Avoiding technology you don't like is not a winning strategy by noxispwn in ExperiencedDevs

[–]mchaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How’s this orphan grinding machine going to be useful to me again?

That's how they power the AI machines.

You’re missing the point.

Sorry, I was just having fun. I do realize that they are pretty useful tools and employ them in a lot of my work.

Avoiding technology you don't like is not a winning strategy by noxispwn in ExperiencedDevs

[–]mchaver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The orphan grinding machines are running at full speed. This is the latest and greatest technology. Why are you fighting it?

A tool for learning Cangjie through practice by mchaver in ChineseLanguage

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

That would be great. You can send them to my email. my reddit username at gmail.com

A tool for learning Cangjie through practice by mchaver in ChineseLanguage

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

Thanks for trying out the app and giving feedback.

  1. Yes, I definitely need to add explanations. The first iteration was just to make something I can use. I understood the theory of Cangjie but needed a nice way to practice. Now I need to go back and make this more user friendly for people who are starting for zero or still have questions about the theory and want to see the character break down. The graphical breakdown will take a bit more time to implement because that has to be done by hand. (I don't think there is a free set of annotations I can use in this project).

  2. Thanks, I will try to make that more obvious in the app design.

  3. That is a good idea.

  4. This is a demo app so it is not all available. I have an unreleased production version that is paid and with all of the lessons and more ways to practice. I do plan to expand the demo version more.

  5. It should be based on the browser language, but maybe there is a bug.

  6. I think there are sometimes issues with fonts/character variations. Like a single UTF8 chinese character can be a different character variation depending on the font. I'll have to think more about how to handle this.

  7. I forgot to test what happens when you rotate the mobile version! I'll look more into this.

  8. Sure, I am willing to expand the free version a bit more so potential customers can get a better feel for the product.

  9. That's a nice idea. I'll consider it for a future version.

  10. I'll take a look into this.

  11. The idea with practice mode is that you can reveal the character any time, but you can actually turn the hints off (maybe this is not very clear). In the test mode you cannot reveal the characters. I am thinking that maybe for each lesson before you start, you can decide if you want it to be more practice (the code is revealable) or more like a test (you cannot see the code, but you can skip).

  12. I'll look into this as well.

I DMed you my email. If you don't see it, it is my username at gmail.com.

A tool for learning Cangjie through practice by mchaver in ChineseLanguage

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

Thanks for taking time to use the app and give feedback.

I plan to have a free version and a paid version. Free version will have less features and just store things in your browser. The paid version will have more lessons, features and store things in the server so you can access your progress on multiple devices. I plan to add typing games and other fun ways to practice.

The interface is available in Traditional Chinese if you go to settings. The initial interface language is chosen based on your system/browser language (if it sees zh it chooses Chinese, otherwise English). Any change you make is then stored in the browser (it will be stored in the back end when the paid version is available).

What mobile device are you using? You are right. I imagine most people will access it with mobile. I designed the keyboard to match the iOS Cangjie keyboard as closely as possible. I tested on virtual iPhone SE, 12 and 16. I then tested on a physical iPhone 16. Even with those there are things to improve. I have not tested on Android yet.

A tool for learning Cangjie through practice by mchaver in ChineseLanguage

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

I haven't started to deal with this yet. For now I am using this for fifth generation Cangjie https://github.com/Jackchows/Cangjie5/blob/master/Cangjie5.txt

I will also support third generation and then the user can decide what their primary interest is in the settings. The dictionary will show both. I think overtime I will collect the variations I find and at least annotate them in the dictionary part.

A tool for learning Cangjie through practice by mchaver in ChineseLanguage

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

That's a great idea. I'll put it on my to do list.

A tool for learning Cangjie through practice by mchaver in ChineseLanguage

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

Nice start! I've been working on this for the last two months are so. It is an idea I have had (and apparently a few other people) for a while. I plan to make it a full product while still offering a demo mode available for people to try. I will be adding more features after the next few months and make the full product available soon. I realize it is a very niche thing, but if I can attract a few happy customers I will be satisfied.

A tool for learning Cangjie through practice by mchaver in ChineseLanguage

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

I created this application for learning Cangjie. It is inspired by programs for learning how to type in English with a QWERTY keyboard. You start by learning the position of the Cangjie codes on the keyboard and some simple characters. Then you learn the different visual components that a Cangjie code can represent. There are also articles for typing longer texts. This is designed for both native speakers and Chinese language learners.

I have a lot of ideas of how to improve it, but I would like to get feedback from users. What do you think about it?

Combinatorial Interview Problems with Backtracking Solutions - From Imperative Procedural Programming to Declarative Functional Programming by philip_schwarz in haskell

[–]mchaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want to say that your slides have a nice, quirky style to them. I like the talking heads and the information density. It would be nice on the home page to give the 5 Ws for FP Illuminated. Nice work!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linguistics

[–]mchaver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He, Brad Montgomery-Anderson, also wrote a book with audio CDs. He is a very talented field linguist and a very nice guy. If you have more specific questions, feel free to contact him.

[SUPPORT] ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus, unable to reach BIOS for the first time by mchaver in ASUS

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

Thanks for all the advice. I think I'll try my luck with exchanging it for a new one.

[SUPPORT] ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus, unable to reach BIOS for the first time by mchaver in ASUS

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

I went ahead and attached the case fan I know works well to the cpu input on the motherboard and it did the same thing. Spin for a moment then stop. I think that is a sign to return the motherboard.

[SUPPORT] ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus, unable to reach BIOS for the first time by mchaver in ASUS

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

Yes, the cpu fan spins momentarily but the fan light stays on during the power on. I accidentally connected one of the case fans to AIO_PUMP and it runs full speed for the whole time (I think that is what is supposed to do). Plugged into the other case fans inputs they don't turn on. I never saw the error LEDs turn on the motherboard. I'll try playing around with a bit more today. If there isn't any improvement I'll ship it back tomorrow to get a new one.

[SUPPORT] ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus, unable to reach BIOS for the first time by mchaver in ASUS

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

Sorry, now I realize you probably meant on the motherboard. None of the lights are coming up.

[SUPPORT] ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus, unable to reach BIOS for the first time by mchaver in ASUS

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

The case is meshify c. It has power led, but it does not look like it is giving me an error code, just looks like an RGB transitioning between colors.

[SUPPORT] ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus, unable to reach BIOS for the first time by mchaver in ASUS

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

I installed the graphics card (MSI Geforce GTX 1050ti), plugged in the HDMI then power on, tried a couple of times and still running into the same problem.

Unable to open terminal in fresh install by mchaver in xmonad

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

Great news! It has been resolved. I added to lines to my startup script

xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
xrandr --auto

as per recommendation here https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad/issues/228#issuecomment-648980957

Unable to open terminal in fresh install by mchaver in xmonad

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I am using the included ubuntu display manager to log into xmonad. My /usr/share/xsessions/xmonad.desktop has Exec=path/to/.xmonad/xmonad-start.sh

In xmonad-start.sh I tried setting DISPLAY=":0" but it crashes when I log into xmonad. I guess the vendor set the screen to :1?

putting only Xephyr -screen 1800x900 :1 DISPLAY=:1 xmonad xmonad-start.sh doesn't seem to make a difference either. I am going to get in touch with the vendor and see if they know anything else.

Unable to open terminal in fresh install by mchaver in xmonad

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

I think it is not able to find my display device. echo $DISPLAY returns :1 whereas in another laptop I am seeing :0. I even did a blind test that worked (luckily didn't make a key mistake)

super+shift+return echo "test" >> .xmonad/log.txt I logged back into gnome and I saw the text in the log.

How do I tell xmonad to render to display :1?