paramaters within the model, we can make very accurate classification models.
Notes:


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1.0
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Module for the advance Analogic/Digital conversion. More...
Macros | |
| #define | MIC_SAMP_FREQ 16384.0 |
| #define | ACC_PROX_SAMP_FREQ 256.0 |
| #define | PULSE_LENGHT 0.0003 |
| #define | ACC_PROX_PERIOD (int)(MIC_SAMP_FREQ/ACC_PROX_SAMP_FREQ) |
| #define | PULSE_PERIOD (int)(PULSE_LENGHT*MIC_SAMP_FREQ) |
| #define | ADCS_3_CHAN (int)(2.0*FCY/(MIC_SAMP_FREQ*(14+1)*3)-1) |
| #define | ADCS_5_CHAN (int)(2.0*FCY/(MIC_SAMP_FREQ*(14+1)*5)-1) |
| #define | ADCS_6_CHAN (int)(2.0*FCY/(MIC_SAMP_FREQ*(14+1)*6)-1) |
| #define | ADCS_2_CHAN (int)(2.0*FCY/(MIC_SAMP_FREQ*(14+1)*2)-1) |
| #define | MIC_SAMP_NB 100 |
| #define | ACC_SAMP_NB 50 |
| #define | MICRO_ONLY 1 |
| #define | ALL_ADC 0 |
| #define | ADC_ISR_PERIOD_MS 0.061 |
Functions | |
| void | e_init_ad_scan (unsigned char only_micro) |
| Initialize all the A/D register needed. More... | |
| unsigned char | e_ad_is_array_filled (void) |
| To know if the ADC acquisitionn of microphone only is completed. More... | |
| unsigned char | e_ad_is_acquisition_completed (void) |
| To know if the ADC acquisitionn is completed. More... | |
| void | e_ad_scan_on (void) |
| Enable the ADC conversion. More... | |
| void | e_ad_scan_off (void) |
| Disable the ADC conversion. More... | |
Module for the advance Analogic/Digital conversion.
The advance converter module is set to operate by itself. It uses the ADC interrupt to launch the acquisitions. Then no timer is needed.
The data sampled are stored in the corresponding array:
In all the files of this module (e_acc.c, e_micro.c, e_prox.c), these arrays are declared has "extern". In this way we can access the arrays for exemple like this (function e_get_acc from e_acc.c):
| #define ACC_PROX_PERIOD (int)(MIC_SAMP_FREQ/ACC_PROX_SAMP_FREQ) |
| #define ACC_PROX_SAMP_FREQ 256.0 |
| #define ACC_SAMP_NB 50 |
| #define ADC_ISR_PERIOD_MS 0.061 |
| #define ADCS_2_CHAN (int)(2.0*FCY/(MIC_SAMP_FREQ*(14+1)*2)-1) |
| #define ADCS_3_CHAN (int)(2.0*FCY/(MIC_SAMP_FREQ*(14+1)*3)-1) |
| #define ADCS_5_CHAN (int)(2.0*FCY/(MIC_SAMP_FREQ*(14+1)*5)-1) |
| #define ADCS_6_CHAN (int)(2.0*FCY/(MIC_SAMP_FREQ*(14+1)*6)-1) |
| #define ALL_ADC 0 |
| #define MIC_SAMP_FREQ 16384.0 |
| #define MIC_SAMP_NB 100 |
| #define MICRO_ONLY 1 |
| #define PULSE_LENGHT 0.0003 |
| #define PULSE_PERIOD (int)(PULSE_LENGHT*MIC_SAMP_FREQ) |
| unsigned char e_ad_is_acquisition_completed | ( | void | ) |
To know if the ADC acquisitionn is completed.
| unsigned char e_ad_is_array_filled | ( | void | ) |
To know if the ADC acquisitionn of microphone only is completed.
| void e_ad_scan_off | ( | void | ) |
Disable the ADC conversion.
| void e_ad_scan_on | ( | void | ) |
Enable the ADC conversion.
| void e_init_ad_scan | ( | unsigned char | only_micro | ) |
Initialize all the A/D register needed.
Set up the different ADC register to process the AD conversion by scanning the used AD channels. Each value of the channels will be stored in a different AD buffer register and an inturrupt will occure at the end of the scan.
| only_micro | Put MICRO_ONLY to use only the three microphones at 33kHz. Put ALL_ADC to use all the stuff using the ADC. |


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Using Lambda
Lambda is AWS container for running code without provisioning servers. All you have to do is to be able to write a code in one of the supported languages. Lambdas can reach out to the external endpoints and also can interact with other AWS services.
To take a look at lambda, login to your AWS console and click on "lambda" from the list.
Now let's build our first lambda
var AWS = require("aws-sdk");
var dynamoDb = new AWS.DynamoDB();
exports.handler = function(event, context,callback) {
async function f(event) {
return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
var params = {
TableName:"myssltable",
FilterExpression: '#email = :email and #password=:password',
ExpressionAttributeNames: {
'#email': 'email',
'#password': 'password',
},
ExpressionAttributeValues: {
':email': {'S': event.queryStringParameters.email},
':password': {'S': event.queryStringParameters.password}
}
}
dynamoDb.scan(params, (error, data) => {
if (error) {
console.log(error.stack);
}else{
//console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
callback(null,{
statusCode:200,
body:JSON.stringify(data),
headers:{"Content-type":"application:json"}
})
}
})
})
}
f(event)
//aws Gatey<EMAIL_ADDRESS>}
Let's build our first DynamoDb and AWS Endpoint
AWS Console let's you select several database type like MySql, Mongo, etc. We will pick DynamoDB as our object based AWS database. Very similar to FireBase or Mongo but it is made by AWS.
AWS Endpoint way to expose your API or resource using a serverless setup. You can read about AWS Endpoints at AWS Endpoints
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PackScript is a powerful open source (MIT license) resource build system that combines, minifies and transforms your JavaScript, HTML and CSS files based on JavaScript configuration files.
PackScript contains APIs to minify JavaScript, synchronise files, create ZIP files, compile SASS and apply XDT transformations and is easy to extend with both JavaScript and .NET.
Using PackScript is as simple as creating files named pack.js that contain intuitive commands.
pack('Scripts/*.js').to('site.js');
pack({ to: 'site.js', include: ['Scripts/*.js', 'Libraries/*.js'], exclude: '*.debug.js', recursive: true, minify: true });
PackScript can easily create multiple versions of your files for production and development scenarios.
pack({ include: ['Scripts/*.js', 'Libraries/*.js'], recursive: true }).to({ 'site.js': { exclude: '*.debug', minify: true }, 'site.debug.js': { template: 'embedPath' }, });
Transform your files with underscore.js templates, allowing you to enhance your debugging experience, embed stylesheets and templates and much more - any transformation you can think of.
Creating a template is as simple as creating a file that matches the pattern *.template.*.
Let's create the 'embedPath' template from the example above. Create a file called embedPath.template.js:
// <%= pathRelativeToConfig %> <%= content %>
Now each file will have a simple header containing the original path of the script, making it much easier to debug.
Configuration is pure JavaScript - you can create variables and functions to reuse configuration and create conventions.
PackScript comes with a number of built-in functions and templates to greatly simplify the packaging of your application.
pack([ T.panes('Panes'), T.scripts('Infrastructure'), T.styles('Styles'), T.templates('Templates') ]).to(T.webTargets('Build/site');
This example creates a set of three files, site.js, site.min.js and site.debug.js, a special debug version that recreates your filesystem in supported browsers (Google Chrome and partial support for FireFox). Each file contains embedded Tribe panes, infrastructure scripts, CSS and HTML templates.
Why would I want to embed templates and stylesheets in JavaScript?
This provides a consistent way of loading resources and removes the need for you to write code to load templates.
Perhaps more importantly, it allows you to deploy your resources to any server with no cross-domain issues. You can even deploy your resources to a content delivery network (CDN) to maximise performance.
For more information, see the built-in functions reference.
For a complete reference check out the PackScript reference or http://packscript.com/.


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| dx | horizontal distance |
| dy | vertical distance |
| Metric cz.zdepav.school.texiscript.utils.Metric.chebyshev |
Chebyshev (chessboard) distance
Definition at line 27 of file Metric.java.
| Metric cz.zdepav.school.texiscript.utils.Metric.euclidean |
Euclidean distance (equal to minkowski distance with p = 2)
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| Metric cz.zdepav.school.texiscript.utils.Metric.manhattan |
Manhattan distance (equal to minkowski distance with p = 1)
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| Metric cz.zdepav.school.texiscript.utils.Metric.minkowski |
Minkowski distance with p = 0.5
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csv
¶csv is a class that helps importing financial data stored in CSV files. it has multiple import features depending on what user wants to achieve.
Inherits from quotek::datasource::datasource
Public Functions
csv
(std::string source_file, char separator)¶csv class constructor .
source_file
- Source of the CSV file, under the form scheme://path_to_csv. Scheme can be either: *file:// , for local csv files. *http:// , for remote, csv files that can be fetched over http.
separator
- string that tells what is the columns separator in the csv.
~csv
()¶rss class destructor
from_string
(std::string content)¶from_string loads csv data from string instead of file.
content
- csv string content.
setTimeColumn
(int dt_colnum, std::string dt_format)¶This function allows to tell which column in the csv contains the date/time data (if one exists), and which format it is. The format follows the usual UNIX date() format expression.
dt_colnum
- integer telling which column in the csv contains datatime data. It is zero-starting, meaning that first column is 0, second is 1, etc..
dt_format
- date string format, essential for date parsing. For example “%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S” as date format means the csv contains dates like “2015-09-15 16:00:00”. If the time format in the CSV is an epoch timestamp, just put “%s” in it.
setOffset
(int offset)¶Sets a line offset at which to start importing data. Can be useful for very large CSV files for which user only wants a part.
offset
- integer representing the line of the csv file to start at.
addFilter
(std::string filter)¶Adds a new line filter to the instanciated csv object. A line filter allows to take only the CSV lines that match the filter. filters must be provided as regular expression strings for later compilation. See the c++ <regex> documentation for further infos about how to use them. Note about the filters list: filters add each other (boolean AND), so if you want to perform OR operations, you will have to put them in a single regex.
filter
- regex string to provide for filtering.
clearFilters
()¶clears all the previously added filters of the instanciated csv object.
getFilters
()¶This function returns the list of CSV filters of the instanciated csv object.
import_records
(int nb_records, int value_colnum)¶Imports data in the source csv as quotek records.
nb_records
- Sets the maximum size of lines to import, if user wants to import only a part of the data nb_records = 0 means import all.
value_colnum
- Tells which column to take record value from. It is zero-starting, meaning that first column is 0, second is 1, etc..
import_history
(int nb_lines, int open_colnum, int high_colnum, int low_colnum, int close_colnum)¶Imports data in the source csv as a vector of quotek history objects.
nb_lines
- maximum number of history lines the user wants to import. 0 means import all.
open_column
- zero-starting index of the column containing the open value.
high_colnum
- zero-starting index of the column containing the high value.
low_colnum
- zero-starting index of the column containing the low value.
close_colnum
- zero-starting index of the column containing the close value.
In the following example, we will assume that we have a csv file called “dow_values.csv” with the following content:
#include <quotek/quotek.hpp>
#include <quotek/datasources/csv.hpp>
using namespace quotek::datasource;
using namespace quotek::data;
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
//We declare a new csv object.
csv csv1("file://./dow_values.csv",',');
//We skip the first header line.
csv1.setOffset(1);
//We import the four lines of data using column 1 of the csv file
records r1_dow = csv1.import_records(4,1);
//We check that we got some data in r1_dow.
assert( r1_dow.size() > 0 );
//We check that it did import the correct data
std::cout << "DOW FIRSTVAL:" << r1_dow[0].value << std::endl;
}


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Slurm_Map(f, ..., njobs = 2L, mc.cores = getOption("mc.cores", 2L), job_name = opts_sluRm$get_job_name(), job_path = opts_sluRm$get_chdir(), submit = TRUE, wait = TRUE, sbatch_opt = list(ntasks = 1L, `cpus-per-task` = mc.cores), rscript_opt = list(vanilla = TRUE), seeds = 1L:njobs, compress = TRUE, export = NULL) Slurm_lapply(X, FUN, ..., njobs = 2L, mc.cores = getOption("mc.cores", 2L), job_name = opts_sluRm$get_job_name(), job_path = opts_sluRm$get_chdir(), submit = TRUE, wait = TRUE, sbatch_opt = list(ntasks = 1L, `cpus-per-task` = mc.cores), rscript_opt = list(vanilla = TRUE), seeds = 1L:njobs, compress = TRUE, export = NULL)
| njobs | Integer. Number of jobs to specity. |
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| job_name | Character. Name of the job to be passed to |
| job_path | Character. Path to the directory where all the data (including scripts) will be stored (See opts_sluRm). |
| submit | Logical, when |
| wait | Logical scalar. When |
| sbatch_opt, rscript_opt | List. Options to be passed via flags to
the bash file as |
| seeds | Integer vector of length |
| compress | Logical scalar (default |
| export | A named list with objects to be included in the Spawned sessions. |
| X, FUN, f, mc.cores, ... | Arguments passed to either parallel::mclapply or parallel::mcMap. |
Job Array Support https://slurm.schedmd.com/job_array.html
# NOT RUN { # A job drawing 1e6 uniforms on 10 jobs (array) # The option wait=TRUE makes it return only once the job is completed. job1 <- Slurm_lapply(1:20, function(i) runif(1e6), njobs=10, wait = TRUE) # We can collect ans <- Slurm_collect(job1) # Same as before, but not waiting this time, and we are passing more # arguments to the function job1 <- Slurm_lapply(1:20, function(i, a) runif(1e6, a), a = -1, njobs=10, wait = FALSE) # We can submit job1 <- sbatch(job1) # And cancel a job scancel(job1) # And we can clean up Slurm_clean(job1) # }


I had a retail job where I was just casual staff at a store. The person who was managing when I first started working there was not a compassionate leader. He didn't interact with his staff much, just sat in the corner on his computer. He did not trust me, and refused to give me a logon so that I could make sales. He always blocked out all popular holiday times a year in advance (christmas, new year, easter), and as only one staff member was allowed to go on leave at any given time, no other staff ever got those times off even though most staff's families lived in different cities so they would have to travel to spend holidays with their family. When one staff member applied for holiday leave to go to some football matches and spend time with his family and just relax, he was told that was not a good enough reason to take his holiday leave, even though it wasn't a busy time of year and noone else had applied for leave over that time. His leave was denied. When one of the staff got promoted to assistant manager over another staff member, the one who missed out approached him to ask the reasons why she missed out. She was told that as a lesbian, she would never be able to have kids, therefore didn't need the money to support her family. Nobody respected the uncompassionate leader, and morale in the store was low, and as everyone was getting told off all the time, nobody tried very hard because no matter howmuch effort they put in, they would still get into trouble. When that manager left the company, the assistant manager became the manager. He was a very compassionate leader, and as everyone respected him we all started caring a lot more because we didn't want to let him down or disappoint him.
I found it quite difficult to visualise the part where you multiply the goodness by a factor of ten. For me it was easier to think about it in terms of breathing it in, nurturing it and letting it grow, and then breathing it out, rather than somehow multiplying it out of nothing.
I thought the visualisation of taking the bad gunk and turning it into something else was very powerful. It felt like by breathing it in you were momentarily receiving all the weight of the issue, before releasing it and realising it can't hurt you.
I think that so far for phase 0 the main aspects of SCARF that have come into play are Certainty and Autonomy.
There has been quite a bit of uncertainty around whether phase 0 will be completed in time to start bootcamp, whether I'll survive the pressures of bootcamp, or whether I'll be smart enough to understand and apply the material.
With dealing with such new concepts you don't feel as though you have autonomy/control over the situation. It's hard/sometimes near impossible to figure out what is wrong with your code and how to make things work.
During bootcamp those same 2 concepts will still be in play, with the added concepts of Status (when working in teams or pairs someone is likely to take the role of leader), Relatedness (trusting that others are genuinely trying to help you) and Fairness (how much one-on-one time others are getting).
I did the written exercise as I don't have anyone to practice with this week. It was quite difficult to understand why I felt bad about the thought of bringing the conversation up. I still don't feel confident actually bringing up the conversation in real life so will definitely need some practice.
I will need to work on the Tonglen meditation as I feel I wasn't getting the full benefits of it.


To reinforce what you just learned or to try another way, here are suggestions for other guides and tutorials.
If you're ready to dive into a project, jump to the beginner projects section.
You likely installed this before you started Git-it but if you didn't, here's the link.
The GitHub Desktop app lets you do much of what you can do in terminal (though not all) and is a bit easier to
read at times. Personally, I use it to look over anything not small diff
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Now that you're feeling good because you've got the fundamentals down, here are some beginner project ideas to keep you going!


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My first word as a developer
git
4 October 2015
If you don't get a bang from the title of my blog, you don't understand the title or the pun in this sentence, and you're not really part of the target audience for this blog, which is tech savvy people, including those who I may be working with soon, since this has been my first week with Dev Bootcamp.
My first topic is git. Lots of puns here too, especially for a Texan who knows a contemptible person who needs to skedaddle. But it is time to stop the puns and get on to serious business. I first encountered GitHub a few months ago because HackReactor wanted me to have an account there. I found the website extremely difficult to understand, in part because I didn't know git. Now, with some help from Dev Bootcamp, I do. Allow me to explain.
In my previous lives as lawyer and consultant, we handled version control by saving multiple copies of documents with slightly varying names that made it possible but not easy to revert to a prior version or retrieve useful work product that had been deleted in revisions. Consolidating work from multiple contributors was called "holding the master" and sometimes seemed like a full-time job. Eventually the consulting firm came up with a system that purported to manage version control, but produced conflicts any time more than one person worked on the document at a time remotely, or avoid those conflicts by refusing access to any other user if the first user was connected to the server. At its best, the system was like handing around a physical master on paper.
Later the consulting firm came out with a "better" system that allowed fewer conflicting versions by relying on almost constant connections to the server, but it still didn't allow collaborative work on documents from multiple people at the same time, and no tracking at all of metadata about the changes people were making. I now see what software developers use, and it makes me despair over what we went through, though I do have to acknowledge that I don't think the system would work elegantly on PowerPoint or Excel documents. But for programmers and others who work with text documents, the system is wonderful. The software is called git, and GitHub is a website that provides tools and resources to support git users, including developers writing open source or private code.
Git offers sophisticated version control including features that go beyond what I thought version control meant. Multiple users can work on the same master set of documents (let's call it a project) at the same time and their changes can all be incorporated back into the master when complete. Not only that, but there are detailed comments explaining the creator, nature, and purpose of each set of changes. It's also easy to revert to a prior version if there are problems with the current one. Sort of like a super "undo" function. A git user doesn't have to worry about how or when to save a new version as work progresses. S/he just enters "commit" in git and it captures all the changes since the last commit, accompanied by a comment explaining what's been done.
GitHub not only provides a central, remote repository for the project, but also has tools that make the job of "holding the master" a breeze. When a team member has completed work on a set of changes, s/he creates a "pull request" that makes the master owner aware of the changes and their purpose, shows the changes in a side by side comparison, and allows adoption of them with the click of a button. All I can say is WOW!
GitHub offers me, a budding developer, a place to store my projects, allowing people to freely (or less freely if I so choose) look at my work, borrow from it, suggest improvements to it that I can easily accept or reject, and so on. As I grow into a great developer writing elegant, clear, and creative code, I won't just tell people I can do it, I'll be able to show it to them on GitHub. But for now, GitHub is just hosting this blog.  Or a howitzer to persuade a git to git.
Until next time, git along lil' doogie.


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Press release
State of the nation report draws on over 5,600 inspections of a range of crucial social care services
Many local authorities and their partners are struggling to provide a good enough standard of help, care and protection for some of England’s most vulnerable children, Ofsted’s second annual social care report reveals today. The report highlights the difficulties authorities are facing within a children’s social care system under pressure, with increasing demand for services and continued intense public scrutiny.
Ofsted’s findings draw on over 5,600 inspections of a range of crucial social care services, including local authority children’s services, children’s homes, fostering services, adoption support agencies, secure training centres, and residential family centres.
Although some authorities are performing well under difficult circumstances, over half of the local authorities inspected for their children’s social care provision in 2013/14 are not yet good enough. Of 43 inspections, seven authorities were found to be inadequate, with a further 26 requiring improvement. Ten areas were judged to provide a good standard of care and protection for children and young people.
The report, however, highlights that despite numerous challenges, there are areas of high quality practice demonstrating what can be achieved.
In these authorities judged to be good, inspectors found:
The 26 authorities judged to require improvement were not consistently demonstrating this kind of good practice across all their work. While children were not immediately at risk, inspectors often found that managers were not overseeing practice consistently, and there was inconsistent challenge and support for social workers.
The number of inadequate authorities remains broadly in line with previous years. The picture is unsettled however, with authorities rated inadequate changing over time, and some declining rapidly. Today’s report therefore raises the question of how best to ensure effective oversight of the performance of authorities between Ofsted inspections.
Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, said:
Ofsted has raised the bar with robust, in-depth inspections of children’s services and we make no apology for this tougher stance. Children deserve no less than a good standard of support from those charged with caring and protecting them.
Today’s report shows that although some authorities are working well for vulnerable children and young people, there is still room for significant improvement.
Debbie Jones, Ofsted’s National Director for Social Care, added:
Inspectors have seen examples of high quality practice which puts the outcomes for children at the heart of decision-making. These areas demonstrate that it can be done, so we urge other authorities to learn from their example.
We recognise, however, the context and constraints within which social workers and their managers work - they have a difficult and demanding role and do not always get the support and recognition they deserve.
Ofsted will be rigorous in holding local councils and social care providers to account but we will also support them to make the improvements that children need.
Many of the weaker authorities inspected shared problems, in particular a lack of early and direct action to support families. Effective intervention at the earliest opportunity can support children before problems within families escalate and damage becomes irreparable, but – as highlighted in a thematic inspection which is also published today – many areas had missed earlier opportunities to intervene or lacked clarity on who had the responsibility to do so.
Today’s report also raises significant concerns about the weakness of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) in making sure partners work together to tackle safeguarding issues. Around three-quarters of those reviewed by Ofsted to date have been found to be less than good, including eight that were rated inadequate. Ofsted is calling on the government to clarify and strengthen the role and responsibilities of LSCBs to ensure effective oversight and action at a local level.
Volatility in the sector continues to cause concern - maintaining consistent leadership in children’s services is a challenge for many areas. Over the last year a third of local authorities had at least one change of Director of Children’s Services.
In a separate report, also published today, Ofsted looks in-depth at the leadership of children’s social care services, with a focus on authorities previously found to be good or outstanding and those that had improved from inadequate. The aim is to learn from them but also to highlight their success in a sector that, all too often, focuses on short-term reactions to terrible tragedy.
The report also finds that over the past year the proportion of good and adequate children’s homes has remained relatively constant, at 56% and 24%, respectively. Disappointingly, the proportion of inadequate homes has increased from 5% to 6% and the proportion of outstanding homes has reduced from 16% to 12%. From April 2015, Ofsted’s new framework for the inspection of children’s homes will focus even more on outcomes for children and the quality of care they receive.
The annual report finds that high profile cases and increased awareness of child sexual exploitation mean that overall leaders are giving more strategic priority to the needs of children at risk of being exploited. However, some services are not yet sufficiently alert to the risks which children and young people face, or equipped to provide responsive services to meet their needs. Worryingly, responses to looked after children who go missing are still lacking, despite this group being particularly vulnerable to exploitation.
 Inspectors are clear that local authorities should be found inadequate if they are not doing all they can to identify and tackle these issues.
Along with fellow inspectorates for the police, probation and health services, Ofsted has also announced that it will be introducing targeted joint local area inspections later this year to assess how well agencies work together to protect children. The new inspections will be targeted on specific areas or issues of concern, such as child sexual exploitation.
Debbie Jones continued:
Successful joint working between local agencies is paramount if children are to be effectively safeguarded. From this autumn we will be introducing a programme of joint inspections that is much more targeted, more responsive, and that provides a shared narrative about what is happening locally.
We hope this model will enable inspectors to report clear examples of both good and poor practice from which others can learn.


5.4 magnitude earthquake rattles southern Mexico coast hours after 6.3 quake
MEXICO -- A 5.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the southern Pacific coast of Mexico before dawn just hours after a 6.3 quake.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the two quakes occurred at almost the same spot, just offshore from the Mexico-Guatemala border.
It was unclear if the 5.4 quake at 11:30 a.m. UTC on Wednesday was an aftershock of the 6.3 temblor at 4:27 a.m. UTC.
The civil defense office of the southern state of Chiapas said no damage was immediately reported.


ELECTION (director: Alexander Payne; cast: Matthew Broderick (Jim McAllister), ReeseWitherspoon (Tracy Flick), Chris Klein (Paul Metzler), Jessica Campbell (Tammy Metzler), Phil Reeves (Walt Hendricks), Mark Harelik (Dave Novotny), 1999)
Election is director Alexander Payne's (Citizen Ruth) cynical satire of the American schools and the electoral process.  Tracy Flick (Reese) wants to succeed at any cost. She even asks God for his help to win the school election, where she is running for president of her high school in Omaha, Nebraska. She becomes the easily recognizable villain in Payne's satire of American society.
One of the questions that might also be asked: Is how do you work in a system when you stop believing in it?
That will become the 64 dollar question for Jim McAllister (Broderick), as he undergoes some critical changes in his life and seems on the brink of a serious burnout. That he is a hypocrite, also, will become plain enough, when we see how he rationalizes his own personal foibles, which includes an extra-marital affair with the divorced wife of his friend (Harelik). This is the friend who lost his teaching job because of his affair with Tracy. What makes this satire seem not to ring true, is that Harelik actually falls in love with this over ambitious student, who leaves no impression that she is lovable.This makes Harelik's love for her seem highly improbable.  The point being made in both cases, is that these men don't know the difference between love and sex.
In school he is the faculty advisor to the student council and speaks from his high perch of moral authority. In class he asks the students about the difference between ethics and morality, holding out for the most idealized answer. Jim cannot see the difference between his lies and how he perceives other people who lie.
When Tracy runs unopposed for school president, Jim decides to talk a dumb football player into running, Paul Metzler (Chris). He just broke a leg, so he can't play football, and is despondent about that. He has no real interest or ability for the office, but Mr. McAllister is able to twist his arm into running by telling him good government depends on opposition, that it is his duty to run in order to make the election meaningful. Paul is one of those rich kids who is very nice and very popular, but who is not a very sophisticated or manipulative person. In the meantime, Paul's sister Tammy (Campbell) is having an affair with another girl. But this girl says she was just experimenting, that she's no dyke; and, she breaks Tammy's heart further by dumping her in favor of her brother. In order to get even with somebody for her hurt, Tammy decides to run against both Paul and Tracy for president.
The three candidates campaign with posters and reasons why they should be elected. Tracy obviously feels she must win. She has put her whole life on the line; her sole purpose is to win. Paul thinks he might be able to do some good.
The film didn't know quite how to resolve the moral dilemma Jim got himself into; it is both funny and sad to see how this once perfectly acceptable teacher, who could have lived out his career with total community acceptance, gets entangled with rigging the election and letting a personal hatred for a girl he was supposed to be an advisor and moral influence to, get the better of him.
In some ways, this film reminded me of two diverse recent films I saw, Welcome To The Dollhouse and Rushmore. They all had an anger to them, pointing at something in society that is not all that it appears to be and saying that is where the problem lies.
In this screenplay, by Payne and Jim Taylor, it has accurately captured a certain look and feel high school has about it. This film was able to show how its school was not conducive for the individual to feel free in. That all the characters are flawed, unable to see beyond the very narrow limits they operate under has made for a very trying tale. The film just didn't know how to end its story by landing on its feet. It had a great performance by Matthew Broderick, who was subtle and obvious enough to bring out the inner and outer conflicts in his life. Yet, the main problem remaining is that aside from the flaws of all the characters involved, there is no one else to blame for the moral dilemma that is presented.
REVIEWED ON 6/12/99 GRADE: B
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new TOTP()
Time-based One-time Password Algorithm
References
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_One-time_Password_Algorithm
- http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6238
Algorithm
T0 be an epoch
TS be the time stemp
TC be the current timestamp turned into an int, using defined T0, counting in TS units
TC = (unixtime(now) - unixtime(T0)) / TS
TOTP = HOTP(secretsecret, TC), where the HOTP algorithm is defined below.
TOTP-Value = TOTP mod 10d, where d is the desired number of digits of the one-time password.
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digits :number
Type:
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- Inherited From:
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epoch :number
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Potpourri¶
-
fannypack.utils.
squeeze
(x: Any, axis: Union[int, Tuple[int, …]] = None) → Any¶ Generic squeeze function.
- Parameters
x (Any) – Object to squeeze. Must have a
shape
attribute and be indexable with slices.axis (Union[int, Tuple[int, ..]], optional) – Axis or axes to squeeze along. If None (default), squeezes all dimensions with value
1
.
- Returns
Any – Squeeze object.
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fannypack.utils.
to_device
(x: Union[Any, torch.Tensor], device: torch.device, detach: bool = False) → Union[Any, torch.Tensor]¶ Move a torch tensor, list of tensors, dict, or dataclass of tensors to a different device.
- Parameters
x – (torch.Tensor, list, tuple, dict, or dataclass) Tensor or container of tensors to move.
device (torch.device) – Target device.
detach (bool, optional) – If set, detaches tensors after moving. Defaults to False.
- Returns
torch.Tensor, list, tuple, dict, or dataclass – Output, type will mirror input.
-
fannypack.utils.
to_numpy
(x)¶ Converts a tensor, list of tensors, dict, or dataclass of tensors for use in Numpy.
- Parameters
x – (torch.Tensor, list, tuple, dict, or dataclass) Tensor or container of tensors to convert to numpy.
- Returns
np.ndarray, list, tuple, dict, or dataclass – Output, type will mirror input.
-
fannypack.utils.
to_torch
(x, device='cpu', convert_doubles_to_floats=True)¶ Converts a numpy array, list of numpy arrays, dict, or dataclass of numpy arrays for use in PyTorch.
- Parameters
x – (np.ndarray, list, tuple, dict, or dataclass) Array or container of arrays to convert to torch tensors.
device (torch.device, optional) – Torch device to create tensors on. Defaults to
"cpu"
.convert_doubles_to_floats (bool, optional) – If set, converts 64-bit floats to 32-bit. Defaults to True.
- Returns
torch.Tensor, list, tuple, dict, or dataclass – Output, type will mirror input.
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fannypack.utils.
freeze_module
(module: torch.nn.modules.module.Module, recurse: bool = True) → None¶ Freeze the weights of a PyTorch module.
- Parameters
module (torch.nn.Module) – Module to freeze.
recurse (bool, optional) – If True, then recursively freezes children. Otherwise, only freezes immediate parameters.
-
fannypack.utils.
unfreeze_module
(module: torch.nn.modules.module.Module, recurse: bool = True) → None¶ Unfreeze the weights of a PyTorch module, which needs to have been frozen with
fannypack.utils.freeze_module()
.- Parameters
module (torch.nn.Module) – Module to unfreeze.
recurse (bool, optional) – If True, then recursively unfreezes children. Otherwise, only unfreezes immediate parameters.
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fannypack.utils.
deprecation_wrapper
(message: str, function_or_class: Callable) → Callable¶ Creates a wrapper for a deprecated function or class. Prints a warning the first time a function or class is called.
- Parameters
message (str) – Warning message.
function_or_class (Callable) – Function or class to wrap.
- Returns
Callable – Wrapped function/class.
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fannypack.utils.
new_name_wrapper
(old_name: str, new_name: str, function_or_class: Callable) → Callable¶ Creates a wrapper for a renamed function or class. Prints a warning the first time a function or class is called with the old name.
- Parameters
old_name (str) – Old name of function or class. Printed in warning.
new_name (str) – New name of function or class. Printed in warning.
function_or_class (Callable) – Function or class to wrap.
- Returns
Callable – Wrapped function/class.
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fannypack.utils.
pdb_safety_net
()¶ Helper for opening PDB when either (a) the user hits Ctrl+C or (b) we encounter an uncaught exception.


Druid components
Button
Overview
Basic Druid input component. Handle input on node and provide different callbacks on touch events.
Setup
Create button with druid: button = druid:new_button(node_name, callback, [params], [animation_node])
Where node name is name of node from GUI scene. You can use node_name
as input trigger zone and point another node for animation via animation_node
Usecase
fill example usecases
Notes
- Button callback have next params: (self, params, button_instance)
- **self** - Druid self context - **params** - Additional params, specified on button creating - **button_instance** - button itself
- You can set params on button callback on button creating: druid:new_button("node_name", callback, params)
. This params will pass in callback as second argument
- Button have next events:
- **on_click** - basic button callback - **on_repeated_click** - repeated click callback, while holding the button, don't trigger if callback is empty - **on_long_click** - callback on long button tap, don't trigger if callback is empty - **on_hold_click** - hold callback, before long_click trigger, don't trigger if callback is empty - **on_double_click** - different callback, if tap button 2+ in row, don't trigger if callback is empty
- Click event will not trigger, if between pressed and released state cursor was outside of node zone
- If button have double click event and it is triggered, usual callback will be not invoked
- If you have stencil on buttons and you don't want trigger them outside of stencil node, you can use button:set_click_zone to restrict button click zone
- Button can have key trigger to use then by key: button:set_key_trigger
- Animation node can be used for example to animate small icon on big panel. Node name of trigger zone will be big panel
and animation node will be small icon
Text
Overview
Basic Druid text component. Text components by default have the text size adjusting.
Setup
Create text node with druid: text = druid:new_text(node_name, [initial_value], [is_disable_size_adjust])
Notes
- Text component by default have auto adjust text sizing. Text never will be bigger, than text node size, which you can setup in GUI scene. It can be disabled on component creating by settings argument is_no_adjust
to true
- Text pivot can be changed with text:set_pivot, and text will save their position inside their text size box:
Blocker
Overview
Druid component for block input. Use it to block input in special zone.
Setup
Create blocker component with druid: druid:new_blocker(node_name)
Notes
Explanation:
Blue zone is button with close_window callback
Yellow zone is blocker with window content
So you can do the safe zones, when you have the big buttons
Back Handler
Overview
Component to handle back button. It handle Android back button and Backspace key. Key triggers in input.binding
should be setup for correct working.
Setup
Setup callback with druid:new_back_handler(callback)
Notes
Lang text
Overview
Wrap on Text component to handle localization. It uses druid gettextfunction to set text by it's id
Setup
Create lang text component with druid text = druid:new_lang_text(node_name, locale_id)
Notes
Scroll
Overview
Basic Druid scroll component. Handle all scrolling stuff in druid GUI
Setup
Create scroll component with druid: scroll = druid:new_scroll(view_node, content_node)
.
Viewnode_ - is static part. It capturing user input and recognize scrolling touches
Contentnode_ - is dynamic part. This node will change position by scroll system
Initial scroll size will be equal to contentnode_ node size. The initial view box will be equal to viewnode_ node size
Usually, Place viewnode_ and as children add contentnode_:
*Here contentnode below viewnode, in game content_node be able to scroll left until end*
Notes
- Scroll by default style have inertion and extra size for strecthing effect. It can be adjust via scroll style settings - You can setup "points of interest". Scroll always will be centered on closes point of interest. It is able to create slider without inertion and points of interest on each scroll element. - Scroll have next events:
- *on_scroll* (self, position) On scroll move callback - *on_scroll_to* (self, position, is_instant) On scroll_to function callback - *on_point_scroll* (self, item_index, position) On scroll_to_index function callback
- You can adjust scroll content size by scroll:set_size(node_size)
. It will setup new size to content node
- You can enabled or disable inertion mode via scroll:set_intert(state)
- You can adjust extra stretch size via scroll:set_extra_stretch_size
- Multitouch is required for scroll. Scroll is correctly handling touch_id swap while dragging scroll
Progress
Overview
Basic Druid progress bar component
Setup
Create progress bar component with druid: progress = druid:new_progress(node_name, key, init_value)
Node name should have maximum node size, so in GUI scene, node_name should be fully filled. Key is value from druid const: const.SIDE.X (or just "x") or const.SIDE.Y (or just "y")
Notes
- Progress correct working with 9slice nodes, it trying to set size by setsize_ first, if it is not possible, it set up sizing via setscale_ - Progress bar can fill only by vertical or horizontal size. If you want make diagonal progress bar, just rotate node in GUI scene - If you have glitchy or dark texture bug with progress bar, try to disable mipmaps in your texture profiles
Slider
Overview
Basic Druid slider component
Setup
Create slider component with druid: slider = druid:new_slider(node_name, end_pos, callback)
Pin node (node_name in params) should be placed in zero position (initial). It will be available to mode Pin node between start pos and end pos.
Notes
- You can setup points of interests on slider via slider:set_steps. If steps are exist, slider values will be only from this steps (notched slider) - For now, start pos and end pos should be on vertical or horizontal line (their x or y value should be equal)
Input
Overview
Basic Druid text input component
Setup
Create input component with druid: input = druid:new_input(button_node_name, text_node_name, keyboard_type)
Notes
- Input component handle user text input. Input contains from button and text components. Button needed for selecting/unselecting input field
- Long click on input field for clear and select input field (clearing can be disable via styles)
- Click outside of button to unselect input field
- On focus lost (game minimized) input field will be unselected
- You can setup max length of the text
- You can setup allowed characters. On add not allowed characters on_input_wrong
will be called. By default it cause simple shake animation
- The keyboard for input will not show on mobile HTML5. So input field in mobile HTML5 is not working now
- To make work different keyboard type, make sure value in game.project Android:InputMethod set to HidderInputField (https://defold.com/manuals/project-settings/#input-method)
Checkbox
Overview
Basic Druid checkbox component.
Setup
Create checkbox component with druid: checkbox = druid:new_checkbox(node, callback)
Notes
- Checkbox uses button to handle click
- You can setup another node to handle input with click_node arg in component init: druid:new_checkbox(node, callback, [click_node])
Checkbox group
Overview
Several checkboxes in one group
Setup
Create checkbox_group component with druid: group = druid:new_checkbox_group(nodes[], callback)
Notes
- Callback arguments: function(self, checkbox_index)
. Index is equals in nodes[] array in component constructor
- You can get/set checkbox_group state with group:set_state()
and group:get_state()
Radio group
Overview
Several checkboxes in one group with single choice
Setup
Create radio_group component with druid: group = druid:new_radio_group(nodes[], callback)
Notes
- Callback arguments: function(self, checkbox_index)
. Index is equals in nodes[] array in component constructor
- You can get/set radio_group state with group:set_state()
and group:get_state()
- Only different from checkbox_group: on click another checkboxes in this group will be unchecked
Timer
Overview
Handle timer work on gui text node
Setup
Create timer component with druid: timer = druid:new_timer(text_node, from_seconds, to_seconds, callback)
Notes
- Timer fires callback, when timer value equals to toseconds_ - Timer will setup text node with current timer value - Timer uses update function to handle time
Static Grid
Overview
Component for manage node positions. Static grid have constant node size, so it possible to calculate node positions before placement. Nodes can be placed with gaps. Static grid can shift elements on add/remove functions.
Setup
Create component with druid: grid = druid:new_static_grid(parent_node, prefab_node, max_in_row_elements)
Notes
- On add node grid will set node parent to parentnode_ - You can get array of position of every element for setup points of interest in scroll component - You can get size of all elements for setup size in scroll component - You can also bind the grid to the scroll component for auto resize scroll content size - Pivot of parent_node matter for node placement - Prefab node used to get node size and anchor - You can point *position_function* for animations with staticgrid:setpositionfunction(node, pos)_ callback. Default - *gui.set_position()*
Dynamic Grid
Overview
Component for manage node positions with different node sizes. Unlike Static Grid, Dynamic Grid can place nodes only in one row or in one column. Dynamic Grid can't have gaps between elements - you will get error, if try spawn element far away from others. Dynamic Grid should have West, East, South or North pivot (vertical or horizontal element placement)
Setup
Create component with druid: grid = druid:new_dynamic_grid(parent_node)
Check the parentnode_ have correct pivot point. You will get the error otherwise.
Notes
- On add node grid will set node parent to parentnode_ - You can get array of position of every element for setup points of interest in scroll component - You can get size of all elements for setup size in scroll component - You can also bind the grid to the scroll component for auto resize scroll content size - Pivot of parentnode matter for node placement - You can point *positionfunction* for animations with staticgrid:setpositionfunction(node, pos)_ callback. Default - *gui.set_position()* - First node placed at Grid pivot point. Other nodes placed nearby of other nodes. - On add/remove nodes always shifted. You can point the shift side in this functions (*isshiftleft* boolean argument)
Hover
Overview
System Druid component, handle hover node state.
Setup
Create hover component with druid: hover = druid:new_hover(node, callback)
Notes
- By default, hover handles hover event with pressed touch action_id. So it's mean, what mouse or touch have to be pressed - On desktop platforms there is onmousehover event. It's event on mouse hover without any action id - By default, assume what node is on not hovered state (both hover and mousehover_)
Swipe
Overview
System Druid component, handle swipe actions on node
Setup
Create swipe component with druid: hover = druid:new_swipe(node, swipe_callback)
Notes
- Swipe callback have next params: (self, swipe_side, distance, time)
- **self** - Druid self context - **swipe_side**: *string* - values from ["up", "down", "left", "right"] - **distance**: *number* - in pixels, distance of swipe - **time**: *number* - in seconds, time of swiping
- Swipe trigger only, if all input actions was on swipe node. If action will be outside of node, swipe status will be reseted - In swipe style table you can adjust minimal distance and maximum time to trigg- Hover state trigger only with touch on mobile devices or button mouse holding. Just mouse over swipe - In swipe style table you can toggle type of swipe triggering. if SWIPETRIGGERON_MOVE setup to true - swipe will trigger as swipe can be triggered. If setup to false - swipe will trigger only on released action - If you have stencil on swipe node and you don't want trigger it outside of stencil node, you can use swipe:set_click_zone to restrict swipe zonethout buttons is now not allowed.
Drag
Overview
System Druid component, handle drag actions on node
Setup
Create drag component with druid: hover = druid:new_drag(node, drag_callback)
Notes
- Drag callback have next params: (self, swipe_side, distance, time)
- **self**: Druid self context - **dx**: *number* - delta x position - **dy**: *number* - delta y position
- In styles, you can point the drag start deadzone. Default value is 10 pixels
- Drag correctly process multitouch. You can switch touch_id, while dragging on node with correct dx and dy values (made for correct scrolling)
- You can restrict horizontal or vertical dragging by setting drag.can_x
or drag.can_y
to false value
- You can get info about current drag state:
- _is_touch_ - Is currently node touching
- _is_drag_ - Is currently node is dragging
- _x_ and _y_ - Current touch position
- _touch_start_pos_ - Touch stat positions
- Drag have next events:
- _on_touch_start_ (self) - Event on touch start - _on_touch_end_ (self) - Event on touch end - _on_drag_start_ (self) - Event on drag start - _on_drag_ (self, dx, dy) - Event on drag process - _on_drag_end_ (self) - Event on drag end
- Drag node zone can be restricted via drag:set_click_zone(node)


DBC Week 1 - Cultural Blog
Fireside Chat Reflections
February 6, 2015
What's your take on the DBC experience? What is your impression of DBC?
I think of DBC as this magical place that has the ability to gather amazing peole to complete the seemingly impossible task of learning programming in a mere nine weeks from scratch. I mean it's only been a couple days and I'm already creating/writing my own blog page. It's amazing that DBC was able to create the "DBC experience." All of DBC's instructors as very intelligent people (both EQ and IQ), whom truly want to see the success of their students. From the Fireside Chat, you can see that DBC has come a long way - through the dedication of devotion of both instructors and students - to become what it is today. I hope that my cohort can supply as much energy and intiative that the very first cohort had.
How do you see yourself engaging with this type of culture?
I'm extremely excited to be engaging with this type of work culture. Many of DBC's core values resonate with those of my own. I believe that failure is integral with success and that it is better to fail at something than to never try. Shereef's analogy of th Kitchen vs. Table mindset makes a lot of sense to me. DBC is a place that provides the environment and resources for me to grow as an individual, but I won't be able to succeed unless I have the initiative and drive necessary.
Have your expectations of DBC changed? If so, how?
My expectations of DBC have not changed. I have always viewed DBC as a place for both personal growth and technical learning.
Are you excited to participate in this kind of learning environment? Does it make you nervous?
I'm extremely excited to participate in DBC's learning environment. Although DBC's curriculum is extremely intense and challenging, this is the exact environment that I was looking for. I am a little nervous because I don't have any previous experience with programming at all. But, I'm way more excited to be a part of this program and really can't wait to learn more!


The Talented Mr. Ripley * * * 1/2 (out of * * * * )
Directed by Anthony Minghella. Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Philip Baker Hall. 1999 - 135 minutes Rated R (for violence, profanity, brief nudity, and gore). Reviewed by Dustin Putman, December 28, 1999.
Anthony Minghella's last picture, "The English Patient," was lush and visually beautiful, but its attempts at emotional catharsis and intimately drawn characters fell flat, due to its ultimate unevenness. Based on the first in a series of novels by Patricia Highsmith, in which the protagonist (and antagonist) happens to be Thomas Ripley, a sociopath, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" dilutes Minghella's past problems to bring us one of the most challenging and thought-provoking thrillers in recent memory. A film in which we follow a character who just so happens to be mentally unhinged, it also holds the ability to genuinely surprise because we grow to, on some level, like Tom, and even at times when he does awful things to other people, it usually seems perversely just.
The ball gets rolling in New York City in 1958, when a man (James Rebhorn) persuades Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), who says he is a Princeton graduate, to travel to Europe and persuade his rebellious son, Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), to return home with him and leave behind his excessively luxurious lifestyle. Tom agrees, and is soon in Italy, becoming pals with Dickie, who starts hanging out with him and taking him to jazz clubs, even after he discovers Tom's true purposes for the trip, and his girlfriend, Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow). Things go well for a while, but Tom gradually becomes more and more infatuated with Dickie, to the point where he has the capabilities to do anything if he can't have him.
One may read the plot synopsis and think to themselves, "been there, done that," but they would be wrong, as I haven't even begun to discuss the many further plot developments, all of which come together to create a complex and absolutely electrifying motion picture. Unlike most thrillers, which follow a rather cliched pattern of rising tension before a "fight to the finish" climactic battle, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" soaks you into the story slowly, but surely, until you are completely involved in the goings-on. The fact that the film's first hour is rather deceptive only aids in the first violent outburst being all the more startling, and the death at hand oddly justified.
Matt Damon, in his first satisfying role since 1997's "Good Will Hunting," is perfectly cast as the likable, yet occasionally threatening Tom Ripley. Tom, a confused young man who isn't sure where his life is going or who he should even be, decides that impersonating others' identities might make more sense, as he says, "I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody." Tom is obviously a conflicted person who truthfully believes he is a nobody, and we naturally care about his feelings, despite watching him commit crime after crime. Damon is a boyishly good-looking actor who, here, also believably hints at a darker side behind his winning exterior. This is a top-notch character for Damon, and an intelligent career move, as he really does need another movie that, like "Good Will Hunting," shows off his refined acting skills.
Jude Law is also very good as Dickie Greenleaf, a man that can be kind and caring, and the next minute be cold and hateful. "There are those times when Dickie makes you feel like you are the only person in the world besides him," Marge tells Tom. "He's so good at it. That's why people love him so." Tom is drawn to Dickie, even when he isn't being a very nice person, and it is the attributes of Law that help to pull this tricky role off. Dickie is so constantly alluring and fascinating that one can wholeheartedly understand why Tom would be won over so much by him.
The two central female roles are somewhat underwritten, but the actresses that Minghella has cast are so extraordinary that they make the characters their own. Gwyneth Paltrow, as Marge, is somewhat limited in the confines of her role, but is touching and sympathetic, nonetheless.
Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett, as Meredith Logue, a beautiful American debutante who meets Tom at the train station when they first arrive in Italy, and keeps bumping into him, adds wonderful flavor to her character. Blanchett may have even less screen time than Paltrow, but in many ways, is far more memorable. Meredith grows to care for Tom, even though she thinks he is Dickie, based on what he told her at the train station, and this confusion causes problems later in the picture, especially in a scene of extreme technical beauty and calculation, in which she meets Marge and her friend, Peter (Jack Davenport), at a restaurant. Each one is waiting for Tom Ripley, but Meredith believes he is Dickie, whom Marge has been desperately trying to find since he, more or less, disappeared from her life after taking a trip with Tom. This may sound more complicated and difficult to understand than it actually is. Not to worry; Minghella knows how to toy with the expectations of his audience, and succeeds brilliantly in this respect.
Rounding out the major players are Philip Seymour Hoffman, despicable as Dickie's snotty-nosed friend, Freddie; and Jack Davenport, as Marge's friend, Peter, who grows a liking to Tom. Davenport, an actor I don't believe I've ever seen before, has extraordinary chemistry with Damon in their scenes together, and appropriately comes off as a pure romantic as Peter.
Precise and texturally detailed in both its story and the sumptuous cinematography of the Italian cities, beaches, and countryside, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is a somewhat old-fashioned suspense film that Alfred Hitchcock would have been proud of. Minghella clearly showed how good of a director he might be in the right situation with "The English Patient," and with "The Talented Mr. Ripley," he has hit his full stride. This a stunner of a thriller, both mature in its writing, also by Minghella, and provocative in its inclinations and plot twists, which always feel natural, rather than manipulative--two refreshing qualities you almost never find in the same film nowadays. A winner.
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"use strict";
var Cylon = require("cylon");
Cylon
.robot()
.connection("sphero", { adaptor: "sphero", port: "/dev/rfcomm0" })
.device("sphero", { driver: "sphero" })
.on("ready", function(bot) {
var color = 0x00FF00,
bitFilter = 0xFFFF00;
console.log("Setting up Collision Detection...");
bot.sphero.on("dataStreaming", function(data) {
console.log("data:");
console.log(data);
});
bot.sphero.on("collision", function() {
console.log("Collision:");
color = color ^ bitFilter;
console.log("Color: " + (color.toString(16)) + " ");
bot.sphero.color(color);
bot.sphero.roll(128, Math.floor(Math.random() * 360));
});
bot.sphero.detectCollisions();
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To detect locator, accelOne and velocity from the sphero we use setDataStreaming. sphero API data sources for locator info are as follows: ["locator", "accelOne", "velocity"] It is also possible to pass an opts object to setDataStreaming(): |
var opts = {
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n: int, divisor of the max sampling rate, 400 hz/s n = 40 means 400/40 = 10 data samples per second, n = 200 means 400/200 = 2 data samples per second |
n: 200,
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m: int, number of data packets buffered before passing to the stream m = 10 means each time you get data it will contain 10 data packets m = 1 is usually best for real time data readings. |
m: 1,
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pcnt: 1 -255, how many packets to send. pcnt = 0 means unlimited data Streaming pcnt = 10 means stop after 10 data packets |
pcnt: 0,
dataSources: ["locator", "accelOne", "velocity"]
};
bot.sphero.setDataStreaming(opts);
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SetBackLED turns on the tail LED of the sphero that helps identify the direction the sphero is heading. accepts a param with a value from 0 to 255, led brightness. |
bot.sphero.setBackLed(192);
bot.sphero.color(color);
});
Cylon.start();
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