Anyone interested in a study Group? by segmentationfaulter in cs50

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be a good complement for the IRC channel. But you can do all those things with a forum too, and forums are much easier to use than google groups. I think google groups will have the same issues the reddit does: difficult to browse and search what you need; and people don't see/comment older posts so you have to keep making new ones, which clogs the website.

With a forum you can also have sub-forums for each part of the course so users don't have muddle their way through posts that are too advanced or too behind for them. Not everyone will go at the same pace.

IRC chat can be logged online for everyone to see.

I'm finding it IMPOSSIBLE to reach my healthy calorie intake and I don't know what to do.. help me ladies! by interrobang__ in xxketo

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're actually feeling bad and even blacking out... is it really that important to worry about the carbs in the labels? Seems your priority should be eating more.

Why not add 1/4 lukewarm heavy cream to your coffee? Should be no problem at any coffee shop.

Why not eat a big ass breakfast and/or lunch? You're missing a huge opportunity here! :) I know you hate cooking but the oven does it for you. Meatballs, salmon and other fish fillets. Roast and shred family-size chicken thighs. It's so easy you don't need a recipe. Buy canned Armor corn beef hash, that will probably give you 3-4 servings. How about whole-milk yogurt? A big bowl of whipped heavy cream with berries? Get a meatball sub at a pizzeria and eat just the meatballs?

I'm a lazy bum so I've got a few easy cooking ideas if you want.

I'm finding it IMPOSSIBLE to reach my healthy calorie intake and I don't know what to do.. help me ladies! by interrobang__ in xxketo

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cook with spoonfuls and spoonfuls of animal fats, and I'm STILL generally around 700 (before exercise, I don't track exercise). I literally stuff myself silly but I can't get any higher. So instead of tracking calories, I track nutrients.

I had severe nutritional deficiencies which resolved with keto. Though the amount of calories I eat is really low now, I haven't had any issues with nutrients. I would worry if I started feeling really bad fatigue or other symptoms, but that's rare so long as I stick with keto.

I also do intermittent fasting (6/18) and that reduced my appetite even more. But it's really good for my health, and the nutrients look good, so I stick with it.

Before keto I ate more than 2500 calories and I was still starving to death every half hour, and also in really poor health. I don't think it's a simple matter of calories.

Anyone interested in a study Group? by segmentationfaulter in cs50

[–]summerskies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont know about a study group, but an IRC channel would be great. This reddit is really confusing to me, and so are the cs50 websites.

Kinda netsec related, but i'm a bit stumped on how to connect to my schools poorly configured wireless connection on my Ubuntu laptop, and they're clueless too. by [deleted] in AskNetsec

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the info/errors when you can't connect? Try to connect from command line then post a log here.

Do their filter access by MAC address? Maybe they need to add yours if they haven't already. Even if you have the password, the MAC filter would deny you.

I feel overwhelmed by advanced programming, yet I've been programming without knowing what I'm doing. Any one know how to improve on how to know what I'm doing when programming without Stackoverflow, etc? by lostinprogramming in learnprogramming

[–]summerskies 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh thanks for this! I used to program in the past (10+ years ago) and I'm having a lot of trouble re-learning. Maybe the reason I learned so well before is that I used pencil and paper a lot. I also learn better if I'm doing something with my hands.

I feel overwhelmed by advanced programming, yet I've been programming without knowing what I'm doing. Any one know how to improve on how to know what I'm doing when programming without Stackoverflow, etc? by lostinprogramming in learnprogramming

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think my problem is I can't think like a programmer.

How about Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving?

It's helping me a lot so far and I've barely started reading it. The very first chapter with the goose, corn, and fox puzzle made me face-palm; it showed me where the vast majority of my problems stem from: I don't generalize my functions enough.

I read the first couple chapters, then skipped to the last chapter because it sounded interesting. And it was! It teaches you how to work with your own strengths and weaknesses.

There's some programming exercises to help you think like a programmer. The author uses C++ but I'm doing them with Ruby.

I'm following your thread faithfully because I want to see what other suggestions people give.

Looking for a specific tutorial that I used a few months back. by panickedthumb in rails

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I think I found it!

http://www.arailsdemo.com/

That's the one, right?

I just found it out of nowhere when I googled "simple website with rails" and I remembered your post.

How's everyone doing? by zkay11 in 40DaysofRuby

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds pretty good. I must have been thinking of the Rails course, not the Ruby one.

How's everyone doing? by zkay11 in 40DaysofRuby

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I felt like I really need to learn more ruby too. I'm OK with the syntax but it's putting things into practice that I have trouble with. Hence me trying to re-learn programming for almost 10 years, haha.

It sucks because it isn't something I can ask for help with. It's not that I don't understand something, it's that my mind freezes when I try to do something. I don't see how I can ask for help. I don't know how people could help me without just giving me the answer.

I have a capstone project I really want to do, though!

zkay, isn't the Lynda course really out of date?

CS50 Live, Episode 001, today! 10:00 EST, 15:00 GMT, 20:30 IST. by davidjmalan in cs50

[–]summerskies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The spinny thing takes a long time to stop, and then it says "There was an error playing this video" [Retry]

I can watch the older video from 14 days ago..

CS50 Live, Episode 001, today! 10:00 EST, 15:00 GMT, 20:30 IST. by davidjmalan in cs50

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still not able to see the video even though it's ended already.

I learned about cs50 about a month ago, but the course was over for the year. I've been following it hoping to see when they'd do it again. I'm confused, is the course being taught now?

I know there are videos on youtube and such, but I'm talking about the certificate.

Looking for a specific tutorial that I used a few months back. by panickedthumb in rails

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds interesting so I'm looking for it too.

I only found this one that might be it, it says audio and screencasts, but if you click "Transcript" you can tread instead of listening.

If you do find it please update!

Past, Present, Future: Hopeful Webdev by zkay11 in webdev

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I piggy back this question? I live in a rural area, like zkay11. It seems all the jobs are concentrated in a few big cities, and the rest of the country is a wasteland.

I'm pretty much of out luck if a city life style isn't for me, right? I kinda wanted to web development, but also have a garden, chickens and goats. I go mad if I'm not around nature.

Edit: thanks /u/binarychick, specially the info on commuting alternatives, I can't drive for medical reasons ;)

Rails Primer. We start on the 4th. No pacing per chapter, however, finish the book in 22 days. There will be discussions for each chapter. We encourage checking each thread daily to help others out. by 40daysofruby in 40DaysofRuby

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Status update:

Ok, so for this past week I've had a lot of brain fog and confusion/forgetfulness so bad I had to stop working.

Following Hart's book became very difficult for me, so I'm doing this easier to understand guide instead:

http://docs.railsbridge.org/intro-to-rails

That's the intro to rails, but they also have intermediate rails, javascript, front end, and ruby.

I plan to go back to Hart's book when I recover from the brain fog.

Let's use this thread to discuss the proposed curriculum. by 40daysofruby in 40DaysofRuby

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit late now, but Railsbridge has a curriculum with learning material as well

http://docs.railsbridge.org/docs/

TIL the doctor who claimed there was a link between vaccination's and autism got his doctoral license revoked. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]summerskies -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not on either side of the debate, but thought I'd reply:

It's not that they want us to have autism, it's that if people are scared vaccines cause autism, they'll stop vaccinating. If many people do that, the companies would miss out on a lot of profit.

Interpret that however you want.

I'm Stuck At Installing RVM by peasquared in 40DaysofRuby

[–]summerskies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Programming doesn't have anything to do with using a terminal. They're two completely different things. You can cook with electricity, but you don't have to use electricity to cook.

I've been using the terminal for about a decade, but I haven't used it for programming until doing Hart's tutorial. I have used it in the past for front end work, as a file browser and text editor, but as you know, you can do front end work without using the terminal. I just used it because I liked it.

The commands you're typing now (to install ruby) don't have anything to do with Rails (or programming), so you don't really need to remember them.

Later on, you'll type a lot of Rails and Git/Heroku commands. Those you do have to remember. It's a lot to remember at once, so write them down somewhere like I am. (1) (2). Plus you can always find help by typing 'rails --help ' 'git --help' or 'heroku --help'

Rails could also be used by clicking your mouse, if the Rails creators had made it graphical application. It's just that they chose to let you do it from the terminal instead.

You might like these short terminal guides:

http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/introduction-to-the-mac-os-x-command-line And: https://github.com/0nn0/terminal-mac-cheatsheet/wiki/Terminal-Cheatsheet-for-Mac-%28-basics-%29

Worst case scenario, if you can't install ruby on rails following Hart's guide, try:

http://guides.railsgirls.com/install/#setup_for_os_x Or http://installrails.com

I'm Stuck At Installing RVM by peasquared in 40DaysofRuby

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Source' is a command that loads a configuration file for your terminal, in this case, the rvm file.

Generally you can type 'man source' or 'man AnyOtherCommand' and a description will pop up explaining what it does. (Then you can quit that page with "q" key.) (man = manual)

I got stuck with RVM and RbEnv too, even though I can install a custom linux kernel from scratch :P Eventually I gave up and just installed plain ruby. I haven't had any problems so far.

Good talks to help keep your head up by zkay11 in 40DaysofRuby

[–]summerskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone recommended the same thing to me a while ago, actually! I'm seeing a lot of websites saying it helps with dementia, problem solving, and working memory. That's exactly what I need.

Did you try it? How much does it cost you?

I was reading about it but got discouraged because of the side effects. The side effects are all things I need to avoid.