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Bug tracking myself

Chris — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:21:58 +0000

teh_skorgii Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Nucleo win
Nucleo: you know, I will consider natural language parsers to be fully functional, when they can parse that — without having special code written for the case.
teh_skorgii: pfft wake me when they can get James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher
teh_skorgii NL is so fucked
teh_skorgii because human language is inherently ambiguous
chrismear *I* couldn’t parse that without having special code for the case.
sysinfo That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is?
• chrismear is not a natural language parser.
Nucleo haha
teh_skorgii natural language cannot be parsed unambiguously most of the time
Nucleo chrismear, I am filing a bug report against you.
Nucleo chrismear: who do I email? ;)

And so now I have a bug tracker for myself. Feel free to add problems that you have with me, or propose fixes. It’s called personal development!

Calibration

Chris — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:06:17 +0000

I need to buy one of those 25 ml spirit measure things, now that I’m calorie-counting everything that goes into my face.

Last night I found myself calibrating a measuring jug below 100 ml using an adjustable steady stream of water and a clock with a second hand.

37signals pimp cup

Chris — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:01:29 +0000

Ha, 37signals got the pimp cup I sent them.

The Idea Exchange Rate

Chris — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:29:42 +0000

Inspired by this talk about ideas, I have created the Idea Exchange Rate.

As the site explains, since British ideas are “ten-a-penny”, and US ideas are “a-dime-a-dozen”, we can calculate an accurate exchange rate between British ideas and US ideas. I anticipate this becoming a very important metric for pan-Atlantic intellectual property negotiations.

Another brilliant idea

Chris — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:05:01 +0000

An idea I suggested in a Slashdot comment over a year ago goes on to win a Time Magazine Best Inventions 2006 award. Typical.

Yes, yes, I know, ideas are ten a penny, and the value’s in the execution not the concept. Still, I like to keep track of these little non-victories.

IM Poems

David — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:35:17 +0000

And I suppose if I don’t use this stuff, it’ll just go to waste.
Eh, what could you do.
You had a lot of stuff,
I didn’t realise.
Chopsticks and all.

Into the distance

David — Fri, 05 May 2006 14:52:40 +0000

Wow. Just got back from my trial flight lesson. I’ve been lucky enough to go on a lot of commercial flights, but it doesn’t even compare to actually being at the controls of a tiny two-seater plane. Sitting in one of those giant jet liners, you can pretty much forget that you’re flying.

I was surprised by how much you’re allowed to do even if you’ve never flown before. Obviously, in a thirty minute lesson, we could only cover the very basics. But I got to bank and turn a bit, and practice changing the plane’s level. Even having that small amount of control made me feel like the goddamn Batman.

It was an amazing experience, and I’d recommend it to anyone.

Learning to fly

David — Thu, 04 May 2006 22:20:13 +0000

I’ll be taking to the skies tomorrow for a 30 minute trial lesson, in a Cessna 152. Apparently a redesign of the 150, which suffered from occasional ingestion by Frenchmen. Maybe they figured out that roast beef isn’t such a great construction material.

I’ll report back tomorrow, weather permitting.