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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.
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Recalling my earliest deep regret
18 August 2017
A recollection of rocks, regret, and Snickers.
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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?
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On Death and Life
15 August 2017
A short meditation on death and life.
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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?
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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.
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Introducing: Togglicons
03 August 2017
Togglicons offers a single SCSS mixin for bringing customizable toggling icons into your web application.
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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.
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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...
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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.