KovalainenFanBoy Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I wouldn't start with C, actually. learning curve is too steep for a non-programmer. Java is super clunky but at least object-oriented languages are easier to grasp conceptually. The learning curve is steeper than with higher level languages, but I'd say it's better to bang your head against the intricacies of lower level programming as early as possible and get that out of the way, specially memory management stuff. Also one of the advantages of C is that it lets you royally fuck up, which is the best way of learning. Just my opinion really, it's a matter of preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Surprise root canal at dentist. Not really a fwp tbh because it was actually quite relaxing. Nearly fell asleep. My only regret is I didn't ask to take a selfie while I had the green rubber dental dam clamped around the tooth and wearing those coolguy shades they make you wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 i also started learning and doing a bit of programming for some data preparation jobs i'm doing recently in stata, i don't even know if you comp.sci hunks consider stata stuff as programming but i do so fuck you. didn't even realize that i'd like it so much, it's so satisfying to make some logical contraption do what you need it to do perfectly. here's the creation i'm the most proud of so far (i'll even put it in code formatting like a pro): sort pid syear g cumu3 = 0 g cumulative3=0 g cumu3_final=. forvalues i =2013(-1)1991 { replace cumulative3=0 foreach k in `i'-2 `i'-1 `i' { replace cumulative3= cumu3+lf_disconnect if syear==`k' drop cumu3 egen cumu3=max (cumulative3) if cumulative3!=. , by (pid) } replace cumu3_final= cumulative3 if syear==`i' replace cumu3=0 } it basically counts the number of times a person was disconnected from the labor force in the last 3 years and creates a variable that signifies it for each year. i nearly came when it actually did what i wanted after hours of frustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I mean it more so that when I ask questions of any programmers under me, I'll have at least some idea of what they're talking about on a technical level without having to ask them too many questions. I figure, the more I know, the less time they have to spend explaining shit to me. What languages/frameworks are they using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 It's all hypothetical at this point lol. Just future prepping, as I'm relatively sure at some point I will have to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I'm back from a 10 day tour and I don't know what to do with myself. I just want to be back on the road for another 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I'm back from a 10 day tour and I don't know what to do with myself. I just want to be back on the road for another 20. alcohol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Speaking of which, I still have too much beer in the fridge. I managed to lighten the load with the help of my coworkers, but there's still like 40 cans of Miller Lite.I'm gonna get sick of Miller Lite pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Speaking of which, I still have too much beer in the fridge. I managed to lighten the load with the help of my coworkers, but there's still like 40 cans of Miller Lite. I'm gonna get sick of Miller Lite pretty soon. Do you have a Miller Lite tree or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 i also started learning and doing a bit of programming for some data preparation jobs i'm doing recently in stata, i don't even know if you comp.sci hunks consider stata stuff as programming but i do so fuck you. didn't even realize that i'd like it so much, it's so satisfying to make some logical contraption do what you need it to do perfectly. here's the creation i'm the most proud of so far (i'll even put it in code formatting like a pro): sort pid syear cum cum cum replace cum cum cum drop cum Eugene cum max (cum) cum (pic) replace cumu cumu replace cumu3=D it basically counts the number of times a person was disconnected from the labor force in the last 3 years and creates a variable that signifies it for each year. i nearly came when it actually did what i wanted after hours of frustrations. Cool code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'm back from a 10 day tour and I don't know what to do with myself. I just want to be back on the road for another 20. alcohol That seems to be the most popular solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I can't make this fucking voice over to fit in the mix properly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'm back from a 10 day tour and I don't know what to do with myself. I just want to be back on the road for another 20. alcohol That seems to be the most popular solution. it's a band-aid sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 anyone been wondering whether led zeppelin copied the 'stairway to heaven' intro? worry no more. they did not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'd be surprised if in all my years of songwriting/track making I didn't once inadvertently rewrite something I had heard previously. It just seems like something that's inevitable if you do something enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Especially with rock music since it more closely adheres to standard song forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Drunk, which in and of itself is fine, but work buddy got even drunker than me and kind of hurt my feelings by saying there were "multiple reasons" he didn't want to let me go on the rooftop of his flat even though 3 of his flatmates (2 of whom I was having a very nice time with, one of whom was very flattered when I told him he looked like Ninja from Die Antwoord), plus me, were itching to go up. Oh well. He was busy making out with someone else's girlfriend, so I think that is probably one, probably 2 or 3 of the reasons. He was probably just jealous because I'm taking a week off starting tomorrow. Also, speaking of tomorrow, my mom is coming to town tomorrow so I need to tidy the house quite a bit and mustn't let myself be hung over, so I'll polish off this Powerade Zero before I pass out. Also, speaking of hangover prevention, this is in no way whatsoever a problem, but I stopped by a lovely Mexican restaurant on the way home (who, God bless them, were still open at 11:30) and ordered two chorizo tortas. I didn't realize how big tortas are, especially being $5 apiece. Well, that's both pre-hangover midnight snack and post-hangover breakfast sorted. All I'm missing is another bottle or two of PZ. Should be a nice Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 It's only 9am and I've already spoken to 3 work colleagues who appear to've voted OUT seemingly on the toss of a coin. Each one of them then said, after I'd spoken to them, that they wish they'd talked to me before and would've voted IN. I'm now wondering how many people voted out for similar non-reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 i also started learning and doing a bit of programming for some data preparation jobs i'm doing recently in stata, i don't even know if you comp.sci hunks consider stata stuff as programming but i do so fuck you. didn't even realize that i'd like it so much, it's so satisfying to make some logical contraption do what you need it to do perfectly. here's the creation i'm the most proud of so far (i'll even put it in code formatting like a pro): sort pid syear g cumu3 = 0 g cumulative3=0 g cumu3_final=. forvalues i =2013(-1)1991 { replace cumulative3=0 foreach k in `i'-2 `i'-1 `i' { replace cumulative3= cumu3+lf_disconnect if syear==`k' drop cumu3 egen cumu3=max (cumulative3) if cumulative3!=. , by (pid) } replace cumu3_final= cumulative3 if syear==`i' replace cumu3=0 } it basically counts the number of times a person was disconnected from the labor force in the last 3 years and creates a variable that signifies it for each year. i nearly came when it actually did what i wanted after hours of frustrations. Don't have much state experience (more sas), but what i've seen is that stata excels in simple code for creating statistic models (with useful output), but it's just not that handy in the data preparation department. Sas is the other way around. Although its biggest win is that you can use sql statements, i guess. I was hoping for R to be a good substitute. But I havent fallen in love, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolkeyZ865 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 My only spare SATA cable that's not in storage is too short to reach from the hard drive hotswap bay to the motherboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 my best friend is from germany, she's been here for 10 years and has been more support to me than my mother and anyone in my family. we now have to wait and see if she will be able to stay in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 went out the back garden to do a bit of weeding for 15 minutes, now suffering a massive case of hayfever. have emptied half a pack of tissues already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 It's only 9am and I've already spoken to 3 work colleagues who appear to've voted OUT seemingly on the toss of a coin. Each one of them then said, after I'd spoken to them, that they wish they'd talked to me before and would've voted IN. I'm now wondering how many people voted out for similar non-reasons. After Brexit Vote, Britain Googles 'What Is The EU?' http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/06/24/480949383/britains-google-searches-for-what-is-the-eu-spike-after-brexit-vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I'm sick as hell, it's my birthday, I've got to work until 11PM, and then again early morning Sunday. I guess it's fine I'm sick then since I can't plan anything anyway. Still sucks. Might be pneumonia again, I can barely breathe, fluid in the lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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