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46 lines
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###Welcome to darapti!
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###About me
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P. Coleman.
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* College student
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* Philosophy major
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* Formal logic geek
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* Solo novice developer
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###What in the world's a darapti?
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<p>Darapti is one of the valid categorical syllogisms in formal logic, as constructed by Aristotle.</p>
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<p>A syllogism is an argument consisting of two or more premises and a conclusion. It uses deductive reasoning to arrive at the conclusion from the premises.</p>
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<p>There are 256 possible syllogisms, but only ~20 valid forms.
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However, Aristotle's system proved hard to memorize alone (too many darn vowels), so the medievals created mnemonics for the valid forms.
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Darapti is one of them.</p>
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(paraphrased from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism))
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###Darapti as a syllogism:
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```
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Premise: All hackathons are fun events.
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Premise: All hackathons are strenuous events.
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Conclusion: So, some strenuous events are fun events.
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```
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###Why darapti?
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1. Darapti is a weakened form. For the conclusion to be true, it must assume that the terms in the premises are.</p>
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2. It's a reminder for me to check all parts of my program and make sure they function. Otherwise, just like an argument, it'll fall apart.</p>
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3. Logic is how I gained the confidence to code.
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4. Darapti also rolls off the tongue well (dah-rahp-tee).</p>
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###Why hackathon?
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1. Why not?
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2. I've been sitting on my butt with some ideas, but haven't been inspired to build them yet.
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3. I like the opportunity to try to build something in a limited time frame.
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###Skillset and Ambitions
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* a cup of PHP/MySQL
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* a pinch of JavaScript
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* a dash of HTML/CSS
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* I'll create either an educational game or something to help with the fine print.
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* Not sure of specific APIs at the moment.
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