AlpineSteakHouse

joined 2 years ago
[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What operating system and tools should a beginner use to learn programming

Chances are you'll have to switch to whatever your job has eventually so just pick what you like. I really like VsCode personally because you can read the documentation of methods without leaving your program. The best system and tools is whatever gets you to start learning though.

I want start with python but I don't know what operating system and tools to use

Python is great and easy to learn but I think it leads to misunderstandings about how programming languages work if that's your only experience. If you can get a Programming Fund 1 class in C or C++, you can transfer over those skills to Python in a week. If you start with Python, then you'll be mostly starting from scratch if you need to learn other languages. But it's entirely your choice.

In terms of programming institutions (universities bootcamps, etc..), do each institutions have its own preference or does it let its student choose?

My university had Windows for the public computers but as long as you turned in your code it didn't matter where it was written. I know lots of people who used a Linux VM that they carried on a USB stick. They completed their assignments just fine.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

I think of so many games where the whole point is just a 2-3 second bit at the end like this.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (11 children)

A single-player fantasy game with no skill points/upgrades beyond equipment. I want the entirety of the progression to be the skills of the player. You end up losing fights to more than one goblin at a time, but then you learn to start dealing with groups. A long enough time pasts and you're slaughtering hordes of enemy like clockwork. But if someone took control of your character they'd still lose to a goblin or two.

I want something where split second reaction times and skill determine how a fight goes. Both me and the enemy should be able to kill each other in 2-3 seconds given the right circumstances. I want extremely punishing mechanics for both enemies and the player. Something like a first-person Hotline Miami but with really good swordplay.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Nevermind, that's a normal amount of cringe for your age.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You fool! Youve taken the bait. I am 3 moves ahead and your fate is sealed

Grown adult saying this btw. God, I was less cringe in high school.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

If you can pay someone $1.50, then you can pay them $1. You can't even pull a "I don't have a smaller bill" or other shit.

If you try to pay $1.50 then you're just being a trouble maker.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If you believe your vote doesn't matter, you either believe: all votes are not equal (within a given election).

Yeah, like I explained in my original comment in great detail exactly how and why certain votes are not equal.

I struck a nerve with the redditor comment considering you responded to that 4 word sentence but not the paragraph explaining basic American Electoral structure.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

sigh

Le epic redditer moment

Your vote matters just as much as everyone else's.

Unless you live in non-swing state in which case your vote literally means nothing as you're a minority voter for at least the next 30 years. Even then, the vote of someone in a state with a small population gives more of a share of electoral college votes than a populous state. Plus the whole 2 senators a state thing etc etc.

Your whole position is flawed. You're reversing the responsibility of ensuring people get to vote. Politicians are well paid professionals whose entire job is to ensure that their political plans come to fruition. Blaming some doomer online for the failures of the party is completely missing the point.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It should have been in the 80's. If those lesser evil folk bit the bullet and refused to vote for whatever shitty candidate they had at that point them maybe the Democratic party wouldn't feel so comfortable shoveling Biden down our throats. It is 100% the fault of past Democratic party voters that we're in this situation and it could have been avoided.

In a purely 4-year cycle, it is better to vote for a Dem because they'll be slightly better. But since we repeated that 10x already, the Dem has gotten to be so horrific that it isn't worth it anymore. It's like trying to decide how much grain to use to feed a village and how much to plant for the next season. In the short term, it's better to feed the people and reduce the amount planted next year. But we did that so much that now there's no more food.

Boomers fucked Millennials and Gen Z with climate change. Gen X and Millennials fucked over Gen Z over with lesser evil voting.

[–] AlpineSteakHouse@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

DuckDuckGo is also so much better for search results since Google made theirs shit.

I can find websites pretty easy on DuckDuckGo which just don't exist on Google.

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