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Background
One of the pet projects that I had been working on earlier in the year was to figure out an efficient way to gain an insight into what is going on in a consumer market, e.g.:
- What do people look for when they’re buying a product?
- What are the typical pain points / causes of frustration in the purchase process or in a product itself?
There are many ways to do this: usage and attitude surveys, qualitative focus groups, online bulletin-board style platform, social media mining, etc. But most of these methods take a lot of time and cost to set up, and may not be suitable if you’re trying to have a quick glimpse of what’s happening.
Amazon reviews provide a fast, accessible yet vast data resource that does both of these things, allowing you to quickly explore what’s going on at effectively zero data collection cost. In this blog post, I’ll go through some examples of how all this could be done in R with relatively few lines of code.
Note : As a data collection activity, web-scraping may have legal implications depending on your country. For the UK, as a general rule you can legally web-scrape anything out there that is in the public domain, but it is recommended that you obtain the site owner’s permission if you are reporting on the data or using the data for commercial use (See this post for a more in-depth discussion)
Getting Started 🚀
The first step is to load the tidyverse and rvest packages, as we’ll need them for building the webscraping function (e.g. parsing html) and for general data manipulation:
The next step is to find out the ASIN (stands for Amazon Standard Identification Number) of the product that you want to extract reviews from. This is effectively a product ID, which can usually be found within the URL of the product link itself. ASINS are unique strings of 10 characters, where for books this would be the same as the ISBN number.
For our example, let’s use the seven volume paperback collection of George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, which has almost 2.5K reviews on Amazon.co.uk at the time of writing. We can also specify the number of review pages to scrape, where the fixed number of reviews per page is ten. In this example, the ASIN is<PHONE_NUMBER>
, and you can find the link to the product by combining the ASIN with “https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/”:
To my knowledge, the URL structure works the same way for Amazon US and Amazon UK - you can simply change the URL root to make this work for the different websites (replace ‘.co.uk’ with ‘.com’). Whether this will continue to work in the future will be dependent on whether Amazon changes the set-up of the URLs.
Writing the review scraping function
The next step is to write the main workhorse function for scraping the reviews.
In essence, what we are trying to achieve is to download the HTML content from the Amazon review page, and then use various html parsing and selector functions to organise the downloaded content into an easily manipulable format.
The read_html()
function from the xml2 package reads the HTML content from a given URL, which you can assign to an object in R (so you don’t have to keep re-downloading the website) and figure out how to extract content from the object.
In this specific example of scraping Amazon reviews, our objective is to get to a table that has the following three basic columns:
- Title of the Review
- Body / Content of the Review
- Rating given for the Review
The trick is to use a combination of html_nodes()
and html_text()
from the rvest package to lock onto the content that you need (The rvest package recommends this really cool site for learning how to use CSS selectors).
In my function, I assign all the bits of extracted content (review title, review body text, and star rating) into individual objects, and combine them into a tidy tibble to make it easy for data analysis.
Let’s call this function scrape_amazon()
, and allow it to take in the ASIN and the page number as the two arguments:
scrape_amazon <- function(ASIN, page_num){
url_reviews <- paste0("https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/",ASIN,"/?pageNumber=",page_num)
doc <- read_html(url_reviews) # Assign results to `doc`
# Review Title
doc %>%
html_nodes("[class='a-size-base a-link-normal review-title a-color-base review-title-content a-text-bold']") %>%
html_text() -> review_title
# Review Text
doc %>%
html_nodes("[class='a-size-base review-text review-text-content']") %>%
html_text() -> review_text
# Number of stars in review
doc %>%
html_nodes("[data-hook='review-star-rating']") %>%
html_text() -> review_star
# Return a tibble
tibble(review_title,
review_text,
review_star,
page = page_num) %>% return()
}
You can then run this function to extract a nice, clean table of reviews:
## # A tibble: 6 x 4
## review_title review_text review_star page
## <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
## 1 "Fantastic!\n " "Absolutely loved the ser~ 5.0 out of ~ 5
## 2 "Brilliant audio books\n ~ "Delivered well packaged ~ 5.0 out of ~ 5
## 3 "Epic!\n " "I don't normally read mu~ 4.0 out of ~ 5
## 4 "At 2,000 pages plus I am ~ "I have two confessions t~ 4.0 out of ~ 5
## 5 "Great value for a good co~ "I bought 'Game of Throne~ 5.0 out of ~ 5
## 6 "everybody who has read or~ "Well, everybody who has ~ 5.0 out of ~ 5
Avoiding bot detection
Now that we’ve written the main web scraping function, we can add in some complexity: specifically, we can introduce systematic delays in between the HTML reads to avoid overloading web servers in a short space of time, which at the same time also helps avoid yourself being picked up as ‘suspicious webscraping behaviour’.
There are three parts to this anti-bot-detection charade:
- You can instruct R to take a three second break between each HTML read by using the
Sys.sleep()
function. - You can use the modulus operator
%%
to get R to take extra long breaks every x number of scrapes (to make this appear even less suspicious for a bot detector). - The third and final part to this is that you can also create a system where you scrape a sequence of pages in random order - e.g. instead of scraping pages 1 - 2 - 3, you can scrape in the order of 2 - 3 - 1.
Confession: I’m personally not 100% sure how useful or necessary all this is in avoiding bot detection (#rstatsuperstition), but I tend to include these measures anyway as they’re quite simple and fun to do…
After you’ve set this all up, you can use lapply()
to loop through the page ranges:
ASIN <- "0007477155" # Specify ASIN
page_range <- 1:10 # Let's say we want to scrape pages 1 to 10
# Create a table that scrambles page numbers using `sample()`
# For randomising page reads!
match_key <- tibble(n = page_range,
key = sample(page_range,length(page_range)))
lapply(page_range, function(i){
j <- match_key[match_key$n==i,]$key
message("Getting page ",i, " of ",length(page_range), "; Actual: page ",j) # Progress bar
Sys.sleep(3) # Take a three second break
if((i %% 3) == 0){ # After every three scrapes... take another two second break
message("Taking a break...") # Prints a 'taking a break' message on your console
Sys.sleep(2) # Take an additional two second break
}
scrape_amazon(ASIN = ASIN, page_num = j) # Scrape
}) -> output_list
My R console looks like this, with the progress message: —
What do I do with the results?
The analytical possibilities are quite endless: word clouds, n-gram analysis, sentiment analysis, network diagrams… and definitely a topic for a separate post. To end the post, here is a quick demo of what you can easily do with ten lines of code!
library(tidytext)
library(wordcloud)
output_list %>%
bind_rows() %>%
unnest_tokens(output = "word", input = "review_text", token = "words") %>%
count(word) %>%
filter(!(word %in% c("book","books"))) %>%
anti_join(tidytext::stop_words, by = "word") -> word_tb
wordcloud::wordcloud(words = word_tb$word, freq = word_tb$n)


The NY Times, 1998
On the surface, certainly, "Poisonwood" might seem to have little in common with Ms. Kingsolver's earlier work ("The Bean Trees," "Pigs in Heaven," "Animal Dreams," "Homeland and Other Stories"), fiction set for the most part in the American South and Southwest and dealing, most memorably, with the plight of single mothers trying to sort out their lives.
These previous works, however, also grappled with social injustice, with the intersection of public events with private concerns and the competing claims of community and individual will -- some of the very themes that animate the saga of Nathan Price and his family and their journey into the heart of darkness.
Narrated in alternating chapters by Nathan's wife, Orleanna, and their four daughters, Rachel, Leah, Adah and Ruth May, "The Poisonwood Bible" begins with the arrival of the Price family in the remote Congolese village of Kilanga -- a tiny cluster of mud houses devoid of all the ordinary amenities of life back home in "the easy land of ice cream cones and new Keds sneakers and We like Ike." Here, there are plagues of killer ants, hordes of malaria-carrying mosquitoes and unseen parasites, and lions and tarantulas and snakes -- a fearsome world of nature whose perils are magnified by political and racial tensions.
Moving fluently from one point of view to another, Ms. Kingsolver does a nimble job of delineating the Price girls' responses to Africa and their father's decision to uproot them. At 15, Rachel, the whiny would-be beauty queen who "cares for naught but appearances," can think only of what she misses: the five-day deodorant pads she forgot to bring, flush toilets, machine-washed clothes and other things, as she says with her willful gift for malapropism, that she has taken "for granite."


Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType Class Reference
| Inherits from | Shopping_AbstractRequestType : NSObject |
| Declared in | Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.m |
Overview
Searches Half.com for stock product information (stock description
and Item Specifics), such as information about a particular
kind of DVD or book. Also, retrieves up to 30 Half.com listings associated
with a product.
@ingroup ShoppingInterface
Tasks
-
includeSelector
Defines standard subsets of fields to return within the
property
response.
If you don’t specify this field, the call returns a default
set of fields, focusing on product details only -
availableItemsOnly
If true, only retrieve data for products that have been used to
property
pre-fill active listings on the Half.com site.
If false, retrieve all products that match the query.
This is useful when you use QueryKeywords and you only want to
find products that have associated items (that is, where ItemArray
would not be empty).
By default, AvailableItemsOnly does not retrieve an ItemArray; it only controls
which products are returned (or counted). When you use QueryKeywords in your
request, only products are returned, ItemArray is never returned.
To retrieve an ItemArray, use a ProductID in your request instead of a
QueryKeyword and specify Items in the IncludeSelector field. -
domainName
A domain to search in. This is like searching a section of
property
a catalog. If not specified, the product search is conducted
across all domains.
DomainName is an unbounded field. If you are using a URL, and you want
to specify multiple values, use an index value (not a comma).
For example, to specify DomainName=Textbooks,Education,
specify DomainName(0)=Textbooks,%20Education.
To determine valid domain names,
first use this call with QueryKeywords. Domain names are returned
for each product (and summarized in the domain histogram, if you
specify DomainHistogram in IncludeSelector).
A domain is a named grouping of categories whose items share
common product characteristics. For example, all bound books
have a binding or format (e.g., Hardcover), but audiobooks don’t.
So audiobooks would have their own domain.
To limit your search to audiobooks, you would specify Audiobooks
as the domain.
Only useful when QueryKeywords is specified. If you use this with
ProductID, AND logic is applied. In this case, if you specify an
ID that doesn’t match the domain (as Half.com has defined it),
no matching product will be found. Therefore, we recommend that
you only use DomainName with QueryKeywords. -
productID
Use this to retrieve product details for one specific product.
property
Specify the ID as a string, and use the type attribute to
indicate the nature of the ID you are specifying.
In general, you can request up to 10 IDs of the same type by
separating them with commas, as in the following:<PHONE_NUMBER>10,014633145496.
However, if you specify a ProductID type of Reference (which specifies
a global reference ID for an eBay catalog product), only one ID in
ProductID can be used.
The request requires either QueryKeywords or
ProductID, but these fields cannot be used together.
ItemCount is only returned when ProductID is used in the request
and the IncludeSelector is set to Items or Details. -
queryKeywords
One or more keywords to search for. When you use a keyword search,
property
Half.com searches the product catalogs for matching words in the
product title, description, and/or Item Specifics, and it returns
a list of matching products, with no items. To retrieve
items, use ProductID instead. (If you don’t already have a
product ID, you can get product IDs from the
response after conducting a keyword search.)
If specified, you must pass in at least 3 alphanumeric characters.
The words “and” and “or” are treated like any other word.
Only use “and”, “or”, or “the” if you are searching for products
containing these words.
To use AND or OR logic, use Half.com’s standard search string
modifiers. Wildcards (+, -, or *) are also supported.
Be careful when using spaces before or after modifiers and
wildcards.
Some keyword queries can result in response times of 30 seconds or
longer. If more than 2000 matches are found, the call fails with
an error. If this kind of error occurs, refine the search by
passing in more keywords and/or by using DomainName to restrict
the search to certain domains (such as DVDs).
If you are searching for a particular book, DVD, CD, or video game
and you already know its ISBN or EAN (for a book) or UPC,
consider using ProductID instead to retrieve more
precise results.
The request requires either QueryKeywords or
ProductID, but these fields cannot be used together.
When QueryKeywords is used in the request, ItemCount is not returned. -
sellerID
The ID of a specific seller.
property
Specify this value in combination with ProductID
if you want search results to be filtered so that the items returned
are only items in a specific product, sold by a specific seller.
To specify SellerID, use SellerID and ProductID together. -
productSort
Sorts the list of products returned. This is mostly only useful
property
with QueryKeywords. (When you use ProductID, Half.com usually only returns one product.) -
sortOrder
Sorts the list of products returned.
property -
maxEntries
Specifies the maximum number of products to return per page
property
in a single call. This is mostly only useful
with QueryKeywords. (When you use ProductID, Half.com usually only
returns one product, and up to 30 items for that product.) -
pageNumber
Specifies which page of data to return in the current call.
property
Specify a positive value equal to or lower than the number of
pages available (which you determine by examining the results of
your initial request).
Use this only when specifying QueryKeywords.
Properties
availableItemsOnly
If true, only retrieve data for products that have been used to
pre-fill active listings on the Half.com site.
If false, retrieve all products that match the query.
This is useful when you use QueryKeywords and you only want to
find products that have associated items (that is, where ItemArray
would not be empty).
By default, AvailableItemsOnly does not retrieve an ItemArray; it only controls
which products are returned (or counted). When you use QueryKeywords in your
request, only products are returned, ItemArray is never returned.
To retrieve an ItemArray, use a ProductID in your request instead of a
QueryKeyword and specify Items in the IncludeSelector field.
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber *availableItemsOnly
Discussion
If true, only retrieve data for products that have been used to
pre-fill active listings on the Half.com site.
If false, retrieve all products that match the query.
This is useful when you use QueryKeywords and you only want to
find products that have associated items (that is, where ItemArray
would not be empty).
By default, AvailableItemsOnly does not retrieve an ItemArray; it only controls
which products are returned (or counted). When you use QueryKeywords in your
request, only products are returned, ItemArray is never returned.
To retrieve an ItemArray, use a ProductID in your request instead of a
QueryKeyword and specify Items in the IncludeSelector field.
type : NSNumber, wrapper for primitive bool
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h
domainName
A domain to search in. This is like searching a section of
a catalog. If not specified, the product search is conducted
across all domains.
DomainName is an unbounded field. If you are using a URL, and you want
to specify multiple values, use an index value (not a comma).
For example, to specify DomainName=Textbooks,Education,
specify DomainName(0)=Textbooks,%20Education.
To determine valid domain names,
first use this call with QueryKeywords. Domain names are returned
for each product (and summarized in the domain histogram, if you
specify DomainHistogram in IncludeSelector).
A domain is a named grouping of categories whose items share
common product characteristics. For example, all bound books
have a binding or format (e.g., Hardcover), but audiobooks don’t.
So audiobooks would have their own domain.
To limit your search to audiobooks, you would specify Audiobooks
as the domain.
Only useful when QueryKeywords is specified. If you use this with
ProductID, AND logic is applied. In this case, if you specify an
ID that doesn’t match the domain (as Half.com has defined it),
no matching product will be found. Therefore, we recommend that
you only use DomainName with QueryKeywords.
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *domainName
Discussion
A domain to search in. This is like searching a section of
a catalog. If not specified, the product search is conducted
across all domains.
DomainName is an unbounded field. If you are using a URL, and you want
to specify multiple values, use an index value (not a comma).
For example, to specify DomainName=Textbooks,Education,
specify DomainName(0)=Textbooks,%20Education.
To determine valid domain names,
first use this call with QueryKeywords. Domain names are returned
for each product (and summarized in the domain histogram, if you
specify DomainHistogram in IncludeSelector).
A domain is a named grouping of categories whose items share
common product characteristics. For example, all bound books
have a binding or format (e.g., Hardcover), but audiobooks don’t.
So audiobooks would have their own domain.
To limit your search to audiobooks, you would specify Audiobooks
as the domain.
Only useful when QueryKeywords is specified. If you use this with
ProductID, AND logic is applied. In this case, if you specify an
ID that doesn’t match the domain (as Half.com has defined it),
no matching product will be found. Therefore, we recommend that
you only use DomainName with QueryKeywords.
entry type : NSString, wrapper for primitive string
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h
includeSelector
Defines standard subsets of fields to return within the
response.
If you don’t specify this field, the call returns a default
set of fields, focusing on product details only
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *includeSelector
Discussion
Defines standard subsets of fields to return within the
response.
If you don’t specify this field, the call returns a default
set of fields, focusing on product details only
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h
maxEntries
Specifies the maximum number of products to return per page
in a single call. This is mostly only useful
with QueryKeywords. (When you use ProductID, Half.com usually only
returns one product, and up to 30 items for that product.)
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber *maxEntries
Discussion
Specifies the maximum number of products to return per page
in a single call. This is mostly only useful
with QueryKeywords. (When you use ProductID, Half.com usually only
returns one product, and up to 30 items for that product.)
type : NSNumber, wrapper for primitive int
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h
pageNumber
Specifies which page of data to return in the current call.
Specify a positive value equal to or lower than the number of
pages available (which you determine by examining the results of
your initial request).
Use this only when specifying QueryKeywords.
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber *pageNumber
Discussion
Specifies which page of data to return in the current call.
Specify a positive value equal to or lower than the number of
pages available (which you determine by examining the results of
your initial request).
Use this only when specifying QueryKeywords.
type : NSNumber, wrapper for primitive int
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h
productID
Use this to retrieve product details for one specific product.
Specify the ID as a string, and use the type attribute to
indicate the nature of the ID you are specifying.
In general, you can request up to 10 IDs of the same type by
separating them with commas, as in the following:<PHONE_NUMBER>10,014633145496.
However, if you specify a ProductID type of Reference (which specifies
a global reference ID for an eBay catalog product), only one ID in
ProductID can be used.
The request requires either QueryKeywords or
ProductID, but these fields cannot be used together.
ItemCount is only returned when ProductID is used in the request
and the IncludeSelector is set to Items or Details.
@property (nonatomic, retain) Shopping_ProductIDType *productID
Discussion
Use this to retrieve product details for one specific product.
Specify the ID as a string, and use the type attribute to
indicate the nature of the ID you are specifying.
In general, you can request up to 10 IDs of the same type by
separating them with commas, as in the following:<PHONE_NUMBER>10,014633145496.
However, if you specify a ProductID type of Reference (which specifies
a global reference ID for an eBay catalog product), only one ID in
ProductID can be used.
The request requires either QueryKeywords or
ProductID, but these fields cannot be used together.
ItemCount is only returned when ProductID is used in the request
and the IncludeSelector is set to Items or Details.
type : class Shopping_ProductIDType
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h
productSort
Sorts the list of products returned. This is mostly only useful
with QueryKeywords. (When you use ProductID, Half.com usually only returns one product.)
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *productSort
Discussion
Sorts the list of products returned. This is mostly only useful
with QueryKeywords. (When you use ProductID, Half.com usually only returns one product.)
type: string constant in Shopping_ProductSortCodeType.h
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h
queryKeywords
One or more keywords to search for. When you use a keyword search,
Half.com searches the product catalogs for matching words in the
product title, description, and/or Item Specifics, and it returns
a list of matching products, with no items. To retrieve
items, use ProductID instead. (If you don’t already have a
product ID, you can get product IDs from the
response after conducting a keyword search.)
If specified, you must pass in at least 3 alphanumeric characters.
The words “and” and “or” are treated like any other word.
Only use “and”, “or”, or “the” if you are searching for products
containing these words.
To use AND or OR logic, use Half.com’s standard search string
modifiers. Wildcards (+, -, or *) are also supported.
Be careful when using spaces before or after modifiers and
wildcards.
Some keyword queries can result in response times of 30 seconds or
longer. If more than 2000 matches are found, the call fails with
an error. If this kind of error occurs, refine the search by
passing in more keywords and/or by using DomainName to restrict
the search to certain domains (such as DVDs).
If you are searching for a particular book, DVD, CD, or video game
and you already know its ISBN or EAN (for a book) or UPC,
consider using ProductID instead to retrieve more
precise results.
The request requires either QueryKeywords or
ProductID, but these fields cannot be used together.
When QueryKeywords is used in the request, ItemCount is not returned.
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *queryKeywords
Discussion
One or more keywords to search for. When you use a keyword search,
Half.com searches the product catalogs for matching words in the
product title, description, and/or Item Specifics, and it returns
a list of matching products, with no items. To retrieve
items, use ProductID instead. (If you don’t already have a
product ID, you can get product IDs from the
response after conducting a keyword search.)
If specified, you must pass in at least 3 alphanumeric characters.
The words “and” and “or” are treated like any other word.
Only use “and”, “or”, or “the” if you are searching for products
containing these words.
To use AND or OR logic, use Half.com’s standard search string
modifiers. Wildcards (+, -, or *) are also supported.
Be careful when using spaces before or after modifiers and
wildcards.
Some keyword queries can result in response times of 30 seconds or
longer. If more than 2000 matches are found, the call fails with
an error. If this kind of error occurs, refine the search by
passing in more keywords and/or by using DomainName to restrict
the search to certain domains (such as DVDs).
If you are searching for a particular book, DVD, CD, or video game
and you already know its ISBN or EAN (for a book) or UPC,
consider using ProductID instead to retrieve more
precise results.
The request requires either QueryKeywords or
ProductID, but these fields cannot be used together.
When QueryKeywords is used in the request, ItemCount is not returned.
type : NSString, wrapper for primitive string
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h
sellerID
The ID of a specific seller.
Specify this value in combination with ProductID
if you want search results to be filtered so that the items returned
are only items in a specific product, sold by a specific seller.
To specify SellerID, use SellerID and ProductID together.
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *sellerID
Discussion
The ID of a specific seller.
Specify this value in combination with ProductID
if you want search results to be filtered so that the items returned
are only items in a specific product, sold by a specific seller.
To specify SellerID, use SellerID and ProductID together.
type : NSString, wrapper for primitive string
Declared In
Shopping_FindHalfProductsRequestType.h


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Dennis Hopper Always Did Love Dallas, Even If He Did Try To Piss ...
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http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/05/dennis_hopper_always_did_love.php
Trippin' with Terry Southern: What I Think I Remember: Gail Gerber ...
In 1964, Terry Southern met actress Gail Gerber on the set of The Loved One. . Live, kept company with the likes of Lenny Bruce, Dennis Hopper, Ringo Starr, .
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Sabotage Times » A Reefer Runs Through It: The Making Of Easy ...
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http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/a-reefer-runs-through-it-the-making-of-easy-rider/
The Mystery of Terry Southern - Gadfly Online.
However, as evidence of renewed interest in Terry Southern's work, in the . star in the film, and Dennis Hopper, who would direct and star in it, thrashing out the .
http://www.gadflyonline.com/archive/JanFeb00/archive-southern.html
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Amazon.com: Easy Rider (Special Edition): Peter Fonda, Dennis ...
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Some Terry Southern Quotes
DAZED & CONFUSED: How much involvement did [Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda] have in the script?
http://www.terrysouthern.com/quotes.htmGive Me Your Hump: The Unspeakable Terry Southern - Terry ...
The late Terry Southern was notorious not only for co-writing Dr. Strangelove and . other high-profile reprobates like William S. Burroughs and Dennis Hopper.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/give-me-your-hump-the-unspeakable-terry-southern-mw0000014757
Terry Southern | The Paris Review - Part 2
Jun 18, 2010 . But in the early eighties, I had a lunch with the great Terry Southern that . where Southern discusses making Easy Rider with Dennis Hopper, .
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/tag/terry-southern/page/2/
Interview with Terry Southern by Lee Hill (biographer)
Terry Southern's astonishingly varied input was distinguished by humor, irony, . His work on Easy Rider, directed by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, earned .
http://www.altx.com/interviews/terry.southern.html
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--- title: "Generate scenarios correlated to existing ones" author: "Davide Magno" date: "2018-01-29" output: html_document categories: [simulations] tags: [R, simulations] ---
In quantitative finance we often look at simulations of some market risk factors like equity returns or interest rate changes.
There are many third party companies who specialize in the historical calibration of such variables and provide simulations of future expected outcomes to the companies who require them.
For example, let’s suppose that we receive the expected returns of the Google shares as per the following distribution
# This modelling is given by the third party and in theory we don't know it
google <- rnorm(10000, mean = 0.01, sd = 0.20) %>%
tibble(google_returns = .)
ggplot(data = google, aes(x = google_returns)) +
geom_density() +
scale_x_continuous(labels = percent) +
labs(title = "Google Shares",
subtitle = "One Year forward distribution") +
xlab("One year forward return") +
ylab("Density")
We now want to simulate the distribution of another risk factor which is not provided by the third party but that is usefull for us. Let’s say it is the distribution of the Facebook shares which we imagine to:
We model therefore the distribution as follows:
# This modelling is our internal one and we can therefore control it
fb <- rnorm(10000, mean = 0.05, sd = 0.30) %>%
tibble(fb_returns = .)
ggplot(data = fb, aes(x = fb_returns)) +
geom_density() +
scale_x_continuous(labels = percent) +
labs(title = "Facebook Shares",
subtitle = "One Year forward distribution") +
xlab("One year forward return") +
ylab("Density")
Let’s now look at the correlation between the two variables:
Returns <- google %>%
cbind(fb) %>%
as.tibble()
cor(Returns$fb_returns, Returns$google_returns)
## [1] -0.01396762
We can notice that performing the simple simulation doesn’t allow us to impose a correlation structure with the data provided by the third party provider.
How can we generate a random variable with a defined correlation to an existing one? A very elegant solution was provided by user whuber at the following link https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/313138 and by using the following function
complement <- function(y, rho, x) {
if (missing(x)) x <- rnorm(length(y)) # Optional: supply a default if `x` is not given
y.perp <- residuals(lm(x ~ y))
rho * sd(y.perp) * y + y.perp * sd(y) * sqrt(1 - rho^2)
}
In this function x is our Facebook uncorrelated scenario , rho is the correlation level and y is the Google scenario as provided by the third party.
We apply this function imposing an 80% correlation
Returns %<>%
mutate(fb_correlated = complement(.$google_returns,0.8, .$fb_returns))
cor(Returns$google_returns, Returns$fb_correlated)
## [1] 0.8
There is just one last thing to do: compare the distributions of the two Facebook simulations
Returns %>%
select(contains("fb")) %>%
gather(simulation_type, simulation_value) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = simulation_value, colour = simulation_type)) +
geom_density() +
scale_x_continuous(labels = percent) +
labs(title = "Facebook Shares' simulations") +
xlab("One year forward return") +
ylab("Density")
We can notice that the marginal distribution of the correlated scenario is much different from the original one.
There is therefore one additional step before we finish: we need to rescale the marginal distribution.
Rescaled_fb_correlated <- Returns %>%
select(contains("correlated")) %>%
scale() %>%
multiply_by(0.3) %>%
add(0.05)
Returns %<>%
mutate(fb_correlated_scaled = Rescaled_fb_correlated)
We can now check that the the marginals are comparable and that the correlation structure is still at the desired level
Returns %>%
select(contains("fb")) %>%
gather(simulation_type, simulation_value) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = simulation_value, colour = simulation_type)) +
geom_density() +
scale_x_continuous(labels = percent) +
labs(title = "Facebook Shares' simulations") +
xlab("One year forward return") +
ylab("Density")
cor(Returns$google_returns, Returns$fb_correlated)
## [1] 0.8
The new Facebook scenario is now both correlated and in line with the density we want.


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Dialog box with css classes styled. You can have multiple on the screen on the same time, style each diferently
Enjoy
funyFunction(){
alert('Say Hi');
}
dialog(
$('#funybutton'),
{
css : ['container', 'head', 'close button', 'body', 'footer'],
title : 'Dardjs dialog box',
html : $('.dialog-box'),
acton : {
event : ['click'],
trigger : ['#id'],
handler: [ funyFunction ]
}
}
);
This is a second istance of the dialog box. It is with an apart css style demontrating the posibility to make your life nicer
The body of this dialog box it is appended from one html object existing in the document, making an easy templating
In the first dialog box the body is provided by html string. Useful when the response come from server


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DROP Asset Backed Analytics Library is a component of the DROP Fixed Income Module. It is composed of:
- Asset Backed Analytics Model Library
Asset Backed Analytics Library Features
Market Place Lending Credit Model Methodology
- Overview of Credit Model Methodology
- Credit Methodology – Purpose and Introduction
- Scope of the 2.0 Model
- Data Model Construction Rules
- Loan Data Quality Rules
- Lending Club Loan Level Data
- Loan Credit Model Implementation
- DRIP Credit Model Selection Methodology
- Empirical Results – Regressor Contribution Weights
- Empirical Analysis of Seasoning Effects
- Analysis of the Vintage/Cohort Effects
- Analysis of Empirical Seasonality Effects
- CPR And CDR Curve Estimation
- Credit Model Future Enhancements
- References
Licence
Apache 2.0
Contact
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It’s about the struggle between individuals with jagged passion in their work and today’s faceless corporate committees, which claim to understand the needs of the mass audience, and are removing the idiosyncrasies, polishing the jags, creating a thought-free, passion-free, cultural mush that will not be hated nor loved by anyone. By now, virtually all media, architecture, product and graphic design have been freed from ideas, individual passion, and have been relegated to a role of corporate servitude, carrying out corporate strategies and increasing stock prices. Creative people are now working for the bottom line.
Magazine editors have lost their editorial independence, and work for committees of publishers (who work for committees of advertisers).  Film studios out films in front of focus groups to determine whether an ending will please target audiences. All cars look the same. Architectural decisions are made by accountants.  Theater is dead.
Corporations have become the sole arbiters of cultural ideas and taste in America. Our culture is corporate culture.
Culture used to be the opposite of commerce, not a fast track to ‘content’- derived riches. Not so long ago captains of industry (no angels in the way they acquired wealth) thought that part of their responsibility was to use their millions to support culture. Carnegie built libraries, Rockefeller built art museums, Ford created his global foundation. What do we now get from our billionaires? Gates? Or Eisner? Or Redstone? Sales pitches. Junk mail. Meanwhile, creative people have their work reduced to ‘content’ or ‘intellectual property’. Magazines and films become ‘delivery systems’ for product messages.
But to be fair, the above is only 99 percent true.
I offer a modest solution: Find the cracks in the wall. There are a very few lunatic entrepreneurs who will understand that culture and design are not about fatter wallets, but about creating a future. They will understand that wealth is a means, not an end.  Believe me, they’re there and when you find them, treat them well and use their money to change the world.
Tibor Kalman, New York, June 1998


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Distance Measurement System
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Module to control UART1 of the PIC32MX. More...
#include <stdint.h>
Go to the source code of this file.
Macros | |
| #define | SYSCLK 80000000 |
| #define | PBCLK SYSCLK/2 |
Functions | |
| void | uart1_config (uint32_t baudrate, uint8_t databits, uint8_t parity, uint8_t stopbits) |
| A function to configure the UART1. More... | |
| void | uart1_putc (uint8_t byte2send) |
| A function to print a character on the terminal by UART1. More... | |
| void | uart1_puts (uint8_t *s) |
| A function to print a string on the terminal by UART1. More... | |
| void | uart1_int_4dig (uint16_t val) |
| A function to print an integer with 4 digits. More... | |
Module to control UART1 of the PIC32MX.
| void uart1_config | ( | uint32_t | baudrate, |
| uint8_t | databits, | ||
| uint8_t | parity, | ||
| uint8_t | stopbits | ||
| ) |
A function to configure the UART1.
| baudrate | Configure the baudrate: default values from 2400 to 921600 (default 9600) |
| databits | Configure databits: 8 or 9 bits (default 8 bits) |
| parity | Configure paritybits: 0 - no parity, 1 - odd, 2 - even (default odd parity) |
| stopbits | Configure stopbits: 1 or 2 bits (default 2 bits) |
| void uart1_int_4dig | ( | uint16_t | val | ) |
A function to print an integer with 4 digits.
| val | Integer in range [0 - 9999] |
| void uart1_putc | ( | uint8_t | byte2send | ) |
A function to print a character on the terminal by UART1.
| byte2send | Character to print. |
| void uart1_puts | ( | uint8_t * | s | ) |
A function to print a string on the terminal by UART1.
| s | Pointer to the string to print. |


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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilgore | Trout | kilgore |
| 2 | Bob | Loblaw | boblahblah |
| 3 | Holden | Caulfield | penceyreject |
| # | Task | Assignee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Site Wireframes | John Smith | in progress |
| 2 | Mobile Landing Page | Kilgore Trout | completed |
| 3 | Add SEO tags | Bob Loblaw | failed qa |
| 4 | Migrate to Bootstrap 3 | Emily Hoenikker | in progress |
| 5 | Update jQuery library | Holden Caulfield | deployed |
| 6 | Issues in IE7 | Jane Doe | failed qa |
| 7 | Bugs from Sprint 14 | Kilgore Trout | completed |


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Time series: Write SWQL queries to be used as Metric series or regular table. For Series there has to be defined time column. As metric is taken first string column or next data column in row. In case there's multiple data columns, each column is taken as metrix suffix Optional: - return column named metric to represent the series name. - If multiple value columns are returned the metric column is used as prefix. - If no column named metric is found the column name of the value column is used as series name Table: - return any set of columns Grafana macros to use: - $from - time interval start - $to - time interval end Time Series: - for sampling you must use function downsample([timecolumn]). TimeInterval is used from grafanata $__interval variable - you must also sort result by time Example time series query: SELECT downsample(ObservationTimeStamp) as time, a.Node.Caption, AVG(AvgLoad) as CpuLoad, AVG(AvgMemoryUsed) as MemoryUsed FROM Orion.CPULoad a WHERE ObservationTimeStamp BETWEEN $from AND $to GROUP BY downsample(ObservationTimeStamp), a.Node.Caption, a.NodeID ORDER BY time DESC
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Arena SDK Datasheet¶
LUCID Arena SDK for Windows¶
| Data Interface | Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit/s) |
| Operating System | Windows 7 / 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) |
| Compiler | Visual Studio 2015 project files included. |
| Programming Languages | C++, C, and C# |
| Supported Standards | GenICam 3, GenTL 1.5, SFNC 2.3, GigE Vision 2.0 |
| Supported Cameras | All LUCID GigE Vision cameras |
LUCID Arena SDK for Linux¶
| Data Interface | Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit/s) |
| Operating System | Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 (64-bit) |
| Compiler | G++ 5 or higher |
| Kernel | Ubuntu 16.04: 4.10.0-28 or higher, Ubuntu 18.04: 4.15.0-20 or higher |
| Programming Languages | C++ and C |
| Supported Standards | GenICam 3, GenTL 1.5, SFNC 2.3, GigE Vision 2.0 |
| Supported Cameras | All LUCID GigE Vision cameras |
Minimum Requirements (x86 or x64 platforms)¶
| CPU | Intel Core i3-4340 CPU @ 3.60 GHz (Haswell) |
| Memory | 4 GB |
| Network | Ethernet adapter required (dedicated Ethernet adapter recommended) |
Recommended Requirements¶
Single camera system¶
| CPU | Intel Core i5 from Skylake series or higher |
| Memory | 8 GB or higher |
| Network | Dedicated Intel Ethernet adapter |
Multi-camera system¶
| CPU | Intel Core i7 from Skylake series or higher |
| Memory | 8 GB or higher |
| Network | Dedicated Intel Ethernet adapter(s) |
Documentation and Examples¶
| Documentation | API Reference for C++, C, and C# |
| Examples | C++, C, and C# |
LUCID Software¶
| ArenaView | Camera configuration and streaming software for Windows |
| IPConfigUtility | Utility camera IP configuration |
| LUCIDDriverInstaller | Utility to install or uninstall filter driver for Windows |
| LUCIDFirmwareUpdater | Utility to update camera firmware for Windows |
Driver¶
| LUCIDLwf | LUCID Lightweight Filter Driver for Windows |


Enter Project Repo Description Here
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directory (this includes both the JavaScript and CSS files). If you want to see an example page with all of the files included, look in the demos
directory.
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| ps_shared_lib_users {ps} | R Documentation |
List all processes that loaded a shared library
ps_shared_lib_users(paths, user = ps_username(), filter = NULL)
paths |
Character vector of paths of shared libraries to look up. They must be absolute paths. They don't need to exist. Forward slashes are converted to backward slashes on Windows, and the output will always have backward slashes in the paths. |
user |
Character scalar or |
filter |
Character vector or |
This function currently only works on Windows.
On Windows, a 32 bit R process can only list other 32 bit processes. Similarly, a 64 bit R process can only list other 64 bit processes. This is a limitation of the Windows API.
Even though Windows file systems are (almost always) case
insensitive, the matching of paths
, user
and also filter
are case sensitive. This might change in the future.
This function can be very slow on Windows, because it needs to
enumerate all shared libraries of all processes in the system,
unless the filter
argument is set. Make sure you set filter
if you can.
If you want to look up multiple shared libraries, list all of them
in paths
, instead of calling ps_shared_lib_users
for each
individually.
If you are after libraries loaded by R processes, you might want to
set filter
to c("Rgui.exe", "Rterm.exe", "rsession.exe")
The
last one is for RStudio.
A data frame (tibble) with columns:
dll
: the file name of the dll file, without the path,
path
: path to the shared library,
pid
: process ID of the process,
name
: name of the process,
username
: username of process owner,
ps_handle
: ps_handle
object, that can be used to further
query and manipulate the process.
Other shared library tools:
ps_shared_libs()
dlls <- vapply(getLoadedDLLs(), "[[", character(1), "path") psdll <- dlls[["ps"]][[1]] r_procs <- c("Rgui.exe", "Rterm.exe", "rsession.exe") ps_shared_lib_users(psdll, filter = r_procs)


Main index
Environmental
Social
Financial
Political
view_module
highlight
info
info
EUvsCOVID
Models data
picture_as_pdf
cloud_download
test
Regional data
picture_as_pdf
cloud_download
Get extended information about a country using the country search tool or activating the map querying tool
Map querying tool
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SensESP
0.5.1
Universal Signal K sensor framework for ESP8266 and ESP32
|
Go to the source code of this file.
Classes | |
| class | Orientation9DOF |
| class | Read9DOF |
Enumerations | |
| enum | OrientationValType { compass_hdg, pitch, roll, acceleration_x, acceleration_y, acceleration_z, rate_of_turn, rate_of_pitch, rate_of_roll } |
| enum OrientationValType |
| Enumerator | |
|---|---|
| compass_hdg | |
| pitch | |
| roll | |
| acceleration_x | |
| acceleration_y | |
| acceleration_z | |
| rate_of_turn | |
| rate_of_pitch | |
| rate_of_roll |
Definition at line 35 of file orientation_9dof_input.h.


Posts about “The Writing Challenge”
Congratulations to my brother, who figured out that the weird Japanese USB device was, in fact, an “ass-cooler”. Check out the explanation here.
You can now expel your baited breath because writing challenge number two is here! For this task, you will be required to go to this Japanese website and view the images.
I’m assuming you cannot read Japanese, so the challenge before you is to decipher what this product is based on the images alone. Can you figure out just what this newfangled USB device does? A little research might help you out!
All you partakers of the writer’s challenge can stop begging me to reveal the answer, because here it is at long last! The ludicrous patent description you have been puzzling over is nothing more than a wrist support made of a rubber balloon tied filled with sand and sealed with a piece of wire. That’s the short, short version of the lengthy waffling monstrosity somebody let loose in the patent office.
As promised in my last post, here is a little segment I’m going to call…(insert drum-roll here)…THE WRITER’S CHALLENGE! Will you muster your courage and face the cunning challenge I’ve set before you?
Here it is:
I am holding an object in my hand. Guess what the object is by reading it’s patent description.


Hi there. This is Jesse Buchanan's website. I'm a highly opinionated software developer (though my strong opinions are weakly held). My current toolbox includes Rails, JavaScript and Linux, but in the past I've also used C#, ASP.NET (both webforms and MVC), Oracle, and Python.
I'm currently trying my hand at front-end development, including AngularJS and Ember.js. I don't believe in pigeon-holing myself into one or two technologies or platforms. I try to keep an open mind, and use the right tool for the job.
If you're interested in technology (particularly software development), I'm always keen to chat. Please don't hesitate to drop me a line!
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John Osiko is a photographer and front-end designer delivering creative, innovative and engaging systematic plan to solve a problem across brand identity and digital paths with the use of visual communication and aesthetic expression of concepts and ideas using various graphic elements and tools.
Prolific, web developer with a passion for metrics and beating former 'best-yets'.Consistently receive high user experience (UX) scores for all web development projects. Passionate about building world-class web applications. One of my projects received a vote of high confidence, the Nyumbani Hostels project.
Some of the cool things that I indulge in:
Building a custom tailored solution based on technical requirement and atmost appeal
Audit your website, perform improvemnts and write meta tags.
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This area is provided to contain dockable toolbars, such as the default toolbar created for the application. Docking toolbars can be dragged onto or off this client area, and arrange themselves according to the space available.


This section is intended for developers who plan to integrate ORCID into their
system using the ORCID Public API.
Getting started with the free ORCID Public API
ORCID offers an API (Application Programming Interface) that allows your
systems and applications to connect to the ORCID registry via
machine-to-machine communication. Using the Public API, your system or
application can:
Allow users to sign into your system/application with their ORCID username
and password
Get a user's authenticated ORCID iD
Retrieve a machine-readable version of a user's public ORCID record
Perform a machine-generated search of the ORCID registry
The ORCID API is RESTful and usesOAuth 2.0, a well-established, standard protocol for user-based
permissions.
Public Client Applications are granted to individuals and not organizations,
and your Public Client is personal to you (even if you are using it in
connection with your work for an organization).
The ORCID Public API allows you to request permission to receive an
authenticated ORCID iD, to read public information from an ORCID record and
to search public data on the ORCID registry according to the conditions
stated in the
Public Client Terms of Service.
warning
You must accept the Public Client Terms of Service before you can register
for your Public API credentials.
I have read and agree to the ORCID Public Client Terms of
Service


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| Final Mockup | 4 |
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| Coding HTML | 5 |
| Generating CSS | 6 |
| Social integration | 3 |
| Accessibility considerations | 4 |
| UI design | 3 |
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| HTTPS, Cosign, etc. | 4 |
| Data view, traversal | 7 |
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| Protected page creation | 5 |
| Shared server space / upload | 7 |
| Alumni / Personell CMS | 8 |
| Security testing | 6 |
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Serialization Basics, Part 1 of 3
Here. This is the first of a 3 part series I wrote as an appendix to my WinForms book because I couldn't find the topic of object serialization covered adequately elsewhere in any of the popular texts.
This part covers the basics of text and binary serialization for simple types.


WARNING: This is highly experimental code that alters libc. It is possible that installing this code will cause login to break and render your machine unusable. Take proper backups, have rescue floppies at hand, and don't install it on a machine that has any kind of important function of any kind.
I have only run this code on FreeBSD 4.x series systems and these instructions apply specifically to FreeBSD 4.x. It may very well work as-is on other BSD systems, but I don't guarantee anything.  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
One last warning: The NIS/YP client code in FreeBSD 4.x is tied into the standard getpwent.c and I did not reimplement it. In other words, understand that if you use this getpwent.c replacement, you will not be able to use NIS/YP as a client. I suppose it could still work as an NIS server, but you read the previous two paragraphs and wouldn't think of doing that.
Still with me?
Fetch and, as root, run pw2userdir.pl, a Perl script that converts your current /etc/passwd into an /etc/users hierarchy. I encourage you to do some sanity checks to see that the contents of /etc/users corresponds to your existing password file before continuing.
Fetch getpwent.c, the userdir replacement for the standard FreeBSD source file. Copy this file to /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c (assuming you have full sources installed under /usr/src). Make a backup copy of the original getpwent.c if you like before overwriting it.
cd /usr/src && make buildworld to rebuild your system with userdir.
You may wish to try out the new libc before installing it. Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/lib/libc and try some commands that use the getpw* functions like id and finger. Note that some commands like ls and ps are statically linked in FreeBSD, and will not be using the new userdir-enabled libc at this point unless you try something like /usr/obj/usr/src/bin/ls/ls.
cd /usr/src && make installworld, reboot your system, and then let me and members of the mailing list know how it went.


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In this, the following was used:
form-group
form-control
Same as above. And this will apply to every "section" from now on.
In this the following was used:
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before every tag on the left of each line so that the code doesn't go through. So you can see it. Otherwise it would look broken.Remember that this as a whole (After applying the first form-inline
code, will only work with medium sizes and up)
This was the code that was used during this demo:
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tag with form-inline
as a class.This was the code that was used for this demo:
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--- layout: post title: Javascript - this binding date: 2018-03-12 13:09:24.000000000 +05:30 type: post parent_id: '0' published: true password: '' status: publish categories: - weekly meeting tags: [] authors: - satu0king ---
this
Keyword explained
The this
keyword is one of the confusing mechanism in JavaScript. Its confusing as this
in JS isn't the same as this
in conventional OOP languages. In JS, this
could have different meanings depending on the call-site. There are 4 rules for this
binding and by inspecting the call-site we can identify the binding.
Let us explore the 4 rules, but before we get started we need some helper functions to understand.
function print_this_a() {
console.log(this.a);
}
function call_fn(fn) {
// take a fn as parameter and execute it!
fn();
}
a = "Global a";
Rule 1 - Default Binding
The first rule we will examine comes from standalone function invocation. Think of this rule as the default catch-all rule when none of the other rules applies. This resolves to the global object, in the browser its the window object.
console.log("(1.0) Default Binding");
print_this_a(); // Output - "Global a"
Rule 2 - Implicit Binding
This rule is applicable when the call-site has a context object or owning object, ie the object owns the function reference at the time the function is called.
obj1 = {
a: "obj1 a",
print_this_obj1_a: print_this_a
}
console.log("(2.0) Implicit Binding");
obj1.print_this_obj1_a(); // Output - "obj1 a"
Since the object obj1
owns a reference to print_this_obj1_a
and that particular function is invoked through the object reference, this
is resolved to obj1
**Implicitly losing context **
console.log("(2.1) Implicitly lost");
call_fn(obj1.print_this_obj1_a);
// this is no longer obj1 as the function no longer owns the reference
A way to fix this - explicit binding
console.log("(2.2) Calling with call");
print_this_a.call(obj1, "var1", "var2");
// This is a way to specify the object you want 'this' to resolve to
console.log("(2.3) Calling with apply");
print_this_a.apply(obj1, ["var1", "var2"]);
// Alternative way
Rule 3 - Hard Binding
// Helper fn which allows us to bind functions to specific objects, permanently
function bind(fn, obj) {
return function() {
return fn.apply(obj, arguments);
};
}
The above function uses the "apply" property discussed in the previous rule. However, this can now be passed across functions and be invoked with the binding intact.
console.log("(3.0) Hardbinding using Binding Helper");
var hard_binded_fn = bind(print_this_a, obj1);
call_fn(hard_binded_fn); // Output - "obj1 a"
ES6 has a built-in bind function, which we can use as follows
console.log("(3.1) Hardbinding using ES6 bind");
var hard_binded_fn_ES6 = print_this_a.bind(obj1);
call_fn(hard_binded_fn_ES6);
Rule 4 - New Binding
JavaScript has a new operator, and the code pattern to use it looks basically identical to what we see in those class-oriented languages. In JS, constructors are just functions that happen to be called with the new operator in front of them. We will discuss more about this in prototypes
function object_constructor(name) {
this.a = name;
this.print_this_object_a = print_this_a;
}
object_constructor.prototype.change_a = function(a) {
this.a = a;
}
obj2 = new object_constructor("obj2_a");
obj3 = new object_constructor("obj3_a");
console.log("(4.0) Calling with new binding");
obj2.print_this_object_a(); //obj2_a"
obj3.print_this_object_a(); //obj3_a"
obj2.change_a("obj2_a_new")
obj3.change_a("obj3_a_new")
obj2.print_this_object_a(); //obj2_a_new"
obj3.print_this_object_a(); //obj3_a_new"
Ignored this
This is unrelated to the above rules, however its a handy feature in JS. It can be useful to create multiple functions which have small differences with each other.
console.log("< --- IGNORED this --- >");
// This can be useful to create functions with pre populated arguments
function print_arguments(){
console.log( Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0) );
}
console.log("print_arguments in action");
print_arguments(1,2,3); // 1 2 3
console.log("Calling with pre populated arguements");
var fn1 = print_arguments.bind(null,1,2,3);
fn1(); // 1 2 3
fn1(4,5,6); // 1 2 3 4 5 6
Further Reading - “You Don’t Know JS: this & Object Prototypes.”


Etcd password auth, if using.
Backoff strategy to use for connecting to hosts. Defaults to an exponential strategy, starting at a 500 millisecond retry with a 30 second max.
Duration in milliseconds to wait while connecting before timing out. Defaults to 30 seconds.
Internal options to configure the GRPC client. These are channel options as enumerated in their C++ documentation. For example:
const etcd = new Etcd3({
// ...
grpcOptions: {
'grpc.http2.max_ping_strikes': 3,
},
})
A list of hosts to connect to. Hosts should include the https?://
prefix.
Whether, if a query fails as a result of a primitive GRPC error, to retry it on a different server (provided one is available). This can make service disruptions less-severe but can cause a domino effect if a particular operation causes a failure that grpc reports as some sort of internal or network error.
Defaults to false.
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Timeline Editable events and server-side API
If the attribute editable is true, the events can be created, edited (content), changed (start / end time) and deleted.
Events can be created by double click on empty space.
Events can only be editable when the attribute selectable is true (default).


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What is Sarahah++?
I figured out people are taking benefits of being anonymous and submitting disrespectful, abusing and inappropriate content many times while using Sarahah. A friend of mine got lots of abusive comments rather than constructive views. So I made this; Sarahah++
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FILM TITLE: AY, CARMELA DIRECTOR: CARLOS SAURA COUNTRY: SPAIN ( 1991 ) SUPER FEATURES: Political Farce. Has odd funny moments. Twists of fate.
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Carlos Saura has always been interested in dance, film, theatre, and many of the artistic forms which people have related to. He has depicted them in his films as a part of life, a very important part of life, that provides not only a spark, but also the means without which we are not capable of surviving.
It is no surprise, then, when this film deals with such a theme, and in a manner which is not pleasing, but this time, it is a compromise one has to make between life and death.
A pair of down on their luck actors, take up a small living, in exchange for food by providing entertainment for the troops ( the republicans ) that are fighting the forces supported by Mussolini, Hitler and Generalissimo Franco ( the nationalists ). When they are tired of a small town, and decide to go on to a larger place, life changes. While resting close to Valencia ( their destination ), they are approached by the advancing nationalists. They are arrested, and thrown in with all the others, only to be saved by an Italian commander who used to be a theatre director, and stage manager. He insists on the creation of material for his own troops, and all of a sudden the entertainers are forced to become real 'actors'. It's the only alternative to death. However, Carmella ( the wife ) has a bit of a big mouth and often speaks out, and this has a potential of getting them all in trouble. Needless to say, they don't win, or get very far, although the nationalists won all the battles and ruled until Franco's death in the seventies.
A bit of an oddity, for a Saura script, it is acted, in the spirit of a fun farce, and play, but it is deadly serious, and the characters are in danger at all times. All in all, it is a slow film, that requires the viewer's attention, because much of the dialogue is intended to create 'slips of the tongue' which is a very good, and strong acting tool. However, this attitude, often gets all of them in trouble, though the Italian commander, has a good enough sense of humor and understanding of things, to be able to disagree, and defend their position cleverly. And without, meaning to, both the audience, and the actors, are eventually forced, or resigned, to accept the inevitable solution. The life of the artists goes on. The art lives on. And a new government is now in power, though it got there by the gun.
A politically minded film, it really shows the sensitive side of an extremely volatile situation, and how one can deal with it, even if one disagrees with it. People do tend to stand up for life, given the choice. And the ensuing results are not always pleasant.
The acting is fun, and good. The film does not have much music in it, but it does have the political songs of the day, which at times are sung, and their lyrics keep the film moving. The subtitles, unfortunately do not do the original dialect any justice at all, so one really misses out on the actual flavor, and style of insulting an invading force, which renders the actors forced choice even more repugnant and disappointing. Taken out of the subtitles are the swearing, and the fowl language which these songs have.
The actors' original opinion on the nationalists is not very far from a pile of excrement. The subtitle, doesn't even come close to telling us what was really said.You may like to see this film, if you are a history buff, and have an interest in Spain, or if you want to practice your vernacular Castillian.
Enjoy it.
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Rake Command Line Usage
Rake is invoked from the command line
using:
% rake [options ...] [VAR=VALUE ...] [targets ...]
Options are:
- name=value
- Set the environment variable name to value during the
execution of the rake command. You can access the value by using
ENV[‘name’].
- —all (-A)
- Used in combination with the -T and -D options, will force those options to
show all the tasks, even the ones without comments.
- —backtrace{=output} (-n)
- Enable a full backtrace (i.e. like —trace, but without the task
tracing details). The output parameter is optional, but if
specified it controls where the backtrace output is sent. If
output is stdout, then backtrace output is directed to
standard output. If output is stderr, or if it is
missing, then the backtrace output is sent to standard error.
- —comments
- Used in combination with the -W options to force the output to contain
commented options only. This is the reverse of —all.
- —describe pattern (-D)
- Describe the tasks (matching optional PATTERN), then exit.
- —dry-run (-n)
- Do a dry run. Print the tasks invoked and executed, but do not actually
execute any of the actions.
- —execute code (-e)
- Execute some Ruby code and exit.
- —execute-print code (-p)
- Execute some Ruby code, print the result, and exit.
- —execute-continue code (-E)
- Execute some Ruby code, then continue with normal task processing.
- —help (-H)
- Display some help text and exit.
[—jobs number (-j)]
Specifies the maximum number of concurrent threads allowed. Rake
will allocate threads as needed up to this maximum number.
If omitted, Rake will attempt to estimate the number of CPUs on
the system and add 4 to that number.
The concurrent threads are used to execute the <tt>multitask</tt>
prerequisites. Also see the <tt>-m</tt> option which turns all
tasks into multitasks.
Sample values:
(no -j) : Allow up to (# of CPUs + 4) number of threads
--jobs : Allow unlimited number of threads
--jobs=1 : Allow only one thread (the main thread)
--jobs=16 : Allow up to 16 concurrent threads
[—job-stats level]
Display job statistics at the completion of the run. By default,
this will display the requested number of active threads (from the
-j options) and the maximum number of threads in play at any given
time.
If the optional _level_ is <tt>history</tt>, then a complete trace
of task history will be displayed on standard output.
- —libdir directory (-I)
- Add directory to the list of directories searched for require.
- —multitask (-m)
- Treat all tasks as multitasks. (‘make/drake’ semantics)
- —nosearch (-N)
- Do not search for a Rakefile in parent directories.
- —prereqs (-P)
- Display a list of all tasks and their immediate prerequisites.
- —quiet (-q)
- Do not echo commands from FileUtils.
- —rakefile filename (-f)
- Use filename as the name of the rakefile. The default rakefile
names are rakefile and Rakefile (with rakefile
taking precedence). If the rakefile is not found in the current directory,
rake will search parent directories for a match. The directory
where the Rakefile is found will become the current directory for the
actions executed in the Rakefile.
- —rakelibdir rakelibdir (-R)
- Auto-import any .rake files in RAKELIBDIR. (default is
‘rakelib’)
- —require name (-r)
- Require name before executing the Rakefile.
- —rules
- Trace the rules resolution.
- —silent (-s)
- Like —quiet, but also suppresses the ‘in directory’
announcement.
- —suppress-backtrace pattern
- Line matching the regular expression pattern will be removed from
the backtrace output. Note that the —backtrace option is the full
backtrace without these lines suppressed.
- —system (-g)
- Use the system wide (global) rakefiles. The project Rakefile is ignored. By
default, the system wide rakefiles are used only if no project Rakefile is
found. On Unix-like system, the system wide rake files are located in
$HOME/.rake. On a windows system they are stored in $APPDATA/Rake.
- —no-system (-G)
- Use the project level Rakefile, ignoring the system-wide (global)
rakefiles.
- —tasks pattern (-T)
- Display a list of the major tasks and their comments. Comments are defined
using the "desc" command. If a pattern is given, then only tasks
matching the pattern are displayed.
- —trace{=output} (-t)
- Turn on invoke/execute tracing. Also enable full backtrace on errors. The
output parameter is optional, but if specified it controls where
the trace output is sent. If output is stdout, then trace
output is directed to standard output. If output is
stderr, or if it is missing, then trace output is sent to standard
error.
- —verbose (-v)
- Echo the Sys commands to standard output.
- —version (-V)
- Display the program version and exit.
- —where pattern (-W)
- Display tasks that match pattern and the file and line number
where the task is defined. By default this option will display all tasks,
not just the tasks that have descriptions.
- —no-deprecation-warnings (-X)
- Do not display the deprecation warnings.
In addition, any command line option of the form
VAR=VALUE will be added to the environment hash
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The file tables.pro defines a Prolog interface to the Tktable package, providing a natural set of Prolog predicates for dealing with Tk tables. The full forms of these predicates provide a number of parameters, including the Tcl/Tk interpreter in which to execute, and return values. For all of the predicates, there are convenient (short) forms supplying defaults (such as the "standard" interpreter "tcli") and ignoring return values.
load_table_package/0.
Short form defined by: load_table_package :- load_table_package(tcli).load_table_package/1.
load_table_package(Interp) load_table_package(+)Calls init_tk_alslib(Interm), and then loads the TkTable package. Calling it more than once has no effect.
create_table/2
create_table(TableName, Options) create_table(+, +) Short form defined by: create_table(TableName, Options) :- create_table(TableName, Options, tcli).create_table/3
create_table(TableName, Options, Interp) create_table(+, +, +) Short form defined by: create_table(TableName, Options, Interp) :- create_table_r(TableName, Options, Interp, _).create_table_r/3
create_table_r(TableName, Options, R) create_table_r(+, +, -) Short form defined by: create_table_r(TableName, Options, R) :- create_table_r(TableName, Options, tcli, XOpts, R).create_table_r/5
create_table_r(TableName, Options, Interp, XOpts, R) create_table_r(+, +, +, +, -)TableName and Interp must be atoms; R should be an uninstantiated variable. Creates a table called TableName in Tcl/Tk interpreter Interp, and unifies R with a list of seven (7) atoms (in this order) as follows:
the Tk pathname of the actual table entity; the name of the associated Tcl data array; the name of the associated Tcl info array; the Tk pathname of the top level window containing the table; the Tk pathname of the menubar, if requested, and '' otherwise; the Tk pathname of the upper pane, if requested, and '' otherwise; the Tk pathname of the lower pane, if requested, and '' otherwise;The properties of TableName are configure by the options occuring on the list Options, or the list XOpts. In addition, the call the create_table_r/5 (and implicitly, all of the other create_tableXX/NN calls) define (assert) specific predicates for accessing the cells, rows, and columns of TableName. These are described following the discussion table configuration options.
Note that Tktable uses zero-based indexing for the cells of the table proper,
and uses negative integer-based indexing for the cells of the column and row
headings. The indicies on r_,_ in the following example (basic.tcl from the
Tktable demos) illustrates the situtation:
-Tag ValueA certain amount of transformation, error-checking, and supplying of defaults of provided for equations on the list Options. For equations occurring on the list Options, Tag must be one of the following recognized atoms:
numcols, colheadings, titlerows, roworigin, numrows, rowheadings, titlecols, colorigin, title, font, foreground, background, selectmode, rowstretch, colstretch, flashmode, menubar, upperpane, lowerpaneThe equations on the XOpts also are viewed as providing option values to the Tktable call. However, absolutely no checks are performed, even as to whether Tag really names a Tktable option. The pair "-Tag Value" is simply passed directly to the Tktable call. It is the programmer's responsibility ensure that Tag=Value equations on XOpts are correct.
The values, defaults, and effects of the options on the Options list are given below. Note that some of the defaults provided by this interface are different than the defaults of the basic Tktable.
colheadings = ColHeadings [list of atoms; [] ]
numcols = NumCols [integer; 10]
titlerows = NumTitleRows [integer; 1]
colorigin = ColOrigin [integer; -1]
This group of options controls column organization. ColHeadings is a list of atoms to serve as column headings. If ColHeadings \= [] is supplied, then the other options (numcols, titlerows, roworigin) are ignored. Instead, NumCols is set to 1 plus the length of ColHeadings, NumTitleRows (the number of rows at top for column titles) is set to 1, and ColOrigin (the column index of the topmost row) is set to -1.
rowheadings = RowHeading [list of atoms; [] ]
numrows = NumRows [integer; 10]
titlecols = NumTitleCols [integer; 1]
roworigin = RowOrigin [integer; -1]
This group of options controls row organization. RowHeadings is a list of atoms to serve as row labels. If RowHeadings \= [] is supplied, then the other options (numrows, titlerows, roworigin) are ignored. Instead, NumRows is set to 1 plus the length of RowHeadings, NumTitleCols (the number of columns at left for row labels) is set to 1, and RowOrigin (the column index of the leftmost column) is set to -1.
title = Title [atom; '']
The title on the top window bar.
For details concerning the following options, see the Tktable manual page together with the font and color Tcl manual pages:
font = Font [Tcl font description (atom); system default]
foreground = Color [Tcl color description (atom); black]
background = Color [Tcl color description (atom); #b9b9b9 (grey)]
selectmode = SelectMode [single/browse/multiple/extended; extended]
rowstretch = RowStrech [atom (none/unset/all/last/fill); unset ]
colstretch = ColStretch [atom (none/unset/all/last/fill); unset ]
flashmode = FlashMode [on/off; on]
The only allowed value for the following tags is the value 'true'. The presence of one of these equations
menubar = true upperpane = true lowerpane = trueon the OptionsList requests a certain additional feature be added to the top level window containing the table, as follows:
The call
create_table_r(TableName, Options, Interp, XOpts, R)also defines several specific predicates for accessing the cells, rows, and columns of TableName. These are asserted in the module in which the call to create_tableXX/NN occurs. (The create_tableXX/NN predicates are all metapredicates.) The predicates defined are the following:
basic_table_info(TableName,NRows,NCols)
A simple assertion, for convenience.
set_TableName_table(Row,Col,Val)
Inserts Val in cell Row,Col, overwriting any previous value.
read_TableName_table(Row,Col,Val)
Unifies Val with the value currently contained in cell Row,Col.
set_TableName_row(RowN,ColStart,ValsList)
RowN and ColStart are integers in suitable ranges, and ValsList is
a list of values. On RowN, beginning in column ColStart, recurses
down the list ValsList, inserting the values in the cells
RowN,ColStart, RowN,ColStart+1, ...Terminates when either the end of ValsList is reached, or the end of RowN is reached; in the latter case, any remaining entries on ValsList are simply discarded.
set_TableName_col(ColN,RowStart,ValsList)
ColN and RowStart are integers in suitable ranges, and ValsList is
a list of values. On ColN, beginning in row RowStart, recurses
down the list ValsList, inserting the values in the cells
ColN,RowStart, ColN,RowStart+1, ...Terminates when either the end of ValsList is reached, or the end ColN is reached; in the latter case, any remaining entries on ValsList are simply discarded.
The following additional predicates, which take TableName as a parameter, are available:
table_set_tag/3.
table_set_tag(TableName, TagName, Properties) table_set_tag(+, +, +) Short form defined by: table_set_tag(TableName, TagName, Properties) :- table_set_tag(TableName, TagName, Properties, tcli).
table_set_tag/4.
table_set_tag(TableName, TagName, Properties, Interp) table_set_tag(+, +, +, +)TableName must have already been created. TagName must be an atom, and Properties must be a list of equations Prop=Value where Prop is suitable for application to a Tktable tag (...) and Value is an appropriate value for Prop. The call
table_set_tag(TableName, TagName, Properties, Interp)establishes TagName as a tag for TableName with the corresponding properties applied.
table_tag_region/3.
table_tag_region(TableName, TagName, Region) table_tag_region(+, +, +) Short form defined by: table_tag_region(TableName, TagName, Region) :- table_tag_region(TableName, TagName, Region, tcli).table_tag_region/4.
table_tag_region(TableName, TagName, Region, Interp) table_tag_region(+, +, +, +)TableName must have been created, and TagName must be a tag for TableName previously established by one or more calls to table_set_tag/_. Applies the tag TagName to region Region in table TableName, where Region is term describing regions as follows:
cell(R,C) - the cell at row R, col C row(R) - all of row R col(C) - all of col C colsblock(C1,C2) - all cols from col C1 to col C2, C1 =< C2; rowsblock(R1,R2) - all rows from row R1 to row R2, R1 =< R2.


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