Michel Billard mbillard

## gist:eeab2268b8e4bfd2ad3b
- `0` is `true`
- Everything is an object, even `nil`
- `===`
  - different behavior depending on classes, only use/define for `case...when` blocks
- private class methods (http://domon.cc/2013/12/25/private-class-methods-in-ruby/)
- `and` and `or` vs `&&` and `||`
- constants are not constants unless you freeze them
- `5 / 2 # => 2` transform your integers to floats before doing operations

More:

## the_last_question.txt
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov © 1956


The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way:
Alexander Adell and Bertram Lupov were two of the faithful attendants of Multivac. As well as any human beings could, they knew what lay behind the cold, clicking, flashing face -- miles and miles of face -- of that giant computer. They had at least a vague notion of the general plan of relays and circuits that had long since grown past the point where any single human could possibly have a firm grasp of the whole.

Multivac was self-adjusting and self-correcting. It had to be, for nothing human could adjust and correct it quickly enough or even adequately enough -- so Adell and Lupov attended the monstrous giant only lightly and superficially, yet as well as any men could. They fed it data, adjusted questions to its needs and translated t

## original.txt
Vowel qualities in English words

The following is a list of the most common one-syllable words in English, grouped according to what vowels they contain. You will need to memorize the pronunciation of all these words for the final exam. Luckily, in most cases the spelling will help you. I suggest that you create a guide for yourself noting how particular letter combinations are usually pronounced, and which words are exceptions. The words have been arranged in groups according to spelling. (This list is a slightly modified version of one created by John Myhill.)

I have used the following substitutes for phonetic characters (see your handout from the IPA Handbook): [E] for the vowel in 'bed', [I] 'bid', [U] 'good', [A] 'bad', [^] 'bud', [O] 'bought', [3] RP 'bird', [@] for schwa.

Lists

Words pronounced with the near-high near-front vowel [I]:

## _hot.txt
                                 old            new
# score > 0
_hot(1, 0, 1262304000)           2850.0         2850.0
_hot(1, 0, 1353107345)           4868.0         4868.0
_hot(1000, 500, 1262304000)      2852.69897     2852.69897
_hot(1000, 500, 1353107345)      4870.69897     4870.69897

# score < 0
_hot(0, 1, 1262304000)          -2851.0         2850.0
_hot(0, 1, 1353107345)          -4869.0         4868.0

## US-fr
a
abandon
abandons
abattoir
abattoirs
abbe
abbes
abbesses
abdication
abdications

## delimiters
~ tilde
• &bull;
· &middot;
— em dash
- en dash
« &laquo;
» &raquo;
‹ &lsaquo;
› &rsaquo;
| pipe
	- `0` is `true`
	- Everything is an object, even `nil`
	- `===`
	- different behavior depending on classes, only use/define for `case...when` blocks
	- private class methods (http://domon.cc/2013/12/25/private-class-methods-in-ruby/)
	- `and` and `or` vs `&&` and `\|\|`
	- constants are not constants unless you freeze them
	- `5 / 2 # => 2` transform your integers to floats before doing operations

	More:
	The Last Question by Isaac Asimov © 1956


	The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way:
	Alexander Adell and Bertram Lupov were two of the faithful attendants of Multivac. As well as any human beings could, they knew what lay behind the cold, clicking, flashing face -- miles and miles of face -- of that giant computer. They had at least a vague notion of the general plan of relays and circuits that had long since grown past the point where any single human could possibly have a firm grasp of the whole.

	Multivac was self-adjusting and self-correcting. It had to be, for nothing human could adjust and correct it quickly enough or even adequately enough -- so Adell and Lupov attended the monstrous giant only lightly and superficially, yet as well as any men could. They fed it data, adjusted questions to its needs and translated t
	Vowel qualities in English words

	The following is a list of the most common one-syllable words in English, grouped according to what vowels they contain. You will need to memorize the pronunciation of all these words for the final exam. Luckily, in most cases the spelling will help you. I suggest that you create a guide for yourself noting how particular letter combinations are usually pronounced, and which words are exceptions. The words have been arranged in groups according to spelling. (This list is a slightly modified version of one created by John Myhill.)

	I have used the following substitutes for phonetic characters (see your handout from the IPA Handbook): [E] for the vowel in 'bed', [I] 'bid', [U] 'good', [A] 'bad', [^] 'bud', [O] 'bought', [3] RP 'bird', [@] for schwa.

	Lists

	Words pronounced with the near-high near-front vowel [I]:
	old new
	# score > 0
	_hot(1, 0, 1262304000) 2850.0 2850.0
	_hot(1, 0, 1353107345) 4868.0 4868.0
	_hot(1000, 500, 1262304000) 2852.69897 2852.69897
	_hot(1000, 500, 1353107345) 4870.69897 4870.69897

	# score < 0
	_hot(0, 1, 1262304000) -2851.0 2850.0
	_hot(0, 1, 1353107345) -4869.0 4868.0
	a
	abandon
	abandons
	abattoir
	abattoirs
	abbe
	abbes
	abbesses
	abdication
	abdications
	~ tilde
	• •
	· ·
	— em dash
	- en dash
	« «
	» »
	‹ &lsaquo;
	› &rsaquo;
	\| pipe