This is a great idea but I don't think it's unique. I remember a similar app that was on the iPhone when those apps first came out. I remember looking at it but it had a cost to download it so I never did use it. I just can't remember what it was called.
The author was trying to see if rappers are considered more hateful towards women by their usage of "bitch per song". The results are quite interesting.
Quebec? I don't see it happening. It has been like that for as long as I can remember. They can't even enter McDonald's contests like Monopoly. They have their own separate contests.
> They can't even enter McDonald's contests like Monopoly.
This is plain wrong. The McDonald’s Monopoly contest is held in all (participating) Canadian McDonald’s restaurants, including Quebec’s. Source: I live in Quebec.
Yes and it's run separately from the rest of Canada's monopoly. Look at the fine print on the prizes in the Ontario McDonald's monopoly which clearly states that it excludes Quebec. Source: I live in Quebec.
I hurt my back rowing in 2009 in the L5-S1 area. Many physios diagnosed it as different things and many of them tried different treatments. None of them worked and it hurt for three years. I tried lots of different core exercises, some physios tried manual and manipulative therapy (which helped for a bit) but after a few months of sessions of dry needling my back hasn't bothered me with that injury in over a year.
I would much recommend dry needling, it's not the same thing as acupuncture.
I'm pretty keen on dry needling of trigger points, given how many things it's fixing for me. But I'm wary of seeming like a new convert -- I think people should consider it as one possible cause of pain, often undiagnosed because it's not a commonly taught concept.
A standup is generally what it sounds like - the entire team stands up together and quickly/briefly cover what they have worked on in the last 24 hours. This can be as simple as "still working on x", or "i need x from y to continue".
Some places don't manage standups well at all, and that is one of the big problems with standups in general - they become status meetings and take too long. When done right, they are very useful as you quickly know what everyone is working on and if someone might need your insights on something (which should then be a separate meeting and not covered in the standup).
There are a few main features of standups that, if abused or ignored, can lead to awfulness.
- They're supposed to be short, very short. A few minutes at the most. They do not work for large teams (20 people giving a status update is a lot), and if you find yourself having 20-person standups it's time to think about if you should be breaking them into multiple independent standups.
- Managers aren't present, or aren't allowed to speak. This is an opportunity to ask questions, ask for help, describe what you're working on, to other members of your team, not to justify what you were up to yesterday to your boss. It's sharing, not reporting. This part is key.
- You don't troubleshoot in a standup. If you say "I can't figure out why I can't Foo module Baz", there shouldn't be a discussion about it, but someone else might go "I've worked with Baz a lot, let's take a look together after standup.", or later in the day someone might go "Oh hey, that problem you were having with Baz? I think I know what's happening." - this is the ideal intent of standups. Very quick snippets that highlight certain things in everyone's minds.
- It doesn't need to be documented. It's not a meeting, you don't need to take down minutes. Actual tracking of work done occurs separately (your scrum master should be doing this).
See I look at this and absolutely amazed. I wish I could make something like this but I have no idea of how to event start.
I tried making a Settlers game in Python/PyGame and so far all I have been able to do is generate the board: https://gist.github.com/sareon/5268205 - I've been told I am not properly discretizing the difference between the drawing of the game and the logic of the game which is going to hinder the development of the game.
I have a BSc and an MSc in CS - focusing on NLP and Machine Learning, so I have an idea how to program, just not how to program games like the Minecraft clone or my own Settlers game. I've tried looking for tutorials and resources online and I've followed the InventWithPython which showed me how to make a simple game similar to how I started making my own. Clearly it was inefficient for a larger game.
What are some good resources out there that can help me learn how to make games such as the Minecraft clone or even how to make my own settlers game actually be a useable game?
I saw this link and I immediately thought of ShareLatex. I love that site and I use it for all my graduate work. So much easier than working with LaTeX on my own machine. You guys rock and it is by far the best LaTeX editor I've see online.
Looks impressive, but I got to say this. I am horrible at chess and couldn't find the move to checkmate white. I would probably get frustrated with this and not even bother to finish the form.
