All of your questions, answered.
If you could fix one world problem, what would it be? Right now, I think the biggest problem isn't world peace or disease, but rather overpopulation and the pressure on resources, so I would want to get that under control, ideally by promoting contraceptions or go full Inferno lol
If you could live in any era, which would it be and why? Either Renaissance because of the outburst of cool new art and science, or during the 1990s to 2000s because what an era for hip-hop :O Watching the rise of Wutang, Outkast, DOOM, Jay-Z, chhotu Lil Wayne heeheehee
What advice would you give to a person who is just graduating high school? Keep your head up, stay ahead of the curve, and keep on trying new things!
If you could have chosen your own name, what would you have picked? You know I love Shail, so no change. NOPE.
If your home was on fire and you only had time to grab 3 things, what would they be?  Definitely privacy. I mean I would love the fame and all, but I always imagine how celebrities would continue with their daily lives. Like how would Kendrick Lamar walk into Sainsbury's if he could?
If you had $200 to spend on something special just for me, what would you buy? I would by you the easel that you've always wanted, and along with that I would buy you some more black dresses and t-shirts xD But at the same time I would also consider buying tickets to Rome and booking a room for the night and I think 200 pounds would be like ideal.
If you had three wishes, what would they be? I would wish for the world to be self-sustaining and its people understanding of its condition, would wish for prosperity for me, my friends, and my family, and lastly I would wish for the ability to create things by just imagining them.
If you were told you have a terminal illness, how would you take the news? Well given the fact that I've been interning with oncology fo the last few days, I would laugh at the irony.
If you only had a week left to live, what are some things you would do? I would steal from the supermarkets!  I would eat till I would explode and I would speed on the highway! I would say thank you to all the people that matter to me and call them up and tell them I appreciate them.
Would you sacrifice yourself for a stranger? Nah, unless I knew that they would do better things than me or if they had a more burning potential, then yes.
If a family member needed a kidney and you were the only match, would you give one up? Of course! Without hesitating.
If I wanted a puppy for my birthday, would you adopt a purebred from a breeder or a mix from a shelter? I think you would prefer a mix from the shelter because you care about society and helping those in need. Dogs are no different!
 See if it stops, and if it doesn't then definitely call the police.
If I went missing, my body never recovered, would you move on or devote your life to looking for me? If you did move on, how long would you wait? Of course I would continue looking for you. If you went missing this very instant, I wouldn't stop until I went to all police stations in Ahmedabad and London, called up your kakas, and family in Dahod, Baaria, Mumbai, and find a hacker who can get me CCTV footage and finally find you having escaped to Disneyland xD
If you could invite 3 people from history to dinner, who would they be? J Dilla, Tupac, and Jimi Hendrix and jam with them would be an interesitng combination :P
If you could live til you were 90 and either have the mind or body of a 30-yr-old, which would you choose and why? Body of a 30 year old, because unless I get a neurodegenerative disease I'm going to be Betty White xD
If you could wake up tomorrow and have gained one ability, what would it be and why? The ability to control time, space, and matter so I would like legit God xD
If you could live anywhere, where would you live? Basel, Switzerland is my current dream city, but I wish I could fuse London and Ahmedabad together by this space tube that you could travel back and forth and that would be my favourite.
Which one fits you better? "Live for the moment", or "Save the best for last"? With food, it's usually save the best for last, but in person with people or with you, I live for the moment.
What's your favorite thing about yourself? That once I commit to something, I try to achieve that goal no matter what.
If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be? To commit to more things.
Do you prefer going out or staying in? Depends on my mood but usually I'm a stay-in person. But I like going out to parks and walks, and fun places.
Would you consider yourself an externally motivated or internally motivated person? Internally motivated at first, but the external circumstances push me to better that internal motivation.
How do you deal with failure?
Do you put more attention to the people around you or the things around you? Increasingly, yes I have been paying attention. It's a good thing, because before I was completely oblivious.
When things break, do you prefer to fix them or replace them? Try and fix them first, and the replace if it doesn't work.
Would you consider yourself materialistic? Not at all.
What would you consider a perfect day? A productive day where I do a lot of things that contribute to my future, you know? With good lunches and great conversations, stimulating workload, and refreshing breaks. Somewhere where mind, body, spirit are all flexed.
What would be your perfect date night? I think we've already had it. Pizza at home, watching a movie, with a chilled Coke, and then going out for a walk after. With light music, fun board games. What more do I need to ask for?
What are some things that offend you? People. xD xD
What is one thing that you cannot start your day without? Milk. And also a plan on a post-it or journal!
If you’re stressed out, what helps you wind down? Either working out, playing bongos, listening HEAVY BASS rap, or just writing things down.
When you die, do you want to be buried or cremated? Why? I want to be cremated, and then be really filmy and cheesy and have them scattered in the 7 different wonders of the world and everything :O
What inspires you? I guess anything and everything can be an inspiration. When studying, I think that the hunger to be the best is what inspires me to do more. When I'm with you, the joy of making you smile is what inspires me to be a good boyfriend.
Would you consider yourself an optimist, pessimist, or realist? I would consider myself a positive realist. Realist because I see things the way they are and try to act rationally on them, but positive because the way I act and the outcome I expect is very optimistic (and ofter naive).
We notice an old man living out of a shopping cart behind a grocery store. What is your first thought about him? My first thought would be sadness. I think I've told you this but when I was young I was like Salman Khan in HSSH, and I used to hate poverty, and used to be extremely saddenned by it. Seeing that man would make me really unhappy, and make me sympathize with him
Someone calls me something horrible. Do you let me fight my own battles, or jump in and defend me? I jump in and defend you, though I know you're perfectly capable of fighting them yourself, but I gotta let that someone know that if they mess with you, they mess with me. And that I can't abide by.
Do you think it's okay to have a close female friend at work? Seeing that most of my close friends are girls, I don't think that it's a problem, and I know how to keep my distance and keep things professional.
What's something that no one else knows about you? I think you know everything about me. I don't think people know about how I was bullied, how I really feel about friendship and how much it really means to me.
Do you ever rehearse a phone call beforehand?  To someone else?  It was a song I randomly made up, about asking you to forgive me.
What are you most thankful for? For being born into a world with less difficulties and obstacles than others. Not being born in poverty, and not facing health issues is something that I am the most grateful. But I'm grateful for the opportunities given to me, like going to Holland, going to Chennai, meeting you, meeting friends, all that amazing stuff.
What do you most fear about getting older? Sickness! Lol diabetes and blood pressure run in the family. Now Alzheimer's.
 This is me half the time.
Where do you see yourself in five years? Probably somewhere in Europe, hopefully Switzerland. Done with my Masters, working at a kickass job earning lots of money, driving my sexy BMW car.  No but realistically, in Europe, living in an apartment, earning a very decent income, still heads over heels in love for you, continuing bongos and music, working with oncology or immunology and helping in making the world a better place!
What is your happiest memory? This is a very difficult question to answer, but there are plenty of moments: When I found out I topped Biology in India or when I topped IB, or when I got into UCL, or when I finally rode a rollercoaster for the first time, or when after years of talking about kettuvalams, I finally stayed in one, or when I asked you out after Dhamaal ended, or when TJ and you made me that wonderful video for my birthday!
When was the last time you shed a tear? I am actually crying a little as I write this. We are currently fighting about something (I don't want to spoil the mood by talking about it), and it's just making me feel so frustrated with myself. I'm sorry, Rutvi.
 Watching Pancham Unmixed, or ordering Dominos on mom's birthday and chilling with a movie or with enchiladas!
What are some things in life that you had to learn the hard way? That you have got to look twice before crossing the road, that you shouldn't blindly trust someone (because they can be real dicks and desert you), that you should be self-sufficient and not rely too much on others, and that you should always hope for the best but plan for the worst.
Do you have any dreams from childhood that you can vividly recall? I remember falling off a cliff like Wiley Cayote and when I looked around I saw golden limosines with golden Arabs in them. It was in the middle of a sandstorm but it was quite cool nonetheless.
What were your childhood aspirations, and how have they changed? I wanted to be a driver, like Michael Schumacher but I can't even reverse properly yet :P I also wanted to be a game developer for Lego with Bionicles and Hero Factory and I still adore Lego and am devastatingly good with them, but I don't wanna do that any more...duh!
How do you picture your life when you're 60? I don't know, I want to be a cool professor or on the panel for WHO. But more casual and consultant type. Spending more time with my grandkids and going on funky vacation spots! Playing tennis with my pals, and still cooking new dishes. Treating my offspring everytime to epic food or hell, making it myself!
What is your most terrible memory? When I was at Spandanbhai's wedding, I was really sick. And during the reception, I farted but it wasn't a fart, it was something much much worse...
How have you changed the most since you were younger? Academically, I have stayed the same hungry and persistent self. Physically, I have changed a lot. I didn't care about my physique before, but now I totally do. I am also more gregarious now, and before I ran with a really small clique.
In what areas do you want to change the most? I want to be more adventurous and be more bold with my actions. I want to become much healthier and much more active with my social life.
When was the first time you were in love? When I truly meant it for real? Around March 2018 with a special someone named Rutvi Sheth.But the first time it was puppy love like gulugulu it was like around 2013 xD
When was the first time you said I love you? When I actually meant it in a non-puppy love way? April 2018 to my princess :) Otherwise lol #puppylove2k13.
Is there any book that changed your life? There generally isn't any book that changed my life. But I think that reading particular types of books like The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon or Kill Me if You Can by James Patterson took me to the other side with hardcore gripping thrillers
What is your biggest insecurity? I guess my body? It's very weird shaped and I hate it being pointed out. Part of why Cambodia was so cringe with the lads. But also the fact that maybe I am not actually smart and I'm just floating along, and when I'm with professionals and I can't keep up I get major complex.
If you could change anything about the past, what would it be? So many things. I wish I had gone on every ride in Disneyland. I wish I had said goodbye to my friends before I left Holland forever. I wish I had punched Francis back when he hit me in the stomach. I wish I hadn't hurt you ever.
Why do you think the divorce rate is so high nowadays? Shitty communication these days man. Lack of an effort to solve problems. "Text message break-ups, the casualty of tour" is what Kanye raps in Devil in a New Dress and he's right. We don't confront anymore.
If you were running for president, what are three key things you would include in your campaign? I'm assuming this is India and it's PM not President, but I would call for better sanitation, education, and healthcare systems. Infrastructure I hope Modi takes care of it. But the maintenance and usability of infrastructure is included in my sanitation. Healthcare systems would include regulation of drug and alcohol use too!
Are you pro-choice or pro-life? Pro-choice.  More babies, more resources used. Don't want that. Especially if the parents don't care.
How do you feel about genetically modified food? Amen to GMOs. That way Yashvini the vegan will also be pleased because grow meat in bulk! It's a win-win!
What is one thing that you feel would make any small business owner more successful? I guess the word of mouth. The more his product reaches the masses, the more the people want it. And the more they want it, the more he would make and more he would need to make so he would expand and get bigger! (Correct me if I'm wrong)
What invention do you think has done the most for the human race? Internet has made the world smaller than anything xD
Should children be allowed to have cell phones?  So no. Unless they're responsible, only then.
Do you think a person’s outward appearance says anything about who they are as a person? That's what leaves the first impression, so I guess it does. But it doesn't say EVERYTHING! And you have to know the person more to find out how big the iceberg really is!
How important do you think it is to do well in school? In the grand scheme of things, quite important but not as important as you would think. I think doing well has given me an amazing launchpad and credibility, but I'm sure a lot of people get there without doing the same. But it's a great confidence boost.
Would you consider yourself proud to live in this country? India? Of course. Proud of all that we do and advance in technology and in sports and everything. But often I am not. With the way crime spreads in this country and the lack of regulation of certain things, there are plenty of things to change. But I am confident that we'll be able to get to greater heights as time progresses!
Is there anything too serious to be joked about? Not really, but there is always a given TIME for things. Making death jokes after someone close passes away may not be funny ,but in time, it would be possible and darkly heehee!
What are your views on the political system? Apparently I'm central leftist lol.
And there you have it, folks! A comprehensive questioning therefore comes to an end!


The General's Daughter **1/2
rated R Paramount Pictures starring John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Clarence Williams III, James Woods, Leslie Stefanson based on the novel by Nelson DeMille written by Christopher Bertolini and William Goldman directed by Simon West
The topic of debate in "The General's Daughter", a conventional thriller from Simon West, is whether there is a place for women in the army. The problem, though, is that the ending fails to present a clear-cut opinion on the matter. And from watching the film, we don't have anything to base out opinions on either. "The General's Daughter" stars John Travolta as an undercover detective who, with a special agent played by Madeleine Stowe, is investigating the rape and murder of Capt. Elizabeth Campbell(Leslie Stefanson), daughter of General Joe Campbell(James Cromwell). What the two end up finding is a slew of cover-ups involving some "extracurricular activities". The script is awful, but things remain interesting because of a touchy subject matter, and also because of a fine performance by James Woods as a murder suspect. The most I can say is that it's better than Simon West's last feature, which was the embarrassing "Con Air". John Travolta needs a more eclectic role and Madeleine Stowe should use her tenacity to her advantage. "The General's Daughter" is a so-so thriller without much originality.
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BABY'S DAY OUT A film review by James Berardinelli Copyright 1994 James Berardinelli
Rating (0 to 10): 4.4
Date Released: 7/1/94 Running Length: 1:39 Rated: PG (Extreme cartoon-style violence)
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Haley, Lara Flynn Boyle, Matthew Glave, Cynthia Nixon, Adam and Jacob Worton Director: Patrick Read Johnson Producers: John Hughes and Richard Vane Screenplay: John Hughes Cinematography: Thomas E. Ackerman Music: Bruce Broughton Released by 20th Century Fox
Imagine that you're a villain in a John Hughes film. What do you do? A good bet might be to find someplace safe and secure to hide, especially if you catch sight of any kids under the age of twelve.
Like someone unwilling to venture down an untrodden road, Hughes has yet again come back to the worn-out HOME ALONE concept, this time substituting a nine-month old toddler for wisecracking Macaulay Culkin. In this cased, however, the baby's smiles and chuckles are more endearing than Culkin's one-liners.
There are three villains instead of two. And while their names aren't Larry, Curly, and Moe, the similarities are neither superficial nor incidental. These Three Stooges (played by Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, and Brian Haley) are out to make $5 million by kidnapping Baby Bink (Adam and Jacob Worton), the son of the ultra-rich, ultra-chic Benningtons (Lara Flynn Boyle and Matthew Glave). What they didn't count on was their own incompetence and, once the baby slips through their fingers, they're always a crawl behind him.
For someone over the age of ten (or thereabouts), BABY'S DAY OUT has enough slapstick to be amusing--at least for a while. There isn't a scintilla of intellectual humor in the whole movie, and the repeated bashings and burnings received by the hapless villains get tiring after the first hour. There also seem to be an inordinate number of jokes dealing with the crushing, mutilation, or incineration of male reproductive organs.
Young children will also laugh at this film, but there's a question about whether the content is suitable. With HOME ALONE, most of the damage done to the thugs was relatively minor, at least compared to what happens in BABY'S DAY OUT. This time around, the cartoon mentality is taken to its Wiley Coyote absolute, with the Stooges constantly surviving crippling or should-be-fatal accidents. Somehow, it's more disturbing than funny when it happens to reel people, as opposed to animated creatures.
Other than the slapstick, there's little to recommend this movie. A subplot involving how a status-obsessed mother comes to grips with her missing child is horribly misplaced, and these strains of melodrama are cloying. Whenever Lara Flynn Boyle appears on screen, it's the fervent wish of nearly every member of the audience that the movie turn its attention back to the baby.
Like Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern before them, the trio in BABY'S DAY OUT make amusingly inept crooks. Baby Bink is cute, but that's what little kids are supposed to be, and most of the impressive baby stunts result from ILM's work, not the incredible athletic ability of the Worton boys.
Maybe the worst thing to happen to John Hughes was the success of HOME ALONE. Since then, with the exception of ONLY THE LONELY (which was already in production by the time Kevin's family left without him), the filmmaker hasn't released a movie with even a spark of originality. Before Culkin, Hughes occasionally came up with something entertaining. Now, he has become redundant and tiresome.
Doubtless, if BABY'S DAY OUT makes money, there will be more of this fare to come. And, with the protagonists getting younger with each new picture, one wonders if the next release of this sort might end up being called ADVENTURES IN THE WOMB.
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As a few of you know, I have been finding my way out of a commercial way of looking at things for quite some time now. I have a couple of projects that I am working on that I am not even close to be ready to show. All of them are so far from my old way of working that I cannot believe it. One of the things that I do to somehow change my mentality of shooting is to shoot StupidCrap™. This is short hand for anything that crosses my path that interests me in the least, in any way. Subject matter, form, light, anything, even stuff that I can't really identify as to why it interests me. When I do this, I really make an effort not to put too much effort into it. I know that sounds strange - to me it's totally foreign, as most of my photographic lifetime has been put into every increasing effort.
Don't get me wrong here - In some ways I put Way more effort into StupidCrap™ than just pointing and shooting. I may shoot it on film and develop and print it myself. I usually choose the focus myself, I usually choose the exposure even if it's "wrong". What I don't do is put any effort into making it "better". I don't direct it, I don't manipulate the scene, I don't re-light it. I don't reflector it. I don't replace the people in it with stand-ins. I don't shoot 8 different framing and angle variations. I shoot one or two images quickly from my original point of view and that's that.
Many of you may actually need to do the exact opposite to go down a path that you desire. Me - I need less of that so that is what I am doing. As the vision for what subject matter I am interested in as well as the photographic treatment I wish to use gells for my long list of projects my intent and leap off a cliff will be to actually show some of these projects.
Realize that I haven't really "shown" anything in more than a couple of years. I was burnt-out, no matter what the subject matter was - I was not interested in photographicing it. What I was shooting I had no interest in the subject matter anymore. I would never shoot things that wouldn't "work" commercially or technically. My definition of what would "work" had become so narrow and so restricted and so technically oriented, and so so so very much work I honestly felt like anything that was not a major production was without value.
One of the things that facinates me is some of my haphazard StupidCrap™ that I end up looking at over and over with no idea what is causing me to be interested in a particular photo. In speaking with a lot of other photographers out there either in a similar boat as I, or not. One thing that I have found is that all of them have these photographs that interest them that they cannot put their finger on why.
In the interest of potentially interesting conversation, or at least causing you to think about some of these "why" type images you might have. The ones that polite folks don't actually show others because not even you know the reason why they interest you. I thought I might share a few of mine with you.
Here is one that I shot that I have kept around for more than a month. I guess that's my criteria, that gives me lots of ideas but not just that - I cannot for the life of me figure out why I like it.
[image title="SDIM0421" size="full" id="3342" align="none" linkto="viewer" ]
Obviously feel free to discus and share some of your "why" images as well.
RB


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It's the piece of sofware behind the mathlib quiz and graphs like big_comp.png
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The man who saved a billion lives
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# overview.txt # command echo command # nested command echo nested $(echo command) # arguments echo argc=$# args="$@" # built-in commands @set ENV=builtin_set_environment echo %ENV% CD @pushd .. CD @popd CD # mruby as glue code
```ruby # this is mruby comment puts "mruby code" def add(a, b) a + b end msg = `echo hi` puts "shell command on mruby : #{msg}" ```
# nested mruby echo 2 + 3 = <%= add(2, 3) %> echo shell command on nested mruby : <%= `echo hi!` %>
> overview hoge foo "hello world"
command
nested command
argc=3 args=hoge foo "hello world"
builtin_set_environment
C:\path\to
C:\path
C:\path\to
mruby code
shell command on mruby : hi
2 + 3 = 5
shell command on nested mruby : hi!
Command
Execute command via command prompt, but with a few differences.
For this argument:
"hello world" foo "bar"
- Split the argument tokens to
- Enclose arguments containing spaces with
"
to - Join to space separator to
[hello world] [foo] [bar]
["hello world"] [foo] [bar]
"hello world" foo bar
command-sample
alias
# command-sample.txt
echo "$@"
> command-sample "hello world" foo "bar"
"hello world" foo bar
Nested command
Execute nested command ($( ... )
) via bash-like, but unlike bash, this is sequential execution.
For example:
nested-command-sample
alias
# nested-command-sample.txt
echo $( ^
echo $( ^
echo $( ^
echo 1 >> o.txt ^
) $( ^
echo $( ^
echo 2 >> o.txt ^
) 3 >> o.txt ^
) 4 >> o.txt ^
) 5 >> o.txt ^
) 6 >> o.txt
> nested-command-sample
> cat o.txt
1
2
3
4
5
6
Arguments
via bash-like, but with a few differences.
Support list:
$0
$1
,$2
,$3
,...,$9
$#
,"$@"
,"$+"
$*
, $@
, "$*"
is not supported.
"$+"
is unique arguments, expands arguments on a single line, like "$*"
, but keeps asterisks it.
For example:
arguments-sample
alias
# arguments-sample.txt
echo alias_name=$0
echo argc=$# args="$@"
echo $1 world
echo hello $2
echo "$+"
> arguments-sample hello world "fo* bar"
alias_name=arguments-sample
argc=3 args=hello world "foo bar"
hello world
hello world
"hello world fo* bar"
Built-in command
Commands are executed internally by cmd / c
one by one, so some commands have no meaning.
CD
, SET
.Use the built-in command instead.
Support list:
@set <key>=<value>
@pushd <path>
@popd
builtin-command-sample
alias
# builtin-command-sample.txt
@set ENV=builtin_set_environment
echo %ENV%
# direct execute
D:/tools/saytool/bin/say
# set path environment, and execute
@set PATH=D:/tools/saytool/bin;%PATH%
say
CD
@pushd ..

C:\path\to
C:\path
D:\dev
C:\path
C:\path\to
mruby
version 2.1.0
mruby is run as gluecode.
Write the mruby code between the code blocks ```ruby
and ```
, this code block can be written multiple times.
There are also some missing features, there is implemented and called by Rust.
Implemented list by Rust:
A minimal implementation
ARGV
Array
to_cmd
See below "Nested mruby"to_cmd_deep
See below "Nested mruby"self.from_cmd(cmd_args_string)
from_cmd!(cmd_args_string)
from_cmd(cmd_args_string)
to_cmd
and from_cmd
implemented in Array
are unique functions to exchange arrays with command prompt.to_cmd
converts an array into a command prompt argument list.from_cmd
converts the command prompt argument list into an array.mruby native:
STDIN
STDOUT
STDERR
- call shell command:
`echo from shell command`
For example:
mruby-sample
alias
# mruby-sample.txt echo 1 cmd
```ruby puts '2 mruby' print 'ARGV=' puts ARGV puts 'gets=' + STDIN.gets ```
echo 3 cmd
```ruby puts '4 mruby' a = [].from_cmd %q( "hello world" foo bar 1 3.14 ) puts a STDERR.puts a puts `echo from shell command` ```
echo 5 cmd
> echo from_stdin | mruby-sample hoge piyo
1 cmd
2 mruby
ARGV=["hoge", "piyo"]
gets=from_stdin
3 cmd
4 mruby
["hello world", "foo", "bar", 1, 3.14]
["hello world", "foo", "bar", 1, 3.14]
from shell command
5 cmd
Nested mruby
Execute nested mruby (<%= ... %>
) via Rails template(ERB)-like, However, this can be multi-stage nested.
to_cmd
converts an array into a command prompt argument list.to_cmd_deep
converts an nested array into a command prompt argument list.For example:
nested-mruby-sample
alias
# nested-mruby-sample.txt
```ruby def say_str "hello!" end a = [5, 'hello world', 7, 'foo', 'bar', 11] b = [5, 'hello world', 7, [['foo', 'bar'], 11]] ```
echo <%= say_str %> echo <%= `echo world!` %> echo 2 + 3 = <%= 2 + <%= 3 %>%> echo 3 + 5 = <%= "3" + <%= 5 %>.to_s %> echo <%= a.to_cmd %> echo <%= b.to_cmd_deep %>
> nested-mruby-sample
hello!
world!
2 + 3 = 5
3 + 5 = 35
5 "hello world" 7 foo bar 11
5 "hello world" 7 foo bar 11
Nested combine
Let's try, combine nested command and nested mruby.
For example:
nested-combine-sample
alias
# nested-combine-sample.txt
```ruby underscore = "_" hello_world = "success!" ```
# $1: hello, $2: world # need sed command installed, for example, msys2 echo <%= $(echo $(echo $1)<%= underscore %>XXX | sed 's/XXX/$(echo $2)/g') %>
> nested-combine-sample hello world
success!


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Matt is Professor of English and Data Analytics at Washington State University (formerly at Stanford and Nebraska)
Applies sentiment analysis to the study of narrative
Based on idea that fluctuations in sentiment are proxies for fluctuations in plot movement
Syuzhet
Syuzhet comes from the Russian Formalists Victor Shklovsky and Vladimir Propp
Propp famous for theory of the folktale as sequence of functions
They argued that narrative has two parts: “fabula” and the “syuzhet”
Fabula: The elements of a story, including actual chronological order
Syuzhet The manner in which the elements of the story (fabula) are organized or “told”
Syuzhet sometimes called plot order
Memento
Plots by Sentiment
The basic idea is show the distribution of sentiment markers over narrative time
Annotated Portrait
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)
Dorian’s life takes a dark turn as the reality of the portrait becomes apparent.
The Da Vinci Code (Brown)
Dan Brown never lets the plot become too troubled or too much of a downer. He baits us and teases us with fluctuating emotion.
Blood Meridian (McCarthy)
Blood Meridian is a dark book and the more generalized blue trend line lingers in the realms of negative emotion throughout the text; it is a very different book from The Da Vinci Code.
Hypothesis and Questions
Gvien that fluctuations in sentiment are a proxy for fluctuations in plot movement
And that there are a finite number of plots
Estimates range from 3 to 36
See Booker 2004, Foster-Harris 1959, Tobias 1993, and Polti 1916.
So, to pursue these questions, we need a way to normalize the plots of many novels
The Problem of Text Length
A problem immediately arises:
How to compare texts of different lengths?
If we follow Colby’s method of dividing each story by the same number of units (but for, say, 100 chunks), some chunks will be larger
The larger the chunk, the more chance for wash-out
We know that books as a whole tend to have a mean valence close to zero on a scale of -1 to 1
A solution
Use Fourier transforms
Fourier Transforms
Fourier transforms are method from signal processing that decomposes signals in component wave forms
We say that the time domain is transformed into the frequency domain
Once transformed, you can remove unwanted waves in the frequency domain and then reconstitute a cleaner signal in the time domain
This provides a way of transforming the sentiment-based plot trajectories into a form independent of story length
We can move from plot domain to sentiment-signal frequency domain back to plot domain
Fourier Transform Image
Low Pass Filter
A low-pass filter is be used to remove the background “hiss” in an audio recording
A similar approach can be used to filter out the extremes in the sentiment trajectories
Syuzhet computes foundation shapes by discarding all but the lowest terms of the Fourier transform
Foundation Shapes
Process
Generate plot shapes for all books in the corpus
Build a similarity matrix over all the novels (using Euclidean distance)
Cluster books by Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering (Ward?)
Try out various methods of cluster identification (silhouette, gap statistic, elbow) and develop ad-hoc cluster identification algorithm.
Observe that there are six, or maybe seven, fundamental plot shapes.
All the Plots
Results
Two Major Types
Subtypes 1
Subtypes of man in hole
Subtypes 2
Subtypes of man on hill
Beyond four, where to cut?
Iterate through a series of possible cut points
For each, take two measures:
cluster homogeneity
cluster dissimilarity
compare to objective
Also apply intuition :-)
Choose 6
Choose 6 – MIH I and MOH II split (but note lower right)
Choose 7
Choose 7 – MOH II splits
Archetypes
Archetypes
Archetypes
Archetypes
Archetypes
Archetypes
Swofford’s Criticisms
Sentence parsing
Not always correct (see Dickens example)
Sentiment attribution
Usual flaws
Foundation Shapes
Ringing artifacts caused by a low-pass filters
the foundation shape for the first part of the book is not merely inaccurate, but in fact exactly opposite the actual shape of the original graph.
Sentence Parsing
Mrs. Rachael, I needn’t inform you who were acquainted with the late Miss Barbary’s affairs, that her means die with her and that this young lady, now her aunt is dead–” “My aunt, sir!” “It is really of no use carrying on a deception when no object is to be gained by it,” said Mr. Kenge smoothly, “Aunt in fact, though not in law.
Sentiment Attribution
Swofford points out the usual problems:
Can’t process modifiers
Polysemy
Contemporary English
Repetition discounted
Lack of nuance
Example
I haven’t been sad in a long time. I am extremely happy today. It’s a good day. But suddenly I’m only a little bit happy. Then I’m not happy at all. In fact, I am now the least happy person on the planet. There is no happiness left in me. Wait, it’s returned! I don’t feel so bad after all!
Common sense would interpret the sentences just the opposite to the graph!
Foundation Shapes and Ringing Artifacts
Low-pass filters often introduce ringing artifacts – extra humps in the graph that aren’t well-approximated by sinusoids
These artifacts will be larger when the number of sinusoids is lower
By default, Syuzhet uses an even lower cutoff than the example above (keeping only three Fourier terms)
The Portrait of the Artist example shows this
Until Syuzhet provides filters that don’t cause ringing artifacts, it is likely that most foundation shapes will be inaccurate representations of the stories’ true plot trajectories
Gaussian filters do not introduce ringing artifacts, though they have their own limitations
Jockers’ Response
None of the current sentiment detection methods are especially reliable (!)
The Stanford tagger (considered best in the open source market) hovers around 80–83% accuracy
Performance sensitive to genre
No “correct” sentiment
Is it close enough?
Sophisticated tools are not necessarily better
Comparison 1
Comparison 2
Response to criticism of foundation
Regarding the criticism that the foundation is wrong, Jockers’s asserts that it is actually is consistent with the novel as read
Low Pass = 5
Could get more accurate
Remaining problems
Irony, satire, dark humor, etc.
Swofford Resonse 2
Not arguing about whether or not Portrait of the Artist represents a “man in a hole” plot shape,
The Syuzhet plot shape can easily be the result of low-pass filter artifacts instead of a reflection of the computed sentiment
Therefore does not reliably reflect the emotional trajectories of novels
Can’t trust the foundation shapes!
More important: Can’t evaluate sentiment analysis as “good enough” without benchmarks to define success
She notes that Jockers’ “proof” elides some differences in the methods…
Test 1
Remove the emotion from the last third of the novel and see what the transform does
The result shows that the last hump is a ringing artifact
In fact, you can just leave the middle twenty sentences (0.5%)!
Test 2
Their similar foundation shapes do not validate Syuzhet’s sentiment analysis algorithm; they merely demonstrate that Syuzhet’s foundation shapes can make dissimilar curves similar.
There’s more
The new foundation shape (blue) now shows the midpoint of the novel as less negative than the area around it, even though it is still the most negative portion of the story (since we only changed the very beginning and end)
Classic ringing artifact: the foundation shape can’t reflect the emotional heights at both ends of the story without altering the middle because the correct shape cannot be approximated by low-frequency sinusoids
Lepage’s Quartet
One Signal, Four Shapes
practically all of the variation is determined by the higher Fourier terms. This means that by making nearly-invisible low-frequency changes to the original valence, we can completely alter its foundation shape:
In Sum
All in all, Syuzhet’s lack of benchmarks and inaccurate foundation shapes are cause for concern. It has a long way to go before we can make reliable claims about the number of archetypal plot shapes novels share.
Jockers’ Response
Information loss OK [But it’s the accumulation of error that matters]
Implemented a Gaussian filter, but still unconvinced
Remember – trying to solve the problem of length
There are no books with zero neutral values for an entire third
The exercise has more to do with the setting of a particular user parameter than it does with the package.
Open to the possibility that there is some confirmation bias possible
Playing with the Parameter
Playing with the Parameter
Still MIH . . .
Enderle
Jockers suggests that ringing artifacts are what we want
Do we want this kind of distortion?
“My issue with using Fourier transforms to represent sentiment time series data is that we have no clear theoretical justification to do so. We have no theoretical reason to want the kind of distortion it produces.”
[Pace Underwoord] “we should do our best to ensure that the mathematical models we use have clear and concrete interpretations in terms of the physical processes that we study and seek to understand: : reading, writing, textual distribution, influence, and so on. This is what Syuzhet fails to do at the smoothing and filtering stage right now.”
What’s Wrong with Fourier
A Fourier transform models time series data as a weighted sum of sine waves of different frequencies.
Why should sentiments be described this way?
Compare to the Dirichlet prior in LDA – It’s a set of N distinct real-valued variables that always sum to one.
Underwood
I’m unsure how anyone could be right or wrong here, because as far as I can tell there’s no thesis under discussion yet.
The same thing goes for the concepts of “plot” and “emotional valence.”
We need a question we’re trying to solve.
Schmidt
Fourier transforms are the wrong “smoothing function” (insofar as that is the appropriate term to use) to choose for plots, because they assume plot arcs are periodic functions in which the beginning must align with the end.
this cyclicality means that syuzhet imposes an assumption that the start of plot lines up with the end of a plot.
Schmidt
this should convince Jockers to retire the waveform assumptions in favor of something like Loess smoothing or moving averages
Requiem
Agrees with Schmidt re the edges
But endpoints are problematic in most smoothers and filters
With a simple rolling window, for example, the averaging can’t start until we are already half the distance of the window into the sequence.


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The congress.policy_engines.agnostic
Module¶
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class
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
DseRuntime
(name)¶ Bases:
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.Runtime
,congress.dse2.data_service.DataService
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create_default_policies
()¶
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execute_action
(service_name, action, action_args)¶ Event handler for action execution.
Parameters: service_name – openstack service to perform the action on, e.g. ‘nova’, ‘neutron’ :param action: action to perform on service, e.g. an API call :param action_args: positional-args and named-args in format:
{‘positional’: [‘p_arg1’, ‘p_arg2’], ‘named’: {‘name1’: ‘n_arg1’, ‘name2’: ‘n_arg2’}}.
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extend_schema
(service_name, schema)¶
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get_snapshot
(table_name)¶
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initialize_table_subscriptions
()¶ Initialize table subscription.
Once policies have all been loaded, this function subscribes to all the necessary tables. See UPDATE_TABLE_SUBSCRIPTIONS as well.
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on_first_subs
(tables)¶ handler for policy table subscription
when a previously non-subscribed table gains a subscriber, register a trigger for the tables and publish table results when there is updates.
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on_no_subs
(tables)¶ Remove triggers when tables have no subscribers.
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prepush_processor
(data, dataindex, type=None)¶ Called before push.
Takes as input the DATA that the receiver needs and returns the payload for the message. If this is a regular publication message, make the payload just the delta; otherwise, make the payload the entire table.
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process_policy_update
(events, persistent=False)¶
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pub_policy_result
(table, olddata, newdata)¶ Callback for policy table triggers.
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receive_data
(publisher, table, data, is_snapshot=False)¶ Event handler for when a dataservice publishes data.
That data can either be the full table (as a list of tuples) or a delta (a list of Events).
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receive_data_full
(publisher, table, data)¶ Handler for when dataservice publishes full table.
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receive_data_update
(publisher, table, data)¶ Handler for when dataservice publishes a delta.
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receive_policy_update
(msg)¶
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service_exists
(service_name)¶
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set_schema
(name, schema, complete=False)¶
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set_synchronizer
()¶
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start
()¶
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stop
()¶
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update_table_subscriptions
(oldtables, newtables)¶ Update table subscription.
Change the subscriptions from OLDTABLES to NEWTABLES, ensuring to load all the appropriate services.
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class
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
DseRuntimeEndpoints
(dse)¶ Bases:
object
RPC endpoints exposed by DseRuntime.
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delete_policy
(context, name, disallow_dangling_refs=False)¶
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execute_action
(context, service_name, action, action_args)¶
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get_row_data
(context, table_id, source_id, trace=False)¶
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get_status
(context, source_id, params)¶
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get_tablename
(context, source_id, table_id)¶
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get_tablenames
(context, source_id)¶
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initialize_datasource
(context, name, schema)¶
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persistent_create_policy
(context, name=None, id_=None, abbr=None, kind=None, desc=None)¶
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persistent_delete_policy
(context, name_or_id)¶
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persistent_delete_rule
(context, id_, policy_name_or_id)¶
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persistent_get_policies
(context)¶
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persistent_get_policy
(context, id_)¶
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persistent_get_rule
(context, id_, policy_name)¶
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persistent_get_rules
(context, policy_name)¶
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persistent_insert_rule
(context, policy_name, str_rule, rule_name, comment)¶
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persistent_load_policies
(context)¶
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simulate
(context, query, theory, sequence, action_theory, delta=False, trace=False, as_list=False)¶
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sync_one_policy
(context, policy_name)¶
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synchronize_policies
(context)¶
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class
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
ExecutionLogger
¶ Bases:
object
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content
()¶
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critical
(msg, *args)¶
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debug
(msg, *args)¶
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empty
()¶
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error
(msg, *args)¶
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info
(msg, *args)¶
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warn
(msg, *args)¶
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class
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
ExperimentalRuntime
¶ Bases:
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.Runtime
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access_control
(action, support='')¶ Event handler for making access_control request.
ACTION is an atom describing a proposed action instance. SUPPORT is any data that should be assumed true when posing the query. Returns True iff access is granted.
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execute
(action_sequence)¶ Event handler for execute:
Execute a sequence of ground actions in the real world.
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execute_obj
(actions)¶ Executes the list of ACTION instances one at a time.
For now, our execution is just logging.
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execute_string
(actions_string)¶
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explain
(query, tablenames=None, find_all=False, target=None)¶ Event handler for explanations.
Given a ground query and a collection of tablenames that we want the explanation in terms of, return proof(s) that the query is true. If FIND_ALL is True, returns list; otherwise, returns single proof.
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explain_obj
(query, tablenames, find_all, theory)¶
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explain_string
(query_string, tablenames, find_all, theory)¶
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explain_tuple
(tuple, tablenames, find_all, theory)¶
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remediate
(formula)¶ Event handler for remediation.
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remediate_obj
(formula)¶ Find a collection of action invocations
That if executed result in FORMULA becoming false.
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remediate_string
(policy_string)¶
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remediate_tuple
(tuple, theory)¶
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class
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
Runtime
¶ Bases:
object
Runtime for the Congress policy language.
Only have one instantiation in practice, but using a class is natural and useful for testing.
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ACTION_THEORY
= 'action'¶
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DEFAULT_THEORY
= 'classification'¶
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add_policy_obj_to_runtime
(policy_obj)¶ Add policy obj to runtime
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arity
(table, theory, modal=None)¶ Return number of columns for TABLE in THEORY.
TABLE can include the policy name. <policy>:<table> THEORY is the name of the theory we are asking. MODAL is the value of the modal, if any.
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assert_policy_exists
(policy_name)¶ Checks if policy exists or not.
Parameters: policy_name – policy name Returns: True, if policy exists Raises: PolicyRuntimeException, if policy doesn’t exist.
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construct_policy_obj
(name, abbr=None, kind=None, id_=None, desc=None, owner=None)¶ Construct policy obj
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content
(target=None)¶ Event handler for querying content().
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create_policy
(name, abbr=None, kind=None, id_=None, desc=None, owner=None)¶ Create a new policy and add it to the runtime.
ABBR is a shortened version of NAME that appears in traces. KIND is the name of the datastructure used to represent a policy.
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debug_mode
()¶
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delete
(formula, target=None)¶ Event handler for arbitrary deletion (rules and facts).
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delete_policy
(name_or_id, disallow_dangling_refs=False)¶ Deletes policy with name NAME or throws KeyError or DanglingRefs.
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find_subpolicy
(required_tables, prohibited_tables, output_tables, target=None)¶ Return a subset of rules in @theory.
@required_tables is the set of tablenames that a rule must depend on. @prohibited_tables is the set of tablenames that a rule must NOT depend on. @output_tables is the set of tablenames that all rules must support.
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get_action_names
(target)¶ Return a list of the names of action tables.
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get_row_data
(table_id, source_id, trace=False)¶
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get_status
(source_id, params)¶
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get_tablename
(source_id, table_id)¶
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get_tablenames
(source_id)¶
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get_target
(name)¶
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get_target_name
(name)¶ Resolve NAME to the name of a proper policy (even if it is None).
Raises PolicyException there is no such policy.
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get_tracer
()¶ Return (Runtime’s tracer, dict of tracers for each theory).
Useful so we can temporarily change tracing.
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initialize_datasource
(name, schema)¶ Initializes datasource by creating policy and setting schema.
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initialize_tables
(tablenames, facts, target=None)¶ Event handler for (re)initializing a collection of tables
@facts must be an iterable containing compile.Fact objects.
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insert
(formula, target=None)¶ Event handler for arbitrary insertion (rules and facts).
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parse
(string)¶
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parse1
(string)¶
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persistent_create_policy
(name, id_=None, abbr=None, kind=None, desc=None)¶
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persistent_delete_policy
(name_or_id)¶
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persistent_delete_rule
(id_, policy_name_or_id)¶
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persistent_get_policies
()¶
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persistent_get_policy
(id_)¶
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persistent_get_rules
(policy_name)¶ Return data for all rules in policy_name.
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persistent_insert_rule
(*args, **kwargs)¶ Insert and persists rule into policy_name.
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persistent_load_policies
()¶ Load policies from database.
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persistent_load_rules
()¶ Load all rules from the database.
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policy
(target=None)¶ Event handler for querying policy.
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policy_names
()¶ Returns list of policy names.
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policy_object
(name=None, id=None)¶ Return policy by given name. Raises KeyError if does not exist.
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policy_type
(name)¶ Return type of policy NAME. Throws KeyError if does not exist.
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process_policy_update
(events, persistent=False)¶
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production_mode
()¶
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project
(sequence, policy_theory, action_theory)¶ Apply the list of updates SEQUENCE.
Apply the list of updates SEQUENCE, where actions are described in ACTION_THEORY. Return an update sequence that will undo the projection.
SEQUENCE can include atom insert/deletes, rule insert/deletes, and action invocations. Projecting an action only simulates that action’s invocation using the action’s description; the results are therefore only an approximation of executing actions directly. Elements of SEQUENCE are just formulas applied to the given THEORY. They are NOT Event()s.
SEQUENCE is really a program in a mini-programming language–enabling results of one action to be passed to another. Hence, even ignoring actions, this functionality cannot be achieved by simply inserting/deleting.
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project_updates
(delta, theory)¶ Project atom/delta rule insertion/deletion.
Takes an atom/rule DELTA with update head table (i.e. ending in + or -) and inserts/deletes, respectively, that atom/rule into THEORY after stripping the +/-. Returns None if DELTA had no effect on the current state.
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register_trigger
(tablename, callback, policy=None, modal=None)¶ Register CALLBACK to run when table TABLENAME changes.
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rename_policy
(oldname, newname)¶ Renames policy OLDNAME to NEWNAME or raises KeyError.
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reserved_tablename
(name)¶
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resolve_conflicts
(atoms)¶ If p+(args) and p-(args) are present, removes the p-(args).
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select
(query, target=None, trace=False)¶ Event handler for arbitrary queries.
Returns the set of all instantiated QUERY that are true.
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set_schema
(name, schema, complete=False)¶ Set the schema for module NAME to be SCHEMA.
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set_tracer
(tracer)¶
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simulate
(query, theory, sequence, action_theory, delta=False, trace=False, as_list=False)¶ Event handler for simulation.
:param query is a string/object to query after :param theory is the policy to query :param sequence is a string/iter of updates to state/policy or actions :param action_theory is the policy that contains action descriptions :param delta indicates whether to return changes to query caused by
sequence- :param trace indicates whether to include a string description of the
- implementation. When True causes the return value to be the tuple (result, trace).
- :param as_list controls whether the result is forced to be a list of
- answers
Returns a list of instances of query. If query/sequence are strings the query instance list is a single string (unless as_list is True in which case the query instance list is a list of strings). If query/sequence are objects then the query instance list is a list of objects.
The computation of a query given an action sequence. That sequence can include updates to atoms, updates to rules, and action invocations. Returns a collection of Literals (as a string if the query and sequence are strings or as a Python collection otherwise). If delta is True, the return is a collection of Literals where each tablename ends with either + or - to indicate whether that fact was added or deleted. Example atom update: q+(1) or q-(1) Example rule update: p+(x) :- q(x) or p-(x) :- q(x) Example action invocation:
create_network(17), options:value(17, “name”, “net1”) :- true
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table_contents_queries
(tablename, policy, modal=None)¶ Return list of queries yielding contents of TABLENAME in POLICY.
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table_log
(table, msg, *args)¶
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tablenames
(body_only=False, include_builtin=False, theory_name=None, include_modal=True)¶ Return tablenames occurring in some theory.
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unregister_trigger
(trigger)¶ Unregister CALLBACK for table TABLENAME.
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update
(sequence, target=None, persistent=False)¶ Event handler for applying an arbitrary sequence of insert/deletes.
If TARGET is supplied, it overrides the targets in SEQUENCE.
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class
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
Trigger
(tablename, policy, callback, modal=None)¶ Bases:
object
A chunk of code that should be run when a table’s contents changes.
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class
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
TriggerRegistry
(dependency_graph)¶ Bases:
object
A collection of triggers and algorithms to analyze that collection.
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register_table
(tablename, policy, callback, modal=None)¶ Register CALLBACK to run when TABLENAME changes.
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relevant_triggers
(events)¶ Return the set of triggers that are relevant to the EVENTS.
Each EVENT may either be a compile.Event or a tablename.
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classmethod
triggers_by_table
(triggers)¶ Return dictionary from tables to triggers.
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unregister
(trigger)¶ Unregister trigger ID.
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update_dependencies
(dependency_graph_changes=None)¶ Inform registry of changes to the dependency graph.
Changes are accounted for in self.dependency_graph, but by giving the list of changes we can avoid recomputing all dependencies from scratch.
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-
congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
list_to_database
(atoms)¶
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congress.policy_engines.agnostic.
string_to_database
(string, theories=None)¶


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Because Alaska stretches well beyond (2,500 miles east to west) what one timezone should contain (with the exception of the western Aleutians, which are on Hawaii Time), the Winter Solstice shows the extremes of how Alaskans experience a winter day. In the southeast, the sun is up in time for work, while western communites wait until after noon for the sun's brief time above the horizon. And above the Arctic Circle, the sun won't be up until January or so.


Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
by Kirk Munroe
Chapter XXXIII: “An Adventurous Deer-Hunt”
Additional Information
- Year Published: 1892
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States of America
- Source: Munroe, K. (1892). Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers.
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Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 9.5
- Word Count: 1,738
- Genre: Adventure
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IN answer to Sumner’s call, the others sprang up and hurried in the direction of his voice. As they got beyond the circle of firelight they saw that the day was breaking, though in the forest its light was dim and uncertain. It was much stronger ahead of them, and within a minute they stood at the water’s edge, where objects near at hand were plainly discernible. Although they more than suspected that the ’Glades had been left behind, they were hardly prepared for the sight that greeted their eyes. Instead of a limitless expanse of grass and water dotted with islands, they saw a broad river flowing dark and silently towards the coming dawn through a dense growth of tall forest trees. But for the direction of its current, it was a counterpart of the one, now so far behind, by which they had entered the ’Glades from the Gulf.
Of more immediate importance even than the river were the objects to which Sumner triumphantly directed their attention. These were the long-unseen canoes and the cruiser, with masts, sails, and paddles in their places, and looking but little the worse for their journey than when their owners had stepped from them nearly a week before. Sumner had discovered them, snugly moored to the bank, a short distance below the landing place, and had towed them up to where the others now saw them. In the bottom of the Hu-la-lah lay their guns and pistols, carefully oiled and in perfect order. Everything was in place, and they could not find that a single article of their outfit was missing.
“I declare!” said the Lieutenant, “those Indians are decent fellows, after all, and though I am provoked with them for their obstinacy in not granting us a single interview, as well as for the way they compelled us to journey through their country, I can’t help admiring the manner in which they have fulfilled their share of our contract. They have shown the utmost fairness and honesty in all their dealings with us, and I don’t know that I blame them for the way in which they have acted. They have been treated so abominably by the Government ever since Florida came into our possession that they certainly have ample cause to be suspicious of all white men.”
Quorum was sent down to watch the canoes and see that they did not again disappear, while the others ate the scanty breakfast that he had prepared. At it they drank the last of their coffee, and Quorum reported that there was nothing left of their provisions save some cornmeal and a few biscuit.
As they talked of this state of affairs, Sumner said that he had started up a deer when he went after the canoes, and Worth was confident that this must be a good place in which to find his favorite game — wild turkeys.
“It looks as though we would have to stop here long enough to do a little hunting before proceeding any farther,” said the Lieutenant.
To this proposition the boys, eager to use their recovered guns, readily agreed.
So, after making sure that their camp was no longer guarded, and that they were at liberty to go where they pleased, it was decided to devote the morning to hunting, with the hope of replenishing their larder. Quorum and the sailor were left to guard camp and the boats, while the others entered the piney woods, going directly back from the river. The Lieutenant carried a rifle and the boys their shotguns, while each had his pockets well filled with loaded shells.
The pine forest was filled with a dense undergrowth of saw palmetto, and the ground beneath these was covered with rough masses of broken coralline rock. It was also so slippery with a thick coating of brown pine needles. Under these circumstances, therefore, it was almost impossible to proceed silently, and whatever game they might have seen received ample warning of their approach in time to make good its escape.
When they at length came to a grassy savanna, on the opposite side of which was a small hammock of green, shrubby trees, the Lieutenant proposed that the boys remain concealed where they were while he made a long circuit around it. He would thus approach from its leeward side, and any game that he ]night scare up would be almost certain to come in their direction, After stationing them a few hundred feet apart, so that they could cover a greater territory, and warning them to keep perfectly quiet, he left them.
The sky was clouded, and a high wind soughed mournfully through the tops of the pines. Every now and then the boys were startled by the crash of a falling branch, while the grating of the interlocking limbs above them sounded like distressed meanings. It was all so dismal and lonesome that finally Worth could stand it no longer, and made his way to where Sumner was sitting.
“Have you noticed how full the air is of smoke?” he said, as he approached his companion.  I expect the woods are on fire somewhere.”
“Really!” said Worth, looking about him, apprehensively. “Then don’t you think we ought to be getting back towards the river?”
“No, not yet. The fire must be a long way off still, and it would never do for us to leave without Lieutenant Carey. He would think we were lest, and be terribly anxious. There he is now! Did you hear that?”
Yes, Worth heard the distant rifle shot that announced the Lieutenant’s whereabouts. Instantly his freshly aroused hunting instinct banished all thoughts of the fire, and he hurried back to his pest. He had net more than reached it before there came a crashing among the palmettoes, and ere the startled boy realized its cause, two deer, bounding ever the undergrowth with superb leaps, dashed past him and disappeared.
“Why didn’t you fire?” cried Sumner, hurrying up a moment later. “It was a splendid shot! I would give anything for such a chance &!”
“I never thought of it,” answered Worth, , ruefully. “Besides, they went so quickly that I didn’t have time.”
“They ought to have stood still for a minute or two, that’s a fact,” said Sumner, who was rather inclined to laugh at his less experienced companion.
Just then there came another crashing of the palmettoes, and a third deer bounded into sight for an instant, only to disappear immediately as the others had done.
“Why didn’t you fire?” laughed Worth. “It was a splendid shot!”
“Because this is your station,” replied Sumner, anxious to conceal beneath this weak excuse the fact that he had been fully as startled and unnerved as his companion. “I do believe, though,” he added, “that this last fellow was wounded, and perhaps we may get him yet.”
The discovery of fresh blood on the palmetto leaves through which the flying animal had passed confirmed this belief, and without a thought of the possible consequences the boys set off in hot pursuit of the wounded deer.
 He was a full grown buck, with branching antlers still in the velvet, and by his swaying from side to side he was evidently exhausted. The sight of his enemies seemed to infuse him with renewed strength, and the next instant he charged fiercely towards them.
Worth, attempting to run, tripped and fell in his path. Sumner, with better luck, sprang aside, and sent a charge of buckshot into the furious animal at such short range that the muzzle of his gun nearly touched it. It fell in a heap on top of Worth, gave one or two convulsive kicks, and was dead.
Its warm lifeblood spurted over the prostrate boy, and when Sumner dragged him from beneath the quivering carcass he was smeared with it from head to foot.

“I don’t know that I am,” replied Worth, with a feeble attempt at a smile. “I expect I am only bruised and scratched.  Seems to me they are as bad as panthers. What wouldn’t I give for a drink of water! I can hardly speak, I am so choked with smoke.”
With this, Sumner suddenly became aware that the smoke, which they had net noticed in the excitement of their chase, had so increased in density that breathing was becoming difficult. Thoroughly alarmed, he looked about him. In all directions the woods were full of it, and even at a short distance the trees showed indistinctly through its blue haze. Now, for the first time, the boys were conscious of a dull roar with which the air was filled. Their long chase must have led them directly towards the fire.
“We must get back to camp as quickly as possible!” exclaimed Sumner, realizing at once the danger of their situation. “Come on, Worth, we haven’t a moment to lose!”
“But what shall we do with our deer?” asked the blood-covered boy, who could not bear the thought of relinquishing their hard-won prize.
“Never mind the deer, but come along!” replied Sumner. “If I am not mistaken, we shall have our hands full taking care of ourselves. That fire is coming down en us faster than we can run, and we haven’t any too much start of it as it is.”


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Geometric Drawings
Sketching with Math and Quasi Physics
Lines
Two lines, \(a_1x+by_1+\;c_1=0\) and \(a_2x+by_2+\;c_2=0\) intersect if \(a_1b_2\neq a_2b_1\)
The point of intersection is
$$x=(b_1c_2-b_2c_1)/(a_1b_2-a_2b_1)$$
$$y=(a_1c_2-a_2c_1)/(a_1b_2-a_2b_1)$$
Line Segments
Circle
Bézier Curve
Linear Bézier curves
A linear Bézier curve is simply a straight line between two points, which can be defined as linear interpolation between two points
$$\mathbf {B}_{linear\mathbf {P} _{0}, \mathbf {P} _{1}} (t)=(1-t)\mathbf {P} _{0}+t\mathbf {P} _{1}{\mbox{ , }}0\leq t\leq 1$$
Quadratic Bézier curves
A quadratic Bézier curves can be defined as linear interpolation between corresponding points on two linear Bézier curves.
$${\displaystyle \mathbf {B}_{quadratic \mathbf {P} _{0}, \mathbf {P} _{1}, \mathbf {P} _{2}} (t)=(1-t)\mathbf {B}_{linear \mathbf {P} _{0}, \mathbf {P} _{1}}(t)+t\mathbf {B}_{linear \mathbf {P} _{0}, \mathbf {P} _{2}}(t){\mbox{ , }}0\leq t\leq 1}$$
Qubic Bézier curves
And a cubic Bézier curves is linear interpolation between corresponding points on two quadratic Bézier curves.
$$\mathbf {B}_{cubic{\mathbf {P} _{0}, \mathbf {P} _{1}, \mathbf {P} _{2},\mathbf {P} _{3}}} (t)=(1-t)\mathbf {B} _{quadratic \mathbf {P} _{0},\mathbf {P} _{1},\mathbf {P} _{2}}(t)+t\mathbf {B} _{quadratic \mathbf {P} _{1},\mathbf {P} _{2},\mathbf {P} _{3}}(t)$$
$$=(1-t)^{3}\mathbf {P} _{0}+3(1-t)^{2}t\mathbf {P} _{1}+3(1-t)t^{2}\mathbf {P} _{2}+t^{3}\mathbf {P} _{3}{\mbox{ , }}0\leq t\leq 1$$
B-Spline Curve
\(P\) is a set of control points and \(t\) is a vector of non-decreasing numbers called "knot vector" which has \(number\;of\;control\;points\;+\;order\;of\;the\;curve(n)\;+\;1\) elements, e.g. \((0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3)\).
B-spline basis function, \(B\) is defined on the knot vector and used to weight the control points.
$${\displaystyle Spline_{n,t}(x)=\sum _{i}P _{i}B_{i,n}(x)}$$
$$B_{i,0}(x):=$$
$$\begin{array}{lc}1&\mathrm{if}\; {t}_{i}\leq{x}<{t}_{i + 1}\end{array},$$
$$\begin{array}{lc}0&otherwise\end{array}$$
$${\displaystyle B_{i,k}(x):={\frac {x-t_{i}}{t_{i+k}-t_{i}}}B_{i,k-1}(x)+{\frac {t_{i+k+1}-x}{t_{i+k+1}-t_{i+1}}}B_{i+1,k-1}(x)}$$
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B-spline Basis Functions: Definition
Circumcircle and Circumcenter
- Circumcircle
- The circle that passes through three vertices of a triangle.
- Circumcenter
- The center of the circumcircle. The intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle.
Incircle and Incenter
- Incircle
- The circle tangent to the three sides of a triangle.
- Incenter
- The center of the incircle. The intersection of angle bisectors of a triangle.
Excircles and Excenters
- Excircles
- The circles tangent to one of a triangle's sides and to the extensions of the other two.
- Excenters
- The centers of an excircles. Points where the external angle bisectors of a triangle intersect.
Orthocenter
- Orthocenter
- The intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle.
Centroid
- Centroid
- The arithmetic mean position of all the points in a shape. The centroid of a triangle is the intersection of its three medians.
Reuleaux Triangle
A reuleaux triangle can rotate within a square while touching all four sides of a square.


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