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    Typecasting in Ruby and Rails

    19 August 2017

    I recently had the need to typecast string values passed as query parameters to a controller action to their appropriate type. In solving this problem, I've learned a lot about Rails' typecasting layer, Ruby's typecasting methods, as well as a handful of edge cases. The result was a typecasting function that I think has a lot to offer.

    • self
    • life

    Recalling my earliest deep regret

    18 August 2017

    A recollection of rocks, regret, and Snickers.

    • math
    • logic

    Encoding the Logic of Sets

    More on Sets as Procedures

    16 August 2017

    How can procedures be used to encode the logic of both infinite and finite sets?

    • life

    On Death and Life

    15 August 2017

    A short meditation on death and life.

    • ethics

    On Moral Judgment

    14 August 2017

    What is judgment with respect to the moral universe, how can it be used properly, and how is it often used improperly?

    • math
    • logic

    Initial Thoughts on Infinite Sets and Procedures

    09 August 2017

    Is modern mathematics built on a logical fallacy? How ought we to understand infinite sets? What's a procedure? I'm starting to explore these topics as I think through the mathematics and logic of infinity.

    • css

    Introducing: Togglicons

    03 August 2017

    Togglicons offers a single SCSS mixin for bringing customizable toggling icons into your web application.

    • faith

    Argument for the Reasonableness of Eucharistic Substantiation

    26 June 2017

    I believe both that consubstantiation is reasonable and true. Here's a short argument for why.

    • poetry

    Scars II

    04 June 2017

    The scar is wound and healing.

    The scar is flesh and memory.

    The scar is past and present.

    We are a people of scars.

    The world is broken; broken things are sharp; sharp things cut; cuts are wounds.

    As a people of scars, we too are broken.

    Yet...

    • poetry

    Scars I

    01 June 2017

    I live a life of scars,

    so small as to be invisible,

    like the slivers and shards and fragments of shrapnel—broken and sharp—

    that seared them into the fleshy bits of my me.

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