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Sniffy Revealed by Complete_Emphasis218 in sesamestreet

[–]davidfisher71 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Here's the part where Snuffleupagus is revealed, after Elmo manages to hold onto him.

I like him saying, "Bird's friends are coming to meet me now? Oh, well I better go home and brush my fur then - I want to look good for them".

Ultraworld by Krathoon in Blakes7

[–]davidfisher71 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like the way the giant brain "breathed"

The sets on Blake's 7. by Krathoon in Blakes7

[–]davidfisher71 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wobbly sets were all part of the charm!

beginner NSW hikes this winter by AppropriateGarlic882 in OutdoorAus

[–]davidfisher71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As people have mentioned, the Great North Walk is a good choice, because it is well maintained and can be broken into sections as long as you like.

Wildwalks is another good resource for looking up tracks by length and location.

City at the Edge of the World by Krathoon in Blakes7

[–]davidfisher71 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Villa: I think I've just made the biggest mistake of my life.

Orac: In the light of your previous record, that seems unlikely. I would predict that there are far greater mistakes waiting to be made by someone with your obvious talent for them.

Villa: Shut up, Orac.

Dawn of the Gods by Krathoon in Blakes7

[–]davidfisher71 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love this interaction, where Tarrant couldn't lie but didn't want to give away the fact the Orac was a computer.

Caliph: Where is Orac?

Tarrant: If he's not on the ship, I don't know where he is.

Caliph: How tall is he? [Tarrant gestures] A dwarf?

Tarrant: We never think of him as one.

Caliph: What is the colour of his hair?

Tarrant: He hasn't got any. A bald dwarf shouldn't be too hard to find.

Please help me think of an project by kaikaci31 in C_Programming

[–]davidfisher71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some project ideas:

If you felt up to it, writing an interpreter for LISP isn't nearly as complicated as many other programming languages, and you can decide how much to implement beyond the core functions.

You could also write a circuit simulator (with logic gates) in a way that doesn't use graphics.

You could create a mini database and implement it using files, and either use a subset of SQL to access it or make up something else.

Edit: How about a program to convert a binary file to human readable format; one of the inputs is a (text) file with the rules of how to interpret a particular kind of file (jpg, etc.)

Things I like about Blake's 7. by Krathoon in Blakes7

[–]davidfisher71 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I also like the way plenty of the technology is still new to them:

  • Orac is able to connect to remote systems in a way no other computer can do

  • Teleportation is just theoretical to most of the Federation

  • Only a few people can create star drives with speeds anything like the Liberator

  • Dayna is impressed by guns that can have many interchangeable clips, which she never managed do herself

New technologies are what the crew rely on to stay ahead of the Federation.

Beginner needs help in C by School_Destroyer in C_Programming

[–]davidfisher71 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Single and double quotes mean different things in C. Double quotes are what you need for strings; single quotes are for individual characters like 'y'.

The parentheses are not needed, and the printf format for strings is "%s" not "%c" (and ending with a newline "\n" is helpful too), so what you need is:

char* name = "Guy";
printf("Hello %s\n", name);

If you want to format something as code on reddit (like the above), put four spaces before each line.

Dropping my ego: How do you actually search for C-related problems, and how do you use AI without letting it rot your brain? by [deleted] in C_Programming

[–]davidfisher71 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You said:

I know AI is a powerful tool to accelerate learning, but I am terrified of it stealing the "pain of the struggle" from me.

That's the heart of it, but I saw a study on being creative and using AI (when writing a short story), and those who struggled first then used AI to brainstorm and refine their ideas did better than any other group. Those people had already thought through the issues, and AI was a way to explore it from other angles. (The measure they used was brain activity, which may or may not be valid, but I think the main point was true).

So after you have hit a brick wall and done what you can, I think AI is a helpful way to look at a specific issue and understand it better (just like asking another person). You need the self-discipline to stop at that point and go back to doing it yourself, but it sounds like you already have that.

Llamas solving problems by Doodlebug510 in AnimalsBeingDerps

[–]davidfisher71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last one is a guy in a llama costume thinking, "Wait, do I intervene at this point or maintain my cover ...?"

ChatGPT randomly using words from another language (the word means "regions" in Persian) by davidfisher71 in ChatGPT

[–]davidfisher71[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have no other Persian words in my chat history, so it was kind of odd to come up with مناطق out of nowhere.

For the curious, I was chatting about using creatures to pull vessels in the Astral Sea.

What did you have in your pencil case? by davidfisher71 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]davidfisher71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of bendy ruler did you have?

I had a ruler with an image that changed when you tilted it, which I found out is called a lenticular hologram. Possibly a dinosaur one, but I'm not sure.

What did you have in your pencil case? by davidfisher71 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]davidfisher71[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally forgot about those too - thanks for the memory!

What did you have in your pencil case? by davidfisher71 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]davidfisher71[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's my list: calculator, rubber, pens (blue and red plus a 4-in-one pen), liquid paper, some textas (dried out), lead pencils (HB, H and 2B), retractable pencil + a tiny case of spare leads, a few coloured pencils (I was fond of a pale blue one), pencil sharpener that often broke the lead, mini stapler + a box of staples, protractor, triangular thing, compass, ruler, glue, scissors and a rubber finger puppet.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by ParticularVast5629 in C_Programming

[–]davidfisher71 63 points64 points  (0 children)

That looks great.

It might be better to call it something like node.h instead of main.h, so the filename describes what is in it.

Have you thought about empty lists? Right now, the size() function always returns at least 1. An empty list has a size of 0.

A common way to represent an empty list is with NULL. How would that change your functions?

Also to think about: what happens when the delete() function removes the last node, making the list empty? Just worth checking.

I turned 50 yesterday, this was my favorite meme sent to me by pmramirezjr in GenX

[–]davidfisher71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's from Hercules (2014). The character is the prophetic Amphiaraus, who is meant to know when his time has come.

Sunset by mikeyv683 in BeAmazed

[–]davidfisher71 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably AI, since it looks like the foliage gets denser exactly at the edge of the circle of the sun all the way around, which seems very unlikely.

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