From drzigman at drzigman.com Tue Dec 1 08:05:02 2015 From: drzigman at drzigman.com (Robert Stone) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 10:05:02 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Ideas for December meeting In-Reply-To: <20151125105159.3557ca7c@cygnus> References: <20151122205253.344413ec@cygnus> <20151123175017.079e372a@cygnus> <1448379569.2761.0.camel@nixnuts.net> <20151125105159.3557ca7c@cygnus> Message-ID: Greetings, Sorry for the delay, I thought I had already replied. Definitely count me in for a few picks. Best Regards, Robert Stone On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:51 AM, G. Wade Johnson via Houston < houston at pm.org> wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:39:29 -0600 > John Lightsey via Houston wrote: > > > I'll do one or two. > > We have one volunteer. I assume Robert will do at least one, since he > proposed it. I'll be glad to toss in a couple. > > Anyone else? This is a great chance to promote your favorite show, > book, technique, library, cool hack, etc. without committing to giving > a long talk. > > G. Wade > > > On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 17:50 -0600, G. Wade Johnson via Houston wrote: > > > On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 20:52:53 -0600 > > > "G. Wade Johnson via Houston" wrote: > > > > > > > Our next meeting is in 2 and a half weeks on December 10. This one > > > is > > > > scheduled to be at Hostgator. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have ideas for a meeting topic? > > > > > > Robert's idea for picks is an interesting one. It would still be > > > helpful to get a count of people who want to speak up. If you are > > > interested, ping me. > > > > > > This is also a good opportunity for anyone who feels that they don't > > > know enough to do a presentation. > > > > > > * a module people might be interested in > > > * a language people might find interesting > > > * a book > > > * a website > > > * a podcast > > > * a TV show > > > * a piece of hardware > > > * a gadget > > > * a program that makes your life easier > > > * others? > > > > > > G. Wade > > > -- > A programming language is low level when its programs require attention > to the irrelevant. -- Alan J. Perlis > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gwadej at anomaly.org Tue Dec 1 19:11:08 2015 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:11:08 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Houston.pm December meeting: Tips, Tricks, and Picks Message-ID: <20151201211108.2a5491d8@cygnus> We will be meeting this month at Hostgator (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=HostGator,+Houston&fb=1&gl=us&hq=HostGator,&hnear=0x8640b8b4488d8501:0xca0d02def365053b,Houston,+TX&cid=2141572779937723859&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A) on December 10th at 7pm. This month is devoted to a discussion of picks and tips from members. If you have something you enjoy and would like others to know about let us know. We'll cover programming tricks, tools, favorite books, podcasts, or television shows. Pretty much anything that a member would like to share with the group. No one will be asked to speak for long on their picks, but everyone is encouraged to share. We look forward to seeing you there and hearing your picks. G. Wade -- An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. -- Niels Bohr From gwadej at anomaly.org Sat Dec 5 08:30:29 2015 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 10:30:29 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Larry Wall interviewed by Leo Laporte on Triangulation Message-ID: <20151205103029.68a4c7b4@cygnus> It's always interesting to listing to Larry Wall talk. Leo does a pretty good job of interviewing him. https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/225?autostart=false Some background on Perl 6, but much history and discussion of Perl 5 as well. G. Wade -- Indirection should add meaning, not hide it. -- Jessica Kerr From mikeflan at att.net Thu Dec 10 05:58:59 2015 From: mikeflan at att.net (Mike Flannigan) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 07:58:59 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Commodore PC Message-ID: <56698523.80206@att.net> Commodore PC: http://www.dailydot.com/technology/commadore-amiga-computer-school-air-conditioning/?fb=ss&prtnr=wired Mike From julian at jlbprof.com Fri Dec 11 06:20:44 2015 From: julian at jlbprof.com (Julian Brown) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:20:44 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] VT100 Message-ID: Trace (I hope I spelled it correctly) Last night you asked me what my trick was, that I used discussing my Forex code, that controlled the placement of text on the screen. Google VT100 escape sequences: In that program I used 2 VT100 tricks and strictly formatted strings using printf. Here is one: # clear screen # vt100 clear screen ESC[2J print chr(27) . '[2J'; Another # goto top of window # vt100 cursor home ESC[H print chr(27) . '[H'; Attached is the perl code involved. Hope this helps. There are some escape sequences where you can place the cursor before printing text. I did not use that sequence. Investigate from metacpan.org, Curses and related modules. Curses is a layer of code that sits on top of the escape sequences your terminal supports and gives you precise placement of text. Julian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Wade -- "The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." -- Ambassador Kosh, "Believers" From drzigman at drzigman.com Sun Dec 27 11:35:03 2015 From: drzigman at drzigman.com (Robert Stone) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:35:03 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Proposed Talk on "Solving WordBrain" - Gauging Interest Message-ID: Greetings, A friend of mine is playing WordBrain ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordbrain/id708600202?mt=8 ): [image: Inline image 1] While I'm not a big fan of word games, I do like computer science and I've been working on a Solver for this game. It's a fun exercise in Dijkstra that really gives you both a breadth first and depth first appreciation of the problem space. Anyway, I'm thinking of putting together a talk regarding the solution I'm working on, some background on solving these sorts of problems, and then some time for discussion on how we could improve the efficiency of my implementation. I don't think I'll have it ready in time for January's meeting but if there is interest February is certainly doable. Sound like fun? Best Regards, Robert Stone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.png Type: image/png Size: 103706 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mikeflan at att.net Mon Dec 28 03:43:24 2015 From: mikeflan at att.net (Mike Flannigan) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 05:43:24 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Proposed Talk on "Solving WordBrain" - Gauging Interest In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5681205C.2060503@att.net> Yeah, that would be super cool. Programming strategy and algorithms are great topics. A web search turned up only a few hits. Mike On 12/27/2015 1:35 PM, Robert Stone via Houston wrote: > Greetings, > > A friend of mine is playing WordBrain ( > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordbrain/id708600202?mt=8 ): > > > > While I'm not a big fan of word games, I do like computer science and > I've been working on a Solver for this game. It's a fun exercise in > Dijkstra that really gives you both a breadth first and depth first > appreciation of the problem space. > > Anyway, I'm thinking of putting together a talk regarding the solution > I'm working on, some background on solving these sorts of problems, > and then some time for discussion on how we could improve the > efficiency of my implementation. > > I don't think I'll have it ready in time for January's meeting but if > there is interest February is certainly doable. Sound like fun? > > Best Regards, > Robert Stone > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website:http://houston.pm.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From julian at jlbprof.com Mon Dec 28 07:43:55 2015 From: julian at jlbprof.com (Julian Brown) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:43:55 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Proposed Talk on "Solving WordBrain" - Gauging Interest In-Reply-To: <5681205C.2060503@att.net> References: <5681205C.2060503@att.net> Message-ID: Yes, please sounds like fun. Julian On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Mike Flannigan via Houston wrote: > > Yeah, that would be super cool. > Programming strategy and algorithms are great topics. > > A web search turned up only a few hits. > > > Mike > > > > On 12/27/2015 1:35 PM, Robert Stone via Houston wrote: > > Greetings, > > A friend of mine is playing WordBrain ( > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordbrain/id708600202?mt=8 ): > > > > While I'm not a big fan of word games, I do like computer science and I've > been working on a Solver for this game. It's a fun exercise in Dijkstra > that really gives you both a breadth first and depth first appreciation of > the problem space. > > Anyway, I'm thinking of putting together a talk regarding the solution I'm > working on, some background on solving these sorts of problems, and then > some time for discussion on how we could improve the efficiency of my > implementation. > > I don't think I'll have it ready in time for January's meeting but if > there is interest February is certainly doable. Sound like fun? > > Best Regards, > Robert Stone > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing listHouston at pm.orghttp://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From estrabd at gmail.com Mon Dec 28 09:59:31 2015 From: estrabd at gmail.com (B. Estrade) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 11:59:31 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Proposed Talk on "Solving WordBrain" - Gauging Interest In-Reply-To: References: <5681205C.2060503@att.net> Message-ID: ++ On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Julian Brown via Houston wrote: > Yes, please sounds like fun. > > Julian > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Mike Flannigan via Houston < > houston at pm.org> wrote: > >> >> Yeah, that would be super cool. >> Programming strategy and algorithms are great topics. >> >> A web search turned up only a few hits. >> >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> On 12/27/2015 1:35 PM, Robert Stone via Houston wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> A friend of mine is playing WordBrain ( >> >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordbrain/id708600202?mt=8 ): >> >> >> >> While I'm not a big fan of word games, I do like computer science and >> I've been working on a Solver for this game. It's a fun exercise in >> Dijkstra that really gives you both a breadth first and depth first >> appreciation of the problem space. >> >> Anyway, I'm thinking of putting together a talk regarding the solution >> I'm working on, some background on solving these sorts of problems, and >> then some time for discussion on how we could improve the efficiency of my >> implementation. >> >> I don't think I'll have it ready in time for January's meeting but if >> there is interest February is certainly doable. Sound like fun? >> >> Best Regards, >> Robert Stone >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Houston mailing listHouston at pm.orghttp://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston >> Website: http://houston.pm.org/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Houston mailing list >> Houston at pm.org >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston >> Website: http://houston.pm.org/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > Houston at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon Dec 28 15:52:31 2015 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:52:31 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Proposed Talk on "Solving WordBrain" - Gauging Interest In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20151228175231.40a56d14@cygnus> On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:35:03 -0600 Robert Stone via Houston wrote: > Greetings, > > A friend of mine is playing WordBrain ( > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordbrain/id708600202?mt=8 ): > > [image: Inline image 1] > > While I'm not a big fan of word games, I do like computer science and > I've been working on a Solver for this game. It's a fun exercise in > Dijkstra that really gives you both a breadth first and depth first > appreciation of the problem space. > > Anyway, I'm thinking of putting together a talk regarding the > solution I'm working on, some background on solving these sorts of > problems, and then some time for discussion on how we could improve > the efficiency of my implementation. > > I don't think I'll have it ready in time for January's meeting but if > there is interest February is certainly doable. Sound like fun? Sounds like we have a topic for February. Send me a title for the presentation and I'll put it on the list. G. Wade > Best Regards, > Robert Stone -- The closer you get to the truth, the messier your sentence gets. -- Paul Graham From gwadej at anomaly.org Mon Dec 28 15:55:54 2015 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:55:54 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] January topic Message-ID: <20151228175554.23bdfc48@cygnus> So, the January meeting is a little over two weeks away (Jan 14). Robert has given us a topic for February, but we still don't have one for January. So, does anyone have any suggestions for January's meeting? Do you have a presentation you would like to make? One you would like to see? A discussion topic you would like to get started? All options are on the table. Just email me or the list. G. Wade -- The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time. -- Bruce Schneier From gwadej at anomaly.org Tue Dec 29 22:09:28 2015 From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:09:28 -0600 Subject: [pm-h] Notes for October and December meetings are on-line. Message-ID: <20151230000928.7f5f9c70@cygnus> It's taken a while, but I finally have the notes for the most recent meetings on the website (http://houston.pm.org/). G. Wade -- There's often more than one correct thing. There's often more than one right thing. There's often more than one obvious thing. -- Larry Wall