Posts made by Cobalt

@Coin said:

I do like the way you structure learning stuff. At least, the basic "no XP, just learning times" approach.

As a note I tried something similar to this on Darkwater: the Magening, and it seemed to work out alright -- but we got a very limited draw of people. I think folks are somewhat hesitant when they get told "no XP".

I'd be interested in seeing a multisphere nWoD game try it. The no XP thing I encountered for the first time on Peverel's oWoD game, but it wasn't learning time based it was just justification based. On Darkwater: the Magening your rolls in ST'd scenes counted as a tick to improve the stat, and you could justify as well.

@Insomnia Someday we'll play Dying Light together, I'm sure. Not that either of our eardrums will appreciate it.

Please explain Dick Size to me. Using small words.

If you haven't watched Kogepan, you really should. ^_^ Especially you, @EmmahSue, and @icanbeyourmuse.

@Ganymede said:

@HelloRaptor said:

Not that it was a terrible game, but it's the least-Final Fantasy game of the entire line.

I don't know what the hell you mean by the emphasized text. Even so, that doesn't really make it a bad game. It's not like that FPS game they made.

Yeah, I don't get it either. How is it not "Final Fantasy"?

I'm thinking of playing some Dying Light tonight, in about 20 or so (@7pm EST). If anyone wants to play hit me up on steam ('BADASS FIRE SPIDERANT') or skype ('sanguineblues').

@Sponge said:

If you're not really comfortable programming outside of MU, I strongly recommend LOGO as a supplement to python. It will make learning python significantly easier.

I don't really have the time for that, thank you for the advice though. Once my class project is overwith I'll maybe look into LOGO. Though I have a feeling I'll get exposure to it with the next project for class which is a group project for lego kits.

I'm not uncomfortable with programming outside of a MU, just inexperienced.

@Insomnia said:

I dunno. It's my day off. I'm going to sleep in a whole 42 mins and you probably won't still be up yet?

Honestly, probably not. Saturdays are my 'sleep until noon' day.

@Glitch said:

@Sponge said:

I cannot overstate the value of learning a test framework (like pytest), a mocking framework (pymock), a logging framework (we use an in-house one), and the python debugger.

I think it depends on level of experience. I don't know what level @Cobaltasaurus is at, but I think most of that is too much for a beginner still learning primitives.

Most of that went over my head. I had very basic introductions to C++ and Visual Basic in middle school, and can cobble together something in CSS thanks to leaning from wikis, but other than that my experience is in softcode.

Hopefully this is an alright place to put this. Can anyone point me to a few good python tutorials for beginners? As in never touched it before ever?

Please don't tell me how great it is, or how much you hate it, I need to learn it for one half of my final for my CompSci class, so I don't really care about opinions on python.

^_^

Any particular time on Saturday?

So anyone with Dying Light want to play this weekend sometime?

Sharing finances and not being on the same page can cause a bit of strife, yes. I just learned so last night. However, I think @EmmahSue's peeve isn't that she should check with her husband, I think it is the assumption that someone concerned about making sure they can afford something in the long run hadn't already discussed it with their spouse.

Jade!

Oh, man, it would be great if we could get a way to turn off notifications for threads you started.

...>-> Anyone want to send me a crunchyroll guest pass?

Please, please, please.

@Jaded: Sure, if you still have one.

@Sunny said:

Yeah, I live in the Pacific Northwest, land of the rain. People here can't drive in the rain. They can't drive in the sunshine, either. Or at night. Or....yeah. The only time they can drive is when it's light and overcast.

Grrr. This is what makes me so mad about failing my drive test. I'm waaaaay more of a cautious and safe driver than the majority of other people I encounter on the roads (and I obey little laws like: if there is a pedestrian in the cross walk I don't try to be in the crosswalk at the same time).

Oh, but I didn't jerk my neck around like a chicken to check for pedestrians when inching out onto another road. And went 40 FOR ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS in a 35. SO NO LICENSE FOR ME.

grumble

@Insomnia I didn't mean right now. I meant more now I get to an evil zombie and make you shriek.

You can think of it as payback for bursting your eardrums with grimrock, if you want.