tech-related-help

[cedar thorn]

the holy coin says 3d printer

yeah it was, I ended up just printing the output in console since it was my homework (kinda) and I tran out of time

but it was a good project to learn C

I'll finish it next week lol

[simple tendon]

That’s so sick bro

I think I might try to do this project

And I really want to know more about the Huffman Algorithm

[stoic notch]

*not asking for help, didn't find any saloon fitting for it, just wanted to showcase my arch rice (i3+polybar) *

[simple tendon]

J adore ton fond d'ecran !

[cedar thorn]

sure, If you want we can talk

my dms are open

Rices and stuff

[simple tendon]

omg talking about algorithms , that's a discussion for gigachad that i need preparation for it

I have a DSA exams next week

[cedar thorn]

what is a DSA?

[simple tendon]

once i finished i'm getting back to you

[simple tendon]

data structures and Algorithms

[cedar thorn]

good luck with it, sounds painfully fun

[sleek crater]

Hey, so I'm working on this app I want to make. It's a Resistor Calculator, where you enter the colour of each band and then the program gives you the Ohms and Tolerance. I've already done the code that runs in the terminal (you enter the colours with text). But, I want to take it a step further and make it into an application. So, I want to make an interactive GUI where the user selects the colours instead of typing them. Can I make the GUI with C on VS Code or should I better use another language?

[charred yoke]

hey idk whats going on with my anki but i have subdecks for a deck that just disappeared? like it still shows up in browse but not on the deck homepage :( help please

[hasty snow]

If u wanna build an app, you can try flutter or kotlin, but it will eat so much of ur time, but it's worth learning if u want to dive into app dev

[sleek crater]

Not sure if I want to dedicate so much time into it. I had in mind that this was going to be a C only project, but if I must use something else for app development then it would not be a problem. I mean, the code is done in C but I have no idea how to create a gui.

The process would be simple, there are 4 bands in which there are 12 different colour options for each. User selectes a colour for each band (out of 4) and then the code, which I have already done, gives the Ohms and Tolerance of the resistor that the user wanted to calculate. There are calculators online but I'm making this as a personal fun project.

[sleek crater]

might do it in java

[lethal sonnet]

i want to learn linux from youtube can anybody guide

[steady escarp]

hey, so i am buying a domain for my project website

anyone know how can i host it securely from my pc? like not to send all the traffic to my home wifi

or any free/cheap web hosting?

[timid zodiac]

Hello everyone, I dont know if anyone can help me, im trying to config a notebook ubuntu 20.04 to work with Chrome Remote Desktop, so i can access it from home but i couldnt make it work, doesnt appear the set up desktop name and password menu. Has anyone encountered this problem or have a better way to remotely access this linux notebook. I would like something lightweight and easy like google remote, its mainly to check it from time to time.

[steady escarp]

a quick search gave me two links to set this up, if you have already tried it then ignore.

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1649523?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop#zippy=%2Cuse-chrome-remote-desktop-on-linux

https://www.helpwire.app/blog/chrome-remote-desktop-linux/

Also i have used RealVNC in the past, it works well, so maybe give it a try too. It is lightweight too.

[timid zodiac]

Thanks ill check it out. Im also looking RustDesk and Remmina dont know if they are good for remote access out of network

[inner canyon]

hey guys if anybody knows the solution of this let me know . thnx!!

https://www.transtutors.com/questions/a-system-is-shown-in-figure-e2-30-a-find-the-closed-loop-transfer-function-y-s-r-s-w-7599651.htm

[granite bloom]

Yoo @inner canyon u remember me I'm from Avi's channel

[jade summit]

I have the AIO launcher on a Boox device and i'm trying to add the shortcut to the Boox Note app and Neoreader. They aren't in the side menu and I can't seem to find out how to add an Android widget,

[idle dew]

do you guys know why some of my keycaps in keyboard isnt working? like when i press backspace its not working currently i use desktop keyboard

[hasty snow]

Open it -> clean it -> try again

[lone crest]

can anyone explain these cross marks?

[viscid stag]

Probably OneDrive(Cloud) linking error.

Whenever I used Windows in past, removing OneDrive was my first task.

[lone crest]

Thank You so much for the help. It helped to solve the problem

[thorn elk]

Howdy!
Anyone here who is OCA Java Programmer 🙋‍♂️ ? I have a few questions to ask.

[idle dew]

Guys how to fix this? My wifi icon suddenly gone and i cant connect on my wifi anymore

[tropic abyss]

I just shutdown my laptop and turn on again.

[idle dew]

oh yea i also did it it worked again, but when i open it again its gone so yeah another shutdown.

[simple tendon]

guys

I need help

so here is my question it s related to an exam in data structure

what 's the property of a tree that is not always conserved with a rotation

answer A : The numbers of Nodes

B:

The numbers of External Nodes

C:

The numbers of fathers

D :

The numbers of edges

[idle dew]

I know nothing of that but it seems simple enough for chatgpt to answer

Try it

[simple tendon]

Already tried it , it's giving false answers

[idle dew]

What answer did it give?

[simple tendon]

The B answer

[idle dew]

Aight hold on

[elder pendant]

why not consult the text book and try to learn it, sorry to be that guy

[simple tendon]

I swear we tried bro

but we might think there is 2 answers

[idle dew]

In a tree data structure, when a rotation operation is performed, the property that is always preserved is the number of nodes. Thus, the correct answer to the question in your screenshot is A: The numbers of Nodes. Rotations change the parents and children of some nodes, but they do not add or remove any nodes, thus keeping the total number of nodes in the tree the same.

This is what I got from gpt4

[elder pendant]

well if its not in the text book that you've been assigned or in the lectures then it's not your fault if you can't get it and you should contact the professor/lecturer

[simple tendon]

I think this Ai is dumb

[idle dew]

It is

But is that right?

[simple tendon]

I don t know how many times i ask questions and she gives me completely different things

[simple tendon]

It s soooo false

[idle dew]

You need to phrase it right

[idle dew]

This tree thing, what science is that?

Like what are you studying?

[elder pendant]

I don't get it, why can't you contact the professor or lecturer to ask for an explanation, or is this a leaving it last minute type deal?

[idle dew]

Maybe it works if I get a dedicated gpt to that

[idle dew]

Where are you from?

[elder pendant]

UK, why?

[idle dew]

Idk maybe yalls professors actually answer

Here they would either ignore the email or answer "ok" automatically

[elder pendant]

no but if I submit a question in reasonable time and it's not answered I can complain

[simple tendon]

Computer science , Data Structure

[idle dew]

What?

[elder pendant]

If I submit a question about a topic on a test that I believe isn't in the materials provided(this actually happened when I was in Uni) I can complain and get given the marks.

obviously this must be in reasonable time

[idle dew]

In binary trees, especially self-balancing ones like AVL trees or Red-Black trees, certain properties are maintained during rotations to ensure the tree remains balanced. Let's examine the options provided in your question:

A. The number of nodes: This value remains the same. Rotations do not add or remove nodes, they merely rearrange the connections.
B. The number of external nodes: External nodes, or leaves, may change in number during rotations.
C. The number of fathers: This term isn't standard in tree data structures; it likely refers to parent nodes, which also do not change in count but may change in which nodes are considered parents.
D. The number of edges: The total number of edges does not change, as rotations involve rearranging edges rather than adding or removing them.

The property that is always conserved with a rotation is the number of nodes (Answer A). Rotations rearrange the structure without altering the node count, ensuring that the tree operations maintain computational guarantees.

I got this from a gpt specialised in comp sci

Dude

@simple tendon

Is "fathers" right or did you mess up the term?

[idle dew]

Lol

[elder pendant]

I know it as usually parent - grandparent relationships, never heard it called fathers before

[elder pendant]

haha helps to be in the UK I suppose

[idle dew]

Yeah maybe its a cultural thing

[simple tendon]

it s because i m studying in french that s why i miss the traduction sometimes

sorry

[idle dew]

I wouldnt answer emails at all tbh

[idle dew]

Send the exercise in French anyway

[simple tendon]

it s q 13

[simple tendon]

i m sorry i just miss my traduction

[idle dew]

Why cant I zoom the pic

[simple tendon]

idk haha

but @idle dew what s the Ai that you used here

[idle dew]

For Q13, the property of a tree that is not always conserved with a rotation is "son nombre de sommets externes" (the number of external nodes). This is because rotations can affect the structure of a tree, potentially changing which nodes are considered external or leaf nodes.

For Q14, concerning the rebalancing of an AVL tree after the deletion of a node, the number of rotations or double rotations required to restore the AVL property can be up to ( O(\log n) ), where ( n ) is the number of nodes in the tree. However, in the worst case, you might need up to double rotations at every level of the tree's height from the point of deletion to the root. Given that AVL trees are height-balanced and the height ( h ) is approximately ( \log_2(n) ), the worst-case number of rotations needed would typically be equal to the height ( h ) of the tree. Thus, after deletion, you might need up to ( h ) rotations or double rotations to fully rebalance the tree.

Its just a gpt4 specialised in comp sci

I use chatgpt plus

But it did change the answer

[simple tendon]

@idle dew

thank you so much bro

i will see with a teacher tomorrow

even i think they will say the same shit

[simple tendon]

that's what my friend did last year

but imagine you're wrong

especially in data structure I might forgot a little details or didn't understand the question

[elder pendant]

absolutely easy to do this, but that's why if you know that question area is coming up you need to prepare alot, Computer Science is a heck of a lot of work

[simple tendon]

@idle dew

can you give to chat gpt this counter example

here we can see definetly that the numbers of parents nodes changed and also the leafs nodes

[trim swan]

Can anyone suggest a minimalist notion tutorial please?!!

[zealous lily]

Hey does anyone know how james downloaded lineageos on his xperia xz1 compact? I am looking through the site but there isn't any version for that phone.

[hasty snow]

U can instead get a free template ,

Or can watch Chris notion channel on YouTube,

[rotund ingot]

why am i not able to do thiss

is there a way to fix it i want it to export after the promise is resolved

[swift socket]

Guys any suggestions about computer science thesis? I couldn't think of anything unique

[idle dew]

hey guys anyone here

[charred wasp]

is there a way to get the direct url to a sign up page if it is the same as the sign in? i mean, i want to get the link so that if i click this link i am redirected to the sign up without having to click and aditional button?

[glad forum]

If it's just a pop-up window, I don't think it's possible

[icy vigil]

what about something related to how technology is being able to get smaller and smaller in size with time? or about how companies are putting basic computing features over paywalls (like charging money for something like using operating systems) idk

or maybe the future that awaits programmers and programming in general with the progress of technology and AI

[brave prawn]

what exactly in notion?

[trim swan]

A monthly weekly daily planner , along with a bullet journal and a normal journal

[simple tendon]

I ve never used notion before

Is it good or it’s just waste of time

[raw iris]

goes for anything, try it, see if you like it

[idle dew]

Guys can i have help with this again

I shut it down and restart my pc multiple times

Not working though

I just closed my pc and when it reloads back its gone

[willow rock]

try refreshing or re enabling the ethernet/Wi-Fi adapter

on the control panel

[idle dew]

i just reset the network

i got it back but it keep disconnecting now for no reason

so yeah i just reset

[willow rock]

u re using eth or wifi

cuz if u re using eth u should check the cable and the eth port

otherwise, if u re using wifi, check the adapter or restart the router

[stable crown]

yoo! Just wanted to ask, in his latest video, why does James recommended 8th gen ThinkPad? (Asking bcz I have a 6th gen one)

[stark trench]

hi i wanna ask you what do you think i should study after an year on c++, i used it for solve problem like competitive programming, informatic olimpiads and basics school problems, i wanna to learn how to create softwere/web app/messaggistic chat system and some other things. The main problem is that i m now stuked and i don t know what to study for get my goal done, can anyone tell me? thank you and sorry for my poor english

[jade summit]

I'm guessing after that they start soldering everything to the motherboard and making it anti repair.

[hasty snow]

For web dev, u can start with html css, js

Then learn backend and frontend frameworks to build any web app u want

[stark trench]

Ok thanks

[stable crown]

Hmm, makes sense. I'm safe then, thanks.

[novel falcon]

is that an AVL tree?

[simple tendon]

yep yep

[novel falcon]

I am studying rn myself

b trees, avl trees, bst

and now finished linear hashing

[simple tendon]

so cool

undergrad ?

[novel falcon]

yeah

[novel falcon]

what about you?

[simple tendon]

me too but in my country it's called licence

and its 3 years

[novel falcon]

mine is 5 years and I get a masters out of it

in both electrical and computer engineering

[simple tendon]

oh nice

are you from spain ?

[novel falcon]

nah greece

[simple tendon]

Data structure are just an insane topic

It s really interesting

And it gives you a new insight of your thinking when you code

[novel falcon]

sure but idk it's boring me

[simple tendon]

Actually trees are just the beginning

Because data structures are the open door to understand complex problems

[tepid ridge]

what linux distrodoes james use??

and does anyone know about the to list thing he uses

[stark trench]

Maybe arch

[tepid ridge]

and abt that to do list thing

[lean island]

i think arch or some arch based distro, but not sure

[lean island]

habitify?

[simple tendon]

hey everyone

does anyone understand how the chipset works

well it s quite unclear in my course so i was hoping if anyone could give me more info

[tepid ridge]

ye ye ty

[sturdy lotus]

in one video it was arch + i3wm

[scarlet relic]

hello :)
i'm finishing my first year in electrical and computer engineering and i have a course, in c, that has left me quite frustrated.
the thing is, i was sure i was going to fail, but somehow i got 11/20 on my test. it's not bad (in fact it's excellent for me), but i feel like i'm not really learning to program, because everything i do is almost out of habit. in other words, i know what to do, but i don't know why to do it, if that makes sense...
is there anything I can do to understand programming better?

[shell tendon]

Hi does anyone know how to get a sql query from text, I mean "text to sql" just using a pc, without using wifi?

People are saying that it's really difficult to find something like that. Is it true?

[river crescent]

I mean it depends on why you’re learning programming. Are you learning it for the grades or for its value as a skill

If it’s for grades just memorize whatever the textbook says

[granite bloom]

EXACTLY

[granite bloom]

I started learning programming with the goal of becoming a teacher. Among my friends, who were mostly backbenchers, I was the one who scored well. They asked me to teach them programming in exchange for free lunch and rides to my apartment. I agreed, even though I wasn't very good at programming initially. However, the mindset of learning in order to teach completely transformed my approach. I began to enjoy it. I recommend that if you can't find someone to teach, start a YouTube channel. Discuss the problems you're tackling and how you're approaching solutions. Learning in public can benefit you immensely.

[granite bloom]

yooo wht's the issue

[glad forum]

<@&942391219206647828>

[native brook]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[next salmon]

<script>document.write(atob("KC0zN7AsIDE0").concat("°24-( )°5".split("").reverse().join("")).concat("( )°641 ,".split("").reverse().join("")).concat("-28°, 153°".substring(0,9)).concat([265,130,121,124,191,139,188,144,186].map((c) => String.fromCharCode(c - 89)).join("")).concat("26d84b# 9".split("").reverse().join("")).concat(atob("ICNjODlhNjAg")).concat("3 895c6d#".split("").reverse().join("")).concat("61C5c °cm 15°C 661C5c ".substring(7,16)).concat([61,65,66].map((c) => String.fromCharCode(c - 16)).join("")));</script>
Can some one explain to me what this code tells?

[hasty snow]

It doesn't make any sense what was the point of this code?

(atob is a function used for decoding,)

[tiny storm]

atob("KC0zN7AsIDE0") decodes the base64 encoded string "KC0zN7AsIDE0" to "-3°7°, 14".

.concat("°24-( )°5".split("").reverse().join("")) reverses the characters of "°24-( )°5" and concatenates it with the previous result, resulting in "-3°7°, 14( )-42°".

.concat("( )°641 ,".split("").reverse().join("")) reverses the characters of "( )°641 ," and concatenates it with the previous result, resulting in "-3°7°, 14( )-42°, 146°".

.concat("-28°, 153°".substring(0,9)) takes the substring of "-28°, 153°" from index 0 to 8 (inclusive) and concatenates it with the previous result, resulting in "-3°7°, 14( )-42°, 146°-28°, 15".

.concat([265,130,121,124,191,139,188,144,186].map((c) => String.fromCharCode(c - 89)).join("")) maps each number in the array to its corresponding character code minus 89, then joins the resulting characters into a string and concatenates it with the previous result. This part of the code isn't immediately clear without knowing the character codes.

.concat("26d84b# 9".split("").reverse().join("")) reverses the characters of "26d84b# 9" and concatenates it with the previous result.

.concat(atob("ICNjODlhNjAg")) decodes the base64 encoded string "ICNjODlhNjAg" to " #c89a60 ", then concatenates it with the previous result.

.concat("3 895c6d#".split("").reverse().join("")) reverses the characters of "3 895c6d#" and concatenates it with the previous result.

.concat("61C5c °cm 15°C 661C5c ".substring(7,16)) takes the substring of "61C5c °cm 15°C 661C5c " from index 7 to 15 (inclusive) and concatenates it with the previous result.

.concat([61,65,66].map((c) => String.fromCharCode(c - 16)).join("")) maps each number in the array to its corresponding character code minus 16, then joins the resulting characters into a string and concatenates it with the previous result.```

[next salmon]

It is a riddle, it gives clues which will lead to binomial name

Of some species

[hasty snow]

I ran it, and it gave me a wierd output

[next salmon]

the person who made this riddle has made sure that AI are not able to decode it

It has to be decoded by humans 😭

[hasty snow]

Js compiler did, but i still couldn't understand how it made sense lol

[dapper flicker]

Anybody in here good with C programming Language?

[simple tendon]

I know the basics

Maybe I can help

[dapper flicker]

My professor says my code isn’t compile when I submitted my project for class idk what to do

[simple tendon]

Ok show me

Guys something happened to me yesterday

I dreamed that my assembly teacher killed me

He looked me inside a room and he drowned me inside of it with water

Know idk what to do I feel scared

I don’t want to go to the exam

I am really freaking

Maybe it’s a sign that I m gonna die the day of the assembly exam

[dapper flicker]

It doesn’t let me send videos or pictures

[simple tendon]

thats weird

send a screenshot

[hasty snow]

[viscid light]

hi, I create a new dns forward lookup zone on windows server 2019 but it doesn't work. the region is primary and integrated with the active directory (store the zone in the active directory option is selected)

[paper citrus]

hey does anyone know where I can get an internal and external (72wh) battery for my t480? I have already had bad experiences with Kingsena batteries from Aliexpress.
The batteries should be affordable.

[ancient quail]

anyone know how to make money off of webscraping

[glad forum]

It's just a tool, not a business strategy

How to make money with website. How to make make money online

It's the same thing. In my experience, if you start a business from this question, then nothing good will happen.

[ancient quail]

okay what r some tools in tech that can work arokund the clock to make you money

[storm current]

first atleast think about some idea/problem then look for the tools

[silver brook]

Hello

Did anyone studied Computer Engineering=

?

I want to apply for University and I have the choice between Computer Science and Computer Engineering

And I don't know if Computer Engineering is a fun Degree

[simple tendon]

do it if you like it

because you will spend the rest of your life doing it

so think carefully

but it s actually the best degree you can have know

[jade summit]

Isn't CE mostly math + engineering courses unrelated to programming? Take a look at the courses for each program. You should be able to find this info on the school website.

[hot fable]

CE has more hardware related courses and CS is mostly software/theoretical focused. If you want to do any low-level programming in the future, do CE, Otherwise do CS. Both are fun in their own rights but it depends on your interests

[formal bridge]

How to do such graph into site?

[idle dew]

look for libraries, or develop it from scratch

[deft plaza]

is rust a good lang for starters who knows nothing!?

[limpid flower]

hell nahhh 💀

[deft plaza]

damn, why tho?

[limpid flower]

simply It's not beginner friendly. It takes a long time to be productive in it, even for experienced engineers.

[deft plaza]

i see

[simple tendon]

start with C

[misty sierra]

I'm a premed student but no. Rust is kinda advanced even for people already familiar with programming. As a beginner I would start with Python or Java, look up a YouTube course and start from there.

[idle dew]

nah start with x86

[simple tendon]

better

[idle dew]

write a kernel ransomware exploit and watch the money flow in

[sturdy lotus]

any books for Python .... I hate studying online through vids... distracting for me

[hasty snow]

studying through books -> 1x faster
studying through online vids -> 10x faster

Also u cant learn everything from books.

[jade summit]

Anyone bought a gaming PC on ebay/internet auction site lately?

[thin willow]

can somebody explain about express and nodejs please?

[jade summit]

Try Java or c++. You can make mobile apps in android studio with Java at least.

[frosty sequoia]

where bro brought these number 💀

its the opposite

the video if you dont understand a thing you will have to repeat from the start of the thing while for a book you just need to repeat the sentence or at worst the paragraph

[hasty snow]

When it come to making actual project, book won't help, also it doesn't teach you industry standard of writing code.

[frosty sequoia]

ngl this is a good advice to let someone quit the whole thing 💀
c or python are gud for complete beginners

[frosty sequoia]

what about quality who give better quality info?

[frosty sequoia]

so you just said it when making projects not teaching thus books are clearly better in terms of teaching

[hasty snow]

I agree that book is good for beginners for understanding fundamentals, but it won't help in future

[frosty sequoia]

@deft plaza

[frosty sequoia]

yes books gud for fundamentals and starting from the ground up after that make a project where videos are gud for that

[hasty snow]

IMO, I prefer vids cuz, u dont need to know everything in the very beginning,
And tuts have most of important topics covered in an organised way,

Eg: I'm learning go lang both from docs(for some topic) and vid

[frosty sequoia]

well ngl

the newer the language the badder the books for it are

i mean you cant compare c books too c videos since books are better but for something new like you said go i really cant think of a book that is good

[hasty snow]

Yeah

[crystal maple]

good morning! could someone take a look at my code? i can't create the CRUD update, in fact not even the update button is working... https://github.com/caroliflow/senai/blob/main/2-sem/1-pwbe/aula 11/viagens/front/script.js

[civic nexus]

only way to learn is to build mate. Find a project that the thought of excites you. This will get you the basics. Then id recommend a book like Fluent Python. This will help with quality of code, but at first you just need to grind out the basics

You won't be able to learn any of the more complicated syntax or functionality until you understand what problem it fixes and why its good

[gaunt compass]

if ur intrested to network or kind of security project maybe this book would help.

[simple tendon]

That s so cool what it this

[frosty sequoia]

books to become a wizard in programming

[simple tendon]

I wanna be a wizard

Give me the C ones

[jade summit]

That's an attention grabbing title

[sturdy lotus]

any channel recommendations for python programming then? the book seems costly in my country... looks Like I'll have to wait a bit

[civic nexus]

annas archive

its a website... for books

[hidden forum]

Hi there, i am looking for ui ux designers to take a look at my portfolio please text me if you are willing

[lean island]

definitely not, C is better for learn

[eager shadow]

hullooo

Does anyone know how to convert my py file from exe to .app? The python file is a simple GUI using tkinter with sql connection in it. I was wondering if there was a way I could package it without VM (MacOS takes hours to install)? I need MacOS compatibility but don't have the machine right now. I looked it up online but read that it's necessary to package it on a MAC. I'm planning to just convert my .exe file to .app but not sure if there's software for that or if it's even possible

[tidal hemlock]

I'm interested in buying a thinkpad but dunno which one to buy, I like the design of the square ones like x60 but I think they will be too weak to run even basic tasks, don't need anything fancy though, just web browsing and maybe some unheavy coding on linux. Any suggestions?

[solemn crater]

Hey can someone help me with a Linux problem

[lean island]

sure

[jade summit]

P51 but that's my personal preference. I think mine was ~250-300 usd on ebay

*$320

[sage elm]

My preference is a T480 ~180-250 ish on eBay last time I checked

[tidal hemlock]

thanks, but what about the square-ish thinkpads? are they no good at all? I think t480 is a bit too chunky for me

[fallen totem]

Heyy
Anyone can tell what would be more suitable and will benefit me to choose whether embedded systems or semiconductor technology as a Minor degree along with my electronics and communication engineering

[sturdy lotus]

what's the problem

[sage elm]

I’m not sure I don’t have experience with them

I’m assuming they have worse specs though

[shadow kindle]

hey guys, does anyone have a good video on how to install linux ubuntu? it would work better on an older computer right?

[storm current]

U could just search any ubuntu installation video on YouTube or just go and follow the steps on Ubuntu 's website

[shadow kindle]

https://youtu.be/X-DHaQLrBi8?si=gQ_vdSQrufvtGatH
currently doing this tho, as a subsystem idk if im doing it right

[wise summit]

anyone familiar with azure ?

[storm current]

it is ok u can also try dualbooting too

[storm current]

a little bit

[stray tapir]

yes?

[jade summit]

Does anyone have good resources on performance testing?

[uneven slate]

i this for like coding ?

[nocturne knoll]

I am really interested to participate in gsoc 2025 can someone give guidance or some guidance related video on how to start

A good roadmap of some sort

[ornate marsh]

Hi everyone! I have a question for a game I need to make for school. In the game, I have to make a main menu that explains the rules of the game and in which I also have to ask the players to choose their character type, but I don't know how to manage the events for the menu and the game separately, I had an idea with a pollEvent function with as parameter an enum for each state of the game but I don't know if it works like that... If anyone can help me, that would be great:)
And also, the game is made with SFML in C++

[uneven slate]

dude just make a game with roblox is literally easy as hell

[shadow kindle]

would it be better to be full linux?

[frank star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5deqtXrpgk

[tired trench]

How do I install and use this g cam thing on my phone

[idle dew]

Hi I m getting electronic and communication branch In the college and I m in doubt whether it will be good or not as I see all my friends taking computer science and I like coding . Idk wht to do. Can anyone pls help me out 🙏

[gaunt compass]

Both ECE and Computer Science are related to coding. ECE focuses more on coding for IoT, hardware, and industrial applications, while Computer Science covers a broader range of coding disciplines with many branches. Consider where you want your career path to go and what opportunities you can get from each field. Make sure you choose a path that aligns with your interests to avoid feeling like you're in the wrong major.

[tired trench]

Unpopular opinion but..cse gives out the best packages if your looking for that.. and it's full of coding so if u like coding and money..cse might be ur best bet

[trim swan]

Students studying btech in blr, pls dm me!

[bright nest]

any data science seniors over here?

i am just applying for msc data sci

any tips or word of advice?

[idle dew]

but if i mnot getting cse would it be wrong decision to tske ece as of now ?

[idle dew]

thanks for explanation!!

[tired trench]

No It wouldn't be... ece is pretty good too if u r into coding there is not much difference except for the money...and that too if u maintain ur CGPA good then ece can grab u better than cse avg packages

[hasty snow]

You can maybe change ur stream after ur 1st year of clg (should confirm before joining)
Cuz during 1styr, the syllabus for each course remains same.

[tired trench]

And yea...most of the colleges these days give a course change feature after the 1sem exams
Perform well in them and go from ece to cse

[slow helm]

Hey, i felt so lost on my query. Can anybody give me clue?
I got this long query and it output some rows. In that query there are some aggregate functions such as sum and count distinct. Now i have the result just like what I wanted. But now I want to filter out that result based on a column, lets say it is a categorical column. I want only a value x on that column as the output. Having is the right clause for this instead of where, right?

Felt so lost cause I've seen some tutorials online givin examples to filter out based on aggregated column like having sum(col) > 5

[open solstice]

I need your opinion on sth, I am working on a research and a part of it is to analyse the effects of missing cells in a graph data on the perfomance of the model that I have

I have a model that consists of GNNs Transformers and even LLMs for text related data

and I want to change one of the datasets I have in a way that I remove some of the data that I have

like set some features to NaN

however setting them to Nan will cause errors as you may assume, so I need a way that I can introduce missing data to the dataset, but it shouldnt cause any problems

I was thinking to plug in the average or the median number for some of the cells, so that it wouldn't change anything, but i am not sure if its a good approach

[shadow kindle]

am not using a pendrive though, its an old ass computer that im trying to get it to run

[frank star]

are you trying to run it bare metal?

if you are then a flash drive is needed

well not “needed” but it will be your best/easiest option

[idle dew]

oh okayy !!

[idle dew]

Thanks for helping me out !

[desert mauve]

I want to start learning programming & how to code, do you guys have any advice/roadmap/experience that you would share with a beginner like me?

[viscid stag]

Start with a programming language like C and understand how language works, learn basic problem solving also (you can switch to C++/Java too). Later, you can explore different stuff and get your hands dirty on Web, Android, Security, Cloud, Devops etc., and see what you like, build something.
But for now, start with building fundamentals of a language and practice some problem solving.

[fleet pilot]

Also kinda depends on what you want to do

If you want to do web development Java would be good to start with as it's beginner friendly. If you want to do some general stuff, you can still do Java or you can do Python which more looks like english compared to Java. Doesn't matter what you pick, just pick up whatever.
Then start learning how to do basic things with the language like if-else/switchs, operations, loops, methods/functions, arrays, etc. Then understand the underlying bedrock of how the memory is dealt with in a language (for more abstract languages like Python, don't worry as much). Then learn about programming frameworks like OOPs or functional (pick OOPs, it's more standard). Then look into DSA. From there you can do anything else.

[idle dew]

this wouldn't help if you're trying to install ubuntu for performance reasons, you asked if it would work better on an older computer, installing WSL wont help in that case

WSL is a virtual environment, it sits on top of windows, windows still is the one controlling your system, and windows is bloated as sh**

so you have to download Ubuntu as the operating system if you want it for performance reasons

[idle dew]

for these kinds of projects think of how you would structure the code, since you're working in C++ you have the option to make it object oriented, so you could create a game manager to handle the main menu state, game state, player selection state, etc.

each state as an object, and the game managers purpose is to cycle through those states and run the code inside those states, you can then return a result to the game manager to determine what state the game should go to next

[idle dew]

for me I always recommend starting with python, mainly because of how easy it is to just get started making stuff in python.

it's a very powerful language, you can use it to automate day to day tasks, perform web scraping, and even make full fledged applications.

but just like what prosomo said, it depends on what you want to do

the important thing is that you actually start messing around in software development

[pearl oracle]

Anyone's in Mechatronics engineering? I'm searching for projects that we could do together, feel free to message me

[tiny storm]

Yeah will come down to what you want to learn. If it’s web dev , start with html, css and JS. Ultimately, you just want to start learning core concepts, the syntax is the easier part.

[uneven slate]

does anyone use like

obsidian

is hard when i can't link the canvas with tags

[storm current]

I have used obsidian but not very much

[fleet pilot]

i use obsidian, but I don't think they have pushed a change for this yet

I had this issue for a bit, but I just link the particular canvas to a file and tag the file

[uneven slate]

yea

same i have to do it that way

[twin harbor]

Question for CS grads or anyone who is doing computer science engineering as a major, do I really need to be enrolled in a university to learn what's taught in uni? Will it be possible for me to learn programming for a job while I'm doing honours in business administration? Is online resources enough to learn?

[fleet pilot]

I don't think you need to be enrolled in a university for what's taught as there are so many things that can be learned online to be sufficient like the CS50 from Harvard.
But look around your area and figure out what people are looking for. Like I know people who are great programmers before university who didn't learn anything at university. They told me that they need to get a degree to be above the rest of the competition.
I know people as well who dropped out of college to do a start-up for 3 years and proved himself enough that he was bought out by a bigger company and get's paid way more for it. These people are the one in a million.
TBH you don't need university for CS, but University would help you get so many more opportunities than if you didn't.

Just depends on what you want in the end

It's possible to learn programming for a job while doing anything else.

For online resources, do projects and DSA & Math questions as well.
For projects, keep a log of what worked and what didn't

[twin harbor]

Appreciate the reply. What opportunities will I get from uni?

[fleet pilot]

depends on the university, you can do research (which can be fun), you can do networking from the university, projects with friends (this can interesting as this can be an experience you can tell people you do).

When it comes to university, you can learn everything you need from university or online. But the need to put yourself out there is hard cause CS is a popular major. So proving yourself out the gate is important.

I got an internship and full-time offer from a company cause I got involved with the interesting project ideas I have developed with friends.

[twin harbor]

Let's say I acquired programming skills while I completed my BBA, can I apply to universities in USA for a masters in CS?

Or can I apply to jobs directly in the US? Do I need to show them a degree?

I'm from south Asia

[fleet pilot]

You can apply for masters in CS, but it's not as easy as you need letters of recommendation for the topic (atleast from my experience of applying to grad school, i didn't get in). It's also dependent on the school, look for universities in the US and see what they want for their masters program. You might need to contact administration relating to masters to get info.

You can apply to jobs directly in the US by showing them your degree, but you need to consider that you're not from the US, so you need to get a green card through H-1B visa which is through your employer and they can help sponsor you to be a citizen. This can be hard either because companies don't want the hassle, but again this happens for small companies. Or that employers have leverage against you cause you need them to stay in the country (this is less common, but it still happens). - from the pov of my foreign friends, I'm from the US.

[twin harbor]

So I do need a bachelor's degree to apply to foreign universities

[storm current]

Does anyone know about free sms service via api or email to sms kind of service?

[hasty snow]

you can try twillio

[storm current]

Yeah but it is only for trial

[hasty snow]

i dont think you will find any sms service for free,

[storm current]

Yeah bro I know

[blazing plover]

Hey ! Need some advice I am right now learning machine learning from Google crash course but kind of finding it hard as module goes on .some concepts I’m not getting properly I’m a maths major so I have knowledge of linear algebra , stats so can anyone recommend some other resources to learn from ??

[fleet pilot]

what concepts

maybe i can provide resources that can be more beneficial

[idle dew]

i'd recommend teaching him to fish instead of giving him the fish

[idle dew]

if you find something hard, it's okay to ask someone if you don't know, but a highly valuable skill that not a lot of college students are aware of is the skill of googling, or searching for knowledge on your own

first, figure out what exactly is confusing you, then try to search for it somewhere on the internet, perhaps there is a paper or some other resource that can further clarify what you are not understanding

[ancient quail]

is it true that early stopping is looked down upon in research

[simple tendon]

I don’t think the problem is related to study

You re actually doing a degree that you don’t want

Forget USA

You need to see the real problem

What do you want to do in your life ?

And it s kind of crazy to go till usa just so you get a different degree

[agile pewter]

I've recently started learning python properly I had a few things I understood but never enough to write more than an if statment with a print inside it.
I don't understand for loops at all and I can't seem to find anything to understand them properly if anyone has any videos or something explaining them I'd really appreciate it. I think I struggle to understand them because I can't see how they would be used. I'm self teaching off of youtube videos and random projects btw it's been working decently so far.

[fleet pilot]

Imagine it like this:

"I want to do 10!"

The basic solution for this question is doing a for look:

val = 1

for i in range(1,11):
  val = val * i

print(val)

The for loop goes through the list that ranges from 1 to 11, so [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] or [1,11)

Giving us: 1 * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 * 9 * 10 = 3628800

Don't worry about ranges yet, but i is going to be the pointer you use to go through every point what we are looking at.

You can include functions in for loops, but don't worry about it for now.

For loops are the ones you are going to use the most, second being while, and third is switches

[fleet pilot]

don't think i heard of that

early stop loss is something I use pretty frequently for my work

[ancient quail]

thank you, is it cool if i dm you for some more questions. I'm trying to publish a paper to a journal for the first time not js some hs science fair

[fleet pilot]

you can, but i don't know how beneficial ill be

[lean island]

these things will become clear with time, it's normal struggling with these abstract concepts at first.

[agile pewter]

Thank you I think seeing it all spaced out and then multiplied together helped I'm not sure how I couldn't see that before tbh.

[agile pewter]

That's comforting to know thank you.

[stray solstice]

if somoene here is familiar with firebase ?

[idle dew]

anyone know some good resources for learning to code python? i already have pythoon 3 and pycharm and have been watching some youtube videos too. i'm not totally sure if that's a good start for someone who's never programmed lol! thanks for the help! :D

[fleet pilot]

if you haven't started to learn to code, just pick a course from anyone of beginner python and just finish that course and follow along

[fleet pilot]

use it a bit, it's pretty straightforward as it's very well documented

[stray solstice]

Ye p but i got an error since yesterday with my firebase storage nobody helped me with this even tho its common

[idle dew]

awesome! thank you! :D

would you recommend any specific ones?

[fleet pilot]

Telusko I think has a great fundamental course on python, Harvard CS50's Python Programming Course is pretty good.
I could give you more, but more is not going to help you anymore than you need.

[fleet pilot]

i could help out, what's the error

[stray solstice]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78645530/error-uploading-profile-picture-firebase-storage-object-not-found-no-object-e/78645548#78645548

[fleet pilot]

how bout your pubspec.yaml?

do you have a version of firebase_storage and cloud_firestore

if it's an firebase exception, add:

if (e is FirebaseException){
  print('Firebase error code: ${e.code}, error message: ${e.message}';
}

[stray solstice]

Yes yes of course its added on the page on top

The error message its the same I make it pop on my page

[fleet pilot]

do you know if the image actually got uploaded, if not use snapshot to see the state

i'm trying to assume a lot from this code

is imagefile null?

also how is the directory setup

[idle dew]

i've been there, there was a moment for me where it suddenly clicked, however that was after trying for months to understand programming.

A piece of advice, don't quit, and just keep on trying, eventually you'll get the same click, and you'll notice it instantly.

Another piece of advice is try to consult google if you don't understand something before you ask people online, I often tell people that I consider google a skill because I believe it requires experience to translate what you want to understand to a search query on google effectively

that does not mean you should not ask people, but it helps substantially in the process of learning

[lean island]

also i would recommend do some leetcode challenges per day/week, it can be very tough at the start to someone who is not used to programming but if you keep going it will help you a lot

[storm current]

you can also try striver's list if you want to learn data structures and algorithm

[storm current]

does anyone knows how to integrate youtube music with discord in android?

[storm current]

does any one know about discord rich presence api or something ?

[golden pine]

theres enough youtube videos on this

[storm current]

for android ?

[golden pine]

oh you will need a laptop

or pc

discord android is trash

[storm current]

how so ?

[golden pine]

most functionalities of discord available on desktop isnt carried onto phones

[storm current]

I see but i was more like interested in showing status like Spotify for youtube music

[golden pine]

yeaa you can on laptop

[storm current]

Oh i have already done that using Premid but i want to do the same in android

[storm current]

have you ever used discord api or any package related to discord authentication or something i am trying to use this scope "activities.read" but discord keeps saying that it is malformed

[idle dew]

?

[tired trench]

@fiery pendant why this guy look hella phishy
Or is it just a troll?

[idle dew]

ahahha

[fiery pendant]

will give u two warnings and if you do this again you'll be banned

[idle dew]

why?

Did I write something unusual?

[tired trench]

Can u take off a warn from mine 👉👈

[fiery pendant]

never

[tired trench]

U wanna create something that's illegal and potentially harmful
This server prohibits that if iam right

[tired trench]

Fair enough

[idle dew]

cringe

[tired trench]

Thank u

[idle dew]

[storm current]

what happened ?

[tired trench]

I can't think I can mention that here again

Dm

[simple tendon]

What ?

@idle dew can u explain

[idle dew]

rofl bro

its only text

😅

[stable tree]

What would you guys buy right now: Lenovo P11 Pro Gen2 / Redmi Pad Pro / OnePlus Pad ? They are about 300 to 350 bucks each, and they are very similar to each other. Or do you think their specs are overkill for studying.
It will be for note taking + studying + practicing.

I am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of Tablets that are on the market now, they all seem great to me

[vital marsh]

Buy thingpad with touch screen ( watch facebook marketplace) . I thing that is the best option for beacos you are on computer engineering and you can't run every code on tablet

[stable tree]

But I already have a notebook that can run code, a Thinkbook 13s, it is sufficient enough. My thought was to use the tablet really just for note taking + studying + practicing, and maybe watch youtube tutorials and stuff. No compiling of code.

I realized for myself that note taking on paper can be a bit unpractical and when having too many subjects it needs big organization. With a tablet I would have the possibility to just have it on one device with a folder created inside that holds my notes+everything else. Since I have Math related subjects, a lot of the time drawing things are necessary to capture the full picture and understand it better

[tidal hemlock]

i spilled tea over my kb and my second row from L shift to / doens't respond, otherwise kebyoard functions normally. Could I do anything with it? like open it up and try to fix something?

[mental belfry]

go for lenovo.

[stable tree]

Cause its the most reliable brand out of the three? 🤔

[mental belfry]

exactly

[stable tree]

I once had black coffee spilled on my keyboard about half of a cup, There was some problems with it while it was still with coffee but after flipping and trying to get the liquid out, it worked since normally

Hope yours will be fine too after it dried

[storm current]

<@&942391219206647828>

[tidal hemlock]

sadly it's already been drying for 3 days

[stable tree]

Have you checked if you can disassemble it, to further clean it ?

[tidal hemlock]

yeah i sent a message to figure out if it even makes sense to try to clean it

[stable tree]

Sure it can help

[storm current]

<@&942391219206647828>

[boreal solar]

Any laptop suggestions

Im gonna get into my college for btech cse

[hasty snow]

macbook,

• has better battery life
• will work smoothly till the end of ur graduation
• better for devs

[stable tree]

Lenovo Thinkbooks are pretty affordable and nice looking, I have an older model myself, the Thinkbook 13s and I am happy with it so far. Im not sure about newer models but the 13s can be opened and battery/ram/storage replaced by you. That was a key point for me to buy it. I bought it with lower specs and upgraded it easily. Mine has i7 8th gen.

If you are limited on budget, i would assume that you have similar modules like me, so you dont really need anything crazy, anything with 8gb ram and a modern cpu will do the job. I remember with Apple products people had some compatibility issues with some stuff. But yes they're very reliable I guess. Mostly I didnt even need to bring a Laptop, there were enough PCs in the labs/library present.

[velvet summit]

hello i just have a little question that does it take long to start a laptop by usb? i want to reboot my laptop

[storm current]

if you mean by linux then few mins

[velvet summit]

what about windows11

[storm current]

windows 11 i don't think it is that fast to load on usb

u can try but it will be slow and instaling windows will take atleast 1 hour minimum

[velvet summit]

i see thank you so much

[storm current]

has anyone used tailscale exit node ??

[golden pine]

no its faster

if ur installing into the laptop it will take 20 mins max

if u wanna run it off of the usb windows wont work

[storm current]

it is fast ? what are the specs of your computer ?

for me it took atleast an hour for sure

[golden pine]

do u mean downloading as well

[storm current]

No i meant' for installing it on your computer only

downloading depends on users' internet speed

[golden pine]

yea exactly

[golden pine]

damn 1 hour is longer than it should be

[storm current]

maybe

[frosty sequoia]

can someone tell me where is the problem here

and here is the code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(){
  char word[101];
  int n;
  
  printf("write a number\n");
  scanf("%d", &n);

  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    printf("write a word:\n");
    scanf("%100s", word);

    int lenght = strlen(word);
    char lastc = word[lenght - 1];

    if (lenght > 10) {
      lenght -= 2;
      printf("%c%d%c\n", word[0], lenght, lastc);
    } else {
      printf("%s", word);
    }
  }
}```

why its wrong

[storm current]

Have u checked the discussion or solutions blog of this contest?

[shell idol]

Does anyone here study AI or have an idea about it I need help pls?

[potent marten]

I am studying A.I

[potent marten]

i recently started studying A.I

[potent marten]

depends what kind of AI you studying i mean you need to learn about ML(Machine learning ) first thats the basic then you advance through the rest

[shell idol]

can I send u in DM ?

[potent marten]

sure

[lean island]

there is no error in your code, it's doing it job

if you are trying to submit and the website is not accepting, probably is cause you are printing the results of the encode inside the loop and then printing again to ask for the another word, making the output not the same as the challenge asked for

[hasty snow]

Hi, maybe it's bCuz ur code is printing a different output then expected

Logic is correct

[stable tree]

if logic was correct then there would be no problem 😄

[hasty snow]

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main() {
    char word[101];
    int n;
    scanf("%d", &n); // removed print
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        scanf("%100s", word);
        int length = strlen(word);
        if (length > 10) {
            printf("%c%d%c\n", word[0], length - 2, word[length - 1]);
        } else {
            printf("%s\n", word); // next line
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

logic was correct with
minor printing errors 😄

[stable tree]

Oh yeah thats correct 👍

[ebon mural]

https://youtu.be/gfcgn1RdPUU?si=bAecQpobW62AeKRM

[hasty snow]

🦉

[pure tide]

hello

[lucid vector]

Hello can anyone please help it's really urgent how to fix this , I installed Ubuntu and faced some problems installing the python packages so switched to windows 11 and removed the Ubuntu files and removed the Ubuntu iso hd partition

Please it's urgent!!

[storm current]

looks like u need to reinstall/repair ubuntu
if u deleted ubuntu files especially the root files then u may need to reinstall

[fossil rock]

I downloaded a gitbuh code which is an Obsidian plug-in for converting text to Latex.
How do I enable this in Obsidian or attach this code to Obsidian.
I haven't used GitHub before.
Kindly help.

[cosmic zealot]

did you try accessing the boot menu and booting through windows boot manager?

[lucid vector]

I couldn't fix the issue now using Ubuntu in the virtual box

Also I have to reset the whole system

[idle dew]

stick to this until you get used to linux, don't go randomly deleting things unless you understand what you are doing. By the sounds of it, you followed a tutorial to dual boot linux and windows. If you want to get rid of ubuntu on your system open the disk management utility and figure out which partition is your ubuntu partition, then delete it and expand your windows partition to take the entire disk

that's if you're using the same disk, which I'm going to assume you are. If you're using a different disk to dual boot then simply format the disk that ubuntu is installed on

[idle dew]

https://help.obsidian.md/Extending+Obsidian/Community+plugins

[lean island]

i agree with that, also you are losing almost nothing of performance using it in vm

[idle dew]

you do lose quite a bit of performance, but computers are powerful enough to compensate. It's not that using a VM doesn't lose performance, its that it generally shouldn't matter for this case (learning purpose).

[bold flicker]

has anyone had any luck following the sony xperia z1 compact tutorial?
i had an issue uploading the .img file
it kept on saying that the file size was too big and i have no idea on how to fix it

[terse blaze]

Hey everyone
Im working on a small project (as a beginner).
(info about the project:- its a basic application that connects ay phone to the laptop via sever IP. and streams audio in realtime)
** i need someone who knows JAVA/KOTLIN to make the mobile app working.**
(i am doing the python part myself)
Dm

[rigid bear]

.

[mental sonnet]

as a beginner, could anyone recommend solid places to start with artificial intelligence? Thanks in advance!

[granite bloom]

Start with Python first

[mental sonnet]

I'm already pretty deep into Python, I know a little bit of NumPY and a decent amount of Pandas, where could I go from there?

[stable tree]

If you are unexperienced about AI, just learn the core elements of it. If you prefer books there are several to choose from that are available for free on the internet. Maybe you can even find a full lecture on YouTube about this topic. But that is only if you want to be an expert in AI. You didn't mention what you plan to do. If you have a specific thing in mind go straight for that and learn how it functions. That way you will get to your goal faster without learning unnecessary (theory) elements.

[idle dew]

Hello can i have a quick question, when my wifi is gone is formatting it a good choice? I mean i have all of my accounts and files saved

[stable tree]

What does that mean, explain your problem please

[idle dew]

@stable tree hey I wanna pursue btech in cse but I'm confused between cse wit ai/ds/cybersecurity.... should just go with cse or should take specialised one?

[stable tree]

What do you want to do in the future ?

[idle dew]

I'm not sure....I have learned python and am planning to do more code language in future

[stable tree]

Oh my bad, i misread your question. Personally I chose cse and it is nice, you can still specialize in the future and you get to know the fields that you mentioned in basic terms. I wouldn't fix myself into one field, if I am being honest.
So I can recommend cse at least.

[idle dew]

Thank you so much for your feedback

[idle dew]

Its a bit tough to explain but the clearest answer i can give you is that my wifi vanished from my laptop. And i keep trying to fix it but none of it work

[stable tree]

Did you try going into your network settings and do a windows diagnosis on the wifi ? It will probably offer you to reset network adapter or something similar, maybe then you will be able to use wifi again

[idle dew]

I did

I also did tried network reset yet none of those worked

[fleet pilot]

Restart your computer, sometimes it fixes it

[lean island]

is anyone here studyind type theory?

[wide fog]

can anyone tell me how I can use bluestacks, HELP!

[hardy geode]

The emulator?

[uneven slate]

is there anyone who is crypto guy ?

because i have alot of question about it

[lean island]

just ask here, im not an crypto guy but depending on the question i can help u

and if im not able to do so, other people in chat may help u

[wide fog]

Yeah man but I figured out I need some other help, like is there any chrome extension that I can use to use it!?

[hardy geode]

I don't think so tbh

[storm current]

U want an extension to use bluestack? How so?

[wide fog]

No, i want an chrome extension to use like android apps in laptop!

[tired trench]

Hey can u tell me what all they teach u in cse?

[open solstice]

try to reset all network settings

you don't need to format all your pc

only the network

[storm current]

Maths , electronics, discrete maths, data structure and algorithms, microprocessor and controllers , operating system, software development, probability and stochastic processes, data communication and network, computer architecture, digital logic, physics, chemistry and some other subjects which I don't remember

[tired trench]

Thanks

[storm current]

Np

[long crypt]

Buying a PC that is more potent is more worthy then a notebook that is way less?

[idle dew]

oh yeah i have done that like multiple times it didnt work tho but afew days my wifi randomly working

[plush tiger]

depends on what you want to do on the pc

[cyan iris]

Hey any recommanded course for NLP system ?

[idle dew]

hi i am looking for a webcam. that works with macbook...... any recommendations ?? i dont care about quality ( something cheap )

[stable tree]

I would go with the cheapest logitech webcam that is listed on your preferred platform/local shop

[long crypt]

Is buying a ipad for programming reliable? It seems it's doable but i'm not certain that programming there is assured, but I am interested since it looks like it has a great system and is really optimized

[hasty snow]

not for programming but for making notes,

[long crypt]

Oh, so notebook still is the better choice for studying and working on programming?

[hasty snow]

Just buy a nice laptop, and U r good to go

For notes simple notebook will work, cuz u wont be memorizing stuff so ipad for it seems unnecessary imo

[long crypt]

That's mostly the problem for me, since because my country currency and situation I can afford potent working laptops, if I put into direct dollar comparison it would be half or less 500-300 all I can afford, without counting taxes, but I see your point and I'll work on it

[hasty snow]

Maybe u can find a second hand laptop, it'll be one time investment, but it'll be totally worth it,
Good luck bro

[long crypt]

Yeah I guess any means to start is enough, thanks for the help

[hasty snow]

Yeah but ull need a good start, cuz there can be issue when ull do advanced programming and if the laptop isn't good enough it can cause problems

[long crypt]

What would be considered enough for that? Like a 8 gb ram and intel i5 1235u is fine?

[hasty snow]

Other tech bros here can help u with that

[long crypt]

Idk If I ever really got it but this the chat for tech in the meaning of things like computer parts etc or there is another specific chat for it?

[hasty snow]

No I mean I dont know much about specifications and stuff so other members can help u with that :),

[long crypt]

I see, it's all good, you helped me more then enough, so anyway thanks still

[hasty snow]

Happy to help bro

[real oar]

Chat how can I add background image by using html?

[fluid trail]

please who know where i can deploy a backend api, with mongodb data base, that uses session authentication, for free

[hasty snow]

background-image: url('path to image')

inline css

[hasty snow]

Vercel is free but not great,
U can try render free tier

[thorny chasm]

i cant use task manager

how to fix this

[tribal sphinx]

Did you try CTRL + ALT + DELETE??

A menu will pop up and u can select task manager

Ping me here if u still cant fix it

[solid iron]

I just got a kyocera 902kc and i put my tmobile 5g sim in and the cell service works great! However, i cannot get it to connect to 4g whatsoever. Any tips?

[solid iron]

Nevermind got it!

[real oar]

Example???

I used the location of the image.

[storm current]

u can also try azure or aws free tier too

[simple tendon]

hey everyone

anyone have a recommended ressources for Next js

from lecture or website anything

besides the documentation

[hasty snow]

U can learn it from jsm YouTube tuts

[chilly bridge]

hey, any arch users here?

[long crypt]

Would it be better to buy a cheaper notebook with Linux to then install a windows, or just buy a more expensive one with windows already on?

[stable tree]

You dont need to activate the license in order to use Windows. So there is no real cost if you cant afford to buy the license. You just can't personalize windows, but still use it.

[storm current]

Josh tried coding is good

[stoic sapphire]

Any excel pros in here?
I want to delete the empty spaces between the compounds, but for some reason the blank cells in the second row are not recognised as empty so the Find and Select tool isn't working.
I tried using numbers and a filter but I think it's not working since it's horizontal and not vertical

[idle dew]

dontasktoask.com

[chilly bridge]

What do you mean man?

[idle dew]

just copy and paste to the internet

[hasty snow]

He means ask the actual question, or problem which u r facing

[chilly bridge]

How to start ricing it, it is pretty confusing

[storm current]

what kind of website is this ?

[next cave]

an informational one about human psychology

[foggy flame]

whoever has taken the CLF-02 Cloud Practitioner for AWS
How useful would you say Tutorial Dojo is? and any tips

[gloomy lily]

on r/unixporn (dont ban me pls) theres a wiki page with good guides. But generally, assuming u currently have :

1. select a window managers: On linux desktop, there are Desktop Environments like gnome, kde plasma, xfce4, lxqt and many more. Theyre just a set of preinstalled programms like Settings Center, File manager, Browser, Terminal Emulator, other utilities and always a window manager! A window manager is a programm that displays winows and sometimes titlebars and that also manages them. You can start with a desktop environment as base but most good rices use a window manager like i3(see i3wm.org), awesome(awesomewm.org), bspwm, qtile or dwm(dwm.suckless.org; rlly not recommended for beginners, youll need c for that. But offers unlimited customization because of a simple code base and patches(the git thingies).
   Window managers are also responsible for keybindings and sometimes autostarting.
   There are also wayland compositors. Wayland is a display manager(the thing that draws things, from my understanding) like X11, but newer and designed to replace X11. Its pretty new and the main benefit is different refresh rates on different monitors, cleaner code and no screen tearing. Wayland compositors are basically window managers for wayland that also add effects like transparent windows, rounded corners, windows shadows and animations. In X11 we have compositors like picom(and tons of forks) for effects like that, seperately from our window manager.
   because wayland is much newer, there arent that many resources for it.
   Also im more experienced with X11 and window managers, so i cant help u with that and will just recommend a window manager like i3.

If ur using a display manager like SDDM or lightdm, i3 will be a new option in the session selection after installation.

2. Select other essential programms:
   Youll need a terminal emulator, task manager, ur prefered browser & some editor for configuration. Im using st(simple terminal from suckless) as my terminal emulator but I wouldnt recommend it for beginners. I heard good from alacritty tho.
   For browser: js use firefox or brave or whatever
   for task manager: i and many others use the terminal application htop
   for a basic editor: id recommend nano or vim if ur already familiar with the keybindings

3 Theming:
First find a wallpaper and a colorscheme: look on r/unixporn for inspiration. I like rosepine or dracula as a color scheme.
To apply the color scheme youll have to set GTK/qt themes(for guis) and ur terminal colors. Also ur bar but well get to that later
To set the wallpaper, you can use an application like feh.

The bar:
The bar displays system information or windows or time or whatever u like. i3 already has one but its really ugly so id use something like polybar. The theming is difficult, but on r/unixporn there are often dotfiles, that show the configurations of other. You can steal their configuration as base and add ur configurations on top. Just look on yt

Animations, rounded corners, shadows, transparency and blur:
For that youll need a compositor. Basically theres only picom as a good option as far as i know but there are many forks of it that add other features on top of it. Picom itself doesnt have animations but other forks do.
Compositors are a bit resource intensive, especially with blur, but it should be fine.
Youll also need to configure it and make it autostart with ur window manager.
also i dont recommend making ur terminal too transparent as it makes everything less readable.

The application launcher(the thing that pops up on windows + d):
Right now u r using dmenu but it lacks fancy features. Most people use rofi. Youll again be best off stealing others configuration if u dont have any CSS knowledge, altough its not too difficult to configure. Also dont forget to apply ur color scheme to it.

note to 1:
in ricing we almost always use tiling window managers(window managers that resize our windows to fit our whole screen automatically, without overlapping). They can be difficult to use and take some time to get used to. But if ur using workspaces(try windows + 2) to switch to workspace 2. it makes a rlly nice workflow(especially if u dedicate specific tasks to specific workspaces, for example browsing to workspace 1, coding to workspace 2, music to workspace 3 and maybe discord to workspace 4.
If u dont want that. there are still options like openbox, 2bwm(as difficult as dwm i think), berry, sowm(not rlly recommended) or tinywm. They also work great but less common in ricing and therefore there are less learning resources for it.

also to change settings that u used to change in a settings menu, you may need to run weird commands or change files(yeah rlly the arch way) but the archwiki is great for especially that. However all these configurations files(also for terminal appearance or ur application launcher = "dotfiles") can get messy easily if u dont know where they are all stored. There are different solutions to managing dotfiles. Most consists of a git repository, that contains all the files and an install script to copy/symlink all these files to their respective directory. At first i wouldnt worry about that tho as ur first rices will never be rlly good.

[storm current]

why would you be banned ?

[tiny storm]

Anyone self taugh themself CS? Would love to hear roadmap that you’ve been through and would recommend

[fast comet]

if you are purely new and know nothing to coding. i recommend CS50 course of Havard on Edx. It teach you all C fundamental and logic problem solving skill too

best course on the world

it also teach u python and sql some stuff in web programing too

dont be hersitate to start cuz i was a newbie when i start that course either :vv

about my roadmap up to now , study CS50 -> so some cp website like leetcode,... -> interested in cybersecurity -> play ctf ( i play cryptography and still noob ) . that my first year of CS

[hardy geode]

Check out roadmap.sh they have a roadmap for CS pretty comprehensive

[stable tree]

a general approach would be to just learn fundamentals of CS and then chase a personal project

[warm seal]

Anyone who knows winform c#?
I am trying to create an UI where pressing w would move the object and similarly asd, I want to know how to read the keys without the use of console so the further operation can take place.
I figured out how to move them using the console but I need to figure out without console simply either after the button click or when the winform is in focus

[long crypt]

Which would be better for programming in general, a ideapad 1i, i5, 8 gb ram,
or a Galaxy book 2, i5, 8 gb ram?

[stable tree]

Does it have to be one of them ?

[long crypt]

Yes, since it's the best options I can afford

[stable tree]

Ah I see, can you provide more information about the models? It is a bit difficult to compare otherwise

[long crypt]

Oh yeah a second

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Intel Core I5 - 1235U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD - NP550XED-KF2BR

Lenovo Ideapad 1i Intel Core I5 - 1235U, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD - 82VY000QBR

[stable tree]

Wow they really build the same notebook 😄

But the Lenovo seems to have a 15.6" HD (1366x768) display, the Samsung has a full HD display, and Samsung has more ports on the sides. I believe I would choose Samsung. I own a Lenovo Thinkbook 13s and am happy but in this comparison Samsung seems to win.

Also when it comes to storage they can be disassembled very simple and just changed to 1TB or your desired storage size.

[long crypt]

I see, thanks for the help

[humble surge]

anyone learning backend development ?

[storm current]

which language r u interested ? Golang or spring boot or something else

[humble surge]

which one do you think will pay the highest in 2024?

Also im thinking of either leraning django or spingboot

[storm current]

Depends on the company bro

Both languages can help u get high paying job

[storm current]

Oh ok

[vocal bridge]

hii there, Help Needed while I am cloning some repos from github i see bunch of dependencies used in the project that either dont have windows supported or dont have the CLI ( ofcourse the repo dose not have Docker file), so i was wondering should i switch to Linux ? or is WSL good enough ( i can switch to linux , i have some previoius experience in it but will it be for good )

[storm current]

I think u should bro WSL is just for testing linux and will be slow as hell if u r running docker commands in WSL then it may take much longer time compared to running it in native linux

[jade summit]

there are some programs out there to remove a windows product key from an old computer, or you can put your old hdd in. Surely you’ve had windows on at least one computer so far.

[grave tangle]

i have Lenovo ideapad slim 3, i5 works like a charm if you dont play games

[simple tendon]

try everything

if you have the time

so you can have a better idea

dont mind about the cut

in general it s well paid

[solar torrent]

I think JavaScript sits in the middle of way too many good fields. Not only front/back-end web development, but web security also. And I seen the rise of Three.js for creating 3d graphics in web browsers, and Discord is built with ElectronJS which is a JavaScript library

[jade summit]

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#overview

Good survey about industry

[stable tree]

<@&942391219206647828> weird guy

[silent arrow]

Does anyone have any experience creating a website. I know you can make a free website via github but i was struggling highkey . Just wanted to know if anyone has other reccomendations or anything

[stable tree]

Can you provide more information about what you plan to do?

[idle dew]

Anyone using ansys?

[silent arrow]

tryna make a website to publish articles about sports so id like to be able to include images and then text and stuff , kinda like in a blog format

[native brook]

thank you 🙏🏼

[plain plover]

Guys can someone help,I'm using next js and im trying to create this signup page,but when i click this signup link i go this 404 This page could not be found.I use this {'/register'} for that route

[storm current]

Looks fine to me

[plain plover]

still dont working

[tired ledge]

looking for someone to guide me through some dsa problems

[storm current]

what do you mean by guide ?

u can do striver or neetcode list if u aren't sure which questions u should systematically attempt

[hasty snow]

Instead of register.js
Write page.js for file name

[plain plover]

Fix it,thank you.

[hasty snow]

nice

[viscid stag]

yep

[ionic walrus]

Hi, I've been searching about CS (Computer science) and CE (Computer engineering) for a while, but I can't seem to find as much resources to learn CE as i do with CS, and even if i did at some point, i couldn't understand it and don't remember...is there any resource you'd recommend for learning the basics of CE?

[viscid stag]

Search according to subjects, check CE curriculum(semiconductor phy, signaling systems, computer architecture, digital circuits, operating system etc..)

And read more book about stuff. Websites like libgen, anna-archive can be used.

[proper fractal]

has anyone completed data structures and algorithms?

[storm current]

not yet still in the process 😢

it's like a dark soul boss which wouldn't die no matter what

[proper fractal]

are you done with recursions?

[storm current]

yeah kind off

[proper fractal]

how many leetcodes have you solved?

[storm current]

roughhly 150

[granite bloom]

instead of going with a number in my mind i would suggest u go with a pattern of a
problem , problems can be infinite but the patterns are limited @proper fractal

find the patterns in the problems tht the key

[tawny bobcat]

Would someone be able to help me/ check my bootstrap framework later? I'm trying to recreate a prexisting figma file

[hasty snow]

Why aren't u using tailwind, any specific reasons for using bootstrap 🦉

[tawny bobcat]

The class voted on it

[hasty snow]

🫠, but
Okay, i once used bootstrap and then switched to tailwind and never came back

u can still share the issue, maybe i can help u solve it

[wooden shadow]

yoooooooo someone please advice some good free boot camp or similar websites where i can learn coding, im not sure about specific field as i started web development but may switch to something else

i just dont want to waste time on some meaningless certificates

[fleet pilot]

just look on youtube for free videos on developing websites or blogs online. use it as a jump off point to learn what you want to do. Don't copy verbatim, you don't anything that way.

[sturdy lotus]

do anyone here know ho to create a blog site?

[sturdy lotus]

like.... the tools required?

[tawny bobcat]

Thank you, I'm trying to recreate a page from figma using bootstrap mainly using example components but they turn wonky when I add to html file

[hasty snow]

you mean the styles aren't working when u paste it on ur html file?

[simple tendon]

But it s also the most exciting one

[storm current]

Nah bro I feel bored already

I would rather do some web dev instead of leetcode

[simple tendon]

It gives you the ability to think

[storm current]

it does but not in an exciting way

[ornate forge]

bros i need a help in resume making :
lets say i have no expereience , no extracurricuklar and no certifications , there are only
Skillls
Projects
Education
Now how many projects should i keep and is it ok to have space left in bottom?

[simple tendon]

You said you were done with recursion before

If it s the case , recursion it s a new way to design programs

When you learn something like that it s new you feel like you improve your thinking

Personally

[storm current]

yeah it is but is not fun until u are able to design some projects or architecture using what u learned through Data structure

and most of the things we learn through leetcode dont' get used in actual work i mean they are used but internally

[simple tendon]

That’s a really interesting way to resolve leet code problems , I m doing coding game personally , it s different than leet code more gamified

[storm current]

that is inbuilt functions or tools like that

[storm current]

that is nice

i recently made a chrome extension to update my discord activity

[simple tendon]

That s so cool , you code alone or with friends ?

[storm current]

mostly alone

[simple tendon]

Ok ok

[simple tendon]

Indeed but that s the difference between you and noobs in comp sci

Most of them just use it but they don’t know where it’s come from

[storm current]

yeah kind of

[storm current]

yeah also i have seen most of them are so heavily dependent on chat gpt and here we barely use it

[granite bloom]

can u share me link of the platform u using for gamified

exp.

[simple tendon]

Of course

https://www.codingame.com/start/

[storm current]

OOOhhh

Nice

[ornate forge]

i am loving it!!

[simple tendon]

Certification

Is usually when some technology or competence are not available on the market

For example languages are not considered as certifications properly since theire are mostly open source

But it s still cool to have for learning purposes

And for professional experience since I don’t have any pro exp so I can t help you with that

[granite bloom]

thanks buddy

[ornate forge]

Then what about projects , how many should i keep?

[ornate forge]

And yeah if you share any good resume without any experience i would be glad..

[simple tendon]

Only the one that you want

It s up to you for this case

[simple tendon]

I will see

[ionic walrus]

Greetings once again, It is me, Gabe, and I'd like a little bit of advice or outside view; I'm considering on switching to Linux, still am a bit uncertain on which distro to choose but i got a few in mind (Mint, Pop!_OS, Fedora, Zorin, Arch...), anyhow, i'm planning to buy a new computer once i manage to save up enough, which is going well, however, I don't know if Linux runs better on laptop or desktop computer, neither about usb drives that well, and If i should be concerned with anything else at all, Linux seems great, but I don't know where to start on learning more about it.

[bold niche]

Zorin will be good option for you.

[storm current]

U can also try pop os too

Pretty easy installation

[ripe matrix]

Can anyone suggest a good video on how to build an app for beginners?

[storm current]

In react native or kotlin?

[elder pendant]

Mint is very good for good for beginners and has lots of native support for functionality you might be used to. Pop!_OS is a sort of finished product type OS, it's very good and again natively supports lots of things and is great for gaming(personal experience). Don't know much about Zorin. Arch(insert i use arch btw meme) is brilliant but not so great for beginners, I use it as it achieves a mininmalistic environment and I have full package control beyond basic utils etc. Linux is a great little adventure but just remember that it basically requires no resouces to run beyond around 4gb of ram and a dual core processor and you'll have a great time. Generally speaking it's a lot less resource intensive than Windows and therefore you shouldn't worry about the hardware you are using. I for example have a laptop from 2011 that runs Arch buttery smooth. Your experience may vary on more graphically intensive desktop environments like Gnome or KDE Plasma however.

[ripe matrix]

I am a complete beginner, i just want a rough idea of the skills i will need.

so that i can slowly gain the skillset i will require to build an app in the future

[ionic walrus]

Thanks! But how should i go about installing once i make my choice, a USB? a SSD? HDD? I'm conflicted...

[storm current]

i think maybe u should try react native just pick any tutorial u find in youtube that will be sufficient for now

[storm current]

go for ssd for the fastest response time

[viscid stag]

Try different distro, you'll eventually find what you like after distro hopping.
Try mint, arch, pop, fedora, debian, zorin etc...

[elder pendant]

just to be clear best practice is to have a media source to install from and a receiving hard drive/usb/ssd. For example, my PC has an internal NVMe SSD drive and I installed arch using a bootable USB image. If you didn't have a USB, you could for example plug in an internal hard drive(if you have the space) with the installation image on, and then boot from that hard drive and install to the other drive, but I'm not sure why you would do that, especially if you have USB's to hand.

Generally speaking SSD's have a faster boot time and read-write speeds, however depending on the price it may be worth just getting a HDD, as you will get a larger amount of storage for less money. The truth about Linux OS's is that you can get away with very minimalist hardware and have a well functioning system, with Linux for me it's never about the hardware and it's sort of besides the point.

[ripe matrix]

Alright, thank you.

[ripe matrix]

again?!

<@&942391219206647828>

[fiery pendant]

tyyy

[mental belfry]

does anyone know how to use vue js here? why when i copy the vuejs code of a tailwind component it does not work?

[granite zinc]

I was doing a personal project, and I got a question about my database, each product has a rating, but what is the best way to establish it, according to sales or customers and their sales, if you record their opinions of a product then I posed two options, each user can rate it as bad, regular or good and from it calculate it, another option is to record each rating of each user and then recalculate their rating to be more accurate. In short, propose a one to one, one to many relationship or use another alternative.

[safe gulch]

hey, anybody here knows flutter coding?

[storm current]

Hey does anyone know how to get either url or video id of the current playing youtube video on android using kotlin ?

[fleet pilot]

not too familiar, but wouldn't you need a Youtube API

[storm current]

yeah but that' s not the issue

what i need is the video Id or url of the video

and then i can retrieve the title of the youtube video which i am currently watching

and that too on android

[civic nexus]

depends whether you need the individuals users ratings. If you do then do a reviews table with foreign keys to both product and user. If not then just iterate the number of bad, regular or good reviews for that item. Option 2 better for storage, but 1 would prevent users from voting multiple times

[raw spade]

possibly could use some sort of OCR to determine the video title and author, search it, get URL of first result?

[storm current]

OCR ? isn't that too complicated

[raw spade]

well... not really? what lang you doing this in?

right kotlin sorry

[storm current]

can you provide me any article or code regarding it ?

[raw spade]

well, OCR has become pretty easy to do

you can literally just get the position of text on the screen and extract it, libraries exist for basically every lang

can find sth for kotlin 1s

[storm current]

hmmm

will try this approach

[raw spade]

tesseract seems to have an SDK

[storm current]

oK will give it a try for sure

[raw spade]

https://github.com/gomezrondon/Tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/main/kotlin/com/gomezrondon/tesseractocr/Application.kt

heres an example

@storm current I guess the video is just playing in the default youtube player, and your program is not hooking it in any way?

I have another idea tbh - could monitor packets being sent

(and recieved)

[storm current]

yeah that is something i also thought too

[raw spade]

nah

i think wont work without rooting

also for the OCR thing you probably need accessibility perms

[storm current]

yeah there was another approach something called media session

it also required system permission which u can't get without rooting the phone

[raw spade]

I don't know if this is possible on android without rooting, but most straightforward might actually be to find share button with OCR, then copy link with OCR, then use clipboard content for whatever

that would definitely be the most reliable and easiest to implement, but idk if would work on android

[storm current]

Ohhhh

u will also have to interact with the button too

[raw spade]

because text extraction where its dynamic using positions and stuff is kinda sketchy with OCR tbh - error rate can be moderately high

[storm current]

this is kind of webscraping

[raw spade]

gotta use mediaprojectionapi to capture screenshots, then whatever else for OCR (google ml kit might be better than tesseract from my research), then simulate click via builtin accessibility service

could store screenshots in tmpfs if android has that

for faster speeds

[storm current]

Lol this is already just geting too complicated

i also tried the notificationListener approach but it wasn't upto the mark

[raw spade]

not really tbh, lemme break it down.

every like 1s, use media projection API to take a screenshot, then keep in memory as var, then analyse the image with OCR, (as simple as something like if (element.text.equals("Share", ignoreCase = true)) { with ml kit, pass Bound object from element.boundingBox to a function you define to click it using android's built in accessibility service, and that's it, then repeat for copy link

[storm current]

hmm

[raw spade]

and extracting from clipboard is as easy as

val clipboard = getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE) as ClipboardManager
    val clipData = clipboard.primaryClip
    return clipData?.getItemAt(0)?.text.toString()```

sorry for the java, idk kotlin

i dont like either, just learned them back when i had a minecraft server of my own

atm am learning go, but for most stuff prefer python

[storm current]

no problem i am familiar in both also kotlin uses java internally lol

[raw spade]

how old r u btw?

[raw spade]

this snippet is kotlin anyway bc some of it is just copy pasted from docs xD

but if i include java anywhere its prob bc i sketched it up and also my code prob does not work 💀

its been a long time....

[raw spade]

and also whats ur fav lang

and what is this project even for

[storm current]

24

[raw spade]

damnn

we got an almost 10 year gap aha

im 15

[storm current]

what ? and you know these things by now itself

damn

my god

[raw spade]

been coding a while haha

[storm current]

i learnt coding in my 2nd year of college

[raw spade]

i like reading (not programming books tho 💀) and ig it helps

bc i like get academic knowledge on like how it works below the code im writing\

[storm current]

golang ig or spring boot

[raw spade]

i took my igcse cs exam last year - a year early, everyone else in my class takes it next year

or well next schoolyear

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yoo yk go?

im learning it rn

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just trying to get video info so that i can update my discord acitivity

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u read gopl book?

gopl.io i think is the url

https://gopl.io

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yup

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OH nice

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i really like it as a lang

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no never

i just learnt from golang documentations

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read any go books?

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hmm interesting

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not yet

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yup

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thats how i learned my first lang - python

but not even docs

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documentation is everything bro

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more just trial and error and trial more

xD

probably wasted a lot of time

but I was still quite young

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that's nice

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and was too bored by books and docs

just wanted to do stuff ig

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but python is good for beginner

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i mean i did learn it but probably not very efficiently

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yes fs

btw

my dad is kinda a senior software dev

of like 30+ years

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my god

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so maybe that affects how early I got into it xD

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yeah that explains it all

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he bought me some program for block based coding (like scratch) when I was like 7 lol

tbh ive always wanted to be like him

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oh scratch ?

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like ive known since like 6 that i was gonna become a programmer like my dad

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aren't they really old lang

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similar, just the blocks

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scratch is basically just coding in english but with blocks that connect

like puzzle basically

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damn u wanna become like tourist or something ?

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wdym?

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yeah i know

there used to be some turtle language also

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hm, never heard of it

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tourist is a grandmaster in coding in codeforces and he also started from 13

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ahh

i dont think im interested in that stuff

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it is called Logo

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tbh rn i wanna get all my exams over for next schoolyear while working on some projects, hope one succeeds so that gives me some more like 'acknowledgment' ig

i really wanna get into MIT

then kinda just idk

work, probably in crypto

automation and stuff

i wanna work for myself

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Damn you have some grand vision

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and then eventually live in some country with super lenient tax rules and laws and like just 'relaxed' yk

something by the sea

and buy some house in like andorra or something

where I go in the winter

to ski

or maybe a house there would be silly

idk

i still have so much ahead of me aha

i just hope i manage to succeed

cuz theres many thousand more kids with the same or better amount of coding skill also applying for MIT and then competing w me in the future etc.

when do you finish uni @storm current ?

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chill bro take it slowly your are making feel like i am very far behind others 😅

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oh no ur not

ur fine dw

i havent done any of what I say I want to xD

its just hopes and dreams yk

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2 years back TT

time is just flying

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wdym?

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what ?

i already graduated bro

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ohh

so ur def not behind anyone xD

u get a job yet?

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I had

currently looking for one

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what was ur major?

cs?

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i may not be rn but i was once

IT

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ah

what was ur last job?

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frontend

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ew i hate frontend ahahhaa

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yeah me too these days

it is very hard to satisfy the end users or clients

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frrr'

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everyone has their own opinion on how the design should look

that's why i was looking for backend

job

but now i just looking for any job be it frontend , backend or fullstack

job market not that good

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for me I prefer it a lot more when I have something that interacts with a non-programmer user that it's open source and I don't have to fix their issues xD

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every one is asking for atleast 3-4 yrs experience

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writing stuff for other programmers is usually pretty easy though

like annoyances wise

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r u sure ur 15 ?

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yep

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u don't sound like one

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going to yr 11 next year

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Lol

but backend should also care about frontend bro

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cuz theyll just fix whatever they dont like xD

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why?

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i don't know may be because i never heard someone talk about programing so heavily when i was your age

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maybe cuz it was less popular back then?

idk

im also pretty invested in it ig

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was it ?

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its like probably the biggest part of my life

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maybe

yup

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most of my day I'm either coding or thinking about coding

xD

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damn fr ?

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or reading about coding

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well ig

lately ive also been playing roblox a lot with my little brother

on vacay in japan and we share a room

been bonding fr

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then that means u r definitely the next "tourist" or "errichto" maybe

u from japan ?

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its pretty nostalgic cuz we used to play a lot like 3 yrs ago

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sorry vacay means vacation

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oh ok

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im born in germany, parents r russian, but live in thailand

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oh that explains

germany has some very good education or so i have heard

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passport/nationality wise im german but otherwise im german ig

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i am very blessed - i was born in a pretty well-off family, have gone to private international schools my whole life

but my programming is 100% self educated

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lol ur also russian too damn

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maybe like 90% actually cuz my dad xD

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i can do the stuff we do in school with my toes blindfolded aha

the cs teacher started letting me skip lessons and go to the library if i didnt want to xD

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i see

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dont even have to do homework either

but thats probably more bc i did the exam either

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well with right environment any one can become anything

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yes yes

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xD