lfowles

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by lfowles 10y ago
>Whether I would have developed critical thinking skills naturally can be up to debate. The argument for programming being the factor is because computers are black and white in the early days. Code works or code doesn't work. We do
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by lfowles 10y ago
How about hands on via a Udemy course? You can usually find coupons to bring the cost down to $10 or so. https://www.udemy.com/blendertutorial/learn/v4/overview
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Screeps – MMO strategy sandbox game for (JavaScript) programmers(screeps.com)
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by lfowles 10y ago
Related: "Manual Transmission Enhances Attention and Driving Performance of ADHD Adolescent Males" http://jad.sagepub.com/content/10/2/212.abstract
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by lfowles 10y ago
> they have all sorts of 'traction control features' that take over the accelerator. That's not exclusive to automatics, both of my manual cars will take over a bit if I start to lose traction.
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by lfowles 10y ago
Witcher 3 went a similar direction, but some time after release added an "Alternative Animation" option so the controls would be more responsive at the cost of animation accuracy.
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by lfowles 10y ago
Interesting that you mention rural community, my impression (I was in 4-H) was that rural kids tended towards 4-H and city kids tended towards Scouts.
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>Again, I don't think this will ever happen, just like we haven't banned horses on normal roads Funny, the local SCCA group has autocross at an airstrip near an Amish community. The roads are swarming with horses and buggies th
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by lfowles 10y ago
That seems to be the secret of good proc-gen game design. Curate the good randomness.
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> I prefer to think of MOOCS as a way to augment what you learn via traditionally methods as opposed to replacing traditional education entirely. From the ones I've taken, they would be great as a replacement to the various Intro To
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by lfowles 10y ago
Yes, that's the experiment! Here's a more thorough article: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.50....
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There really is a link between your Facebook posts and your personality(theconversation.com)
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There's a (decade old+) paper on using genetic algorithms to design an FPGA for discriminating tones. The final design after hundreds of generations? The input wasn't connected to the output! It relied on physical details and even
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by lfowles 10y ago
That's the worst part, I don't even know have a guess as to why my brain wanders off. It's just gone and I suddenly realize I haven't been paying attention for 10 minutes. I don't think disgust/escapism can exp
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by lfowles 10y ago
Source? I'm only familiar with the DSM subtypes (Inattentive, Hyperactive, Combined)
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Absolutely, I find that I'm naturally on the inattentive side but hyperactive symptoms present when I'm forcing myself to pay attention to something (like a lecture) and not let my mind wander.
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by lfowles 10y ago
Before I realized it was ADHD, I always joked that "I needed to slow down a bit so my brain won't catch on fire" .. 30 minutes browsing the internet to 5 minutes of studying/homework.
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by lfowles 10y ago
Yes, ADHD is literally when these "strong expressions of typical traits" turn dysfunctional. I was primarily led to getting a diagnosis because I couldn't even sit down and enjoy videogames or hobbies like you describe.
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by lfowles 10y ago
Keep in mind that ADHD has two subtypes: Hyperactive and Inattentive. Where Hyperactive individuals express themselves physically, Inattentive individuals get lost in their thoughts.
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My impression was that design patterns are just shared vocabulary, not something to aspire to use (other than realizing there was an existing "word" that would succinctly describe your jumbled spaghetti sentence and using that ins
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by lfowles 10y ago
Hypothetically, would you extend this to say that if current scientific understanding changes then a book could transition out of "hard science fiction"? I'd have to say it's more about intent than reality. I've hea
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by lfowles 10y ago
It's a shame Euro/American Truck Simulators didn't go for more accuracy :) (Probably would have been on par with X-Plane install size however.)
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by lfowles 10y ago
Not SF, but I recall True Crime: Streets of LA using a true to life map of Los Angeles.
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by lfowles 10y ago
Why isn't the middle finger an option?
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by lfowles 10y ago
I haven't looked in depth at Eve, but it sounds like it's a bridge for the people that _do_ want to program but don't want (or even need) to understand the underlying complexity. As a close to home example, I've had seve
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by lfowles 10y ago
If you're in a rollover you won't have great control over your arms in the first place, so if your windows are open there's a good chance they'll be going out the window at some point. If you watch professional drivers i
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by lfowles 10y ago
Do I currently have oil slick, smoke screen, or caltrops equipped?
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by lfowles 10y ago
> Don't rest your wrists on the table as you type. As mentioned in my sibling comment, this was _THE_ most important thing in getting rid of wrist pain. Not even a pad helped, it still compressed on my wrists.
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Conductivity. You're not supposed to use them with damp boards or metals (I guess you can, but then you're replacing the saw after it brakes)
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Many of them stick around as a memory leak.

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