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A Simple Discrete-Event Simulation: Part 86
I was working to add the next behavior when I discovered that things that used to work no longer did. After a bit of digging I realized that the problem was trying to handle click events separately from mouseup and … Continue reading
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A Simple Discrete-Event Simulation: Part 85
Direct link for mobile devices. Today I made the selection action work using touch events in addition to the mouse click event. The touch mechanism in JavaScript for mobile browsers does not current have a click counterpart so we have … Continue reading
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A Simple Discrete-Event Simulation: Part 84
Today I implemented the ability to select graphic elements using a mouse click. This involves sensing the mouse click event and its location, variations of which we’ve already visited, and identifying the graphic element on that part of the screen. … Continue reading
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A Simple Discrete-Event Simulation: Part 83
Direct link for mobile devices. Now that I have the chance to return to the Discrete-Event Simulation project the next item to work on is touch events. I had already implemented the ability to scroll the 2D display horizontally and … Continue reading
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Website Update Complete
The static pages are finally complete and QCed. That’s all I have energy for. Have a great weekend!
Data Collection: Minimum Sample Size
While searching my hard drive for images representative of data collection I stumbled upon something I’ve also had in mind to look for, which is guidance on how to determine the minimum required sample size. The formulas are usually variations … Continue reading
GitHub — Ya Gotta Start Somewhere
I’ve had brief encounters with GitHub over time but not enough to gain any muscle memory. As I’m finalizing the last bits of static content for my website, learning how to work with GitHub makes a good side project. https://github.com/rpchurchill … Continue reading
Website Update Update
I continued to tweak the meta tag settings on some of the pages to get them to look right on mobile devices. I got to test things on several different phones yesterday, which helped a lot. What I came up … Continue reading