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| bio | website | denubis.wordpress.com |
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| location | Sydney, Australia | |
| age | 29 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years |
| seen | Apr 27 at 11:01 | |
| stats | profile views | 32 |
Dr. Brian Ballsun-Stanton is a Philosopher, Information Technologist, and Game Theorist exploring the Philosophy of Data. He has a Ph.D in Philosophy from The University of New South Wales in addition to a MS & BS in Information Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
He has developed a new methodology (The Social Data Flow Network) to explore how individuals in the field understand the nature of data. Currently, his research is exploring the social construction of technology, focusing on the user-driven change of technological tools, in addition to his research of data warehouse ETL strategies for disparate data sets.
Beyond philosophy, Dr. Ballsun-Stanton has experience in haptic research, specifically the use of gesture control of human computer interfaces and an abiding interest in robotics as seen in his flying robotic cable-array manta-ray.
His interests include the academic study of Role-Playing games, the exploration of how science fiction literature transforms reality, and the social consequences of a technological world outpacing society's cultural assimilation of its consequences.
He is a long time gamer, having helped to design the indie game Pax Draconis. He has been running an Ars Magica game for the last 6 years and has extensive experience with indie games and both 3.5 and 4e D&D.
Papers you may be interested in:
- Brian Ballsun-stanton, Samuel Russell (2012) Constrained Optimization in Dungeons and Dragons : A Theory of Requirements Generation for Effective Character Creation.
- Brian Ballsun-stanton, Ernest Mueller, C Ross Eskridge (2012) Clerics , Magic Users , Fighters and Thieves : Theoretical Approaches to Rules Questions on the Role-Playing Games Stack Exchange.
- Brian Ballsun-Stanton (2010) Asking about data: Experimental philosophy of Information Technology, 119-124. In 5th International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology.
- Brian Ballsun-Stanton, Kate Carruthers (2010) #c3t the command & control of Twitter: On a socially constructed Twitter & applications of the Philosophy of Data, 161-165. In 5th International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology.
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May 12 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Apr 11 |
accepted | How can I tell ConTeXt to automatically rotate images to fit their dimensions most accurately? |
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Apr 2 |
accepted | How can I effectively diff 2 versions of a book produced by ConTeXt? |
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Apr 1 |
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How can I effectively diff 2 versions of a book produced by ConTeXt? Well, part of it is getting diffable output from context or some (unknown?) aspect of context that could do diffing trivially. |
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Apr 1 |
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How can I effectively diff 2 versions of a book produced by ConTeXt? I've tried that with very poor results. I think the answer is, as you note: "Don't" but I'm hoping to be surprised. |
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Apr 1 |
accepted | How do I install context modules in the ubuntu distribution of ConTeXt |
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Apr 1 |
asked | How can I effectively diff 2 versions of a book produced by ConTeXt? |
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Mar 27 |
awarded | Self-Learner |
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Mar 26 |
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How can I tell ConTeXt to automatically rotate images to fit their dimensions most accurately? Floating, I believe. I'm using the "externalfigure" command and they are large enough to not reflow. \placefigure[]
[fig:i2]
{The SDFN Diagram for Interview 2}
{\externalfigure[Chapter4/graphs/i2_rot.png][factor=fit,frame=on]} |
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Mar 26 |
asked | How can I tell ConTeXt to automatically rotate images to fit their dimensions most accurately? |
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Mar 26 |
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How do I install context modules in the ubuntu distribution of ConTeXt For this problem, I couldn't run the current version of ConTeXt standalone because I was trying to work around a bug where the equivalent of includes weren't being recognized. My answer though shows my final fix. |
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Mar 26 |
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How do I install context modules in the ubuntu distribution of ConTeXt added 146 characters in body |
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Mar 26 |
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How do I install context modules in the ubuntu distribution of ConTeXt I would love it if someone gave a better answer or something. But this is what my research indicates? |
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Mar 26 |
answered | How do I install context modules in the ubuntu distribution of ConTeXt |
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Mar 26 |
asked | How do I install context modules in the ubuntu distribution of ConTeXt |
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May 19 |
awarded | Commentator |
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May 19 |
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Improving the legibility of a pdfTeX produced PDF on Google Docs Updated font to Gentium, as it's a nice free font that's remarkably pretty. I invoked it with the simplefonts module and enabled it with: \setmainfont[GentiumPlus][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] to allow for protrusion. Just providing a record here of my solution. |
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May 19 |
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Improving the legibility of a pdfTeX produced PDF on Google Docs Oooh, I get to follow the instructions for "installing Expert Fonts..." Thanks! :) (only a little bit of sarcasm there, genuine thanks as well.) |
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May 19 |
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Improving the legibility of a pdfTeX produced PDF on Google Docs Do you have a link to the minion pro test document? Also, thanks for the fantastic answer :) |
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May 19 |
accepted | Improving the legibility of a pdfTeX produced PDF on Google Docs |
