Comments for stevengharms.com http://stevengharms.com My Blog Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Use ack instead of grep to parse text files by Andy Lester http://stevengharms.com/use-ack-instead-of-grep-to-parse-text-files/comment-page-1#comment-8970 Andy Lester Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:47:10 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=2733#comment-8970 <p>Those are some great examples. I've created a section on http://betterthangrep.com/documentation/ for articles about ack, and this blog article is the inaugural entry.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> Those are some great examples. I’ve created a section on http://betterthangrep.com/documentation/ for articles about ack, and this blog article is the inaugural entry.

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Trip to Yosemite by Ryan http://stevengharms.com/trip-to-yosemite/comment-page-1#comment-8604 Ryan Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:56:18 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=2612#comment-8604 <p>One question after looking at the pictures: How were the Mines of Moria?</p> One question after looking at the pictures: How were the Mines of Moria?

]]> Comment on I am ready for the popcorn by Ryan http://stevengharms.com/i-am-ready-for-the-popcorn/comment-page-1#comment-8196 Ryan Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:43:10 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=2393#comment-8196 <p>Also: Spidey, Dark Knight Rises, and John Carter.</p> <p>And I share your enthusiasm for Thor, but as a Cap fan, seeing him throwing the shield in two major pictures in two years is absolutely mindblowing.</p> Also: Spidey, Dark Knight Rises, and John Carter.

And I share your enthusiasm for Thor, but as a Cap fan, seeing him throwing the shield in two major pictures in two years is absolutely mindblowing.

]]> Comment on “Practical Metaprogramming” presentation from RubyConf XI by stevengharms.com » Blog Archive » Practical Metaprogramming Video Now Available http://stevengharms.com/practical-metaprogramming-presentation-from-rubyconf-xi/comment-page-1#comment-8069 stevengharms.com » Blog Archive » Practical Metaprogramming Video Now Available Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:27:12 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=2335#comment-8069 <p>[...] mentioned previously, I gave a talk at Rubyconf XI in New Orleans a few months back. The video is now available. If you [...]</p> […] mentioned previously, I gave a talk at Rubyconf XI in New Orleans a few months back. The video is now available. If you […]

]]> Comment on Presentation from Lone Star Ruby Conf V by judy http://stevengharms.com/presentation-from-lone-star-ruby-conf-v/comment-page-1#comment-8012 judy Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:24:41 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=2329#comment-8012 <p>Dude! I didn't know you were into language. I'm interested in it as a layperson because my friend's getting his phd (he works a lot with dying languages, like Hupa!) so I hear about linguistics stuff all the time. I'm into Na'vi, so I was going to make something that conjugates Na'vi verbs (well, and also translates, and does spell checks so that I can make Na'vi scrabble, and also some kind of Na'vi "text editor" helper where you click on a word and get a bunch of options about tense and aspect and whether it's the subject or object of your sentence and then applies the infixes/etc automatically......). I have no idea where to start. Soooo I'm going to look through your Latin stuff.</p> <p>Other people have already written Na'vi parsers (such as http://dvi.clonk2c.ch/navi_translate.pl ) and Na'vi dictionary lookup utilities (such as http://dvi.clonk2c.ch/navi_dict.pl ), but that's not gonna stop me from replicating their work (it's in perl: http://forum.learnnavi.org/projects/eana-eltu-a-na%27vi-gtenglish-and-english-gtna%27vi-translator-and-dictionary/msg254608/#msg254608 ... I don't know perl so I'm unspoiled for my hypothetical Ruby port of it) anyway. haha. People on the learnnavi.org forum generate the dictionary database in tab-delineated format and update it frequently. (There are also mobile device apps that are functional dictionaries, but none of them have parsing/verb conjugation.)</p> <p>I have one thousand project ideas and find it difficult to begin. haha</p> Dude! I didn’t know you were into language. I’m interested in it as a layperson because my friend’s getting his phd (he works a lot with dying languages, like Hupa!) so I hear about linguistics stuff all the time. I’m into Na’vi, so I was going to make something that conjugates Na’vi verbs (well, and also translates, and does spell checks so that I can make Na’vi scrabble, and also some kind of Na’vi “text editor” helper where you click on a word and get a bunch of options about tense and aspect and whether it’s the subject or object of your sentence and then applies the infixes/etc automatically……). I have no idea where to start. Soooo I’m going to look through your Latin stuff.

Other people have already written Na’vi parsers (such as http://dvi.clonk2c.ch/navi_translate.pl ) and Na’vi dictionary lookup utilities (such as http://dvi.clonk2c.ch/navi_dict.pl ), but that’s not gonna stop me from replicating their work (it’s in perl: http://forum.learnnavi.org/projects/eana-eltu-a-na%27vi-gtenglish-and-english-gtna%27vi-translator-and-dictionary/msg254608/#msg254608 … I don’t know perl so I’m unspoiled for my hypothetical Ruby port of it) anyway. haha. People on the learnnavi.org forum generate the dictionary database in tab-delineated format and update it frequently. (There are also mobile device apps that are functional dictionaries, but none of them have parsing/verb conjugation.)

I have one thousand project ideas and find it difficult to begin. haha

]]> Comment on Finished Daniel Everett’s “Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes” by isomorphismes http://stevengharms.com/finished-daniel-everetts-dont-sleep-there-are-snakes/comment-page-1#comment-7997 isomorphismes Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:43:55 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=1952#comment-7997 <p>Oh. And think, too, about David Graeber's thesis: no money through a lot of history, just social conventions. Quantification is new.</p> Oh. And think, too, about David Graeber’s thesis: no money through a lot of history, just social conventions. Quantification is new.

]]> Comment on Finished Daniel Everett’s “Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes” by isomorphismes http://stevengharms.com/finished-daniel-everetts-dont-sleep-there-are-snakes/comment-page-1#comment-7996 isomorphismes Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:50:17 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=1952#comment-7996 <p>put <- contrast</p> put <- contrast

]]> Comment on Finished Daniel Everett’s “Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes” by isomorphismes http://stevengharms.com/finished-daniel-everetts-dont-sleep-there-are-snakes/comment-page-1#comment-7995 isomorphismes Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:49:34 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=1952#comment-7995 <p>I really enjoyed this essay. Except the assumption that ennui and malaise drive northerners to Paxil, Reality TV, and church.</p> <p>I think there is much, much more to be learned from the contrast of primitives to moderns than I have seen explored. It goes deeper than those critiques and their ilk. For example, put these observations about the Pirahã way of life with Keynes' and other philosophers' dreams of a more literate, skeptical, artistically aware society — which I think we have achieved.</p> <p>Have you lived in a developing country? I stayed in Guatemala for about 2 months a few years ago. So I didn't really get to know what life is like there. But what I think I observed, is that fulfillment comes from work and human relationships, as well as wealth/comfort. I don't know about present vs futures mindedness.</p> <p>Anyway there is quite a riddle here. Poor people are sometimes happy but most would prefer to be richer. So married are happiness and utility and preference in philosophy/economics that that sounds paradoxical.</p> <p>And, is happiness really the goal? Seriously, there are alternatives.</p> I really enjoyed this essay. Except the assumption that ennui and malaise drive northerners to Paxil, Reality TV, and church.

I think there is much, much more to be learned from the contrast of primitives to moderns than I have seen explored. It goes deeper than those critiques and their ilk. For example, put these observations about the Pirahã way of life with Keynes’ and other philosophers’ dreams of a more literate, skeptical, artistically aware society — which I think we have achieved.

Have you lived in a developing country? I stayed in Guatemala for about 2 months a few years ago. So I didn’t really get to know what life is like there. But what I think I observed, is that fulfillment comes from work and human relationships, as well as wealth/comfort. I don’t know about present vs futures mindedness.

Anyway there is quite a riddle here. Poor people are sometimes happy but most would prefer to be richer. So married are happiness and utility and preference in philosophy/economics that that sounds paradoxical.

And, is happiness really the goal? Seriously, there are alternatives.

]]> Comment on Saw “Kung-Fu Panda 2” by the social bobcat http://stevengharms.com/saw-kung-fu-panda-2/comment-page-1#comment-7930 the social bobcat Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:12:59 +0000 http://stevengharms.com/?p=2300#comment-7930 <p>don't forget Jean Claude Van Damme's crocodile kung-fu master!</p> don’t forget Jean Claude Van Damme’s crocodile kung-fu master!

]]> Comment on Getting harrassed by BCR Credit Collection Agency by Dylan http://stevengharms.com/getting-harrassed-by-bcr-credit-collection-agency/comment-page-1#comment-7649 Dylan Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:58:59 +0000 http://stevengharms.net/?p=849#comment-7649 <p>Great post Steven! Dealing with collection agencies can be a stressful thing, especially when they don't play by the rules. It's a good idea to understand what your rights are I found <a href="http://businesscollectionagencies.com/credit-collection-company.html" rel="nofollow">Business collection agencies</a> a great resource when I was doing research on agencies.</p> Great post Steven! Dealing with collection agencies can be a stressful thing, especially when they don’t play by the rules. It’s a good idea to understand what your rights are I found Business collection agencies a great resource when I was doing research on agencies.

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