Assessment rules
To edit an assessment rule it must be selected on the rules list. New
rules can be also added following these instructions.
The next fields can be edited in an assessment rule:
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Importance: This field accepts one of the next values (from
lowest to highest): Very low, low, normal, high and very high.
By default the rule will be given the "normal" value. When an
assessment report is generated manually by the student (using the
appropriate option on the game menu) he or she can select the
importance threshold. In this manner, the student will only get the
feedback that he or she considers relevant.
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Concept: Brief textual description of what the rule aims to
evaluate. This field will be written onto the assessment report using
a bold font.
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Conditions: The set of conditions (over flags and variables)
that must be satisfied to trigger the rule. The game author can modify
the values of those flags and variables by triggering appropriate
effects when the student performs any action that deserves evaluation
and/or feedback. For instance, the game author may decide to activate
a flag when a student fails on the achievement of a game task, and use
that flag to trigger an assessment rule that subtracts some points
from the final score of the student. (for more information see conditions)
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Text: Complete text description of the concept that triggered
the assessment rule. This field will be written onto the assessment
report just behind the concept, but using a normal font size. It will
typically contain detailed information about what the student did
right or wrong, and what should the correct answer be.
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Properties: Each property is a pair of the form <key, value>.
When the rule is satisfied the key will be assigned the value
specified. These properties can be sent to a central Learning
Management System (LMS) such as Moodle or Sakai for processing and
attachment to the student's profile. Therefore the values of these
properties will not be printed on the assessment report that the
student will see. They can be used to define global or partial scores
for the student, or to indicate the LMS what are the learning
outcomes. If the profile is based on SCORM the keys will be the fields
specified by the CMI data model (More info in: Profile
Type).
Timed Assessment Rules
These rules have an associated timer that will start timing when the init
conditions are met. The timer is stopped when the end conditions
are satisfied. The game author can define different effects to be
triggered depending on the elapsed time. Each effect will be assigned a
time range, so if the elapsed time fits within a time range the
corresponding effect will be triggered. The effect is compounded by the text
and the <key, value> list as for normal assessment rules.
If the elapsed time does not fit in any of the time ranges defined, no
action is performed. If the elapsed time fits in two or more different
ranges, the effect defined for the first one will be triggered (note
that time ranges do not need to be disjoint).
In this manner game authors can define evaluations that depend on the
time that the student invests in completing the tasks.
Finally, both the normal and timed assessment rules can be used to
generate a human-readable HTML report (like the one below), devised for
the student, or an XML machine-readable report, designed for the LMS.


Bomb n Build
A few weeks ago, I had a three-day weekend without much planned and hadn’t worked on much outside of work for a while, so I decided to see if I could make a project in a weekend. I had various ideas (e.g. bouldering tracker, morning routine timer), but eventually decided to make a simple multiplayer game (top tip: don’t ever think you can *complete* a multiplayer game in a weekend having never made a multiplayer game before). I immediately remembered one of my old unfinished games that had Bomberman-like gameplay, but with a destructible/upgradeable environment, so ever bomb you dropped killed enemies but also destroyed walls and floors, but separately you could repair floors and build new walls to block enemy progress. I figured the mechanics were pretty straightforward so it shouldn’t be too difficult.
Getting the core game working actually *wasn’t* too difficult. However, once I had implemented I decided I wanted to share it to get some feedback. At this point it occurred to me that my game was hugely exploitable: my client-side code was largely authoritative, so it would be fairly trivial for someone to hack it to enable them to, say, drop a bomb anywhere in the arena at any time, or not register themselves as having been killed by a blast.
I realized I needed to re-implement a large portion of the netcode to make it server-authoritative, which took quite a while because I kept trying to overcomplicate everything. Eventually, I went for a much simpler approach where the client was an almost dumb terminal that just sent keypresses to the server, and the server would calculate what happens next in the game and then update the clients with continuous updates. The drawback of this approach is that there is currently no lag compensation, so depending on the latency from client to server, there could be a noticeable delay between pressing a key and seeing an action.
The graphics are placeholders for now (the tiles are from one of my old games, so I may keep those, but the player characters are from the free kenney.nl packs), and there’s no sound or music, and it’s not too pretty, but it works!


How to install Apple macOS on Windows or Linux in a virtual machine
01 Feb 2019I can only guarantee this working as of the time that this was posted. It's a complete hack, but it works. I also was able to do the same thing on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) with the exact same method.
The biggest downside is that there is no way to get macOS on VMWare (or Virtualbox) to use multiple monitors.
This can be done without having to trust any sketchy, malware-laden torrents. You can use a genuine macOS image from Apple and a genuine VMWare Player.
1. Download genuine MacOS from the App Store on a real Mac
Acquire access to a genuine Mac temporarily.
Go in the App Store, search for "MacOS", and hit download. It will save to "/Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app". The installer will automatically open as if you are updating the computer you're using--just ⌘Q out of it.
Caveat: I tried to do this step in my VM install of macOS, and was only able to get a ~17MB "Install macOS High Sierra.app" from the App Store. It probably was because there was very little space left on the drive, so make sure the Mac you're using has at least 10GB of free storage space. The image from the App Store for High Sierra is close to 6GB.
2. Create a bootable ISO on the Mac
Follow Step 1 of these instructions from HowToGeek. If you're reading this in the future, and using a future version of macOS, be sure to change "/Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app" to the actual path of your new installation. (Don't just blindly copy and paste the terminal commands here.)
You can't do this on Linux or Windows. Making the bootable ISO depends on some proprietary tools from Apple that come with the OS. If you don't have hdiutil
or asr
on the Mac you're using, make sure to install XCode Command Line Tools from the App Store.
If you want to skip steps 1 and 2 here, you can just download the High Sierra image I made. (I would prefer you actually go through the work above, though, rather than trusting binaries from random blogs.)
3. On Windows (or Linux), install VMWare Player
It's free (as in beer) for personal, non-commercial use. The one I used was the current version at the time of writing, VMWare Workstation Player 14.
4. Install the VMWare unlocker hack
It's on Github and open source. Normally VMWare won't run macOS on non-Apple devices, as that violates Apple's EULA. Follow the instructions on there. This also installs the Guest Additions so that you can open macOS at full screen resolutions.
Without this hack, none of this would work.
5. Go through the tedious steps of configuring the VM
You can handle it from there.
If the display resolution refuses to change to your actual high resolution, try:
$ sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled
and restart the VM. The HiDPI setting will be gone.
6. You're in! You're officially in macOS! 🎉🎉🎉🙌
You can do pretty much anything you could do on a genuine Mac…well, except some animations will cause the VM to crash because VMWare has a hard limit on the video memory you can allocate to it. Just disable all the fancy animations and don't play videos in your VM. This isn't a good idea for regular computing usage---Windows or Linux are much smoother. You should only do this for things that absolutely require macOS, like running XCode for example.


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Disney+ to celebrate launch with fun and freebies in New York City
by WABCNEW YORK (WABC) -- As part of the launch celebration on Tuesday, Disney+ is hosting an all-day "Plus Up Your Day" in Midtown Manhattan and across the country with special "plus up" partner offers and treats.
A glass streaming cube will be available near Bryant Park between 42nd and 43rd Streets for people to stream their Disney favorites on enabled tablets.
The fun started at 8:00 a.m.
There will also be a truck with a 12-foot LED screen streaming Disney content and handing out Disney-themed snacks including free coffee, hot cocoa, special Simpsons-style donuts and Disney+ cookies.
Tony Hale, who voices Forky in "Toy Story 4" and the new Disney+ show "Forky Asks A Question," will make an appearance.
Musicians will also fill the air with the most loved music in the Disney+ library from "The Simpsons" to "Star Wars" as they pop up around the city.
Disney is also joining forces with partners for NYC-specific giveaways:
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RESY: Reserve a table via Resy and Disney+ will be picking up the tab for 100 diners (up to $150).
ROW HOUSE: Disney+ takes over the NYC studios to offer a day of free rowing classes.
BIG GAY ICE CREAM: Swing by on the way home (4pm - Close) for a free sweet treat on Disney+.


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on what she's craving, health, and what ingredients she has on hand. She searches for healthy recipes online and checks if she has all
the necessary ingredients. If she doesn't have the correct ingredients than she searches for another recipe. If she unsuccessfully finds
a recipe then she will choose not ot eat or have something instant.
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Adrian is working professional that cooks twice a week, one for meal prepping and another if he runs out of meals to eat. He chooses what to cook based
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Miraya is a full-time college student with a busy schedule. Miraya usually prepares quick and healthy meals with the same ingredients everyday to keep in simple.
When Miraya doesn't have time to cook she usually skips meals or resorts to what snacks she has available.


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River and Flamengo in Lima for Copa Libertadores final
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Defending champion River Plate was “a little nervous” about the Copa Libertadores final on Saturday, according to midfielder Nacho Fernández.
He added, though, his hope that the Argentine team will play with “a cool head and a warm heart” against Brazilian side Flamengo.
Both teams, River first then Flamengo in the evening, were welcomed by hundreds of fans at Lima’s airport.
Flamengo was given a bigger farewell as tens of thousands of supporters followed the team bus to Rio de Janeiro’s international airport. In contrast, Argentine fans gave a timid farewell to River on the streets of Buenos Aires.
Lima’s Monumental Universitário Stadium replaced Santiago’s Estádio Nacional as the venue for the final after street protests erupted in Chile this month.
For the first time in the Copa’s 58-year history, the final is a single match.
River won last year over two controversial legs against archrival Boca Juniors. The first leg was drawn, but the second leg was delayed after violence against the Boca team. The second leg was moved to Madrid, where River won 3-1 to win its fourth crown.
Flamengo won its only previous Copa in 1981.
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brain wrote:Vehicles have no bf3stats.com integrated statistics in BBLog.
ORFK wrote:brain wrote:Vehicles have no bf3stats.com integrated statistics in BBLog.
Ehm sorry but thats not true.
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/de/soldier/Flatsixbadx/vehicles/368037387/pc/
Like you see, by the SU-25 is written Top 1%, by the T-90A is written Top 10%. Only by the A-10 is written nothing and HE is the worlds No. 1 A-10 Pilot.
joja11 wrote:Exactly. So will it be fixed?
xXJumpyXx wrote:he also marked this thread as "TODO"
xXJumpyXx wrote:Well, brain said he'd check it out
ORFK wrote:it was me and i marked it as Todo because:
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so its on his todo list, to check it :-P


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James Martin bakes a traditional English tea bread enriched with lard, sugar, spices and dried fruit.
For the cake, preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Place the sultanas, lard, muscovado sugar, golden syrup and water into a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and cool - ideally overnight.
Grease and line a small loaf tin with lard. Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and spices into a large bowl. Mix the cooled fruit mixture into the dried ingredients along with the eggs, beating well to combine.
Tip the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin and level the top. Place in the oven to bake for 1-1¼ hours until the top is golden-brown and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Cool in the tin for 30 minutes, before turning out and cooling completely on a wire rack.
For the black pepper strawberry jam, place the sugar, lemon zest and juice into a large pan and heat until the sugar has dissolved. Add the strawberries and black pepper, bring to the boil and cook for five minutes.
Turn off the heat and leave the jam to cool, before skimming off any froth. Spoon into sterilised jars (about 2-3 jars, depending on their size).
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Pirates To Have New Leader For Chiefs Clash?
by Soccer LadumaOrlando Pirates will have a different leader on the field against Kaizer Chiefs in this weekend’s Soweto Derby, with indications that a fellow defender and the usual partner of Happy Jele in central defence could get the nod for the role.
Pirates will be without Jele, who has been a key defender and captain of the side, against Amakhosi on Saturday.
Read: Changes Galore For Pirates V Chiefs
For the first time this season, against Stellenbosch FC in Cape Town, the Buccaneers started the game with a new captain in Ntsikelelo Nyauza.
However, the Soweto giants lost the match 1-0, before bouncing back to win 1-0 against Highlands Park in the next match.
Read: Axe Hovering Over PSL Coach’s Head!
Indications are that Nyauza could get the nod to lead Bucs for a second time in what should be a big moment on a big occasion such as the Soweto Derby, after struggling for game-time at the start of the season.
Moreover, Nyauza took over the armband from Jele when he was red-carded against Maritzburg United in Tuesday night’s 0-0 draw.
Nyauza, 29, failed to feature for Pirates in the first three matches of the season in the league, but has been a regular in the starting line-up under coach Rulani Mokwena.
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@author: victor
Bases: object
Tries to get some parameters to do a good exploration using one algorithm.
@param algorithm_type: A valid algorithm type for which to get the parameters.
@return: A tuple consisting on the parameters we are going to use and, if the clusterings were generated to get the clusterings, then those clusterings are also returned for the sake of performance. In this case the algorithm parameters in position ‘i’ correspond to the created cluster in position ‘i’.
Created on 05/02/2013
@author: victor
Bases: pyproct.driver.observer.observable.Observable
Creates an algorithm with type ‘algorithm_type’.
@param algorithm_type: The algorithm type.
@return: An instance of an algorithm of type ‘algorithm_type’.
It builds the clustering_info structures by parsing the parameters.
@param algorithm_type: The algorithm type of the clustering algorithm we are working with.
@param clustering_parameters: The parameters we are going to try with this algorithm.
@param clusterings: In the case that the parameter generation also created the clusterings, this argument will hold them. Clustering parameters and clusterings must be correlated so that ‘clustering_parameters[i]’ where the parameters used to get ‘clustering[i]’.
@return: A list of clustering_info structures.
This function returns a dictionary that links a clustering algorithm type with its class creator. @return: The aforementioned dictionary.
@return: A dictionary ‘clustering_info’ structures indexed by clustering ID. Each of these structures contains one generated clustering as well as the algorithm type and parameters used to get it.
Structures all the info needed for an algorithm+parameters execution and pushes it into the scheduling queue.
@param algorithm_type: The algorithm type of the clustering algorithm we are working with.
@return: The ‘clustering info’ structure as defined by AlgorithmRunParametersGenerator::get_parameters_for_type.
This function launches an execution of one clustering algorithm with its parameters. Used mainly to be scheduled.
@param algorithm: Instance of a clustering algorithm.
@param algorithm_kwargs: The parameters needed by the algorithm above to run.
@param clustering_id: An id used to define the resulting clustering.


2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
A film review by Steve Kong Copyright 1997 Steve Kong
I'm of two minds when it comes to 2001. Today was the first time I've seen this classic film. What do I think? Two things come to mind, first, this film was well beyond its time, technically, and is more a metaphor or poem than a story. Second, this film is overly long and could have been tightened up.
2001 is a brilliant film by all technical means. Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark put together a film about space that was and still is very plausible. Unlike the other space classic, Star Wars, there are no laser blasters, bug-eyed aliens, or gravitational field generators in 2001. All of the technology of 2001 reflects what was current then, and could well possibly be current now. An example would be the gravity on a space station instead of putting a gravitational field generator in (the easy way), the design of the space station is in the form of double wheels that rotate in space, and using the centrifugal force, it is able to create gravity for those onboard the station. It is details like this that make 2001 a brilliant film by technical means, at no point during the film will you not believe that what is being done could possibly be some time in the near future.
The film is a bit overly long and could have been tightened up. Though I can see that the film is more of a metaphor for the future, it is somewhat sloppy to let some scenes run as long as they do. The opening sequence shows this off very well. Though it is an interesting opening to a film, it did not have to be thirty minutes in length to show what it did.
2001 is broken into three very distinct movements. The middle movement is the longest, and sets up for the most memorable and known character, HAL. This is a bit strange because the one character that is most memorable is not human. HAL is the famous machine that all of us know, and many movies have mentioned (take for instance Independence Day). The one real hero of the film would be Dave Bowman, but he is not as memorable as HAL.
The special effects in 2001 are amazing, even when looked at with today's advancements in special effects. And most likely it is these special effects that keep the film interesting. Also interesting is the use of classical music in the film. Like most people I loved the use of the Blue Danube Waltz to set up the docking of the space shuttle and the space station. All other classical music is well picked and well used throughout the film.
2001 is a brilliant film ahead of its time, but it is a bit sloppy when it comes to length and pacing. Because it is to be viewed more as a metaphor or a reflection of how society is this is still no reason for the length and bad pacing. I recommend 2001:Space Odyssey because it is a classic film that set standards for films to follow, that is technically or via special effects. Its realistic rendition of space and space travel are well done. But, many people will be bored with the film. If you have three hours to spare and some patience, see 2001 for its special effects.
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We are a family farm by all definitions. We started our farm in February 2015, in our backyard, with 8 chickens. It didn't take us long to really love having farm animals. Which lead us to adding more chickens and a goat. At that time we decided we needed more space so that we could farm the way we wanted to. In May of 2015 we moved our chickens and goats to a 2 acre green belt on the border of Lehi and Saratoga Springs, Utah. Then we added a horse, cows, pig, and more goats.
The property needed animal enclosures and houses built so we decided we would do it as a family. We started using the farm as an educational experience for our 6 children who are home schooled. The kids learned very quickly how to use their math skills in a very practical way. There is so much character in every little house out there that I fall in love with it more each day. Our children have also started to enjoy sharing what they have learned while building the farm. We started inviting people and school groups out to get hands on with farming. We found that families really enjoy coming out and experiencing farming together and our young guests really love learning from our children.
We are still working on improving our farm every day. Some of our current projects are installing a water well, expanding the goat yard and designing and building an irrigation system for the pasture. These projects would not be possible without the great knowledge Grandpa Burr has about farming. Being able to work on these projects have really drawn our family and our extended family closer together. And it has made our children very hard workers too. We are striving to create an educational experience for our local community, so others may be inspired to try their hands at farming. It is a wholesome activity that can create a life long change in how we view our food. Which will affect our community by creating new farms and more families working towards a self sustaining lifestyle. Farming can be difficult, but it is so worth it.
So we invite all who would like to learn more to come on out to the farm. You can try your hand at farming and see if it is a fit for you. We love making new friends and look forward to having you as a friend.
Our animals are allowed to roam where they please.
We have given them all names and they get the best hugs in Utah!
Raw milk is better for you than processed milk.
Nigerian Dwarf
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Nigerian Dwarf
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F1 Mini Nubian
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F2 Mini Nubian
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F1 Mini LaMancha
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--- layout: post title: "Tech Tutorial: Building a Website for Free (Yeah, Seriously)" date: 2019-11-09 18:04:42 -0700 description: Using Github Pages, jekyll, and some computer knowledge. Build + host a website for free! Seriously. This tutorial is for the complete beginner. I will walk through what to download, and how to get setup. Then I will teach you the basics of hosting a website. Let's get your website up and running today! background: '/assets/Images/brand/bed-website-pink.jpg' thumbnail: '/assets/Images/brand/bed-website-pink.jpg' tags: tutorial website beginner button_name: Learn Now! ---
Seriously... why take the time to create your own website instead of just paying Wix, Blogger, or another website company to create a website???
In a world that is becoming more and more technology focused and driven, being at least aware of how the a website works, even on a very basic level won’t ever hurt. In fact, knowing a few secrets behind website can keep you from getting taken advantage of in the future. Let’s face it, we all need technology in our lives, but we don’t need the extra cost for it.
My favorite thing about the tech industry, is how strong the open source community is. Seriously, there are people willing to help and answer all of your questions. People who fix your code, provide resources, and spend their free time creating technologies for you to use… for free! The only difficult parts, are:
Don’t worry, I will walk you through both, and by the end of this post, you will have a basic understanding of the websites, HTML, and computer systems. We will go through everything slowly, and I will hold your hand the entire way. This post will be very long, but it will be worth it.
Each website has a personality. Eventually, when your blog supports millions of viewers a day, you will probably need a fully customizable website built that matches your brand. You will get there… But before you are on that level, we will cheat a little and start with a template.
A Jekyll template is a website structure that is built for blogs. Like in a house, Jekyll provides the structure of the building, the theme designs the floor plan, and your blog posts will fit in as the furniture.
There are hundreds of Jekyll themes. Each template is built the same, but designed differently. Luckily each template has a great instruction set of how to easily modify the design to customize it to your needs. Feel free to browse different website themes at http://jekyllthemes.org. The template I am going to walk you through is the Clean Blog Theme
Feel free to choose a different one if you would like. The general setup for each will be the same. But if there is ever a difference, and you get confused, shoot me a message on IG @jocee.holladay and we can walkthrough it together.
The next few steps might be very confusing. You honestly don’t need to understand what exactly is going on, we just need to set up your computer so that you can code! Look your basically, already, sort of, a developer!
We need to install a way to edit the code This is called a IDE or editor. A good one for beginners is Visual Studio Code, you can download that here.
You will also need to download Git. I’ll explain Git later. https://git-scm.com/downloads
We need to copy the template code. In order to customize the website to make it yours, and to add blog posts, we need to copy the template, and add your additions. Copying code is simple, you go to the online location, where the code is stored (this location is called a repository) where the template code is stored, and use git (downloaded in step 1) to copy the code onto your computer.
First, let’s get our ducks in a row and create a GitHub account if you don’t have one. GitHub is the secret sauce that will host your website for free. Don’t skip this step. Having a GitHub account makes you like a real techie! So congratulations are in order.
An account can be created here
Once your account is created, you will go to the site where the repository is. Remember, a repository is basically an online location that stores code. Every major project has a repository. Your website will even have it’s own repository too!
This is what it looks like. We will need to clone this repo. This is done by pressing the clone or download button. Leave this open, we will come back here shortly.
Before we can copy/ download the code for this template, we need to create a place that we want to store the code. This can be anywhere on your computer. Put it in Documents, Desktop, anywhere you want. Just find a place you won't forget.
Once you have created a folder for your website to be stored on your computer, we will need to get the path to that location. A path is just a pointer to a certain file location.
You can get the path by just copying the location in the top navigation bar. In my case the path is C:\Users\jocee\Documents\side_projects\blog_posts\freeWebsiteBlog
Copy your path, we will be using it shortly.
Now we will do a few things on the command line. The command prompt (also referred to as the command prompt) is simply a way to control your computer without the pretty and colorful displays that you are used to. Everything you do with a mouse, can be done on the command line.
To get to the command line press the windows key or start button (bottom left) and type “cmd”, select the command prompt. If you are using a Mac, instead of a command prompt, you will use the terminal.
Remember how you copied your path? Well we are going to get to that location through the command prompt. In the command prompt type in “cd” (short for change directory) then your path that you copied from above.
Go back to the Jekyll Repository on Github (image 1) and copy the link (circled in blue).  This will completely copy all the code from the website to your local computer. We are almost finished setting up the framework of your website.
Remember Visual Studio Code, which we downloaded in the beginning? Now it is time to use it. Open Visual Studio Code.
Add the folder containing all the code you just copied. C:\Users\jocee\Documents\side_projects\blog_posts\freeWebsiteBlog\startbootstrap-clean-blog-jekyll Is where my code was stored. Once it has been added to Visual Studio Code, let’s expand the file so we can see all the folders we copied in the left view.
The most confusing part about web development, in my opinion, is the folder structure. There are so many files and folders which have certain names, and do certain things.
For the most part, you can ignore most files and folders. They are just there to do the heavy lifting of creating a website for you, so you can do less work. A few basic things to note are:
Pretty simple right?
Okay, now for the fun part. Let's get your cloned blog up and running!
The README gives you the clues on how to run your site, but the steps should be as follows
The command prompt will print out a bunch of stuff.. but don’t worry about most of it. This may take a moment or so to finish, but eventually you will see something like:
Server address: http://<IP_ADDRESS>:4000/startbootstrap-clean-blog-jekyll/ Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.
Hooray! The website is up and running….. locally. You’re website is available on your computer, but nowhere else. To see it, open up a browser, and type in the server address: http://<IP_ADDRESS>:4000/startbootstrap-clean-blog-jekyll/ You will see a blog with a few example posts! Awesome! Now we just need to customize it to be YOUR blog.
(This will continue running in the background. Every time you make a change to a file in Visual Studio Code and save it, the website will refresh with the new changes! Pretty cool huh?)
The following steps are all specific for the Clean Jekyll Themed Blog, any Jekyll theme you choose will be very similar, but not exactly the same. Consult the README.MD file for your theme to know the exact steps you should be taking. This section will be a useful reference about the basics of how a Jekyll Blog works if you are interested in learning more.
In the _posts folder, is where each of your posts will be added. I still cheat for every new blog post I write, and copy an old file, rename it, and paste in the new blog post.
The header is super important. It is how the magic behind this code, it knows the page structure and details. For a Jekyll template, headers begin and end with “---"
For the Clean blog Jekyll template I used This is how it looks:
Just change Title, date, and background keeping the same format.
Both Title and data are obvious what they are, but the background is less obvious. For this Clean Blog Template, this is the background image that appears at the top of the page.
Let’s break it down: What does '/assets/Images/background_image.jpg' mean?
In computers, everything is well organized. Including the folder structure. Everything between slashes / are folders, and the name at the very end with the file extension is the actual file. In this example, the background image is located inside the Images folder which is inside the assets folder. The file is named background_image.jpg. You can place an image anywhere, just make sure that you copy the path to it. To make this easier, you can use the file explorer to copy the image path (like we did earlier), and type on the name of the picture along with the extension.
HTML is a language for computers. It stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. If you want to learn more about HTML, how it works, why it is this way, etc. then feel free to take an online course in HTML and CSS. I will only be showing you how to use HTML enough to get you a personal website up and running.
In HTML everything goes in tags < > < />
So when you want to write a paragraph, you add an opening paragraph tag, and end it with a closing paragraph tag, like so:

 I am a paragraph.

Here is how my blog post looked different with and without paragraph tags
See how enters/spaces don’t create paragraphs? You need the

 paragraph tags to designate a new paragraph.
Compare the above images, to when I do add paragraph tags
For anything in HTML there is a tag that goes with it, headers, images, forms, you name it. If you need to add something to your website, a good place to start would be to google “HTML tags ….” and just copy and paste the tags there. I will leave you to experiment with different tags you can use for your website. But here are a few starting points:

 through

 are header tags. They will be larger text, h1 is the largest header style, with h2 a bit smaller down to h5 which is the smallest.
I keep all of my images in the assets folder. Some other themes keep them in an images folder. Regardless, they all do the same. Just an organized place to store the images you want in your blog.
Here is what my assets folder looks like. I keep all of my styling and customizations in this folder. I will go into how to add specific styles and looks to your website in another post. For now, we just need an Images folder. This contains all of the background images for the site. The posts folder contains all of the images in posts. You can be more organized than that, but it’s really up to you.
The pattern with these folders, is that they are just organization. I made it up for my needs. You can change the ordering and names, and it’s totally fine! We just need to provide a way for the website to know where to find your images.
Anywhere you want a picture in your post, you need to add an image tag . Simple, like in the good ole days of MySpace. How the html knows what image to display, is with the src attribute inside the opening image tag. This will be the folder file structure for your website.

Go ahead and customize the about.html, and add a few _posts. The Readme.md also contains quite a few customization options like the name and description of your website. I'll be right here when you finish.
Now that you have the perfect website, we need to let it out into the wild.
First, let’s save all the changes. After saving every file you edited (ctrl-s), we will commit the changes. You will run these commands every time you add a new post or change anything. In the command prompt type the following:
git add . git commit -m “Random message that will be saved with your changes”
Perfect! Now, remember the Github account that you created? We will need to go to your account, and create a repository for your website.
Add a repository name and description, then press create repository.
You will get to a place that looks like this:
Now, we need to let our website know, that it has a home online. In the command prompt copy what is in the blue circle for your repository.
This will set the correct location for your website, and push the changes to that location. You will see something like this:
Okay, you are almost done! I know it has been a long tutorial, but we have covered and learnt so much! The last step is to let Github know that you want to use github pages to hose your site for free. Click the settings tab on the top right. Scroll down to the GitHub Pages section, and select the dropdown under source. Select the master branch.
Once your website is deployed, and ready, the green highlighted box will appear with the URL to your website. Now your website will be accessible from anywhere!
Ta-da! You now have a shiny, completely customizable, and free blog. It took a bit of work to get here, but along the way you learned many of the secrets to being a programmer. Congrats!
If you run into any troubles at all along the way, shoot me a DM on Instagram (@jocee.holladay) and I will walk you through the process and answer your questions.
-JoCee


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I keep re-writing this information every few years, so I thought I would post it here for posterity. The premise is that the configuration management of Relational Databases is hard.
(This message also has pointers to more information, but it is limited)
Why is that?
- Databases contain multiple levels of information. i.e.
- The database schema which lays out the tables, attributes, constraints i.e. the creation and modification of database objects
- The core data required to get any applications running and doing nothing. e.g. in a banking system this might be a list of ISO currency codes. Such data can be considered mostly invariant
- More frequently changing application data required for the application to start. E.g. in our banking system it could the currency conversion rates. This is distinct from transaction data accumulated as the system is used.
- transaction data accumulated as the system is used. This is the "production" data, however there also has to be a way to populate test and development systems with test versions of this data
- Possibly the configuration of the actual DBMS software and storage -- however that is usually handled separately.
- The data is stored in opaque formats that cannot be parsed by external tools
- The amount of information may be large
- Databases need to be build and populated with data for a variety of purposes
- A new installation is to be created (at a specific release number) in an empty database environment. Empty in this context means there is no existing data related to this database schema and data in the new system
- An existing system, currently at a previous release, perhaps more than one release ago, needs to be upgraded to later release.
- An environment needs to have it's static data re applied
- A test environment needs to have a specific set of test data applied
Note that this discussion does not discuss the issue of service continuity (disaster recovery) as that is outside the scope of SCM and is an operational issue.
Solutions
There are various tools supplied by vendors e.g. preserving the schema data in a 3rd party tool which generates the appropriate scrips or DBMS tools. As all these tools are closed then all you have done is moved you lack of control from the database to somewhere else i.e the new tool. It is likely that you are unable to fulfil the Identify/Control/Accounting/Auditing requirements of CM.
A second alternative is the manual maintenance of SQL scripts to maintain the database. i.e. to create tables etc (DDL) and load data (DML).
Two sets of the DDL needs to be maintained for each DBMS object -- one to upgrade the definition of the object from the previous version, without deleting data, and a second to create the object from new. The obvious disadvantage with this approach is the skill and time involved. However it is transparent and uses artefacts that can be controlled using conventional CM techniques.
Update June 2007: There is some further material on the Code Projec about how to maintain SQL Scripts for this purpose


Dgame.Graphic.Shape
- class Shape: Dgame.Graphic.Transformable.Transformable, Dgame.Graphic.Drawable.Drawable;
- Shape defines a drawable geometric shape.
Author:
Randy Schuett<EMAIL_ADDRESS>- enum Fill: ubyte;
- Defines how the Shape should be filled.
- Full
- Full / Complete fill
- Point
- Show only the points
- Line
- Show only the lines
- Geometry geometry;
- The geometric type of the shape
See:
Geometric enum
- Fill fill;
- Fill option. Default is Fill.Full
- ubyte lineWidth;
- Option for the line width. Default is 1
- bool antiAliasing;
- Optional anti-alias for lines thicker than 1. Default is false.
Note:
this is redundant if you have already enabled anti-aliasing
- final pure nothrow @nogc this(Geometry geo);
- CTor
- final pure nothrow this(Geometry geo, Vertex[] vertices);
- CTor
- final pure nothrow this(size_t radius, const Vector2f center, size_t vecNum = 30);
- CTor for circles
- final nothrow void clear();
- Clear all Vertices but preserve the storage and capacity
- final pure nothrow void append(ref const Vertex vertex);
- Stores a Vertex
- final pure nothrow void append(const Vector2f vec);
- Stores a Vertex
- final pure nothrow void append(Vertex[] vertices);
- Stores multiple Vertices
- final inout pure nothrow @nogc inout(Vertex[]) getVertices();
- Returns all Vertices
- final pure nothrow @nogc void setColor(const Color4b col);
- Set the color of all Vertices
Note:
If you only want to set specific Vertices to a specific color, you should use getVertices()
and adapt the specific entries.
- final pure nothrow @nogc void setTexture(Texture* texture);
- Set or reset a Texture
- final pure nothrow @nogc void setTexture(Texture* texture, const Rect rect);
- Set (or reset) a Texture and set the corresponding Rect
- final inout pure nothrow @nogc inout(Texture*) getTexture();
- Returns the current texture or null
- final pure nothrow @nogc void setTextureRect(const Rect rect);
- Set the corresponding Texture Rect
- final const pure nothrow @nogc Rect getVertexRect();
- Returns the Rect which contains all vertices
- final const pure nothrow @nogc Rect getClipRect();
- Returns the clip Rect
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Consider a faulty implementation of open door where the door may not be opened even though the preconditions are met.
The CBMC verifies for the postcondtion and suggests the possible states which can lead to failure.


The term 'scope' in Javascript refers to the set of values, variables and functions that you have access to. Each variable has either a global or local scope. If a scope is 'global' it can be used by multiple functions and is always declared outside of the function code. If the scope is 'local', it is declared within the function and is used only by the function.


I'm a Staff Research Scientist at Google Deepmind and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford working on robotics and AI. I'm interested in enabling robots to acquire general-purpose skills in the real world. I also co-teach a class at Stanford on Deep Reinforcement Learning (CS 224R).
If you're a Stanford student and you'd like to work together, please fill out this form, indicate your interest for us to work together and email me afterwards. Thanks!
Our paper on RT-2 is out! See the coverage in the New York Times article and podcast
Our paper on PaLM-E is out!
I gave a talk at Berkeley ML for Robotics with Large Datasets describing some of our recent work. You can watch it on YouTube here
Our new paper on SayCan is out! We did an interview on this work on Yannic's youtube channel (and the paper explanation here). You can also see a short description of it on Two Minutes Papers channel and in my twitter thread. This work also won the best paper award at the RSS Workshop on Scaling Robot Learning!
It was an honor to give an invited talk at the Deep RL NeurIPS 2021 workshop. I'm also happy to announce that I'll be co-organizing the 2022 edition of the workshop!
I gave a talk at the MIT CSL seminar describing some of our recent work:
I'm very excited to join Stanford as an Adjunct Professor! I'll continue working at Google Brain while teaching and advising at Stanford.
In my research on deep robotic learning, I focus on how we can apply modern deep learning techniques to various robotic applications.
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Scaling Robot Learning with Semantically Imagined Experience Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2023 T. Yu, T. Xiao, A. Stone, J. Tompson, A. Brohan, S. Wang, J. Singh, C. Tan, Dee M, J. Peralta, B. Ichter, K. Hausman, F. Xia |
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Robotic Skill Acquisition via Instruction Augmentation with Vision-Language Models
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for Real-World Control at Scale Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2023 A. Brohan, N. Brown, J. Carbajal, Y. Chebotar, J. Dabis, C. Finn, K. Gopalakrishnan, K. Hausman, A. Herzog, J. Hsu, J. Ibarz, B. Ichter, A. Irpan, T. Jackson, S. Jesmonth, N. Joshi, R. Julian, D. Kalashnikov, Y. Kuang, I. Leal, K. Lee, S. Levine, Y. Lu, U. Malla, D. Manjunath, I. Mordatch, O. Nachum, C. Parada, J. Peralta, E. Perez, K. Pertsch, J. Quiambao, K. Rao, M. Ryoo, G. Salazar, P. Sanketi, K. Sayed, J. Singh, S. Sontakke, A. Stone, C. Tan, H. Tran, V. Vanhoucke, S. Vega, Q. Vuong, F. Xia, T. Xiao, P. Xu, S. Xu, T. Yu, B. Zitkovich |
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Code as Policies: Language Model Programs for Embodied Control International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023 Best Learning Paper J. Liang, W. Huang, F. Xia, P. Xu, K. Hausman, B. Ichter, P. Florence, A. Zeng |
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Inner Monologue: Embodied Reasoning through Planning with Language Models Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2022 W. Huang*, F. Xia*, T. Xiao*, H. Chan, J. Liang, P. Florence, A. Zeng, J. Tompson, I. Mordatch, Y. Chebotar, P. Sermanet, N. Brown, T. Jackson, L. Luu, S. Levine, K. Hausman, B. Ichter |
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Jump-Start Reinforcement Learning International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2023 I. Uchendu, T. Xiao, Y. Lu, B. Zhu, M. Yan, J. Simon, M. Bennice, C. Fu, C. Ma, J. Jiao, S. Levine, K. Hausman |
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Demonstration-Bootstrapped Autonomous Practicing via Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023 A. Gupta, C. Lynch, B. Kinman, G. Peake, S. Levine, K. Hausman |
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How to Leverage Unlabeled Data in Offline Reinforcement Learning International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2022 T. Yu*, A. Kumar*, Y. Chebotar, K. Hausman, C. Finn, S. Levine |
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Autonomous Reinforcement Learning: Formalism and Benchmarking International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2022 A. Sharma*, K. Xu*, N. Sardana, A. Gupta, K. Hausman, S. Levine, C. Finn |
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Conservative Data Sharing for Multi-Task Offline Reinforcement Learning Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2021 T. Yu*, A. Kumar*, Y. Chebotar, K. Hausman, S. Levine, C. Finn |
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Persistent Reinforcement Learning via Subgoal Curricula Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2021 A. Sharma, A. Gupta, S. Levine, K. Hausman, C. Finn |
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MT-Opt: Continuous Multi-Task Robotic Reinforcement Learning at Scale Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2021 D. Kalashnikov*, J. Varley*, Y. Chebotar, B. Swanson, R. Jonschkowski, C. Finn, S. Levine, K. Hausman* |
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AW-Opt: Learning Robotic Skills with
Imitation and Reinforcement Learning at Scale Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2021 Yao Lu, Karol Hausman, Yevgen Chebotar, Mengyuan Yan, Eric Jang, Alexander Herzog, Ted Xiao, Alex Irpan, Mohi Khansari, Dmitry Kalashnikov, Sergey Levine |
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Actionable Models: Unsupervised Offline Reinforcement Learning of Robotic Skills International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2021 Y.Chebotar, K. Hausman, Y. Lu, T. Xiao, D. Kalashnikov, J. Varley, A. Irpan, B. Eysenbach, R. Julian, C. Finn, S. Levine |
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A Geometric Perspective on Self-Supervised Policy Adaptation International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020 C. Bodnar, K. Hausman, G. Dulac-Arnold, R. Jonschkowski |
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Never Stop Learning: The Effectiveness of Fine-Tuning in Robotic Reinforcement Learning Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2020 R. Julian, B. Swanson, G. Sukhatme, S. Levine, C. Finn, K. Hausman |
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Modeling Long-horizon Tasks as Sequential Interaction Landscapes Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2020 S. Pirk, K. Hausman, A. Toshev, M. Khansari |
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Gradient Surgery for Multi-Task Learning Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2020 T. Yu, S. Kumar, A. Gupta, S. Levine, K. Hausman, C. Finn |
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Quantile QT-Opt for Risk-Aware
Vision-Based Robotic Grasping Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2020 Best Systems Paper Finalist C. Bodnar, A. Li, K. Hausman, P. Pastor, M. Kalakrishnan |
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Emergent Real-World Robotic Skills via Unsupervised Off-Policy Reinforcement Learning Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2020 A. Sharma, M. Ahn, S. Levine, V. Kumar, K. Hausman*, S. Gu* |
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Thinking While Moving: Deep Reinforcement Learning with Concurrent Control International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2020 T. Xiao, E. Jang, D. Kalashnikov, S. Levine, J. Ibarz, K. Hausman*, A. Herzog* |
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Dynamics-Aware Unsupervised Discovery of Skills International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2020 oral presentation A. Sharma, S. Gu, S. Levine, V. Kumar, K. Hausman |
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Learning to Interactively
Learn and Assist AAAI 2020, oral presentation M. Woodward, C. Finn, K. Hausman |
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Relay Policy Learning: Solving Long-Horizon Tasks via Imitation and Reinforcement Learning Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2019 A. Gupta, V. Kumar, C. Lynch, S. Levine, K. Hausman |
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Meta-World: A Benchmark and Evaluation for Multi-Task and Meta Reinforcement Learning
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2019 T. Yu, D. Quillen, Z. He, R. Julian, K. Hausman, C. Finn, S. Levine |
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Scaling Simulation-to-real Transfer by Learning Composable Robot Skills. International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2018 International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2019 R. Julian*, E. Heiden*, Z. He, H. Zhang, S. Schaal, J. Lim, G. Sukhatme, K. Hausman |
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Learning an Embedding Space for Transferable Robot Skills International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2018 K. Hausman, J.T. Springenberg, Z. Wang, N. Heess, M. Riedmiller |
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Multi-Modal Imitation Learning from Unstructured Demonstrations using GANs Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2017 K. Hausman*, Y. Chebotar*, S. Schaal, G. Sukhatme, J. Lim |
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Combining Model-Based and Model-Free Updates for Trajectory-Centric Reinforcement Learning International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2017 Y. Chebotar*, K. Hausman*, M. Zhang*, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal, S. Levine |
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Generalizing Regrasping with Supervised Policy Learning International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2016 Y. Chebotar*, K. Hausman*, O. Kroemer, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal |
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Self-Supervised Regrasping using Spatio-Temporal Tactile Features and Reinforcement Learning International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016 Y. Chebotar, K. Hausman, Z. Su, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal |
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Workshop PublicationsTraining an Interactive HelperNIPS Workshop on Emergent Communication and NIPS Workshop Learning by Instruction, 2018 M. Woodward, C. Finn, K. Hausman pdf Learning a System-ID Embedding Space for Domain Specialization with Deep Reinforcement Learning NIPS Workshop on Reinforcement Learning under Partial Observability, 2018 J. Preiss, K. Hausman, G. Sukhatme pdf Simulator Predictive Control: Using Learned Task Representations and MPC for Zero-Shot Generalization and Sequencing NIPS Deep Reinforcement Learning Workshop, 2018 Z. He, R. Julian, E. Heiden, H. Zhang, S. Schaal, J. Lim, G. Sukhatme, K. Hausman pdf Learning Skill Embeddings for Transferable Robot Skills NIPS Deep Reinforcement Learning Symposium, 2017 K. Hausman, J.T. Springenberg, Z. Wang, N. Heess, M. Riedmiller pdf Learning Robot Skill Embeddings NIPS Workshop on Acting and Interacting in the Real World: Challenges in Robot Learning, 2017 K. Hausman, J.T. Springenberg, Z. Wang, N. Heess, M. Riedmiller pdf IntentionGAN: Multi-Task Imitation Learning from Unstructured Demonstrations Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), 2017 K. Hausman*, Y. Chebotar*, S. Schaal, G. Sukhatme, J. Lim bibtex pdf IntentionGAN: Multi-Modal Imitation Learning from Unstructured Demonstrations RSS Workshop on Learning from Demonstration in High-Dimensional Feature Spaces, 2017 K. Hausman*, Y. Chebotar*, S. Schaal, G. Sukhatme, J. Lim bibtex pdf Combining Model-Based and Model-Free Updates for Deep Reinforcement Learning RSS Workshop on New Frontiers for Deep Learning in Robotics, 2017 Best Paper Award Y. Chebotar*, K. Hausman*, M. Zhang*, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal, S. Levine bibtex pdf Regrasping using Tactile Perception and Supervised Policy Learning AAAI Symposium on Interactive Multi-Sensory Object Perception for Embodied Agents, 2017 Y. Chebotar, K. Hausman, Z. Su, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal bibtex pdf Supervised Policy Fusion with Application to Regrasping IROS Workshop on Closed-loop Grasping and Manipulation: Challenges and Progress, 2016 Y. Chebotar*, K. Hausman*, O. Kroemer, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal bibtex pdf |
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In interactive perception (IP) any kind of forceful interactions with the environment are used to simplify and enhance perception, in turn enabling robust perceptually-guided manipulation. IP has two main benefits: i) physical interaction creates a novel sensory signal that would otherwise not be present, and ii) by exploiting knowledge of the regularity in the combined space of sensory data and action parameters, the prediction and interpretation of this novel signal becomes simpler and more robust. For more details, see our survey paper.
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Interactive Perception: Leveraging Action in Perception and Perception in Action
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2016 J. Bohg*, K. Hausman*, B. Sankaran*, O. Brock, D. Kragic, S. Schaal, G. Sukhatme |
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Active Articulation Model Estimation through Interactive Perception International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 K. Hausman, S. Niekum, S. Osentoski , G. Sukhatme |
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Force Estimation and Slip Detection for Grip Control using a Biomimetic Tactile Sensor International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids), 2015 Z. Su, K. Hausman, Y. Chebotar, A. Molchanov, G. Loeb, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal |
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Interactive Segmentation of Textured and Textureless Objects
Chapter in Handling Uncertainty and Networked Structure in Robot Control, L. Busoniu and L. Tamas (eds.), Springer, 2015 K. Hausman, D. Pangercic, Z. Marton, F. Belent-Benczedi, C. Bersch, M. Gupta, G. Sukhatme, M. Beetz |
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Tracking-based Interactive Segmentation of Textureless Objects
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013 Best Service Robotics Paper Finalist K. Hausman, F. Balint-Benczedi, D. Pangercic, Z. Marton, R. Ueda, K. Okada, M. Beetz |
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Workshop PublicationsBiGS: BioTac Grasp Stability DatasetICRA Workshop on Grasping and Manipulation Datasets, 2016 Y. Chebotar, K. Hausman, Z. Su, A. Molchanov, O. Kroemer, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal website bibtex pdf Slip Classification Using Tangential and Torsional Skin Distortions on a Biomimetic Tactile Sensor BMVA Workshop on Visual, Tactile and Force Sensing for Robot Manipulation, 2015 Z. Su, K. Hausman, Y. Chebotar, A. Molchanov, G. Loeb, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal bibtex pdf Slip Detection and Classification for Grip Control using Multiple Sensory Modalities on a Biomimetic Tactile Sensor IROS Workshop on Multimodal Sensor-Based Robot Control for HRI and Soft Manipulation, 2015 Z. Su, K. Hausman, Y. Chebotar, A. Molchanov, G. Loeb, G. Sukhatme, S. Schaal bibtex pdf Towards Interactive Object Recognition IROS 3rd Workshop on Robots in Clutter: Perception and Interaction in Clutter, 2014 K. Hausman, C. Corcos, J. Mueller, F. Sha, G. Sukhatme bibtex pdf Segmentation of Cluttered Scenes through Interactive Perception ICRA Workshop on Semantic Perception and Mapping for Knowledge-enabled Service Robotics, 2012 K. Hausman, C. Bersch, D. Pangercic, S. Osentoski, Z. Marton, M. Beetz bibtex pdf Segmentation of Textured and Textureless Objects through Interactive Perception RSS Workshop on Robots in Clutter: Manipulation, Perception and Navigation in Human Environments, 2012 C. Bersch, D. Pangercic, S. Osentoski, K. Hausman, Z. Marton, R. Ueda, K. Okada, M. Beetz bibtex pdf |
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Active perception pioneered the insight that perception is active and exploratory. In my research, I try to show that, state estimation (perception) can be significantly improved when considered jointly with control (action). I demonstrate these research insights on various flying vehicles such as quadrotors.
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Simultaneous Self-Calibration and Navigation using Trajectory Optimization International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2018 J. Preiss, K. Hausman, G. Sukhatme, S. Weiss |
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Confidence-rich Grid Mapping International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR), 2017 International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2019 A. Agha-mohammadi, E. Heiden, K. Hausman, G. Sukhatme |
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Trajectory Optimization for Self-Calibration and Navigation
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2017 J. Preiss, K. Hausman, G. Sukhatme, S. Weiss |
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Planning High-speed Safe Trajectories in Confidence-rich Map International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017 E. Heiden, K. Hausman, G. Sukhatme, A. Agha-mohammadi |
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Observability-Aware Trajectory Optimization for Self-Calibration with Application to UAVs Robotics and Automation Letter (RA-L), 2017 K. Hausman, J. Preiss, G. Sukhatme, S. Weiss |
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Occlusion-Aware Multi-Robot 3D Tracking
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016 K. Hausman, G. Kahn, S. Patil, J. Mueller, K. Goldberg, P. Abbeel, G. Sukhatme |
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Cooperative Multi-Robot Control for Target Tracking with Onboard Sensing
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2015 K. Hausman, J. Mueller, A. Hariharan, N. Ayanian, G. Sukhatme |
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Self-Calibrating Multi-Sensor Fusion with Probabilistic Measurement Validation for Seamless Sensor Switching on a UAV
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2016 K. Hausman, S. Weiss, R. Brockers, L. Matthies, G. Sukhatme |
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Cooperative Control for Target Tracking with Onboard Sensing
International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), 2014 K. Hausman, J. Mueller, A. Hariharan, N.Ayanian, G. Sukhatme |
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Workshop PublicationsConfidence-aware Occupancy GridsIROS Workshop on Vision-based Agile Autonomous Navigation of UAVs, 2017 A. Agha-mohammadi, E. Heiden, K. Hausman, G. Sukhatme bibtex pdf High-speed Safe Trajectory Planning in Confidence-rich Maps IROS Workshop on Vision-based Agile Autonomous Navigation of UAVs, 2017 E. Heiden, K. Hausman, G. Sukhatme, A. Agha-mohammadi bibtex pdf Observability-Aware Trajectory Optimization for Self-Calibration with Application to UAVs RSS Workshop on Robot-Environment Interaction for Perception and Manipulation, 2016 K. Hausman, J. Preiss, G. Sukhatme, S. Weiss bibtex pdf Optimization-based Cooperative Multi-Robot Target Tracking with Reasoning about Occlusions IROS Workshop on On-line Decision-Making in Multi-Robot Coordination, 2015 K. Hausman, G. Kahn, S. Patil, J. Mueller, K. Goldberg, P. Abbeel, G. Sukhatme bibtex pdf Cooperative Multi-Robot Control for Target Tracking with Efficient Switching of Onboard Sensing Topologies IROS Workshop on Taxonomies of Interconnected Systems: Topology in Distributed Robotics, 2014 K. Hausman, J. Mueller, A. Hariharan, N. Ayanian, G. Sukhatme bibtex pdf |
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Introduction to Multiwii code: |
Coding is one of the most essential parts of our project. As mentioned before, at first we worked on NodeMCU, but due to lack of a proper code we quit it and moved to Multiwii open source platform. Multiwii code is, according to our experience, a little more arduous to understand than ESP open source code available on github. When we were working on ESP code, we found that it can not simply be downloaded and installed in any arduino based module, rather it shows a number of errors during compilation. So, first we needed to solve all the conundrums in the code to make it work, and obviously, it is not that easy. It requires a well understanding of code and skills to fix the errors. We tried multiple times to make it work, like we added several libraries, made some changes in code according to our understanding, but nothing worked. Finally we moved toward Multiwii code and found this open source platform remarkably perfect for our project. When we first downloaded the Multiwii code and tried to compile it in Arduino, it worked well. We then loaded the code successfully to Arduino Nano just by making a few changes in the codes — just uncommented a few lines in the code according to our requirements. This was, probably, a big leap in our project towards success. Multiwii code contains several files for different functions. We do not need to make any change in other files except ‘config.h’. This is a unique part where we choose quadcopter configuration, types of sensors and also the flight controller we are using_in our case we used ATmega328p microcontroller base flight controller that we have designed. Here is mentioned step by step explanation about ‘config.h’ code: |
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The following lines apply only for specific receiver with only one PPM sum signal, on digital PIN 2. We need to select the right line depending on the radio brand we are using. As we were using the transmitter and receiver of FLY-SKY, so we chose the sencond option which matches the order of our receiver. |
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The Ferguson Report: It’s a case of cows and effect
by Tim FergusonRELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION ACT JUST AN ACT
The government’s Religious Discrimination bill is almost ready for public burning.
A government spokesman stacking a woodpile said, “It will please both sides – everybody and nobody. We have to balance discriminators with discriminating against discriminators, and discriminating against anti-discriminators. The bill is not just fiction, it’s crucifixion.”
When asked just how the Act would be worded, the PM said, “The Devil is in the detail. And also between the lines. And read all over.”
He said the new Act will protect cross-bearers and cross-dressers, but not crossbenchers.
A hypothetical cake-maker refused to make a hypothetical cake for anyone based in fact.
“I’m sick of being thrown about in every debate, just because I’m notionally within the bounds of conjecture.”
A government minister said, “Blessed are the discriminators! Let he who is without sin cast the first subpoena.”
Should the Act be blocked, the faithful warn there will be smiting in the streets.
I KRAINE, WHO KRAINE, WE ALL KRAINE FOR UKRAINE
The futile impeachment of US President Donald Trump has been given a warm lettuce boost by the unsurprising revelation of Trump’s dodgy dealings with a country American voters have never heard of.
A Whitehouse spokeswoman denied everything, including her denial.
“Every witness who speaks at the Ukraine hearings is a fibber, especially the people hired by the President. He has a good eye for talent.”
The president’s legal beagle offered his two quid pro quo’s worth – “It’s not a little white lie. It’s a little Whitehouse lie, which is much bigger but more deniable. Did I say that? No, I didn’t. Am I here? No, I’m not. See?”
COWS ENDANGERED SPECIES DUE TO ANIMAL OVER-ACTIVISM
Animal activists, climate scientists and vegan hipster seed-suckers have demanded the extinction of all cows to save the planet from methane emissions. They insist the emissions are dealt by the cows.
A spokescow from Extinction Re-Bullion glued herself to a traffic island and sang, “We shall not be moo-o-oved.”
A dreadlocked greenie eating a cabbage curry shifted in his seat at regular intervals. “It’s us or the cows. Believe me, I’m not blowing steam.”
Scientists confirmed he was definitely not blowing steam.
In other news…


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We got lucky with a beautiful day to climb Mt Shasta over Memorial Day weekend 2018. Check out the video below.
0:00 - We had wanted to head out on Friday after work for a possible Sunday summit attempt, but some bad weather was forecasted that night on the mountain with the strong winds potentially lingering around for a day or two. So instead we changed plans and delayed everything by a day: leave Saturday morning, hang out in Shasta during the day, begin climbing on Sunday to acclimatize, then do the summit early Monday morning.
0:15 - As we approached the mountain via the access road Saturday evening we could see massive wind gusts whipping the fresh snow off the mountain. Good choice to delay the trip by a day...
0:36 - [2,118 m] Pulling into Bunny Flat Trailhead, it became clear pretty quickly that there were going to be quite a few people around on account of the holiday weekend. If you're looking for a bit of solitude definitely don't come during Memorial Day, but in the end it didn't detract from the experience for me. While there were (roughly guessing) 200 cars at Bunny Flat, we were still able to camp right next to the car and the crowds thinned out somewhat after starting the hike the next day.
0:51 - We took our time Sunday, leaving Bunny Flat in the late morning with all our gear with the goal of making camp at Lake Helen that night. Staying at Lake Helen was a good option to acclimatize to the altitude for the summit the following day, especially since none of us had spent any time at altitude since ski season. The winds were still extremely strong that morning, and we passed a ton of people who were descending back down to Bunny Flat. Unfortunately it seemed as though no one was able to summit due to the winds. In fact a few tents that had been pitched at Lake Helen blew off the mountain. Again, good choice to delay the trip by a day...
1:55 - [3,169 m] We arrived to a mostly empty camp at Lake Helen on Sunday afternoon, but a few groups who had braved the winds that morning were sticking around to attempt a summit Monday morning. By the end of the evening there were probably a good 20-30 tents at camp. Make sure to bring a lot of gas to melt/purify snow and stay hydrated if you are camping at Lake Helen, we had some people come around asking for gas/water since they hadn't brought enough and luckily we had extra to share.
The action cam quality is poor in the dark so I have no video here, but we woke up to check conditions for summiting at around 2 am. The winds had been quite strong all night and still were, so no one was very enthusiastic to leave camp. We decided to go back to sleep for an hour and check again at 3 am. At 3:30 the winds were still fairly strong but we could see multiple groups of headlamps along the start of Avalanch Gulch so we geared up and headed out at a fairly quick pace, trying to get towards the front of the pack to see if we could get a bit of the mountain to ourselves.
2:36 - We reached the Red Banks during sunrise which led to an amzaing view. The view of the shadow of the mountain extending above the horizon was definitely one of the highlights of the trip. If you're going to do Shasta, leaving early enough to catch this sunrise view and beat the crowds is a must.
3:24 - Three guys from Oregon passed us with about 1/3 of the climb remaining, just towards the top of Misery Hill. They said they had just done Rainier and Hood a few days before so clearly they were well acclimatized and in impressive shape. They were summiting from Bunny Flats in 1 day and had left around 1 am, which sounds like a cool challenge and something I'd like to go back and try next year.
3:45 - We hit the summit plateau, which means only a small climb left to the summit. Here there are some great views of the crater on top of Shastina and the glaciers that line the northern gully between Shasta and Shastina.
4:06 - [4,321 m] It was awesome to be the second group up there with almost no one around. The 360 panorama view is pretty amazing, providing views of Lassen Peak, Trinity Alps, and some of peaks around Crater Lake (Mount McLoughlin I think?).
4:42 - Started the descent. It's hard to say exactly how many people we passed on the way down, but I would confidently say more than 100. So moral of the story is, especially if you're going to do Shasta during a popular time, head out early if you want to avoid the crowds anywhere above Lake Helen and at the summit.
5:00 - While we descended Avalanche Gulch too early to glissade, by the time we had packed up camp at Lake Helen and eaten lunch the snow was soft enough to glissade down from Lake Helen. Nothing beats knocking down 700 m of elevation drop sliding on your butt.


Food
ABC Brickworks Food Centre is one of the first hawker centres to be built in Singapore during the 1970s.
Adam Road Hawker Centre first opened in 1974 and was originally located opposite the current location. Some say Singapore's best Nasi Lemak is found within its walls
Learn MoreOne of the more under-rated food centres with a rich history and multiple 24 hour stalls for your late supper craves!
Chomp Chomp Food Centre at Serangoon Garden is popular as a supper place, good especially when you have occasional late-night cravings for Hokkien Mee, Satay and Chicken Wings.
Learn MoreThere is quite an impressive variety and selection of dishes here that will satisfy every hawker lover’s cravings.
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The Kranji War Memorial honours the men and women from the Commonwealth who died in the line of duty during World War II. It has a mass grave of 69 Chinese soldiers and over 4,400 white gravestones make it look hauntingly serene.
Learn MoreThe National Museum of Singapore is a museum in Singapore dedicated to the history of Singapore. It is the oldest museum in Singapore, with its history dating back to 1849.
The Battle Box is a famous historical place in Singapore with a very interesting history. Its purpose, originally, was to serve as a bomb-proof bunker of Britain’s Headquarters Malaya Command. It has since been convered into a museum.
Learn MoreTake your selfies with this popular Sir Stamford Raffles' statue, located at the historic Raffles Landing Site where Raffles was believed to first set foot on the island in 1819.
Learn MoreLau Pa Sat started life as a small fish market in 1824; the iron structure we know today was erected in 1894. Today, it’s among Southeast Asia’s oldest Victorian structures.
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The Gardens by the Bay top the list of every traveller making their way to the island city of Singapore. With a stunning view of the waterfront, the vicinity ranges across hectares offering gardens, flower shows, unique flora, and a scenic light show.
At 36 metres above ground, the Henderson Waves bridge is the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. Unveiled in 2008, its fantastical shape has lent an unexpected jolt of design savvy to the lush green belt in the south of Singapore.
Learn MoreThe Marina Barrage is a dam in Singapore built at the confluence of five rivers, across the Marina Channel between Marina East and Marina South.
Not exactly a "nature" form of scenery but you can travel to Marina Bay to bask in the glory of Singapore's magnificient Skyline. This "Concrete Jungle" is best viewed at night!
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Skyline Luge Sentosa is a gravity-fuelled thrill ride, enjoyed by millions of people of all ages and abilities. Hop in the driver seat of our unique 3-wheeled Luge carts and let gravity do the rest.
Universal Studios Singapore is Southeast Asia's first and only Universal Studios theme park, featuring 24 rides, shows and attractions in seven themed zones.
The S.E.A Aquarium is home to more than 100,000 marine animals of over 1,000 species, across 45 different habitats, each one as fascinating as the next. It's a marine life experience you won’t forget.
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Once an enclave for Singapore’s Chinese immigrant population, the Chinatown of today is much-beloved for its blend of old and new, with historic temples and traditional medicinal halls sitting alongside bold new bars and trendy lifestyle shops.
Little India is a buzzing historic area that shows off the best of Singapore’s Indian community, from vibrant culture to incredible shopping.
Centred on busy Arab Street, Kampong Glam is known as Singapore’s Muslim Quarter. Its 19th-century shophouses have been turned into stores selling textiles and casual restaurants serving spicy Malay and global fare.
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National Day of Singapore is celebrated every year on August 9, in commemoration of Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965. This holiday features a National Day Parade
Chinese New Year, Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.
Learn MoreDeepavali (also known as “Diwali” or the “Festival of Lights”) is a celebration that marks the triumph of good over evil.
Marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is the festival of Eid, known in Singapore as Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Hari Raya Puasa. Ramadan is a period of sober repentance for Muslims, during which adherents of the faith worship, engage in acts of compassion and fast from dawn to dusk for approximately 30 days.
Learn MoreVesak is one of the most important Buddhist festivals. It is also known as Wesak or Buddha Day. It is a celebration of Buddha's birthday. Festivities for Vesak Day begin at the crack of dawn in Singapore, as devout Buddhists congregate at temples for a ceremony.


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Use the Type Tool (T) to add a block of text underneath the horizontal line. Use the font Helvetica with the color white and the size 13pt. Go to the Character panel (Window > Character) and set the leading (the distance between lines of type) to 24 pt to make the text more readable.Go to the Character panel (Window > Character) and set the leading (the distance between lines of type) to 24 pt to make the text more readable.
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WITNESS LIST Human Services Committee February 12, 2002-1:00P General On: Chapmond, Thomas (Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services) Interim Charge Five On: Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Hine, Jim (Texas Department of Human Services) Interim Charge Four On: Hale, Karen (Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation) Zane, David (Texas Department of Health) Interim Charge One On: Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Sabo, Jason (Center for Public Policy Priorities) Interim Charge Six On: Gilbert, Don (Texas Health and Human Services Commission) Kafka, Bob (ADAPT) Interim Charge Three On: Apfel, Kenneth (Self) Arrell, Max (Texas Rehabilitation Commission) Ward, Dave (Texas Rehabilitation Commission) Interim Charge Two On: Garcia, Melissa (Foundation Communities) Macias, Luis (Texas Workforce Commission)


The goal of this project is to develop a simulation actor and connect to a database to connect a building energy management system to building simulation software and benchmark the performances and a restful API and connect to a database to connect a building energy management system to building simulation software and benchmark the performances.
Building simulation software allows expert users to accurately evaluate the energy performances of buildings. Coupling the building simulation environment with an advanced control system requires additional and specialised knowledge of both control development and building simulation software modelling. There is a gap between developers who build software controls for buildings (like home automation control systems) and building simulation software experts. The possibility to validate and benchmark sophisticated control algorithms on detailed building software models with a reduced modelling experience and knowledge could benefit building users, energy system designers and software engineers.
The objective is to develop a smart building test environment that will allow to compare and benchmark different control algorithms and store the results in a database a display comparison benchmark graphs.


Next: Expanding Loop Forms, Previous: Loop Keywords, Up: Overview of the Loop Facility
The syntactic parts of an extended loop form are called clauses; the rules for parsing are determined by that clause’s keyword. The following example shows a loop form with six clauses:
(loop for i from 1 to (compute-top-value) ; first clause while (not (unacceptable i)) ; second clause collect (square i) ; third clause do (format t "Working on ~D now" i) ; fourth clause when (evenp i) ; fifth clause do (format t "~D is a non-odd number" i) finally (format t "About to exit!")) ; sixth clause
Each loop keyword introduces either a compound loop clause or a simple loop clause that can consist of a loop keyword followed by a single form. The number of forms in a clause is determined by the loop keyword that begins the clause and by the auxiliary keywords in the clause. The keywords do,
doing,
initially, and finally are the only loop keywords that can take any number of forms and group them as an implicit progn.
Loop clauses can contain auxiliary keywords, which are sometimes called prepositions. For example, the first clause in the code above includes the prepositions from and to, which mark the value from which stepping begins and the value at which stepping ends.
For detailed information about loop syntax, see the macro loop.


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