From your numerous comments on this topic, it seems that you are remarkably self-aware (for a college student) about your own learning process. That is kind of amazing. I hope you really know just how broken the system that you're describing is and that it is absolutely worth fighting to figure out how to really learn something hard.
Also know that there's a yin and yang here. You're in a broken system--but the system used to be broken in other ways. Your point about there being too many resources strikes me as fascinating and true--and yet we have efforts like Three Blue One Brown taking teaching to a whole new level. People who figure out how to learn are always in a golden age.
First, I appreciate the kind words, they really do mean a lot.
I will say, part of the reason I'm likely more aware is because I am an older undergrad (currently 25), but additionally, I've seen all sides of the education system, so I've been exposed to quite a lot.
> People who figure out how to learn are always in a golden age.
100% agree on this. The ability to be able to pick anything up and just go with it opens life up to a wealth of opportunities.
This looks super interesting, congrats on reaching 1.0! If you do a lot of customization on the Android side, do merge conflicts become a headache? Also, does the Skip plugin assume that you're using Xcode's built-in git?
Personally, I find the writing to be just fine. It is clear and cogent. I don’t have enough background to follow all the details, but I certainly hope you are not discouraged from pursuing big ideas by negative comments on style!
As someone who uses ellipsis often, but certainly never with sarcasm in mind, this was fascinating and shocking to me to learn this. I also want to appreciate @bluestein’s graceful response to the misunderstanding.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the joke format, "that's a nice tie... not." which sets up the victim and then delivers a gut punch. Perhaps it has conditioned a skepticism towards ellipses.
I didn't interpret your comment as bad will, but I'm glad this opened an interesting conversation about language!
I’m disappointed this was all about the stunt of breaking things. I study Okinawan karate and true masters generate tremendous power via the tantien and rooting into the ground. It would be interesting to read a western analysis of that.
I’m surprised that no one has suggested: pick something that you actually care about, which may not be a lucrative job opportunity, but gives you the opportunity to “make a difference“. Most nonprofits desperately need help with their tech.
A while back, I took a leave of absence from the tech industry to work on climate change issues, and was amazed at what it felt like to work on issues that really seemed important.
Of course, it doesn’t have to be climate change, but if you are interested in that, you might have a look at: https://airminers.org/
I'm not the target audience (I prefer CLI), but as an iOS dev just wanted to say kudos. Great idea and looks to be very well executed. I'm curious to know how your experience with SwiftUI was on MacOS?
Very mixed. I hadn't done any app development before this project, only games with Gamemaker and the Godot engine. Coming from that background, SwiftUI was very easy to pick up. In general, if SwiftUI has the feature or UI element you want, it's super nice and concise. If it doesn't, you're pretty much screwed. Also, Apple doesn't really understand the term "backwards compatibility" when it comes to SwiftUI. Without doing a ton of work on workarounds, I was only able to target Ventura or newer.
Also know that there's a yin and yang here. You're in a broken system--but the system used to be broken in other ways. Your point about there being too many resources strikes me as fascinating and true--and yet we have efforts like Three Blue One Brown taking teaching to a whole new level. People who figure out how to learn are always in a golden age.