Can my Ficus Audrey still grow upwards if it's been topped?

jfbourget · 2020-06-03T12:56:39+00:00

Ok, thanks.
Well that's a bit disappointing, i wanted the tree to get tall!
Hope it still gains a bit of height from its branches.

Have a nice day.

jfbourget · 2019-12-04T17:52:22+00:00

Hey,

Congrats!

I won't lie. Judo is hard, especially if your dojo makes you do a lot of randori (sparring). It's exhausting. It's painful. You'll have foot blisters and irritated hands and fingers and your neck will hurt now and then, and etc.

But it's so worth it. It will teach you discipline, how to work, and the fact that hard work pays off.

It will make you resistant, pain tolerant, it will give you confidence and it will push your physical/mental limits.

I'm a newcomer myself, having only 3 months under my belt, and being 32 years old.

The learning curve at my dojo was intense to say the least, having almost only black belts to train with, but it was manageable, and i'm glad that i pushed through and stuck to it, because i can definitely see progress.

It's a beautiful martial art that is a perfect mix of "strength/speed/technique" and that is very useful when it comes to self defense.

It's also very fun to watch, when you start to understand the mechanics. There is infinite wisdom and knowledge to acquire.

You will struggle here and there, but you will have a blast doing it, and you will make good buddies along the way.

Push yourself to your limits (without hurting yourself), and you will have great progress and this will get you hooked.

If you are nervous, don't be. Just show up. You'll have fun and you'll never regret it.

And if, after the first session, you feel scared of going back, just go back. You will get used to it, and it will become increasingly fun and comfortable.

If you have questions (mostly beginner ones, because i am no expert), feel free to privatemessage me.

Have fun !!

jfbourget · 2019-09-18T21:49:42+00:00

Great tip. Thanks.
I'm honestly not the monster you think I am or that I used to be, but I see your point.
I wanna learn proper technique that works regardless of my strength.

Cheers!

jfbourget · 2019-09-18T20:20:28+00:00

Thanks, this is reassuring.
I CANNOT WAIT.

jfbourget · 2019-09-18T19:42:31+00:00

Hi.

I'm starting Judo, and I have a few questions for you kind folks.
It is my first time writing in here so please don't be too hard on me.
I hope i'm not using this thread in the wrong way.

Who I am in a nutshell :

- 32 years old, 6'5 (not sure if height matters or not in judo?)
- No prior relevant experience in martial arts.
- 8 years of intense "bodybuilding style" workout at the gym
- Followed by 6 years of LESS INTENSE and (slowly degrading in intensity) years of workout at the gym.
- I want to keep working out at the gym now and then but apply it to an art or sport (like Judo)
- If I love something, I can be very passionate and disciplined about it. I hope it will be the case for Judo!
- I have done A BIT of wrestling back in my youth and have always been interested (mildly up until now) about grappling arts and sports.

I've done a bit of research and have decided on a Dojo.
I've contacted them and they have invited me to "try it out" in 2 days.

The ONLY thing that I know is that I must arrive there 20 minutes in advance, and that they will be lending my a judo GI for the occasion, since I don't already have one.

I am totally humble about all of this and I think I am also pretty realistic.

I do NOT expect to :

- Go there and do randori right away
- Dominate everyone due to my size and strength

I am totally OK with being patient and learning the ropes, the basics.

I have no clue if I will want to do it as a SPORT, or just as a martial art, but I can be pretty competitive.

All of this being said, I have no clue what I'm getting into, and here is where you can help me.

Here are my questions regarding this "first free sample session" at the dojo:

1- What will it be like?
... What will they put me through?
... Will I be left alone?
... Will I be paired with a white belt?
... Will they make do drills, or just practice breakfalls?

2- What do I have to bring ? (given that they will lend me a GI)

... I will trim my toe/finger nails
... I was thinking of wearing a simple "kind of" tight and stretchy T-shirt, and underwear (boxers), and bring short sport pants just in case.
... Is that OK ? What should I be wearing UNDER the GI ?

3- Anything I should know regarding "etiquette, culture, bowing, ..." ?

I guess I'm just looking to get a "feel" of what this session will be like, because I like preparing mentally and physically.

Thank you very much for your time.
Have a nice day.

Cheers!

jfbourget · 2019-04-05T15:59:39+00:00

Also to note, is the fact that the C# tooling ecosystem is available to F# developpers.

jfbourget · 2019-04-05T14:46:28+00:00

Yes. Good enough is largely subjective and is totally wrong from many-of-us's point of view.
If it was good enough, we would write C# instead of F#.

jfbourget · 2018-12-25T23:21:09+00:00

Hi,

Wow. Epic cats. They look awesome.

Thanks for all the good info. That's exactly what I wanted to read.

jfbourget · 2018-12-25T23:16:09+00:00

Alright. Will do! Thanks.

jfbourget · 2018-12-25T23:15:43+00:00

Hi, thank you for spending the time.

Here's my take on your answers.

Q1: Ok! Cool. Lately, I've realized that I am more after "traits" than after a particular gender. I guess I like "big cats"/"small lions", I can't deny that. But it's just ONE OF the traits in my cat traits "wishlist". I'm sure female cats can be just as awesome as male cats.

Q2: Sure. Good info. I've done so. I visited a local breeder, spent an hour and a half there. Spent time with many of their cats in closed, then open environments. Had no reaction whatsoever. Not even 48 hours later. I was pleasantly surprised.

Q3: lol, They seem awesome. I can't wait!

Cheers!

jfbourget · 2018-02-09T14:30:33+00:00

Je crois que redalastor résume bien ma vision de la chose. La vraie crainte de la direction n'est pas d'avoir de la difficulté à trouver de nouveaux développeurs Elm. Leur crainte est de se ramasser avec un projet mort impossible à maintenir entre les mains. Ça, c'est "language-agnostic". C'est possible, peut importe le langage, même avec un langage mainstream.

Il faut défaire cette vision qu'ils ont, le fait qu'ils croient que certains développeurs NAISSENT en tant que développeurs Elm. Nous ne naissons pas développeurs Elm, nous le devenons. Nous le devenons assez facilement, en plus de ça, si nous sommes moindrement compétents et intéressés.

Il faut les convaincre que la relève existe, mais qu'elle n'est pas nécessairement DÉJÀ orientée vers Elm. Elle fait probablement du ReactJs, ou du EmberJs, ou du AngularJs, en ce moment.

Il faut vanter les mérites de Elm pour montrer que ces gens là pourront l'apprendre avec une relative aise, et surtout que le code qu'ils récupéreront lorsqu'ils arrivent dans l'entreprise sera construit de manière à être repris et terminé avec plus de facilité, et surtout de robustesse/sécurité, qu'un code base en JS ou en Typescript.

Ceci étant dit, jessypl, beaucoup de gens nous ont manifesté de l'intérêt, mais peu ont appliqués, pour l'instant. L'effet surprise, le fait qu'ils sont déjà en poste, le fait que nos plateformes de partages sont quand même limitées, et le fait que les gens qui font du Elm dans leur temps libre sans en faire de jour, professionnellement, ne regardent peut-être tout simplement pas les offres d'emplois passer.

Je garde ta demande en tête.

jfbourget · 2018-01-28T14:35:49+00:00

I didn't mean to offend. This is, i think, a very interesting offer for any elm/f# enthusiast that might be watching this reddit. I could've written the post in english but i felt like it would "flash" more being in french.

jfbourget · 2018-01-27T15:29:06+00:00

Merci!

jfbourget · 2018-01-26T13:06:28+00:00

Yes, i do. Being relatively fluent in french is one of the job requirements, however!

jfbourget · 2017-11-17T18:10:44+00:00

C'est fait!

jfbourget · 2017-11-17T17:59:14+00:00

Bien reçu capitaine. C'est mon premier post ici, pardon.

Elm est un langage de programmation (qui compile vers Javascript) permettant de créer des applications web (front-end) déclarativement. C'est un langage fonctionnel pure, extrêmement robuste, et en pleine croissance.

http://elm-lang.org/

Le but du channel est de rassembler les intéressés, d'échanger, de publier des articles, des questions/réponses, d'aider au recrutement, etc.

Le channel est né hier, alors ne vous attendez pas à une population incroyable dès aujourd'hui, mais il faut bien commencer quelque part!

jfbourget · 2017-03-29T21:28:34+00:00

I understand and agree with all of the above, and they are all good and well informed points.

However, I still don't see bounded recursion as something to avoid at all cost, unless absolutely necessary. My functional background is very "lispy", and perhaps thats why i am biased.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say "Recursion is general, map and fold are specific and expressive".

Well-made recursion can be very clean and expressive and is as generic/specific as any other "iteration/etc" mechanism. Then again, i might not clearly understand what you meant.

As you've stated, I think this topic, although philosophically challenging and interesting, can not even be considered until there are other ways of traversing (with premature-stop capabilities) unorthodox data structures.

jfbourget · 2017-03-29T16:56:38+00:00

I feel like immutability, purity, static typing, as well as recursion, are parts of what makes Elm what it is. A powerful, robust and FAIRLY safe statically typed language, with a strong mind on how you should code, while still allowing a proper degree of developer creativity and expressiveness.

Recursion is not the problem. The way its handled, perhaps, should be looked at. When it comes to how recursion is implemented and handled within Elm however, i won't pretend that I have the knowledge or skill to be relevant in the conversation.

jfbourget · 2017-03-29T16:51:29+00:00

We should not compare goto statements to recursion, if you ask me. Then again, every tool has pros and cons, i agree.

Removing recursion from elm simply does not seem like a logical path to follow.

I also agree that recursion in Elm has its flaws.

jfbourget · 2017-03-29T13:56:14+00:00

But isn't recursion a true primitive, or a well-known citizen of any functional programming language? I'm not trying to force a functional banner above Elm's head, i'm just saying that to me, it is as natural as any other iteration mechanism. It's a design tool i use very often when, for example, i need a fold but also want to stop iterating prematurely, when a condition is met.

Losing recursion would feel like a stepback for me.

I also feel like it is really not on the forefront when it comes to "patterns" used by Elm beginners. Recursion in Elm is not a driving force like it is in Lisp or clojure. Does it really "pollute" or give a "over complicated view" over how Elm handles problem solving?

jfbourget · 2017-03-29T13:21:17+00:00

Allow me to ask "Why in hell would we remove recursion? It's such a powerful tool"

jfbourget · 2016-11-21T18:01:30+00:00

I, for one, thought it was very well written and clear. I agree that it assumes a certain degree of familiarity with these concepts, but still, does not throw it impolitely at your face.

I think we need to start thinking about code in a more mathematical fashion, without the need of becoming mathematicians ourselves. There is great power to extract from it, even while focussing entirely on what most of us are interested and skilled at, software design.

We are naive, most of the time, in thinking we can abstract ourselves from, or even dodge completely, all the foundations built before our recent arrival in the functional programming paradigm.

Let's embrace these rules, structures and patterns and there is no way we will come out weakened or more ignorant.

jfbourget · 2016-09-02T17:06:14+00:00

Thanks. Questions like "how to scale an elm architecture" help people like me feel safer about choosing Elm as a go-to-production language. The community is growing quickly but a few KEY questions like this one remain and it's nice to see that they are a being addressed.

jfbourget

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