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For techies with Ticks and Disorders

Mohammed Hamza (Horse Radish) — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:35:15 +0000

After a lengthy hiatus, I am back with a question for the techies with Disorders: how do you cope with Pressure & Ticks?
Every time I start a new task or Exam I go full board, No sleep and get a seizure.
I wish to break that cycle. Do you have any advice from a veteran?

Structure ..Structure

Mohammed Hamza (Horse Radish) — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 02:14:27 +0000

I havent been writing for a while, so when I get the chance, I write. Please forgive me for lacking content and proper layout. That subject was simmering in my mind for a while. Data structure is something we all know and love.Basically, its figuratively speaking our boxes to put our toys in; the boxes are structures, and toys are data since we play with them.While I was searching and revising the basic and advanced structures I found two keywords I do not know: "container" in C++ and "struct" in C.
Now "struct" here particularly has been puzzling me till I decided to drop my OO glasses and remember C is a classic structured imperative procedural language.
While I am getting to that later on, basically it means its a raw primal language that does not like fancy stuff like predefined objects or types. With C, if you want something, you make it, so in short, "Struct" is making your own advanced data type. like a pizza restaurant with a DIY recipe, you create the structure and create its behavior, and the keyword is just a palate or template, or, in analogy, that pan where the dough and ingredients are put before stuffing into the oven (compiler).That's it so far for my structure understanding. I am yet to learn Container ADT in C++.Have a good reading.

A new hashtag for the learners, and self-doubt

Mohammed Hamza (Horse Radish) — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:03:20 +0000

I had a thought for a while because sometimes we
misunderstand concepts and such.
which is adding a tag "Did I get this right ?"
which is similar to the discussion but a little different since the writer seeks feedback for his understanding of this concept eg:
"C is structural meaning it consists of structures, and everything you have to define it beforehand.
did I get this right ?" for example.
it`s an extra hashtag but also it could branch from hashtag #discussion by differentiating it from open discussion.

understanding : what computer wants

Mohammed Hamza (Horse Radish) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 08:38:56 +0000

So
this is my first post in a while
I am a serious procrastinator, so here it goes:
I am writing this post without any preparation (I know its the best) but I had to break the perfect chance cycle aka the perfectionist trap. Today I just understood or more likely perception changed utterly, regarding a simple thing: ND arrays I am re-learning and revising programming from 1 not zero since I had a couple of courses about a decade ago. so I decided to make a 3*3 game puzzle but kept thinking about how to make Python, C, or Java treat it as a grid, as in height and width because we were always taught that way and drawn in the board that way. however, all the answers were about nested arrays or arrays inside arrays. I finally understood its what and how perceiving a 2D array is different from how its created. for Computer its always Linear but nested.
On the PC it`s always 1 big line so
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
is actually (1,2,3)(4,5,6)(7,8,9) but you use a library like NumPY to represent it to you in Human readable 2D table way.

What can we learn from the YandereDev situation?

Mohammed Hamza (Horse Radish) — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:06:20 +0000

I have read about the Yandere simulation from a while ago, only recently after the allegations...resurfaced, I have grasped the situation.
zooming at the development angle and professional life of the developer, away from the unsupervised and illegal -alleged till now- communication with underage girls.
I will talk about about the perfectionist trap.
how he forged a unique and beautiful idea for the game (not going to lie) but kept it in a loop for 9 years of development and Beta phase.
every once in a while he would issue a promo or merch then again in his confinement to tweak the perfect image in his game.
He quit almost all social life and did not allow any delegation or collaboration.
resulting in a massive drop in his monthly income, and deterioration in mental health.
A few years ago there was a prodigy called Terry Davis who made an OS in his basement.
claiming it was from God, I think diagnosed with schizophrenia. (RIP)

lifeAdvice Forget perfect it`s a mirage, when you`re exhausted leave your PC, touch the grass, and accept so-so work in progress.

Enjoy Failures as success.
this is from a (developer/sysadmin/freelancer) who went 10 years on hiatus, waiting for the perfect chance. aka myself

Layers and Layers

Mohammed Hamza (Horse Radish) — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 06:37:47 +0000

I am an old new newbie in the development scene since 2004 or so , I think I had a post regarding my vacation from IT and after that social life in general - dont ask mental health issues perhaps should write it on reddit or make a video on tiktok- and here what I sense since my return to the scene , the basics does not change and logic is the same which is great. problem or challenge here is : like this cake , development has **layers and layers** , and I get it its to simplify and speed the development phase or is there another purpose , like perhaps pushing and marketing this product or that as essential for marketing purposes.
The challenge for development scene nowadays is keeping track of the concepts and technologies : automation, testing ,collaboration ,devops , frontend , backend , middle.
It is an adventure but could be super overwhelming , till that time …have a layer of cake and a cup of coffee