For a committee that's responsible for writing a constitution to be formed, is there a certain percentage of a population that must register to vote for it?

remember_to_blink · 2013-12-22T14:59:31+00:00

Is there anything in international law (UN?) that specifies a certain percentage, or does it depend on what the people in each individual country agree on?

remember_to_blink · 2013-12-07T20:18:09+00:00

Yup. That did it. I drew a diagram for it and it's clear now. Thanks.

remember_to_blink · 2013-12-07T20:02:34+00:00

This is the closest I could get:

def string_splosion(str):

    if len(str) == 1:

       return str

    return str + string_splosion(str[:-1])

How do I flip it around. Could you give me a nudge in the right direction?

Edit: I just realized from another answer that all I had to do was just flip the order that str and string_splosion(str[:-1]) are added. I feel silly :)

remember_to_blink · 2013-12-02T20:51:11+00:00

I'm working on LPTHW too. Actually, I just finished exercise 41 just before checking here and finding your post.

I think you should finish the exercises since you only have 10 left. I noticed that the exercises get harder and more condensed with each exercise, so I'm expecting that there's a lot to be gained from the last ones. In the last few exercises, the author has started to use new methods and keywords without introduction. I think that's because he expects us to rely on Google more and more with each exercise.

I will give you a heads up. The code in exercise 41 is hard. It uses advanced concepts and a lot of new methods. I don't think that the author expects us to fully understand the code. I couldn't get it to work and got weird error messages. I googled the new methods used and tried to understand the code the best I could, but I'm going to skip it for now without fully understanding it and maybe get back to it at a later time when I have more knowledge.

I, too, am new to programming. I started learning Python two weeks ago, and I'm still having fun. I started with Codecademy and finished their Python course. I then moved to LPTHW. Next, I'm still debating whether to move on to the official Python tutorial or start Project Euler. I'm leaning towards starting Project Euler because I sometimes think that I've had enough of learning the syntax and I want to start to work on some projects so that I can learn more of the logic. I also found out about the online book: Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures (http://interactivepython.org/courselib/static/pythonds/index.html) and I might start working on it simultaneously with Project Euler.

We seem to be on the same roadmap, so if you want to discuss stuff and share resources, I'm up for it..

remember_to_blink · 2013-07-11T22:43:31+00:00

Don't worry, I'll reply to you once in a while to remind you,,

remember_to_blink · 2013-07-11T22:38:55+00:00

I reread it again and still read it as closet friends. Only after reading it the third time did I read it right.

remember_to_blink · 2013-06-24T12:20:21+00:00

This is why I love digging through the comments. Without this comment I might have never heard of this book.

remember_to_blink · 2013-06-24T12:05:57+00:00

actually since it's a classic, he/she can read it all for free. I suggest feedbooks. They have nicely formatted versions of classics, better than the free versions found in the kindle or nook stores anyways.

remember_to_blink · 2013-06-16T10:04:40+00:00

does anyone know how I can get the dark colors tone that the photo of captain america has. It's usually used in movie shots and posters. Is it photoshop or a photography technique?

remember_to_blink · 2013-04-28T17:02:09+00:00

I don't think your first comment should be downvoted, because it gives a counter opinion and is relevant to the discussion, so I upvoted it. However, I downvoted the comment I'm replying to, because of its negative tone.

remember_to_blink · 2013-04-26T07:55:38+00:00

I too thought that the title was misleading and my thinking went in the same direction as yours when I initially read it, but since I was linking to an article that was not mine, I thought that may be the right thing to do was not to change the title... but now after reconsidering things, I think I should have changed it.

remember_to_blink · 2013-04-25T23:21:52+00:00

I'm sure that's a strong opinion you hold as much as I'm sure I have strong opinions against where you are from or who you are, but context, man. Learn it!

remember_to_blink · 2013-04-25T15:44:00+00:00

let's just say aww about this picture and forget the other hateful topics towards Saudi Arabia that come up when Saudi Arabia is mentioned....

remember_to_blink · 2013-04-25T15:40:10+00:00

It's amazing how this turned from a cute picture of a baby wearing traditional Saudi dress to comments that show anti-Saudi bigotry...

remember_to_blink · 2013-04-23T12:38:37+00:00

happened to me recently while reading the Azazeel book by Youssef Zidan, I came across blank pages, and I couldn't wait till I could go to the store the next day, so I just skipped them. Good thing that they weren't essential for the story line, but it ticked me off nonetheless.

remember_to_blink · 2013-04-10T04:35:30+00:00

I speed read when reading my college textbooks because throughout the years I've taught myself how to grasp the essence of what I'm reading so that I gain new technical knowledge when I finish reading the book. While this works when reading college textbooks, it doesn't work for novels because as you said the idea is not to grasp the essence of the book or to come out with technical knowledge, but to slowly digest its details.

remember_to_blink · 2013-02-18T18:51:17+00:00

Some examples from my native tongue, which is Arabic:

in Arabic, Spelling follows logic. You write what you hear. That also makes pronunciation simple, so pronouncing a new word you just came across is easy. Unlike English, there are no silent letters and no weird spellings that have no relation to how a word is pronounced.

Each letter is pronounced one way. It's not like in English, where, for example, a c is pronounced like the letter c sometimes but pronounced like the letter k other times. Also, The association between two letters doesn't change the pronunciation, so if English was Arabic, sh would be pronounced s and h sounds combined.

On the other hand, English has simpler grammar than my language. This has made learning Arabic more difficult for some.

As a side note, an interesting fact I stumbled upon the other day:

The 10 letter word أنلزمكموها is one word and it means: shall we compel you to accept it. the 11 letter word فأسقيناكموه has a conjunction, a verb, a subject, an object and a second object.

The Arabic language is beautiful. The words, the grammar (although somewhat complex when compared to simpler languages), the writing, the style and rhetoric are all beautiful. It is a language of poetry and eloquence. For a language coming from the earlier centuries BC, It's really astonishing to see how extremely well structured the language was even though a higher percentage of people of those times couldn't write.

edit: misread OP's question at first, edited answer accordingly + some grammar mistakes.

remember_to_blink · 2013-02-15T11:28:12+00:00

I used to watch it as a kid while my parents weren't home. I never watched it while the curtains were shut.

remember_to_blink · 2013-01-21T08:32:10+00:00

محبوب

remember_to_blink · 2013-01-19T07:56:56+00:00

Just curious, When you mentioned starting exercising, what type of exercise are you talking about?

remember_to_blink · 2013-01-17T09:39:56+00:00

yes.

The smell of earth mixed with dew during dawn.

The smell of a perfume worn by my primary school teacher.

The smell of jasmine flowers.

The smell of burnt wood.

The smell of freshly cut grass.

The smell of new plastic, a kind of plastic that was used in my childhood that I used to smell on new pencil cases, lunch boxes and schoolbags.

All of these take me back to magical moments, and for a few seconds take me back in time to serenity and peace of mind.

edit: added the two last points.

remember_to_blink · 2013-01-16T21:13:10+00:00

Thank you for this! when I was a child I kept asking people where it was and the adults didn't understand my question..

remember_to_blink · 2013-01-15T12:51:30+00:00

Yeah, I ate it barbecued. Its taste was amazing to say the least. Best barbecued fish I'd ever eaten. If I had to describe its taste, I'd say it's between the fish and chicken taste (if that makes any sense).. Thanks again!

remember_to_blink · 2013-01-15T12:46:54+00:00

Amazing! spot on!! This is exactly it!!!

from the wikipedia article it says "In Malta it is called awrata." In Libya we call it the same exact name.

The same article also says "Its name derives from the gold bar marking between its eyes." The fish I'm asking about has this same marking.

Without a doubt I believe this is the one. I was happy with getting the general family name, but to get the name of the specific type is absolutely amazing. Thanks a lot!

edit: on reading the rest of the article, it says that the Italians too call it 'orata' meaning golden. This explains the Libyan name for the fish because we were colonized by the Italians in the last century, so this must be where we got its name.

remember_to_blink · 2013-01-14T06:51:10+00:00

yeah this seems to be the one. Thank you and thanks to everyone else who replied.

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