DaleGribble88

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[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks man! I appreciate the advice and will absolutely keep it in mind. I'm happy to know that your life is moving in a good direction too. It helps remind me that it is possible and that I'm not alone. Happy new year!

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Weirdly same boat. Known the girl for about 2 years, but just started dating about a month ago. I love her so much! Prior to her, no 3rd dates in about 10 years.
The big difference is that I live in my mom's basement and she is the hoarder, and her stuff invaded my space. I started therapy and have begun making plans to be moved out by February, hopefully in an apartment much closer to work to boot! In the meantime, almost all of her stuff is out of my current bedroom and I've moved furniture around to be more functional for me.
I'll also throw out going back on OCD meds, and smoking pot for the first time in my 29 years of living to manage panic attacks. Highly effective, and basically no side effects.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Wrong community, but it is a 2002 ford explorer that went through 3 transmissions, multiple engine problems, poor gas mileage, suspension issues, steering alignment issues, taillight bulbs that burn out after 6 months, a busted headlight, a window that won't roll down, at least 2 blown speakers, a rear view mirror that won't stay in place, oil leaks, and a broken seat belt sensor that ensured that the dinging reminder never stopped.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Great film - I think the world would benefit from more people watching it. But it is so depressing, I don't think it is a film everyone should watch.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

2002 ford explorer. You don't see many 20 year old cars on the road at all, but that thing was already a rare sight by 2012 when I ignorantly bought mine.

After owning that pile of scrap for 2 or 3 years, when the 2nd transmission gave way and the front left suspension just sorta collapsed in on itself, I was left surprised that any of those cars survived beyond 2003.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

Cant speak to OP, but this was lovely and maybe helped me with some stuff. Thank you!

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 9 points 9 months ago

For anyone in the area of Unicoi, TN, there is a group meeting at the high school tomorrow morning to help clean debris and distribute supplies.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Depends on the context. I have day-ta, you have dah-ta. They use dah-ta, and their conclusions are supported by the day-ta. That day-tabase holds lots of day-ta, and that dah-ta sent across the network.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah, except my experience, it was in a team speak server, smoking cigarettes over a game of unreal or quake 3 instead of a 3" diameter cigar over a game of chess. Spiritually and effectively the same as in those old biographies though.

For reference, this was at a midsized state university in the south in the early 2010s

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

I also like the Scorpion King. Even further, I like the Scorpion King franchise, especially 3 and 4

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Titan AE has exactly 50% on Rotton Tomatoes, but I'm giving it a shout out anyway because it is an underrated gem

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Or you use a VPN on your router

 

How does your school/university teach it? What have been the pros and cons of that choice?
Obviously, teaching students logical and foundational concepts is the most important part, but a student's first programming language does color their internalization of the concepts and how they approach solving different problems. For example, OOP is really hard to grasp coming from a functional background. Learning how to manage memory efficiently and use appropriate data types is really hard coming from an interpreted language like Python or Javascript. What have you and your peers decided works best for you and your students?

 

What non-fiction book could you just not put down? Was it a biography? Some obscure textbook? A collection of papers or speeches? Share your suggestions below!

 

Hey all, I want to revamp some of my assignments this coming semester. One of the first projects I always start with is something to get some hands-on experience with conditional logic. However, these projects are getting pretty stale at this point. So, I'm turning to this community for some fresh ideas.

Keep in mind, these assignments are for brand-new programmers within the first 2-4 weeks of the course. At this point, they won't have really been taught loops, functions, collections, etc., beyond that they exist. They really just know basic syntax, variable types, and terminal input and output. This is where they will practice working with boolean expressions and selection statements like if-else, if-else if-else, and switch.

Here's what I've been doing for some reference:

  • Write a program to turn an integer grade into a letter grade.

    • 50 -> F
    • 81 -> B-
    • 99 -> A+
  • Write a program to convert a number from 1 to 7 into the corresponding day of the week.

    • 1 -> Monday
    • 7 -> Sunday
  • Write a program that determines the time necessary for sound to travel a given distance in a given medium.

    • 500ft, water -> 0.1s
    • 1500ft, air -> 1.3s
  • Write a program that determines the total price of a bulk order of widgets, with discounts for orders over a certain amount according to some table.

    • 30 -> $30
    • 500 -> $300
  • Write a program that determines the quadrant of a given point.

    • 15, 7 -> Quadrant I
    • 6, -4 -> Quadrant IV
 

I'm looking for something new to play with my 7yo son. Mario games are a great amount of fun, but I'm feeling pretty burnt out and am looking to expand things a little bit. We are looking for cooperative games like Pikmin 3, Cuphead, and Hyrule Warriors rather than competitive-only games like Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart. We appreciate whatever help you all can offer, so thanks in advance!

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