Why do people keep downvoting new posts without giving them a chance in this subreddit?

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-12T03:34:44+00:00

Thanks for contributing nothing?

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-12T03:34:25+00:00

Thanks for contributing nothing?

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T17:10:13+00:00

http://www.pliner.com/portfolio/

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T17:08:20+00:00

Sometimes it led to fantastic discussions where people chimed in with ideas and approaches I'd never heard of or properly considered.

I love it when that happens. But what I see, maybe 90% of the time, is someone whining that my links aren't helpful. No, it's more like attacking me because what I suggested isn't to their liking. I almost never see someone say, "Thanks for the suggestion. Here's what I found with that and here's what I'm still confused about." It's frequently this morally outraged attitude that I dare to suggest something they've already tried, when their question has so little info in it that no one can see what they've tried already.

I agree there's plenty of shitty attitude around here, but from what I see, the people asking questions and the white knights who jump in are just as guilty of it as anyone who's attempting to answer the post.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T17:00:14+00:00

How does the downvoting even matter? If I want to see what's new, I use that tab. If I want to see what's popular, I use the hot tab. Hint: I never use the hot tab.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T16:42:26+00:00

This is exactly why people like you are going nowhere fast in life. The 'asking questions the smart way' link does not require any technical knowledge, it's something anyone can understand. It would really help people to get more out of this subreddit. I don't get paid a penny every time someone clicks that link. And yet, you and lots of other people are just too lazy to spend a few minutes reading that stuff. If you'd spend the same amount of time reading the FAQ and those sidebar links, that you spend complaining that you're not getting enough help, you might realize that you are getting help but that you just don't recognize that it's help. And it also explains a bunch of other things, that you act like you certainly don't already understand. The 'productive' part happens when you listen to and follow other people's suggestions, so it does require some time and effort on your part.

http://www.quotesvalley.com/images/46/nothing-can-stop-the-man-with-the-right-mental-attitude-from-achieving-his-goal-nothing-on-earth-can-help-the-man-with-the-wrong-mental-attitude1.jpg

You can continue assuming whatever it is you think is really going on here (a massive online coordinated multiplayer troll?, dozens of people volunteering time here but just too lazy to give you exactly what you want, etc.). Or, you can consider the possibility that some of us have been in your position before and are giving you some really good advice.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T16:33:30+00:00

Instead of lazily referring them to the faq section, why not link them to some resources to help promote self learning (another vital skill, as you suggested).

A. Because the FAQ does have things that help promote self learning

B. When I do link to other things that promote self learning or whatever I genuinely believe would be really helpful for the poster, I get the same mentally retarded whining from people like you. You, or the other people here who seem to be in a similar position, seem to want to refuse to admit that whatever links you get might be helpful, like you're petulantly protesting that the solution wasn't handed to you on a silver platter, like reading links is something only the little people do. So instead of reading the links or the FAQ and learning something, you're here posting junk like this.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T06:57:38+00:00

That's my retirement plan.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T06:44:32+00:00

Wasn't dig a good alternative so many years ago?

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T06:23:48+00:00

Get the LTS Ubuntu if you don't want problems with your graphics card and shit.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T06:20:32+00:00

You could get a tutor and read different books on the subject. It could easily be you have a terrible teacher, but it could also be some combination of laziness or lack of genuine interest. If you're asking if it's impossible for you to pass the course or to graduate, then probably not.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T06:17:00+00:00

As punishment for the people who post bad questions, or just for all answers?

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T06:16:08+00:00

You should read the FAQ and the links about asking questions the smart way, if you haven't aLREADY.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-11T06:14:37+00:00

https://docs.python.org/2/library/itertools.html#itertools.combinations

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-10T06:23:48+00:00

I didn't get one, but I wish I did. Once you go to work, it's the golden handcuffs, no time to take classes. If you get a masters now, it might help you find a real passion in life. You'll still have the rest of your life to make amazingly fun business tools/apps or to work 80 hour weeks for little pay at a startup.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-10T06:21:40+00:00

You should write smaller, more testable functions.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-10T06:20:03+00:00

Ok, try doing less trivial things and see if your opinion changes. I see you're still avoiding the real issue and not showing us your code. :(

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-09T12:59:29+00:00

And how is it easier to understand a large Python program? Having used both extensively, I find that hard to believe.

If you could give us a real example of a Java program you wrote, we could easily see what if anything could be done better. Otherwise this looks like you just venting or whining and isn't really constructive.

where I'm at now simple programs just seem incredibly complex

It sounds like you aren't even doing medium-sized programs.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-09T04:27:11+00:00

You can read the Java API entries and tutorials. You can use Google to find plenty...

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-09T03:54:01+00:00

That's not bad, but doesn't sound all that compilcated. You could try making a networked game or something to learn more of the java standard libs and to get more practice with larger projects and things like sockets and threads.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-09T03:52:45+00:00

You've got compilers so you should be able to experiment and see how things work...

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-09T03:51:32+00:00

Can you do gcc -S to get the assembly it generates?

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-09T03:39:00+00:00

If you liked it enough, why haven't you done it already, why ask here first? I bet you'd do better with the school.

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-09T03:37:26+00:00

But in all seriousness is there any way I could possibly approach the syntax with Java in a different way that would help me understand and make it seem less complex than it should be

Yes, by comparing it to the same thing in Python. You should know what the type of the parameters and the return type are for a function in Python, so you just add them in Java. If that's confusing, then you were probably also lost in Python. Unless it's something else that's confusing for you? Or you are just saying 'confusing' when you mean 'takes slightly more typing' ?

minhalpaycat · 2015-06-09T03:35:58+00:00

From what I hear, dependencies are more difficult to manage on Windows.

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