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Design an algorithm, implement the algorithm. Use logical operators correctly, subtize and abstract a problem into variables, objects, functions, and understand both the potential and limitations of your abstraction.
Those are the big ideas I'm trying to teach.
I also have come to like the "soft typing" of python. Variable types are important, but some of the time it makes doing simple tasks so cluttered the main idea can get lost.
Because of the language changing?
As a teacher, I spend most of my time working with the basics of the language. So, I think I'm less aware of the changes which seem to have more impacts on the wider family of libraries.
I like python because it has all of the major elements of a proper modern programming language and the code looks uncluttered and human readable. It looks like pseudo code, and, in a way, I really want to teach in pseudo code.
Early 2000s is when I started hearing the big hype.
"you just need to accept this is going to happen"
And I totally thought they were right. Even when it took a bit longer. Even through the early tesla days.
But what was the magic bullet? It was superior safety when compared with human drivers. That was the big promise. And somehow "as good as humans" is the new bar.
The whole thing about driving being so much safer was really exciting to me and I wanted to believe it so badly.
Cars remain the primary cause of accidental deaths. And instead we are being told that since the self driving cars kill about the same number of people (maybe more, maybe in new and unexpected ways...) that ought to be good enough for the "other benefits"
But my brother in christ it was the promise of safer cars that got my attention in the first place.
Listen we could have self driving cars right now if people would just be a bit more reasonable about how they REACT to "acceptable loss."
(it's not "acceptable")
"They're going to make driving much safer. But it will also mean big change for a lot of industries, like trucking."
"I hadn't thought about it like that."
"This is all happening in the next five years."
I remember having this conversation at my graduation with total clarity. And back then I believed them. For years, when talking with urban planners about one topic or another I'd insist we think about the inevitability of self-driving cars. This was decades ago. Multiple decades.
It's overkill for what I use it for, which is just to know how it works. Just In Case.
going on the "offended then gigging" roller coaster again
I think it's seeking acceptance as much as bragging. Because they hear the cloud of criticism and wonder if it's OK. Or want to push back and make it OK.
"python is the JavaScript of programming languages"
* offended
* agreeing
* confused
* giggling(meanly)
* offended(again)
* confused (again)
It sounds like there is a ring leader, or maybe a few who are modeling this way of "getting through class" I can't imagine students coming up with these bad ideas one after the next independently.
mmmm true to the book!
This photo reminds me of another I really liked posted recently so I'm linking it to you and tagging @SF_Photographer
These both capture something about living cities at night, but without any people. It's ominous, and surreal, but also familiar.
Reminds me a of a disappearing river - one that sinks underground through porous rock or cave systems. It's not clear to me if the traffic is disappearing into the trees, or into the neighborhood. Or both. #sanfrancisco #nightphotography #lighttrails #traffic #photography #longexposure
Pixelfed (pixelfed.social)
I thought one should have a separate little laptop for tor and all of those things? Ideally a laptop not bought online.
Green peanuts are great in stir-fry. You can wash them and peel them then use them kind of like beans.
You can boil them in the shell then add them to rice.
You can roast them in the oven and then use them like regular roasted nuts.
I buy green peanuts all the time.
@LGBTQNation @lgbtq-nation-LGBTQNation
No one interviews "straight democrats" with so much fascination.
Your sky is really well done, just enough texture.
@gdupont pointed out I could just disconnect from internet and wifi and test it again. So I did.
And it works great! It really must be doing most of the work locally, including the more fancy stuff where it goes back and fixes words as you add more context.
That makes me very happy because I like this feature.