there's a LOT to learn, but you don't have to know everything or even a lot to start writing useful things

so back to my recommendation. Steel yourself, and then dive in.

Take your time as you're learning. Do a little a day. Make sure you understand everything.

I recommend starting with "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist" or "Python the Hard Way"

either one will get you the same basic knowledge in the end

again, don't rush through it. do the exercises

if you do a chapter a day you'll have the fundamentals within a week

at that point, start thinking of simple problems to solve using code

one problem I tackled very early on is the Monty Hall problem

it's conceptually simple and a good conversation piece

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem

https://www.learnpythonthehardway.org/

http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/

Once you get through one of those books, you'll have a much greater understanding of programming fundamentals. You'll have the foundation in place to tackle something more specific.

Get back to me once you've done that and we can talk some more. AMA along the way.

Gonna knock out an FtN article before bed 😃

Hmmm. "Learn Python the Hard Way" used to be free

I've *heard* that if you go to qwant.com and search for "learn python the hard way pdf" you'll find that free version still floating around out there.

Could I pick these up at a library?

possibly. but there are free PDFs as well

you can try this too ?: https://www.codecademy.com/

Anyone @here that familiar with Java?

@here anybody here good with video editing, specifically adobe premier pro? I am editing some go pro footage the quality is coming out less than desireable. I think i have all the settings right. • Format: H264
• Preset: HD 720 p 29.97 or 1080 for super high
• Width 1280
• Progressive square pixel
• Profile: high
• Level 5.2

@Brandon Ironside- ND sorry man i use sony vegas pro

i find youtube to actually be a really good resource on video editing techniques if you phrase your query directly

come to think of it - i am wondering what quality the raw go-pro footage is 720 at 60fps or 1080 at 30 fps, right?

Yea its a hero 3 so 1080p or 720p. When I play the raw footage it is really good quality then after editing and rendering i loose alot of quality but im exporting in 720p so i dont know why its doing that.

@Lukas - NC I'm fluent in C#, which has a lot in common with Java. If you're trying to figure out what's wrong with a particular bit of code, I might be able to help.

@Brandon Ironside- ND I haven't used Premiere in years, but I do work quite a bit in After Effects these days. Losing a lot of quality is interesting, something is happening there beyond just you saying "output dimensions = input dimensions" some interpolation or re-compression is happening. How "bad" does it look? post a before and after pic of a couple of the frames...

how do i rebase to a past commit? I keep trying to rebase -i t <past ssh> but it says there is a sytax error

i removed the last commit but it unstaged it how do delete the past stages to clean up my terminal?

nvm got it

hard reset force push got it done

@Brandon Ironside- ND what bitrate are you exporting the video at?

Resolution is one thing but bitrate would be the quality as opposed to the resolution.

```var words =(hello, hi, howdy)

function findLongWords(arr, num){
const result= arr.filter(arr => arr.length > num);
return result;
}

findLongWords (words, 4)```

I don't know what i'm doing incorrectly

@sigruna14

@Bobby - Pa Use [] instead of () around the word list. They're insulted you're comparing them to Jews and so they don't wanna cooperate. Also in the future please post your exact error message.

```
var words = ["hello", "hi", "howdy"];

function findLongWords(arr, num){
var result = []
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
// console.log(arr[i]);
if (arr[i].length > num) {
console.log(arr[i]);
result += [arr[i] + ", "];
}
return result;
}

findLongWords (words, 4);
```
just got it, I'm ashamed of my behavior towards the code, I hope it can forgive me one day, and will do, thanks man i appreciate it.

@sigruna14

Haha cool. Oh and good catch, need quotes around the words, too.

Anyone here use dirpy to download music from youtube? @here

I've just used those free websites.

which ones are those?

i am having trouble downloading complete songs on dirpy.. it'll download the first 30-60 secs of a song but thats it

it used to download the entire song perfectly fine

I just google youtube downloader.

bunch of free ones

Sounds like it was a demo copy that expired. I can't download anything anymore because of some problem with routing ports. Happened out of nowhere. Torrents don't work and neither does soulseek. Basically went from getting anything I wanted in great quality to being a pleb.

Ytdownload has a pretty good music snatcher

Wait actually that might not be the name of it

It's youtube-dl

i try searching for a Mega download, and normally can find what i need

How can you edit a picture to be smaller for email? I use Startmail and editing it to zoom in and save doesn't seem to be working. If I do a straight upload it is huge.

I use Microsoft Office Picture Manager for quick jobs.

RIP, looks like it's been discontinued. F

@Deleted User If you're going to be routinely resizing files, I recommend FastStone Photo Resizer. It's a free application.

Anyone here ever use Prolog? I got really into it a while ago

@Deleted User Ok, thank you for the tip!

jeezus where the fuck am i

Haha

i just want a computer lads; not trying to hack into the NSA

Depending on what you’re looking for, check these guys out.

http://www.digitalstorm.com

http://www.logicalincrements.com/

thanks doods

I do PC builds for a living. It's easy...like legos.

Don't be scared 😉

Making desktops is fun.

Just make sure to get the right motherboard for your processor.

Do not buy cyberpowerpc - they use cheap components and their PCs come into the shop all the time for repairs

Bad link, requires signing in to google

I will say if you're doing autocad you will probably want an Nvidia Quadro video card.

16GB RAM will help you work on larger projects.

ight ill put it together online and run if by yall if you dont mind

pcpartpicker

Hey guys, I have a quick question. Would anyone suggest buying a VPN subscription for a computer, and if so, which one do you prefer?

@whiskeytangofoxtrot i just bought NordVPN

VPN.ac is what I use

Hmm, I’ll have to go check them out

I used to use frootvpn to torrent. They take bitcoin if you are concerned.

Question for a serious low techy here- I know there's some start up step by step websites like WIX out there-have been in the process of trying to finish getting my jewelry business started,have priducts made but need to finally get it online and start selling. For someone with no experience in that technical field,what would you suggest? I know there's Etsy,which charges you,same with ebay but is a lil cheaper but want to get started on my own route. Any Helpful advice or those with skills?

As I would Rather keep my focus on my artistic hand beaded jewelry skills and use a simple version thats super easy for me to use

@wolfwood Don't forget RGB, it make it run faster.

Only with the right pattern sequences !

Hold on there, you might over heat your computer with all that power.

Anyone have any advice for @celticflame ?

We have a lot of tech guys coming out of the woodwork now. Out of curiousity, how many sys admins do we have vs app developers

@this_that5553 I do some basic sys admin as part of my job.

@celticflame A popular way to make websites is WordPress, which gives a control panel for non techies to build the site. Once you have a wordpress site set up, then you add many ecommerce plugins that are there so you can have a little shop on your site. There are definitely guys here with WordPress skills (it's one of the most commonly requested skills on the job market). I don't know everyone who does in particular, but for example I know @Procella Eques has WordPress experience

@ThisIsChrisThankyou so much,really appreciate it!

competitor to bitchute looks nice https://about.d.tube/

@Zyzz I use `youtube-dl` to download videos and music from youtube

@celticflame you're welcome!

@this_that5553 Looks interesting!

@this_that5553 I don't think the voting is a great way to control content, though I get why they set it up that way

I'm sure Israeli hackers would just botnet downvote our videos and report them as nsfw

@ThisIsChris @nils thanks. I have a macbook. it seems like the download on a macbook is complicated. do either of you have any other (easier) suggestions?