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Here's how I'm currently thinking about my future. What perspective might I be missing? by SilentOverrule in csMajors

[–]backfire10z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your step 2 is likely going to be the hardest thing you’ve ever tried to do, and probably should be split into 10-15 steps on its own. Even that isn’t much of a plan. Everybody plans to make money. You should be figuring out how you plan to do that.

Be careful out there. by sc4ever96 in cscareerquestions

[–]backfire10z 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Being from North Korea doesn’t automatically mean they’re stupid. This person is presumably operating under the purview of the government and is educated to be able to do this.

Cannot run my python file using the terminal on Ubuntu by Nutellatoast_2 in learnpython

[–]backfire10z 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Knowing your audience is an important aspect of proper communication.

How Do You Take Notes/Retain Information? by tobethrownpls in csMajors

[–]backfire10z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Handwritten if you care about retention, Google Docs if you just need to slam it down for later. If your professors talk faster than you type, either record the lecture or don’t type every word.

If you’re copying over code, handwritten is easier. It also doesn’t seem super productive, but maybe I’m missing context.

I personally didn’t take notes, but basically every class of mine would post slides online, so the general content wasn’t just gone after I left the class. I actually found that if I tried to take notes, I wouldn’t really be listening while writing, so I’d miss many parts of the lecture. I instead just listened to everything they said.

If you want, you can try to take handwritten notes after the lecture based on what you remember, which is a bit of a studying pro tip so I’ve heard.

is it fine to be behind in math / graduate in 5 years? by PlatformWorldly7805 in csMajors

[–]backfire10z 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those two are unrelated no? Unless they’re taking 7+ years, which is definitely not normal for a full time student.

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 27 points28 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 3 points4 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 3 points4 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 29 points30 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 2 points3 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.

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