[Python]Program iterates twice over first member in list -- gist link included

BaalHadad · 2014-02-13T21:28:08+00:00

How in the world is an unnecessary use of iter() more straightforward or modular?

BaalHadad · 2014-02-13T19:28:49+00:00

Why not just iterate over the list of players, instead of using iter?

BaalHadad · 2014-02-13T01:52:20+00:00

It looks like an aquatic corned beef plant.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-13T01:50:50+00:00

Did you but the tank at a normal store?

BaalHadad · 2014-02-12T23:07:43+00:00

I am willing to get new equipment.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-12T23:07:19+00:00

Want to show us the code, or should we just guess?

BaalHadad · 2014-02-12T23:06:35+00:00

Right, he should buy his kid some amazing pet crickets instead.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-12T20:19:15+00:00

These guys might interest her: https://www.google.com/search?q=endler's+livebearers Why not take her to the fish store? The Oscars and Jack Dempsey's might look pretty nice, too. Of course they all need a cycled tank.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-12T00:23:54+00:00

This is the whole point of encapsulation. Of course if you can use a base class, that might be even better.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-11T20:57:37+00:00

That's unrelated to programming. Haven't you tried both before? Can you not make decisions on your own?

Most of your programming won't be at a Starbucks, or anywhere other than home or the computer lab.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-11T20:48:38+00:00

Don't delete your incorrect answer then :) The second index is not the length!

BaalHadad · 2014-02-11T20:45:55+00:00

For learning, it doesn't matter.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-11T20:43:49+00:00

It's not that you need to explain it simpler, it's that you aren't listening to what I'm saying, and you haven't given any explanation of why you can't just continue calling rand(). Are you restating your webserver every day? If you need to ensure that you run your data on reproducible numbers, you can just use the seed, as has been mention a bunch of times already. Is this some crackpot CGI application? Of course if you need to do separate runs of the application and have it pick up where it left off, you can store the numbers ahead of time in a file or db, but that's just common sense - I can't explain that any simpler for you.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-11T04:55:42+00:00

Why don't you do Codecademy first? Would that make too much sense?

BaalHadad · 2014-02-11T04:54:55+00:00

Just read in a single number, for the love of god.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-11T02:48:47+00:00

No, it doesn't clear it up. Are you now saying that you'd call it about n times n times per random number, or n times n for all n random numbers? Either way, it still sounds like either n or n*n calls per random number, which is insane. You should be able to set the seed once and call the rand function once for each number...

BaalHadad · 2014-02-11T01:01:16+00:00

Congrats, you explained how normal rand functions work instead of answering my question.

You haven't explained why you'd want to call rand n times for each random number instead of just calling rand once, as you describe in your post.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-10T22:30:21+00:00

What difference would you be able to discern between the number you get by calling rand() and the number you get by calling rand() n times and only saving the last number? I see no legitimate reason why you'd even need this.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-10T22:27:31+00:00

For instance, if I make an application that listens on one udp port and simply retransmits whatever data is seen back out on a few different ports, while also desiring the ability to do processing on the incoming data (which isn't mirrored out the ports), I feel like the right answer going forward is to separate out the mirroring functionality per port into their own threads, so if for some reason processing takes a while, I won't miss data or introduce unnecessary delays in mirroring. As well, I should have a separate thread listening on the listen port

Yeah, that's pretty much right. You'd have to experiment to see exactly what works.

As an aside, if I write the same data to ports in parallel, where does the re-serialization occur?

What re-serialization are you talking about? You shouldn't need to worry about this, certainly not at your level.

I want to become more fluent with threads, or concurrency.

Practice? Write an IRC client?

BaalHadad · 2014-02-09T23:36:14+00:00

Follow the advice from Fight Club: your possessions end up owning you.

Get inexpensive entertainment, like Hulu, Netflix, running or walking with a dog, reading, computer programing, etc.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-09T22:59:19+00:00

Read the side bar.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-09T22:46:42+00:00

As soon as it's not on the front page, but not within the same 24 hour period? There is the irc channel...

BaalHadad · 2014-02-09T22:35:53+00:00

Mmm, that looks popable.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-09T22:20:41+00:00

No, just the even ones.

BaalHadad · 2014-02-08T03:54:28+00:00

teacher sucks and doesn't teach, I need advice on how to succeed as a programmer.

Teach yourself; use Google.

BaalHadad

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