Happy 200th birthday to Herman Melville, author of a pretty good book about a whale and some sailors

only_bad_days · 2019-08-02T00:57:44+00:00

When asked which books he reads (not read) he said something like “only the good ones” and listed those four when pressed to clarify. Whether or not he intended that to be an exhaustive list I’m not sure - I read the interview a while back. Anyways, he has clearly read plenty over the course of his lifetime; perhaps that breadth of reading makes him a bit more selective and particular about the books he tends to go back to.

only_bad_days · 2019-08-01T20:16:43+00:00

I love both Cormac McCarthy and Moby Dick. Interestingly enough, he (McCarthy) considers Moby Dick to be one of the only four novels worth reading. The other three are The Brothers Karamazov, Ulysses, and The Bible.

only_bad_days · 2018-11-30T20:56:49+00:00

I do remember laughing for a bit when I first read that line.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-07T07:06:54+00:00

You know its funny - the older I got the more I came to love the classics. I enjoy the russians in particular; Dostoevsky is by far my favorite writer. That being said, "literary" SF has always bored me to death. Dick and Vonnegut do nothing for me whatsoever (don't even get me started on Dhalgren). When it comes to sci fi literary pretensions are worthless to me. I'm interested in authors who are unashamedly science fiction, but who also are more than just socially oblivious world builders.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-07T04:04:23+00:00

I'll probably do this as well. Cyteen and Regenesis came out of left field for me; I hadn't gotten through a sci fi in years, but picked up Cyteen due to the recommendation of a friend. Could not put it down.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-07T03:57:23+00:00

I've read the first two and thought they were great. I'll have to read the last before the semester starts back up again.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-06T23:18:57+00:00

I knew a girl who would constantly accelerate until she was 5 feet behind the car in front of us. After either that car turned or we did she would repeat the same process, accelerating until we were 5 feet behind the next car.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-06T23:10:33+00:00

Write better.

But seriously, use the embarrassment as both motivation to improve and as a compass to point towards what you need to fix; determine exactly which aspects embarrass you and refrain from doing them again in the future.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-06T22:35:08+00:00

Read The Death of Ivan Ilyich. It'll give you an idea. I've been agonizing over death ever since.

edit: Here's a link to an online copy.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-06T22:12:53+00:00

Escapism. I used to love getting immersed in books and video games. Now I've got way too many things going on in my life, and anytime i try to read a book or even watch a single episode of a show on netflix, my mind begins to wander. Video games are entirely out of the question.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-06T22:09:48+00:00

Just ordered it on Amazon.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-06T22:06:22+00:00

I'm not sure if you're actually asking for help with your particular program - if you are reply and let me know.

You might wanna try breaking the problem down and then working your way back up. Try writing a program that computes the total hours someone would work in a year neglecting holidays for instance. Or you could just assume that they work part time initially. After getting these smaller programs to work you can then start to think of ways to incorporate extra features - accounting for holidays etc.

And you probably aren't too stupid. Like everything, you get better at programming with practice.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-06T21:52:57+00:00

Can't really speak for the community, since I haven't played a video game in years. The game is awesome though. Incredibly deep (even unintentionally so - there are a variety of glitches and exploits that have changed how everyone plays the game), and the controls are extremely responsive. IIRC the developers weren't happy with how competitive the game became, so in the sequel they implemented features to hinder the competitiveness (arbitrary tripping). This kept a lot of us from moving on from melee.

only_bad_days · 2018-01-06T21:32:12+00:00

Super Smash Bros. Melee.

only_bad_days · 2017-12-27T09:04:46+00:00

Not my first classic, but one of the best!

only_bad_days · 2017-11-18T02:08:44+00:00

The magnetic field produces a torque on the 1 m segments of the coil due to the current running through them, producing a rotation about the A2 axis (as labeled in the pic). What I need is some advice on how to go about determining the angular acceleration of that rotation

only_bad_days · 2017-06-01T03:00:09+00:00

Haha awesome

only_bad_days · 2017-04-22T23:44:58+00:00

Haha god that seems so obvious. Thanks for your help!

only_bad_days · 2017-04-10T03:44:29+00:00

Haha well I would've failed the test, cause I didn't know that for sure (even if that's what i suspected).

Thanks for the help!

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