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Minchin Web: MetaLibrary version 7 for OpenTTD released
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Saturday, March 01, 2014. MetaLibrary version 7 for OpenTTD released. Building off my recent announcement that documentation is now live. I have completed a fairly major update to MetaLibrary. To recap, MetaLibrary. Is a collection of code I've written to simplify writing an AI for OpenTTD. A remake of my childhood favorite, Transport Tycoon. As a replacement for Waterbody Check. Apart from its predecessor is Lakes. New versions of MetaLibrary.
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Minchin Web: August 2012
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Sunday, August 12, 2012. Waterfall - Photo 98 - Project 365. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi. EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS. Date and Time (Original):. Saturday, August 11, 2012. Wild Rose - Photo 97 - Project 365. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi. EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS. Date and Time (Original):. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). TRB (Transportation Research Board) Bibliography Style for Word 2007/2010. Blog Redesign - Live Now! 3D Printing and Model Trains.
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Minchin Web: Low Cost Index Investing
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Saturday, March 10, 2012. Low Cost Index Investing. So now that I have $100-200 per month to invest, what do I do with it? This isn't really something they cover in school. My goals are three-fold:. Keep costs low. Money I pay in expenses can't be otherwise invested and grow. Easy to make into a habit. They say that consistently putting away money is more important than almost anything else in your investment strategy. When your look into the...
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Minchin Web: MetaLibrary Documentation Live
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Saturday, February 01, 2014. Over the last four years, I've been working on an AI called WmDOT for OpenTTD, a remake of the classic Transport Tycoon, a beloved game from my childhood. To support WmDOT, I've built a library of support functions. Over the last three days, I have written up documentation for the included functions and the result can be seen live at my site at http:/ minchin.ca/openttd-metalibrary/. Blog Redesign - Live Now!
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Minchin Web: MetaLibrary version 9 for OpenTTD released
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Wednesday, January 14, 2015. MetaLibrary version 9 for OpenTTD released. Version 9 of MetaLibrary. To recap, MetaLibrary. Is a collection of code I've written to simplify writing an AI for OpenTTD. A remake of my childhood favorite, Transport Tycoon. Version 9 brings a couple of bug fixes in the Python build script. The documentation for MetaLibrary. Has also been updated. Thanks for adding your thoughts! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Minchin Web: Birkenhead's of Backford
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Wednesday, February 12, 2014. I have been continuing my research of the Bunbury line. For the 18th century and earlier, Burke's Peerage. Has proved incredibly useful. As Burke's. In 1605, m. Second son of Sir Henry Bunbury, of Stanney. Who lived during the reigns of King Henry VII and King Henry VIII (Henry VII reigned from 1485-1509. Henry VIII reigned from 1509-1547.) There is a note in Burke's. That Adam Birkenhead "deriv[ed] from John De ...
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Minchin Web: January 2014
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Friday, January 03, 2014. Out of curiosity, I looked up the Alberta Bankruptcy Exceptions. In a nutshell, this is what you can keep even if you declare bankruptcy:. Property you hold in trust for other people. Food: 12 months’ supply. Clothing: up to $4,000. Household furniture and appliances: up to $4,000. One motor vehicle; up to $5,000. Health aids: no dollar limit. Tools of your trade: up to $10,000. I suppose one case where you might get...
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Minchin Web: February 2014
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Wednesday, February 12, 2014. I have been continuing my research of the Bunbury line. For the 18th century and earlier, Burke's Peerage. Has proved incredibly useful. As Burke's. In 1605, m. Second son of Sir Henry Bunbury, of Stanney. Who lived during the reigns of King Henry VII and King Henry VIII (Henry VII reigned from 1485-1509. Henry VIII reigned from 1509-1547.) There is a note in Burke's. That Adam Birkenhead "deriv[ed] from John De ...
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Minchin Web: July 2013
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Monday, July 22, 2013. Problems with PRISM (and the need for Privacy). I've always been somewhat aware of managing my "internet privacy." When I started this blog in 2006, I never did put my real name on it. I realized, thanks to the perfect memory of Google, there would be no way to undo such a declaration, once made. My fear was never about being tied to my ideas, but rather becoming unable to change my mind in the coming years. An other im...
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Minchin Web: Push a Hg Repo to GitHub
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Ideas at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Society. Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Push a Hg Repo to GitHub. So the scenario is thus: There is a project that I want to contribute to that is a Mercurial (Hg) repository (or 'repo' for short). I've taken a liking to Git; GitHub. In particular with their new and beautiful Windows frontend. So first, create your repo on GitHub. You don't have to do anything more with it at this time, just make a note of its name. It will explain all of this. There wi...
