This chalkboard is such a great idea! Every city should have one of these! I teared up reading the entries on the chalkboards Chang shows during the video. It feels so good knowing you're not alone!
My entry would be:
"Before I die I want to able to find happiness within me and in everything around me."
Okay, I'd probably cheat and come back for another entry eventually:
"Before I die I want to let fear to pass through me, but never block me."
What would you write on the chalkboard?
Become a great programmer. I'm currently a rather shitty programmer, still rather ignorant about a _lot_ of things, but I'm bettering myself, so it's just a matter of time :)
You're a programmer too? ^^ What have you been programming / in what language(s)? I'm a programmer too, studying ICT currently. The term "great programmer" is so hard to define though, it's something you could define for yourself! Maybe provide yourself with a project that when completed, will define you as a Great Programmer? One of my personal goals is to make an RPG with a deep and touching story. When I can pull that off, I will be very satisfied with my programming skills (and writing/world building skills! :o). Nowhere near that level yet though, I'm still working on a simple Space Invaders clone ;p
I know C, C\\, Java, C# and PHP as well. If I have to name 1 language I'll go for C\\, as I eventually want to create a game C\\ is the way to go, as it's an industry standard. I still don't know C\\ entirely, as I still miss some basic information (like template programming (?)) I just compare myself to great programmers as Michael Abrash (great x86 assembly programmer), John Carmack (lead programmer for id Software) and Stuart Denman (lead programmer for Drakan: Order of the Flame) and see that I still lack a lot of skill like math and algorithms, a better understanding of the CPU I'm working with, etc. I still have a long way to go, but I have indeed set a personal goal for myself after which I can claim to be at least a Good Programmer :p This is pretty much the way to go: Start small. I'm a graduated from community colleges (that's after Highschool but before University, right?) about 3 months ago, but as I never really finished High School I still lack a load of information when it comes to math, so I'm thinking of finding a job and learning in my free time using a Distance Education system. When I payed my debts and got enough gadgets and books and everything else I basically wanted the last 10 years I'll start with a bachelor degree. edit: How do I escape the plus symbol?What have you been programming / in what language(s)?
The term "great programmer" is so hard to define though
Maybe provide yourself with a project that when completed, will define you as a Great Programmer?
I'm still working on a simple Space Invaders clone
Hubski doesn't like Cplusplus! And I have no clue >.< Have you programmed any games yet? Or still wanting to hone your programming skills a bit first? Templates aren't as difficult as they may sound! ^^ If you wanted you could do some Cplusplus tutorials or get a book on Cplusplus, there are plenty! A proper education would definitely help though, they give you a solid foundation in the field. It isn't easy learning everything by yourself unless you have a good amount of motivation to keep you going! Yeah starting small is definitely the way to go! If you haven't heard of Lazy Foo yet: Starting out on Game Development. As for the maths, it might be handy to learn as you go! Learn whatever it is you need to accomplish programming a certain thing. I find it quite boring studying mere theory, but it gets fun when you get to have a goal to work towards. I totally recommend Khan Academy. If you haven't heard of it yet, it is becoming more and more popular and has an extensive coverage of maths, and much more! They also recently launched a computer science platform which teaches programming through the use of Javascript, in case you find that interesting. I have no idea what community college is, we have no such thing here (Belgium). Over here it's kindergarden -> elementary school (6 years) -> secondary school (6 years) -> university (5 years, academic bachelor, master) or "high school" (3 years, professional bachelor)
I have, but they're nothing to write home about. They were barely finished! I made them for school. A school which teaches "C with classes", as in "C without templates or even constructors and destructors". Nothing about algorithms or anything. Then again, it wasn't university so I won't blame them (too much). I will, as soon as I get some money. I currently simply download .pdf version of books and read them on my tiny tablet and if I like the book within 10 pages, I'll add it to the list of books I'll need to buy. :) I have! But mostly for his OpenGL tutorials. I tried to follow them once and it didn't work out too well, as I barely knew how classes worked back then. I've saved the link to read it later. Thanks! As do I. I restarted on another account about 4 days ago and already got 125,000 points and also have ~500,000 points on another account. It's a great website to learn math if you suck at reading books. As I'm Dutch I translated MBO (Middelbaar Beroeps Onderwijs) via wikipedia, which translated to "community college". I guess it's "secondary school", as university is too high and elementary school (aka highschool, right?) is too low. edit: I checked wikipedia and it claims it's "technisch secundair onderwijs" for the Belgian.Have you programmed any games yet?
get a book on Cplusplus
If you haven't heard of Lazy Foo yet:
I totally recommend Khan Academy.
a computer science platform which teaches programming through the use of Javascript
I thought it was Python.I have no idea what community college is
Also, if you happen to want to do some 2D graphics and haven't heard of SFML yet, it's definitely worth checking out! It's straightforward to use and easy to learn. It can also be used with OpenGL. I've switched from SDL to SFML for the SpaceInvaders clone I'm working on atm, and I am simply loving it. Just sharing!
Yeah I find that the most difficult part of making games- finishing them! It's so easy to just leave it there to gather dust once you've completed a reasonable portion of it. Oh in case you want some more OpenGL tutorials: Nehe's tutorials are really good. But maybe you've found out about those already too! KA is so incredibly popular nowadays! And they deserve it. I haven't used it for quite a while now though, so much to do... Gl with it! Now you got me wondering if it's Python! Ah:
Ohh so it's equivalent to TSO over here. Now it makes sense! I was in TSO as well. I did "Techniek Wetenschappen", which focused on maths/physics/chemistry/biology. We didn't get any programming though. Our "Informatica" course which we had only during the first 2 years didn't go any farther than "How to use Word/Excel".... which was pretty useless.All of the user’s code is written using JavaScript and uses Processing.js to generate all the graphics.
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Before I die I want to take my daughter on a four day hike of the old Inca trail to Machu Picchu. Oh, and enlightenment... enlightenment would be nice. Here's a similar question I posed from a while back if you're interested: What's on your bucket list?. Sparsile, the things you mention are things that are within your internal control. Is there anything physical you'd like to accomplish? Jump out of a plane, make beef bourguignon, run a marathon? You know... bucket list stuff.
Oh yes those sound great as well! There is so much to do/accomplish that it's extremely hard to pick any one thing! Thanks, I'll check that out too! :) Hmm, let's see.. Before I die I want to invent technology that will enable people to wake up from their slumber and become empowered and excited to do something worthwhile with their lives. Too many people nowadays are just sheep living out their lives doing nothing but succumbing to the 9 to 5 paradigm and being worn and stressed out when they're at home. Dying before they even realized they were actually living. I'd love to help change that. Haven't settled yet on what exactly that technology would be, but that's be my highest goal! (TED for example is doing great on this area already!) Also,
Before I die I want to have travelled to all of Earth's continents at least once.
Have you heard the Alan Watts talk on Nothingness? I find it to be a good motivator on the days when I accidentally slip in to the mindset you describe. For the most part, I think I'm pretty good at being highly motivated and in the moment but there are times when I fall in to the abyss of complacency. -Life's too short for such things! Good luck with that technology!! Let me know when you've thought of what that might be.
Thanks for that link! I didn't quite understand what he meant with "Nothing" until later in the video, but it is indeed a good motivator and great insight! Thanks for sharing! I try my best to remain in this somewhat "enlightened"/motivated/"in the moment" state of mind, but I find it hard to maintain all the time. I usually have periods where I'm in that state and periods where I'm totally being carried away with daily things that don't really matter. My biggest difficulty is during the year at uni, life just tends to flash by in an instant without really paying attention to it. Though I intend to try and maintain it even when life gets busy again soon..! Hope it's alright if I revive some of the older hubski posts!
I'm enjoying this discussion, I don't think any topics are closed off just because someone already posted about them. I can't speak for the whole of Hubski but as far as I'm concerned... bring on the revival!
Before I die I want to get a nice pair of green trousers.