17 hours ago, Redden said:

Was your first car a Yugo?

My 1st car was a 1977 Oldsmobile Omega lovingly called the Imperial Star Cruiser.  My 1st brand new car was a 1988 Honda CRX DX.  That car was a lot of fun and made my insurance company a lot of money.

3 hours ago, mikemack8 said:

ChatGPT, Write me a story about Mr Hunt from NEPA (who looks like Rocky Dennis) learning how to code, which leads to a bromance between he and Paco from the Eagles Message Board. Then they make applesauce together

 

Sent this to schmoopie. I haven’t seen her laugh that hard in a long time  

20 hours ago, mr_hunt said:

filling the room with the enticing aroma of cinnamon and warmth     

 

idk why but that part got me   

for me it was the "rhythmic chopping sounds"

 

A scary situation happened to one of my brothers a couple of days ago where he was out, away from his home, and suddenly didn't know where he lived, where he was, how he got there or how to get home. The only thing he could remember was my phone number, but as luck would have it, he'd left his cell phone at home. That lasted for 10 or 15 minutes and then he was back to normal.

When he got home, he called me and I suggested that maybe a stroke or mini-stroke could be what caused this. After we hung up, he went to the ER. The CT scan showed no evidence of stroke, but they kept him for observation. That night, his heart stopped for about 25 seconds. Then a few hours later, it did it again. So now he's the proud owner of a new pacemaker. 

That's what caused his confusion while he was out. His heart stopped, so blood flow to his brain stopped, which gave him a mini amnesia of sorts. Scary stuff. 

On 1/24/2024 at 1:08 PM, mr_hunt said:

do you think it would be realistic for a total noob to jump right into python first?  

 

 

On 1/24/2024 at 1:26 PM, paco said:

Similar level of difficulty as learning Java, Javascript, etc IMO. There is a learning curve to overcome for any of those, but once you get one you can jump to the others pretty easily.

 

And I honestly don't think learning HTML first would then help you move to any of those to be honest. That's not to say don't do HTML first, do whatever, I just don't think they translate.

 

Edit: The ONLY way learning HTML can help ease you into other programming languages is if you learn HTML then Cold Fusion, and pretty much no one uses that  

Was looking through some Azure courses and stumbled upon this.  May be a good introduction to Python for you

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/beginner-python/

On 1/24/2024 at 12:08 PM, mr_hunt said:

do you think it would be realistic for a total noob to jump right into python first?  

 

The great thing about Python is that it's perfect for doing just that

Since it's an interpreted language you can just fool around with commands right in the console - like in the old days of BASIC - until you're comfortable.

And your first program doesn't have to be structured, or mess with objects, etc. It can just be a perfectly linear algorithm of commands.

Then, when you're ready, you start writing functions.

Don't know how to do something? Someone else has certainly done it. Just google or jump on stack exchange. You could make a whole piece of functional software just from other peoples' code snippets.

Quote

n = 1
while n <= 69:
    print('lindy booth')
    n += 1

 

On 1/24/2024 at 12:29 PM, mr_hunt said:

...make a batch of homemade applesauce together. 

is this some sort of euphemism?

18 hours ago, Arthur Jackson said:

The great thing about Python is that it's perfect for doing just that

Since it's an interpreted language you can just fool around with commands right in the console - like in the old days of BASIC - until you're comfortable.

And your first program doesn't have to be structured, or mess with objects, etc. It can just be a perfectly linear algorithm of commands.

Then, when you're ready, you start writing functions.

Don't know how to do something? Someone else has certainly done it. Just google or jump on stack exchange. You could make a whole piece of functional software just from other peoples' code snippets.

 

A year from now, @mr_hunt will be posting videos like this in the meme thread

 

3 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said:

C-

Hunt is tall and bald (I think) and I'm short, hairy and full on dad bod.  Try again.

28 minutes ago, paco said:

C-

Hunt is tall and bald (I think) and I'm short, hairy and full on dad bod.  Try again.

sorry I just told it to go really gay

So has this place evolved into a titan of the humanitarian pantheon?

 

 

Or do we still just make deek jokes?

7 hours ago, OddBall said:

So has this place evolved into a titan of the humanitarian pantheon?

If you mean talking about how I had a CVS employee examine my a** hole, then yes!

11 hours ago, paco said:

If you mean talking about how I had a CVS employee examine my a** hole, then yes!

does it have to be a full time CVS employee or could it just be someone with a CVS down the block ?

On 1/26/2024 at 1:11 AM, VaBeach_Eagle said:

A scary situation happened to one of my brothers a couple of days ago where he was out, away from his home, and suddenly didn't know where he lived, where he was, how he got there or how to get home. The only thing he could remember was my phone number, but as luck would have it, he'd left his cell phone at home. That lasted for 10 or 15 minutes and then he was back to normal.

When he got home, he called me and I suggested that maybe a stroke or mini-stroke could be what caused this. After we hung up, he went to the ER. The CT scan showed no evidence of stroke, but they kept him for observation. That night, his heart stopped for about 25 seconds. Then a few hours later, it did it again. So now he's the proud owner of a new pacemaker. 

That's what caused his confusion while he was out. His heart stopped, so blood flow to his brain stopped, which gave him a mini amnesia of sorts. Scary stuff. 

Man, that is scary.  Sorry to hear that VA.  I hope your brother will be OK.

3 minutes ago, Redden said:

Man, that is scary.  Sorry to hear that VA.  I hope your brother will be OK.

Thanks, he got the pacemaker put in and they told him that he'll be fine now. 

Ironic sort of thing, of the 4 of us brothers, he's always been the one that was most into fitness and health and such. Not that the rest of us completely neglected/ignored all of that. But he's always been much more active on that front.

On 1/30/2024 at 2:53 PM, OddBall said:

So has this place evolved into a titan of the humanitarian pantheon?

 

 

Or do we still just make deek jokes?

Deek jokes.

On 1/30/2024 at 11:30 AM, Arthur Jackson said:

FYP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The wood paneling is a nice touch given our shared NEPA upbringings. 
 

but

Hunt and I are close in age

Hes taller

I only have one tattoo and you can’t see it in polite company  

i did hello world last night! does that mean i'm ready for a career in programming now?    

8 hours ago, paco said:

The wood paneling is a nice touch given our shared NEPA upbringings. 
 

but

Hunt and I are close in age

Hes taller

I only have one tattoo and you can’t see it in polite company  

1 hour ago, mr_hunt said:

i did hello world last night! does that mean i'm ready for a career in programming now?    

only if you did it pythonically

3 hours ago, mr_hunt said:

i did hello world last night! does that mean i'm ready for a career in programming now?    

 

3 hours ago, mr_hunt said:

Nailed it!  

15 minutes ago, paco said:

 

annie :sigh:

14 minutes ago, paco said:

Nailed it!  

what's he looking at?