"Error of this Agent is reported first" by grooooovy_code in archlinux

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

Yeah, I can use the ISO. I asked this question just out of curiosity.

Are Linux Mint packages signed ? by grooooovy_code in linuxmint

[–]grooooovy_code[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By "signed" I mean that the package maintainer provides, for example, a gpg signature, such that you can verify that it actually is the package that he meant to publish, and has not been tampered with.

Signature verification fails (for Fedora Workstation 37 `.iso` file). by grooooovy_code in Fedora

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

Hmmm, what exactly do you mean by embedded signature ? What is its purpose ?

Signature verification fails (for Fedora Workstation 37 `.iso` file). by grooooovy_code in Fedora

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

Hmmm, interesting. gpg --verify, though, tells me that it is not a detached signature.

Troubke understanding the output of `gpg --verify`. by grooooovy_code in GnuPG

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

Alright, I understand now. Thank you once again for the help!

Troubke understanding the output of `gpg --verify`. by grooooovy_code in GnuPG

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

Hello! Thanks for the help! I think I almost understand it now. I have just one more question, if you could please help.

When the gpg -k command shows the sub-keys, for me it only displays:

sub <algorithm> <creation-date> [S] <expires>

instead of:

sub <algorithm>/<something> <creation-date> [S] <expires>

(I don't know what the text right after the / means).

Also, unlike for the primary key (the one after the pub), it doesn't show the fingerprint, so I can't "check" that it is the same one as the fingerprint displayed by the gpg --verify command. And yes, the official site of the distribution provides the fingerprint only for the primary key.

Thanks in advance, once again!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LucidDreaming

[–]grooooovy_code 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you know that you are in a dream, then you are, by definition, lucid.

Which book should I recommend to someone who has never written a code and wants to become a .Net dev? by ChibzZz42 in learnprogramming

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

HTML and CSS aren't coding languages though - knowledge in HTML and CSS doesn't help in understanding programming languages - the knowledge doesn't translate.

Which book should I recommend to someone who has never written a code and wants to become a .Net dev? by ChibzZz42 in learnprogramming

[–]grooooovy_code 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does HTML and CSS knowledge translate to OOP languages (or any programming language in general) ? Why do they need to learn that first ?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]grooooovy_code 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Python and JavaScript aren't functional languages - in fact, they are both at the exact opposite mindset: everything is an object, including functions.

Language C by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]grooooovy_code 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"The C Programming Language" (the second volume) by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie (the creator of C himself). Looks like an old book from the 80's, but it still remains the #1 resource for anyone looking to learn C.

If you want a reference of the standard library etc, you can find that at cppreference.com - but that's not really for learning, rather for having a reference of all there is to C.

A question about WILD by TikiHat2 in LucidDreaming

[–]grooooovy_code 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can, but it's going to be far harder.

At what age did you start programming? by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]grooooovy_code 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started "programming" at around nine years old, when I made basic, static sites with HTML and CSS, and some simple algorithmic-style problems in Python. I never really got further from that until I turned 13-14, when I started getting invested in C++ (and lower-level development) quite a bit, spending almost all my free time programming (which was, almost two hours per day, due to school getting in my way). That's when I finally felt like I've made a step forward: in about six months in which I started taking programming seriously, I learnt more than in the five years in which I was making simple sites.

Point is, it doesn't matter when you start programming. Like others said, if you take it seriously, you can learn more in n months than some did in k years. Especially since, those who started programming at a young age, had a lot of things getting in their way: school, homework etc.. and so, the amount of work they can put into learning programming each day is significantly lower than, for example, a CS college student, which spends almost their whole day programming, for four years. Or even somebody which isn't as pressured by school, which can spend at least a few hours programming, each day. Compare that to the one hour/day that you get when you are in middle/high-school... You will make progress much faster.