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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.8.5">Jekyll</generator><link href="http://localhost:4000/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="http://localhost:4000/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2019-06-17T10:32:55-04:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Evan Pratten</title><subtitle>Computer wizard, student, &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/frc5024&quot;&gt;@frc5024&lt;/a&gt; programming team lead, and radio enthusiast.</subtitle><entry><title type="html">I made a new song!</title><link href="http://localhost:4000/music/2019/06/17/AMM2M1-release.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="I made a new song!" /><published>2019-06-17T06:20:00-04:00</published><updated>2019-06-17T06:20:00-04:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/music/2019/06/17/AMM2M1-release</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://localhost:4000/music/2019/06/17/AMM2M1-release.html">&lt;p&gt;I am currently taking a class in school called &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/studio225beal/&quot;&gt;Music and computers (AMM2M)&lt;/a&gt;, where as part of the class, whe get together into bands, and produce a song. After taking a break from music production for over a year, we have released our song for the class (we do two songs, but the second is not finished yet).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;my-contribution&quot;&gt;My contribution&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My main contribution to the project was a mix of live drumming, and most of the song’s MIDI work. The song is far from perfect, but pretty good for the time we had to produce it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;just-give-me-the-song&quot;&gt;Just give me the song!&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok. Ok. Here is the song:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;/audio&gt;</content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html">I am currently taking a class in school called Music and computers (AMM2M), where as part of the class, whe get together into bands, and produce a song. After taking a break from music production for over a year, we have released our song for the class (we do two songs, but the second is not finished yet).</summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Graphing the relation between wheels and awards for FRC</title><link href="http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/06/16/Graphing-w2a.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Graphing the relation between wheels and awards for FRC" /><published>2019-06-16T11:51:00-04:00</published><updated>2019-06-16T11:51:00-04:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/06/16/Graphing-w2a</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/06/16/Graphing-w2a.html">&lt;p&gt;I was scrolling through reddit the other day, and came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/FRC/comments/byzv5q/i_know_what_im_doing/&quot;&gt;this great post&lt;/a&gt; by u/&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/user/MasterQuacks/&quot;&gt;MasterQuacks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/assets/images/w2ainspo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;My insporation&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I thought to myself “ha. Thats funny”, and moved on. But that thought had stuck with me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So here I am, bored on a sunday afternoon, staring at the matplotlib documentation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;my-creation&quot;&gt;My creation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In only a few lines of python, I have a program that will (badly) graph the number of awards per wheel for any team, or set of teams.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As always, feel free to tinker with the code. This one is not published anywhere, so if you want to share it, I would appreciate a mention.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;language-python highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kn&quot;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nn&quot;&gt;requests&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;kn&quot;&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nn&quot;&gt;matplotlib.pyplot&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;as&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;plt&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;class&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nf&quot;&gt;__init__&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;bp&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;wheels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class=&quot;bp&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class=&quot;bp&quot;&gt;self&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;wheels&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;wheels&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;c1&quot;&gt;### CONFIG ###
&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;teams&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;5024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;254&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;1114&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;5406&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;2056&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;year&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;2019&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;c1&quot;&gt;##############
&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;ow&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;enumerate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;teams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;award_data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;requests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;get&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s&quot;&gt;&quot;https://www.thebluealliance.com/api/v3/team/frc&quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;s&quot;&gt;&quot;/awards/&quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;params&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s&quot;&gt;&quot;X-TBA-Auth-Key&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;s&quot;&gt;&quot;mz0VWTNtXTDV8NNOz3dYg9fHOZw8UYek270gynLQ4v9veaaUJEPvJFCZRmte7AUN&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;})&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;

    &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;awards_count&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;len&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;award_data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;

    &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;w2a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;awards_count&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;wheels&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;w2a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;

    &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;plt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;bar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;i&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mi&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;w2a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;tick_label&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;str&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;c1&quot;&gt;# Plot
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;x_lables&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nb&quot;&gt;id&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;team&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;ow&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;teams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;c1&quot;&gt;# plt.set_xticklabels(x_lables)
&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;plt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;xkcd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;():&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;plt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s&quot;&gt;'Awards per wheel'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;plt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-result&quot;&gt;The result&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the resulting image. From left, to right: 5024, 254, 2224, 5406, 2056&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/assets/images/w2a.png&quot; alt=&quot;Thr result&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html">I was scrolling through reddit the other day, and came across this great post by u/MasterQuacks.</summary></entry><entry><title type="html">GitHub’s CSS is boring. So I refreshed the design</title><link href="http://localhost:4000/css/2019/06/12/Styiling-GitHub.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="GitHub's CSS is boring. So I refreshed the design" /><published>2019-06-12T09:09:00-04:00</published><updated>2019-06-12T09:09:00-04:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/css/2019/06/12/Styiling-GitHub</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://localhost:4000/css/2019/06/12/Styiling-GitHub.html">&lt;p&gt;I have been using GitHub since 2017, and have been getting tired of GitHub’s theme. I didn’t need a huge change, just a small refresh. So, to solve this, I whipped out &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/styl-us/&quot;&gt;Stylus&lt;/a&gt; and made a nice little CSS file for it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-css&quot;&gt;The CSS&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the CSS. Feel free to play with it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;language-css highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;k&quot;&gt;@-moz-document&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;url-prefix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&quot;https://github.com/&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.Header&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;background-color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#1a3652&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.repohead.experiment-repo-nav&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;background-color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#fff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.reponav-item.selected&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;border-color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#fff&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#fff&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#4a79a8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.btn.hover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.btn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nd&quot;&gt;:hover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.btn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.btn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;background-color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#fafafa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;background-image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;linear-gradient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;-180deg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#fafafa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#fafafa&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;90%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.btn-primary.hover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.btn-primary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nd&quot;&gt;:hover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.btn-primary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;o&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.btn-primary&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;background-color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#1aaa55&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class=&quot;nl&quot;&gt;background-image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;n&quot;&gt;linear-gradient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;-180deg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#1aaa55&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;#1aaa55&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;m&quot;&gt;90%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class=&quot;nc&quot;&gt;.overall-summary&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;{}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;use-it-yourself&quot;&gt;Use it yourself&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I put this theme on userstyles.org. You can download and install it by going to &lt;a href=&quot;https://userstyles.org/styles/172679/ewpratten-s-githubtheme&quot;&gt;my userstyles page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html">I have been using GitHub since 2017, and have been getting tired of GitHub’s theme. I didn’t need a huge change, just a small refresh. So, to solve this, I whipped out Stylus and made a nice little CSS file for it.</summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Building a safe and easy system for sending computer vision data from a raspberry pi to a roborio</title><link href="http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/05/27/Building-Safe-Vision-Comms.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Building a safe and easy system for sending computer vision data from a raspberry pi to a roborio" /><published>2019-05-27T05:22:00-04:00</published><updated>2019-05-27T05:22:00-04:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/05/27/Building-Safe-Vision-Comms</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/05/27/Building-Safe-Vision-Comms.html">&lt;p&gt;Computer vision on an FRC robot has some problems.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;RoboRIO is not powerfull enough&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;NetworkTables is not fast enough&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;A TCP connection is great until you lose connection&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;mDNS discovery is not reliable on the field&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;UDP can skip frames&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;needs&quot;&gt;Needs&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These are the things I need to have.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Send data from any device&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Recive data on RoboRIO at any time&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Data rate faster than period time&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;wants&quot;&gt;Wants&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These are the things I would like to have.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Easy discovery&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Threaded&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Simple interface for new programmers&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Fallback in case of UDP issues&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;FMS network firewall compliant&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am currently working on a protocol for solving this problem, nad will post an update here once it has been tested. Feel free to let me know your thoughts and ideas.&lt;/p&gt;</content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html">Computer vision on an FRC robot has some problems. RoboRIO is not powerfull enough NetworkTables is not fast enough A TCP connection is great until you lose connection mDNS discovery is not reliable on the field UDP can skip frames</summary></entry><entry><title type="html">The language hunt</title><link href="http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/04/30/FRC-Languages.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The language hunt" /><published>2019-04-30T14:32:00-04:00</published><updated>2019-04-30T14:32:00-04:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/04/30/FRC-Languages</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://localhost:4000/frc/2019/04/30/FRC-Languages.html">&lt;p&gt;Our programming team is looking to switch languages in the 2020 season. Here is the what, why, and how.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;our-history&quot;&gt;Our history&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We started out as a java team back in 2014 because java was (and still is) the language being taught in our programming classes. Honestly, our code sucked, as many rookie team’s do. There where no fancy features, or sensor-assisted autonomous. Direct input into talons was our way to roll.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A few years later, we had a change in team organization and switched to C++. Up until the 2019 / 2020 season, this was our language and we where getting pretty good at using it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;the-problem&quot;&gt;The Problem&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We, as a team are looking to bring our programming and robots to the next level in 2020. Because of this, we ran into a problem. While C++ is an amazing language for embedded and robotics programming, some of it’s “features” where starting to act as a bottleneck to our design. Less time was being spent on polishing our new vision system or autonomous climb, and more on that crazy linker error that came out of nowhere.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It’s time for a change, but what do we change to?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;part-2&quot;&gt;Part 2&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are currently doing our evaluation of new programming languages, and an update will be posted to this blog in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;</content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html">Our programming team is looking to switch languages in the 2020 season. Here is the what, why, and how.</summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Using a python script to create devRant posts based on the style and content of another user</title><link href="http://localhost:4000/devrant/2018/06/27/BecomeRanter.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Using a python script to create devRant posts based on the style and content of another user" /><published>2018-06-27T14:32:00-04:00</published><updated>2018-06-27T14:32:00-04:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/devrant/2018/06/27/BecomeRanter</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://localhost:4000/devrant/2018/06/27/BecomeRanter.html">&lt;p&gt;Ok… The title is slightly wrong. There are actually 2 scripts.. Sorry about that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a guide on installing and using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Ewpratten/BecomeRanter&quot;&gt;BecomeRanter&lt;/a&gt; script.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;getting-dependancies&quot;&gt;Getting dependancies&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The scripts use Google’s tensorflow library to do its “magic”. So first, we should install Tensorflow’s dependencies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install python3 python3-pip #change this command to fit your distro
pip3 install numpy
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then install Tensorflow&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;pip3 install tensorflow #for cpu processing
pip3 install tensorflow-gpu #for gpu processing
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Next up, install the rest of the stuff:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;pip3 install textgenrnn pandas keras
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;clone-the-repo&quot;&gt;Clone the repo&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is pretty simple. just make sure you have &lt;code class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;git&lt;/code&gt; installed and run&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;git clone https://github.com/Ewpratten/BecomeRanter.git
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;generate-some-rants-with-a-hdf5-file&quot;&gt;Generate some rants with a .hdf5 file&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As of the time of writing this, I have pre-generated some files for the two most popular ranters. These files can be found in &lt;code class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;BecomeRanter/Checkpoint\ Files&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Higher epoch numbers mean that they have had more time to train. The files with lower numbers are generally funnier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To change the .hdf5 file you would like to use, open the file called &lt;code class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;createsomerants.py&lt;/code&gt; and change the variable called &lt;code class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;input_file&lt;/code&gt; to the path of your file. By default, the script generates from the &lt;code class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;Linuxxx-epoch-90.hdf5&lt;/code&gt; file.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Next, save that file and run the following in your terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;python3 createsomerants.py &amp;gt;&amp;gt; output.txt
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It will not print the results out to the screen and put them in the file instead.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To stop the script, press CTRL + C&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 id=&quot;create-your-own-hdf5-file&quot;&gt;Create your own .hdf5 file&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you want to make your own hdf5 file, you just have to use the other script in the repo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By default, you can just put all your text to train on in the &lt;code class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;input.txt&lt;/code&gt; file.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to use a different file, or change the number of epochs, those variables can be found at the top of the &lt;code class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;createhfd5frominput.py&lt;/code&gt; file.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To start training, run:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;highlighter-rouge&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;python3 createhfd5frominput.py
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A new hdf5 file will be generated in the same folder as the script&lt;/p&gt;</content><author><name></name></author><summary type="html">Ok… The title is slightly wrong. There are actually 2 scripts.. Sorry about that.</summary></entry></feed>