Message from @SamanthaM

Discord ID: 443582098473877504


2018-05-07 19:13:54 UTC  

all the lab/trade classes I do much better at

2018-05-07 19:14:00 UTC  

it's the classes with lectures and homework i struggle in

2018-05-09 00:52:31 UTC  

has anyone read "Nations and Nationalism" by Ernest Gellner

2018-05-09 00:55:32 UTC  

Not all of it, but some. @johnnyc

2018-05-09 00:55:42 UTC  

Why?

2018-05-09 00:55:56 UTC  

gotta do a book review on it

2018-05-09 00:57:22 UTC  

ive read a good amount but i dont have time to finish and was struggling to figure out what i should write

2018-05-09 01:01:30 UTC  

How about a defense or refutation of the main idea. Which, I believe, is something along the lines of 'nationalism is a bureaucratically enforced method of creating a homogeneous population through state or industry created organizations.'

2018-05-09 01:02:14 UTC  

Nationalism, as being in opposition to localism or tribalism.

2018-05-09 01:04:37 UTC  

Well, not exactly in opposition. As the 'group' becomes a larger entity, it becomes more difficult to maintain a truly homogeneous culture. Ergo, it becomes important for state-created organizations to synthesize naturally-formed local cultures to form a 'baseline median.'

2018-05-09 01:05:30 UTC  

It's like how 'Germany' is really a combination of more local groups from Prussia, Swabia, Bavaria, ect.

2018-05-09 01:07:02 UTC  

gotcha, yeah the main things in the paper are supposed to be identifying the main argument/s and evaluating its persuasiveness

2018-05-09 01:09:04 UTC  

i was having some trouble narrowing down what the actual main argument was

2018-05-09 01:09:42 UTC  

"nationalism is an inescapable consequence of modernity" i think is some of it

2018-05-09 01:12:00 UTC  

idk whether to write about that or maybe include his definition of nationalism as wellmaybe

2018-05-09 01:13:22 UTC  

Yes. That's exactly right. But it must be noted that he defines nationalism as to mean the combination of local groups to form a median. You should include both points because they support each other.

2018-05-09 01:14:11 UTC  

Because by 'modernity' he means the breakup of agricultural society in favor of industrialization.

2018-05-09 01:14:22 UTC  

One is just the outflow of the other.

2018-05-09 01:15:03 UTC  

okay nice that helps clear it up thank you!

2018-05-09 01:16:18 UTC  

Although, as a counter-argument, you could make the claim that it isn't *really* industrialization that is the main cause.

2018-05-09 01:16:53 UTC  

*cause of nationalism

2018-05-09 01:18:24 UTC  

true i was thinking that aswell

2018-05-09 01:18:53 UTC  

Interesting. What example are you going to use?

2018-05-09 01:19:28 UTC  

im not sure yet, kind of just gathering my thoughts and re-reading some parts right now

2018-05-09 01:20:01 UTC  

Ok! Good luck.

2018-05-09 01:20:40 UTC  

thank you!

2018-09-01 00:16:51 UTC  

Is anybody in here a Calculus wiz?

2018-09-01 03:42:33 UTC  

@GDoctor taught it for many years, I can probably help

2018-09-01 03:42:43 UTC  

What are you looking at?

2018-09-01 22:08:58 UTC  

@ThisIsChris I'm In calculus 1 right now and there are no prerequisites however, it assumes a high school background in pre-calculus. The problem is that high school was over 10 years ago for me and I didn't do well in it. I'm going to post a scan of my latest homework and would like to know how to solve the problems in layman's terms. The scientific calculator I have is a TI-84 Plus.

2018-09-01 22:11:02 UTC  

Here's my current homework. It's due September 5th.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/387060078433271808/485572319138414604/September_5th_homework.jpeg

2018-09-01 23:10:46 UTC  

@GDoctor here is 1a and 1b

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/387060078433271808/485587353545736194/Screenshot_20180901-191014.png

2018-09-03 00:25:01 UTC  

@ThisIsChris Thank you very much! I'm signed up for tutoring at my school so hopefully I'll catch up and remember how to do this stuff in my head. Tests account for 85% of my final grade.

2018-09-28 20:08:07 UTC  

<@&435155896780324864> Can someone tell me why I'm getting a null pointer exception in Java?

2018-09-28 20:08:34 UTC  

?

2018-09-28 20:09:01 UTC  

how do you paste code?

2018-09-28 20:09:26 UTC  

```java
import java.lang.*;
```

2018-09-28 20:09:48 UTC  

\`\`\`java
code
\`\`\`

2018-09-28 20:10:18 UTC  

```java
public boolean contains(Object o) {
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
if (o == null && get(i).data == null) {
return true;
}
else if (get(i).data.equals(o)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
```

2018-09-28 20:10:38 UTC  

```java
public ListNode get(int index) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException{
ListNode cur = head;
for (int i = 0; i < index; i++) {
if (i == index) {
return get(i);
}
cur = cur.next;
}
return null;
}
```

2018-09-28 20:10:59 UTC  

pls no bully I haven't taken Java in two years and now I have to relearn everything