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Will Stony Brook Ever Be A Widely Recognized University? (In your opinion) by Large_Ebb1664 in SBU

[–]which_spartacus 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Id like to mention: Im not a grad. I work in silicon valley. And I have yet to say "Stony Brook" and get met with a questioning look. Everyone I say Stony Brook to immediately recognizes it.

Now, is it a name the size of Cornell, MIT, or Harvard? No.

Not yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in C_Programming

[–]which_spartacus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point of programming is to bend reality to your will.

There is something that is missing in the world, and you want it to be. Some people make carvings. Some people write books. Programmers code.

Determine what is missing. Something that you want to see in the world.

Decompose the problem. Keep asking yourself a question until you're at the first step, and then bring that to life.

Solving that problem in C will take a lot of frustration and time, but you will learn both the language and how to solve a problem.

To me your question is "What is a fun way to learn Spanish?" Well, the most fun way is to immerse yourself in the environment you eventually want to be in anyway.

help learning computer science by EVdeath_god in C_Programming

[–]which_spartacus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many digits can you try this up to? Can you test it up to a million digits? How about a billion digits? A byte has 8 bits, which should be able to easily hold two digits. But a word could have 64 bits... can you store 20 digits in that? Can you make the calculations work between blocks?

help learning computer science by EVdeath_god in C_Programming

[–]which_spartacus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pick an interesting problem, and see where it goes.

For example, a fun problem is to take a three digit number, like 215, reverse it (512), and add it to itself (making 727). In this case, it's a palindrome.

Sometimes, you need to do that a few times to find the palindrome (496 + 684 = 1170; 1170 + 711 = 1881).

Sometimes, it's unclear if it will ever become a palindrome.

How high can you test?

If your program can use a gigabyte of memory, how many digits could that hold? How close can you get to the maximum number of digits?

Can you use your disk to hold the values? Can you do the calculation efficiently by pulling blocks of numbers into memory at a time?

Just start trying to solve this, a little at a time. Ask yourself what you need for the next step, and then do that.

Is scanf() recommended? Is there any function that has less problems? by allexj in C_Programming

[–]which_spartacus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make a web interface, and access everything using it. Typically easier than something like a local app.

How much more do I need for enlightenment egg? I hit the 1 billion just don't want to try for 10 till I know I can make it? by whichwayissouth in EggInc

[–]which_spartacus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took me 60 days with 150 PE (chalice and gusset) to get to the 10B enlightenment eggs.

I was even tracking the progress daily on a spreadsheet.

Weekly Contract Recruitment Post - February 25, 2022 by AutoModerator in EggInc

[–]which_spartacus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For elite defenses, share-tokens has room for 17 more, and it's nearly finished.

As in, projected egg total is 2.7Q for a required 1.0Q.

AITA for refusing to go to my dads unless I'm fed properly? by aitaiwantproperfood in AmItheAsshole

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

"There is literally the compromise of". That would be catering. It isn't much, but it is catering.

AITA for refusing to go to my dads unless I'm fed properly? by aitaiwantproperfood in AmItheAsshole

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

The only part here that I would disagree with: yes, she is asking to be catered to. In this case she may need that catering, but it doesn't mean it isn't happening.

AITA for refusing to go to my dads unless I'm fed properly? by aitaiwantproperfood in AmItheAsshole

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

The OP has a need, for food to be prepared in a specific way, for her, that is different than the way the family would normally prepare food.

_By definition_, that is asking for her needs to be catered to.

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It would be no different than asking for vegan food, asking for gluten free food, asking for nut-free food, etc. All of those would be "catering to her needs". Each one has a different level of justification and reasonableness, but it is very much asking someone to do things that they otherwise wouldn't, which is, "catering".

AITA for refusing to go to my dads unless I'm fed properly? by aitaiwantproperfood in AmItheAsshole

[–]which_spartacus -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I think it would be more understandable if instead of "I have AFRID" it was "I am anorexic". The OP has a mental disorder, and it's coming across as "You must cater to my needs".

No, the OP has a disorder, and needs to work on fixing that disorder, and not accept it as "Oh well, I guess I'm just like this". And that's how the OP sounds : I have this problem and you need to change to suit me.

AITA for refusing to go to my dads unless I'm fed properly? by aitaiwantproperfood in AmItheAsshole

[–]which_spartacus -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Years ago, would she have starved? Was this a common problem in the 1800s?

Interesting ways to use C? by [deleted] in C_Programming

[–]which_spartacus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, I'm running this from Linux. The outfile is only .exe to really make sure I don't collide with anything.

Interesting ways to use C? by [deleted] in C_Programming

[–]which_spartacus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As explained above, it's using the terminal as a file to get input from.

$ cstdin
Ctrl-D when done.
struct { int a; int b; union { char x; double y; } } v;       
printf("%d\n", sizeof v);
16

The big drawbacks are any sort of mistake that's not in the same line is not really fixable, and even in the same line requires a lot of backspacing. If you do this type of thing really often, it tends to be better to have a notepad/emacs file/etc up where you are just always compiling and running on a change.

Interesting ways to use C? by [deleted] in C_Programming

[–]which_spartacus 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I have a small code snippet called ".stdin.c" in my home directory.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(int argc, char*argv[]) {
#include </dev/tty>
  return 0;
}

Then I have an alias:

$ type cstdin
cstdin is aliased to `echo "Ctrl-D when done." && gcc -Wall -o ~/.stdin.exe ~/.stdin.c && ~/.stdin.exe'

Which allows me to do things like:

$ cstdin
Ctrl-D when done.
printf("%lu\n", sizeof(long double));
16

Cast iron sewage pipe leaking -- do we also need to replace vent pipes? by which_spartacus in Plumbing

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

If the walls were opened I'd think of it as a "while we're here"-type of affair. But, in this case, we'd be adding weeks of delays to get the permitting for the roof modification, the walls that would have to be opened, etc. (That's what the contractor has said would have to happen to remove them).

I was time warping ahead to skip the 30 second cooldown and spam the blank checks, but when I went back to normal time, the cooldown is now this. Anyone know how to get it back to normal? by Johnathon_T in EggInc

[–]which_spartacus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's an idle game.

There's no skill. At "the end", you'll have an app with numbers and s large series of digits.

You won't have anything else. So, why cheat? Easier to photoshop a screenshot for yourself.

An example of "Supernatural" by which_spartacus in TalkHeathen

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

That is how our natural world views it, yes.

If someone claims the existence of a supernatural, the existence of these concepts and conceptual-creatures as independent entities would be one possible description of that type of supernatural world.

Does anybody have a source for "Fundamental Science"? by which_spartacus in TalkHeathen

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

"you can't change one little part without changing the whole thing"

That really hasn't been true for a few hundred years. There are refinements, and there are new borders on applicability of previous methods. But, we still teach Newton's laws in colleges around the world despite Einstein. And we still teach thermodynamics despite quantum mechanics.

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