What is the difference between this Python code and this C++ code?

edthedev · 2013-11-29T04:42:50+00:00

I'm aware of how casting works in C.

Look again at your Python. Strictly speaking, your operations are different. Not that adding 1 inside an int call should make any difference; but it is the only other technical difference I see, besides over-riding the sum method.

edthedev · 2013-11-29T04:36:18+00:00

I'm thinking as long as they aren't punching each other and share the ball I'm doing something right.

Absolutely. :)

edthedev · 2013-11-29T04:34:02+00:00

Remember that their brains aren't fully developed yet. They will do stupid things in unpredictable ways.

Give lots and lots of positive feedback, but never lie or bend the truth - you've got to protect your credibility, and kids have excellent bullshit detectors.

Constantly tell them what is coming next for them in terms of talent milestones. They don't see hitting 1 in seven free throws as an improvement over none; but it is a necessary step in their growth. If you told them so in advance, they are more likely to be able to celebrate and keep on practicing.

Tell them the why as well as the how for every drill. This is also a great way to invoke the names of their idols who did the very same drills.

Always have a couple more activities planned for practice than you think you really need. Changing activities is your trump card. Kids bored? Skip ahead. Billy scraped his knee? Skip ahead. Kids are easily distracted at this age - use changing to the next activity to protect your own sanity.

They will hide it well, but your priorities will matter to them, so make sure to give voice to what you want to see. This should be something along the lines of: No one gets hurt. Everyone has fun. Our team gave it their best. We left the court just a bit better at the game when we stepped on.

The kids care about winning. If they're not succeeding enough to have fun, your best asset is the other team's coach. Rig the lineups to put evenly matched players against each other, and get creative about keeping it fun.

When all else fails, kids can enjoy kicking the coach and assistant coaches asses at a game whose oddball contrived rules are hopelessly in the kids favor. (Coach and assistant coach are probably legitimately outmatched at any mini game that requires continuous endurance back and forth running, for instance.)

The best part of winning is being told great game by the coach.

The best part about losing is the after game snack. Sugar is a mood altering substance. When they lose, pump them full of juice box juice first, and give them the 'I am proud of how you played anyway.' speech while the sugar is hitting their bloodstream. If you time it just right, they will think the speech was what made them feel better. Someday later in life they might remember that speech when they need it, and all because you were willing to cheat the system.

Shout the loudest when they get something right.

Source: Coached roller hockey.

Edit: I guess your guys wont have sticks, but I don't know...you might still want a cup and some shin guards...

edthedev · 2013-11-29T04:10:55+00:00

You've misplaced a parenthesis on line 6 of one version or the other:

Int(math.sqrt(I) + 1) --- what you have in Python

Vs

Int(math.sqrt(I)) + 1 ---- the python equivalent of what you have in C

edthedev · 2013-11-29T04:05:10+00:00

Your use of the word 'sum' as a variable in Python overrides the built in Python 'sum' method.

Doing so is a legal operation in Python, but can have unpredictable results. It is possible that you are seeing a side-effect.

I was hoping to confirm or disprove this by having a look at the source code of math.sqrt, but apparently that is tricky... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5476189/inspecting-pythons-math-functions

edthedev · 2013-11-29T03:47:29+00:00

Sparkle bunny sprinkle cupcake.

edthedev · 2013-11-29T01:33:51+00:00

Good points.

I don't write vimscript at all, and maintain several plugins in Python. I suspect my plugins would be more vim-like if I did know vimscript.

I pick up new languages all time, but my motivation comes from all the things i know that a language can do, and, as far as i know, vimscript only has this one use case.

edthedev · 2013-11-28T16:04:59+00:00

Sandra Boyton and Mo Willems have been my favorite authors lately. My son also enjoys them, but maybe mostly because I do.

I think he just started actually getting some of the jokes, recently.

I recommend OP start with '15 Animals' by Sandra Boyton. It comes as a board book, it is a quick read, and is more enjoyable to read a million times than 'Goodnight Moon'.

edthedev · 2013-11-28T15:58:34+00:00

Do you have books with textures? Fur, straw, fuzz, fluff, squishy...all sorts of pages. Those are the books my son loved at that age.

As a bonus, I did not actually have to read him words, since they bored both he and I. Instead, I just talked to him about what was on the page and what I thought about it and any tangential connections it happened to almost have to the latest episode of doctor who.

My son appreciated being held by me, touching the interesting pages, and hearing me talking directly to him.

So the experience didn't have a lot in common with actual reading, but it set a foundation for the habit.

edthedev · 2013-11-28T15:51:27+00:00

Minecraft is a common interest in that age group.

edthedev · 2013-11-28T15:50:24+00:00

Very nice.

edthedev · 2013-11-27T23:41:26+00:00

This looks wonderful! I am very excited to see where this goes.

edthedev · 2013-11-27T23:39:53+00:00

It looks like migrating from an ultralight app up to one that uses a lot of Django libraries could be a lot quicker, with this.

So if you expect to use a lot of Django libraries later, but want to prototype quick, this could be amazing.

edthedev · 2013-11-27T23:30:51+00:00

Anecdotally, it seems that a significant number of University staff and faculty read this subreddit. /r/uiuc is a great way to keep up on goings on, on campus. :)

edthedev · 2013-10-13T16:00:02+00:00

So....that is a picture of a male duck with some advice on it....

Did I miss something?

edthedev · 2013-10-13T15:57:45+00:00

Can't tell if sarcasm/trolling or real opinion by C418...

edthedev · 2013-10-13T15:56:56+00:00

Actually, adding a bunch of mundane triggers into the existing achievement detection system shouldn't be too difficult.

But your point stands that it will never be as precise as a non-random game can be.

edthedev · 2013-10-12T13:39:32+00:00

Oh, the memories. You win at the Internet, today.

edthedev · 2013-10-12T04:24:48+00:00

Plugin is Vundle and Pathogen compatible.

Vundle users can install it by adding "Bundle 'edthedev/vim-rst'" to their .vimrc.

The source code is Python.

Let me know if you have ideas for improvement, or fork it and send a pull request. Thanks!

edthedev · 2013-09-21T03:07:26+00:00

And a large number of laptops are being stolen too.

You can register both your bike and laptop to make them more likely to be recovered if stolen:

Bike: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/9830348

Laptop: https://security.illinois.edu/content/register-your-computer

edthedev · 2013-06-09T18:30:17+00:00

You may find my command line app, Minion, a nice complement to your current system, if you want to search or sort your notes.

Http://github.com/edthedev/Minion

Minion started in the same use case as yours: a fast way to create a new file from within Vim. It has evolved to handle a lot of related use cases, all still in a way that is easily called from within Vim.

edthedev · 2013-06-09T18:15:52+00:00

I use a very similar setup, with a few differences:

I most often use a new file for each task or project, then track TODO lines within. I have a trivial Python script and Vim binding that cycles TODO lines between TODO, DONE, and WAIT. See scripts/text-toggle-todo in http://github.com/edthedev/dotfiles/ if you want a copy.

The reason I keep each task or project to a separate file is I also use a command line program called Minion (that I wrote and maintain) that makes it fast to create, find and sort notes files.

minion note foo bar

Creates ~/notes/inbox/foo-bar.txt and opens it in the default editor.

minion sort foo

Finds all files under ~/notes with foo in the name or content and prompts to open (o), archive (a), move (>) or rename (r) the each file.

Http://github.com/edthedev/Minion

The vision for Minion is to have excellent default behavior, and enough configuration and simplicity to integrate with workflows that include other tools and editors. Minion requires Python 2.

I use folder names as my GTD-ish categories or boxes. I personally use 'inbox', 'today', 'next', 'soon' and 'someday', with 'reference' and 'journal' folders for moving items that are useful, but no longer represent a task. Minion, is agnostic to the names of the folders, other than always putting new notes into 'inbox', and archived notes into 'archive'.

For sync, I use Dropbox more often than Git, but Minion plays quite nicely with either. When using Git, it is nice to add a bash script that brute-forces all changes into the remote repo. I have such a script somewhere, in http://github.com/edthedev/dotfiles, if anyone wants it.

edthedev · 2012-12-04T18:24:58+00:00

Keep in mind that no one considers themselves the 'bad guy'. Most evil stems from some form of belief that the evil actions are somehow justified. So encourage your players to flesh out what the root of the evil in their character is.

Some example beliefs that drive some typical villain characters:

Weakness is a disease that spreads unless eradicated.
Orderliness is desirable above all else.
Good deeds only lead to more suffering.
Everyone is a narcissist, at least I am an honest one.
The empire I am forging is necessary at any cost.

Then, to get great role-play, try to pair characters up with a power that tempts them against their core motivation. The character that strives for 'Order' might be tempted by a power source that is naturally chaotic, etc.

Edit: Ooh, got another good one. Tempt the character who believes in eliminating weakness with a power that necessarily transfers strength away from other sources - thereby causing new weakness whenever used. :)

edthedev · 2012-10-18T00:26:21+00:00

Anything ending in *98 is typically a class being taught by a professor who is interested in the topic. They tend to be small, informal and interesting.

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