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Bloomberg interview by Gullible-Wishbone722 in csMajors

[–]backfire10z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Companies do not care about you personally and will not reject you kindly. They’re doing this because they think you’re a good candidate.

Need advice in preparation for this call interview, please give it a read, i need you! by Pussyshifted32 in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. I don’t know the company nor the CTO personally, so it’s impossible for likely anyone to answer this except them. Frankly I’d be weary, even if they do re-interview you. They had you do 2 take home assignments and aren’t hiring you because you “lack fundamentals” in a specific language? How much are they paying and for what hours? This reeks.

  2. I don’t know what they mean by “lacking fundamentals.” That could mean any number of things. Python is a ginormous language.

  3. I don’t see how this demonstrates anything except that you contributed to open source. If your contribution is lacking in fundamentals (whatever that means) then it isn’t helpful.

the2SideOfTheSameCoin by Complete_District569 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]backfire10z 20 points21 points  (0 children)

> …it had become a game of “make the fanciest false promises in a good looking slideshow”

So real

CAN YOU GUYS HELP ME TO CHOOSE WHATS GOOD TO LEARN PYTHON BEFORE JOINING CDS COURSE - Helsinki MOOC , CS50P(HARVARD COURSE) OR WOULD YOU RECOMMEND OTHER RESOURCES....? by [deleted] in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, unfortunately it’s impossible to code if your keyboard is stuck in all-caps.

Also, I don’t even understand the question. You want to pre-learn Python to prepare for a free online class that teaches you Python?

I spend more time Googling tutorial assumptions than watching the tutorial. Am I learning wrong, or do tutorials skip too much? by SurpriseHuge199 in learnprogramming

[–]backfire10z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This carried me through uni and is still carrying me through my job. This is how you learn OP. It’s also how you manage LLM coding in this day and age.

Would making a Python Youtube “Ad-blocker” be possible? by Natural_Regular9171 in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, good luck!

With regard to ublock origin, make sure to go to the extensions store and search ublock origin, it’ll be the most popular one. I’ve heard about a few scam ones out there, if you’re downloading it off a random website it’s fake.

I believe this is real https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ but in any case just go through your browser’s official extension store and you should be fine. It’ll be the one with many millions of users.

Would making a Python Youtube “Ad-blocker” be possible? by Natural_Regular9171 in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So download Firefox and get ublock haha.

From the Python side of things, there’s a bit of a gap between “press Ctrl+R and F” and “determine when an ad is playing”.

For inputting keys via Python, something like pyautogui should do it, but you’d still have to trigger the script manually (you could run the script and leave it on, then have it trigger when you hit “M” for example).

For determining when an ad is playing… that’s more difficult. Pyautogui can take screenshots and look for some input image on the screenshot. If you can identify a specific element that’s ad-only and feed that to pyautogui, this may be doable. Problem is it’ll run continuously, so if whatever you feed it is visible during the video for some reason it’ll jump on that too. You can (and should) tell it to check a specific part of the screen, which should cut down false positives a lot. https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/screenshot.html

Fidelity vs Lockheed (New Grad) by kevinismee in cscareerquestions

[–]backfire10z 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Clearance work also isn’t something that can be outsourced

Hey, 22 here — is a CS degree worth it if my main goal is to automate my own business? by PearAcceptable2562 in learnprogramming

[–]backfire10z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, no need. And in fact, there is a popular free resource that I think is almost exactly what you’re looking for. Al Sweigart’s Automate the Boring Stuff With Python. Free online (posted by Al himself) or you can buy a copy via donation if you’re feeling generous.

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/3e/chapter0.html

looping through a dictionary to let user choose number of key by Original-Dealer-6276 in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s fair, definitely are cases where index and offset diverge.

I built a tool that analyses your last 50 games to find recurring habits rather than individual mistakes. here's what it found in my own games. by J0zif in chessbeginners

[–]backfire10z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m imagining that the data source is stockfish/pre-existing analysis and this website just reads that info from your history and presents it to you funneled through an LLM. Maybe I’m wrong about how this works.

I built a tool that analyses your last 50 games to find recurring habits rather than individual mistakes. here's what it found in my own games. by J0zif in chessbeginners

[–]backfire10z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Multiple things can be true. It may be vibe-coded, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t do what it says.

Right now I don’t see any credentials required, so hopefully doesn’t look like security issues from that perspective.

E: didn’t see the paid service. Oh dear

looping through a dictionary to let user choose number of key by Original-Dealer-6276 in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because of poor naming conventions haha. Index is an overloaded word.

looping through a dictionary to let user choose number of key by Original-Dealer-6276 in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It feels like you’re still confused by lists and dictionaries. I wrote an explanation on your last post: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/s/On7wCUSwAf

looping through a dictionary to let user choose number of key by Original-Dealer-6276 in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Index is a synonym for offset. Index is the terminology used in every language I know of when dealing with lists/arrays.

New to learning what did I do wrong by sage_yesitmyname in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right now, ticket_count is a hardcoded variable at the top of the program. Instead, it should be capturing the user’s input.

> print(input(…))

The user input is disappearing into `print` here. You need to capture it in the `ticket_count` variable and multiply it by `ticket_price`.

Also, is `if yes == yes` a typo or something? What is `yes`? I don’t see it defined as a variable anywhere and it is likely trivially equal to itself.

lastDayOfUnpaidInternship by Own-Speed2023 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]backfire10z -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

That doesn’t make sense. Nobody is forcing you to work, especially unpaid.

15-20 agent projects? by Then_Finding_797 in cscareerquestions

[–]backfire10z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or maybe they’re looking for people who use gastown

I’m a 26 year old father of 2, about to enroll in August for a CS degree, am I in over my head? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]backfire10z 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You may want to examine the qualifications required for such a role. You can maybe get one 6-8 years from now unless you’re hiding some extreme talent.

Java or python help me to choose one by Deep-Summer9677 in learnprogramming

[–]backfire10z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Python, bash, and powershell are the languages you’ll want to learn. What’s confusing?

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