[QUOTE=Trumple;47437747]I don't really have anything to say other than the standard advice :(
Personally I always find myself procrastinating.
I do have one tip, though. Just write down a time log of what you get up to every day for a week. You don't have to plan anything, you don't need to start making a strict schedule, you just have to log. Here's a template spreadsheet I use to calculate how much time I've spend doing useful tasks, and how much time I've wasted either by procrastinating or by playing games or something:
[url]https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EHZn0oO4zshmEQJGiwKXDLtSjamiw_G8P2utAYYkQqk/edit?usp=sharing[/url]
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10518681/Screenshots/2015-04-01_18-35-20.png[/IMG]
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10518681/Screenshots/2015-04-01_18-34-07.png[/IMG]
Personally, I find that I spend a lot of time wasted in the interim between tasks. Even playing a game is better than spending time in this 'interim' zone, because you're spending time doing something you like. This log acts as a prompt for me, since it makes me remember "Oh, I've just completed task X, what am I doing now? Oh, looks like I'm just browsing Facepunch...". It requires a bit of discipline, and it works best if you're honest and precise with your time logging, but it might just help give you an accurate insight into how you spend your time which could motivate you a little.[/QUOTE]
Oh god that seems like work, just get Procrastitracker
[url]http://strlen.com/procrastitracker/[/url]
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Or maybe this actually
[url]https://www.rescuetime.com/[/url]
havent used this one though and its partially web based with a premium version. Lite seems to do most of the job though.
If you wanna sign up and try it this is a referral link that gives me some premium [url]https://www.rescuetime.com/ref/1001998[/url]
[QUOTE=Bladezor;47440544]
For example Java has anonymous classes, C# doesn't.
[/QUOTE]
What are the point of these, and aren't private classes pretty much the same except you define them inside of the class instead of the method
Guys, guys! I just dreamt that garry made a super secret team of WAYWOers.
We were supposed to build a huge artillery cannon and take over Europe or something. Best part was that the team had a dance group division that you could join if you wanted.
I'm in.
[QUOTE=Darwin226;47442178]Guys, guys! I just dreamt that garry made a super secret team of WAYWOers.
We were supposed to build a huge artillery cannon and take over Europe or something. Best part was that the team had a dance group division that you could join if you wanted.[/QUOTE]
Eugh, artillery cannons are way too static. I like more dynamic-trajectory type weapons like missile launchers. Artillery cannon fans are just plain wrong in my opinion.
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;47442332]Eugh, artillery cannons are way too static. I like more dynamic-trajectory type weapons like missile launchers. Artillery cannon fans are just plain wrong in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
But with static artillery you're much less likely to shot yourself.
[QUOTE=Darwin226;47442178]Guys, guys! I just dreamt that garry made a super secret team of WAYWOers.
We were supposed to build a huge artillery cannon and take over Europe or something. Best part was that the team had a dance group division that you could join if you wanted.[/QUOTE]
I had once acid trip where I believed we (me and and other ravers) were secret dance soldier to take over the world. Sounds like I was in dance group division :v:
[QUOTE=DrogenViech;47437610]I have something to confess:
I feel as if i threw away the last ~11 years of my life by playing games whenever i had free time, instead of doing something useful :(
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1458764[/url]
^
They are like 13, barely know any basic english grammar, but know how to mod the fuck out of battlefield, and i'm just sitting here, turning 25 this year, happy that i *finally* got an apprenticeship as an IT-specialist. ughh.
All my C++ programs have been shitty console applications so far...
I wish i could find the motivation to *learn* C++ and reverse
engineering, instead of just messing around a few minutes here and there whenever i feel like it :(
I'm so jealous of everyone in this thread :C[/QUOTE]
If it makes you feel any better, I sometimes feel like that too. In the end my tools for BF4 are quite simple and I don't feel like I'm that good of a programmer. Even the map editor which was made by a 17-year-old is fairly simple, all of the hardest reversing and game file research was already done years ago by a guy in his, probably late, twenties.
I'd say try and come up with an idea/a project you really want to do and learn by doing. I learned C++ by just looking at BF hacks' source code and using google when I didn't know how to do something. Don't think too much about the past as being wasted time, it's never too late to learn programming.
If you are into 3D, look at this epic video tutorial about normals and shading:
(Many of you already know this but still):
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMgjVJogIbc[/url]
[QUOTE=Darwin226;47442511]But with static artillery you're much less likely to shot yourself.[/QUOTE]
Yeah but when you do, you blow your whole foot off. Err... City block I mean.
[QUOTE=Tamschi;47441406]As far as I've heard, the UEFI specification is supposed to be a bit nicer than legacy BIOS booting.[/QUOTE]
[img]https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png[/img]
This is EXACTLY like this, some computers implement VBE 1.1, some VBE 2.0, some VBE 3.0, some don't support it at all, some use some specific shit that's not documented anywere, some don't use ANY of that and instead use UEFI (i don't even know what supported in UEFI anymore), some use UEFI mixed with some hacky legacy support......
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Oh yeah, and then virtual machines support something ENTIRELY different
I wish a group of smart people from multiple would just sit down and think about a truly new generation of computing. No backwards compatibility with the current generation allowed.
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Like, rebuild (mostly) everything.
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;47443163]I wish a group of smart people from multiple would just sit down and think about a truly new generation of computing. No backwards compatibility with the current generation allowed.
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Like, rebuild (mostly) everything.[/QUOTE]
And create standard #16
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;47443163]I wish a group of smart people from multiple would just sit down and think about a truly new generation of computing. No backwards compatibility with the current generation allowed.
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Like, rebuild (mostly) everything.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't that require just to create a new OS that fits everyones' use cases and isn't based on anything already created?
[QUOTE=aurum481;47443244]Doesn't that require just to create a new OS that fits everyones' use cases and isn't based on anything already created?[/QUOTE]
It's not the operating system, it's computers in general (as in the low level parts of them), for example there is the A20 line which bootloaders just enable and never disable again, or the real mode which absolutely nothing uses and which just makes it harder to go to protected mode and do stuff, or the bios routines which require you to go to real mode (and which are slow) and so on.
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;47443163]I wish a group of smart people from multiple would just sit down and think about a truly new generation of computing. No backwards compatibility with the current generation allowed.
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Like, rebuild (mostly) everything.[/QUOTE]
The specifics are still a little unclear, but the Mill CPU looks really interesting and might be fun for you to look into.
Here's a playlist with some of the talks on it:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGw-cy0ylCc&list=PLFls3Q5bBInj_FfNLrV7gGdVtikeGoUc9&index=2[/url]
I just wish more support would be implemented for Coreboot, then we wouldn't have any issues with UEFI or BIOS or what have you.
Someone not happy about their PC booting Coreboot with a UEFI payload? Compile your own Coreboot version with whatever payload you want, and boot that instead. Problems solved.
It'd also be neat for server administrators to have server machines that could simply boot directly into ipxe with nothing else. No UEFI, not even checking other boot options, just straight into ipxe as an ELF payload and run whatever system is on the HTTP/TFTPD/SAN/Whatever.
Any chance anyone can test my app if I post apk here?
It's a music player with visualizations, there are rumors floating around that Samsung Phones don't work well with it and will crash app.
I asked all friends - all of them have iPhones.
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mhhh working normal maps
[video=youtube;qicYlpuXIq0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qicYlpuXIq0[/video]
(the scene contains a bit of ambient light, a global directional light and multiple moving point lights)
[QUOTE=Pappschachtel;47443480]mhhh working normal maps
[video=youtube;qicYlpuXIq0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qicYlpuXIq0[/video]
(the scene contains a bit of ambient light, a global directional light and multiple moving point lights)[/QUOTE]
Normally that is awesome!
You guys know where I can get the best custom coffee mugs? I want some for Planimeter.
[img]http://www.andrewmcwatters.com/planimeter/images/logo_planimeter.4ff78814.svg[/img]
You know those places that will create black coffee mugs with imprints. Everyone from Vistaprint to Shutterfly makes them, but I was wondering if anyone had any particularly good experience or bad one with any companies.
[QUOTE=arleitiss;47443418]Any chance anyone can test my app if I post apk here?
It's a music player with visualizations, there are rumors floating around that Samsung Phones don't work well with it and will crash app.
I asked all friends - all of them have iPhones.[/QUOTE]
I have a Galaxy S3 and will test it out! However, I will warn you, the last two Facepuncher's APKs I have installed have all launched to a black screen.
[QUOTE=MadPro119;47441885]Oh god that seems like work, just get Procrastitracker
[url]http://strlen.com/procrastitracker/[/url]
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Or maybe this actually
[url]https://www.rescuetime.com/[/url]
havent used this one though and its partially web based with a premium version. Lite seems to do most of the job though.
If you wanna sign up and try it this is a referral link that gives me some premium [url]https://www.rescuetime.com/ref/1001998[/url][/QUOTE]
My theory is, though, that it's the manual aspect that actually helps. Rather than having something automatically tell you "here's what you did", it's much better if you realize "I've just spent x amount of time on y, I should do z". It prompts you to move on to the next task rather than procrastinating, because you mentally draw a line under the task you've just done by physically logging it. By declaring "here's what I'm doing now", you're setting yourself to the mindset of that task. By logging the time you finished working on that task, you've again declared that the task has ended and it's time to move on. Without that physical prompt, I find myself finishing a task and then taking 30 minutes before I move on to my next task. It's a huge drain of time.
That first program just seems to log the applications etc. automatically, but it looks like Rescue Time actually allows you to add stuff manually? I haven't tried it out yet
[QUOTE=Berkin;47441362]You should release it but make it return only moderator profiles, disguised as other users. :v:[/QUOTE]
It shall be the latest cull. Lo and behold, the Event page will be filled with petty Facepunch users being banned for rating spamming, and the quality of posts rises exponentially.
nah i gave up, just got my wireless dongle with a super long cord for maximum wifi leaching until everything from my old apartment gets transferred. i'll start working on it again next may 30th :v:
Rescue Time doesn't seem to let you add entries manually. It's more concerned with application usage and browsing habits to reflect your time usage.
I want to be able to say, "Had Lunch" and it shows up as an hour in my categories in Spacetime. I've noticed I have this habit of watching YouTube videos while I eat lunch and don't jump off until both my food is gone and the video is over. I'd rather jump off ASAP and get back to working on my stuff.
I wanted a dead simple http server in lua to build apis with, but I couldn't find one that wasn't restrictive in some way so I started making my own
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qDCIO0I.png[/IMG]
You can check it out [URL="https://github.com/LennyPenny/lluver/"]on github[/URL].
[QUOTE=andrewmcwatters;47444022]You guys know where I can get the best custom coffee mugs? I want some for Planimeter.
[img]http://www.andrewmcwatters.com/planimeter/images/logo_planimeter.4ff78814.svg[/img]
You know those places that will create black coffee mugs with imprints. Everyone from Vistaprint to Shutterfly makes them, but I was wondering if anyone had any particularly good experience or bad one with any companies.[/QUOTE]
i have had good experiences with vistaprint for business cards, never gotten a coffee mug from them though.
[QUOTE=MadPro119;47441885]Oh god that seems like work, just get Procrastitracker
[url]http://strlen.com/procrastitracker/[/url]
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Or maybe this actually
[url]https://www.rescuetime.com/[/url]
havent used this one though and its partially web based with a premium version. Lite seems to do most of the job though.
If you wanna sign up and try it this is a referral link that gives me some premium [url]https://www.rescuetime.com/ref/1001998[/url][/QUOTE]
I also seem to waste all my time, but then when I sit down wanting to get on with something I have no idea what to do... where do you all look for ideas or inspiration for a project?
I just take 10 minutes when I wake up to plan my day, and keep a separate daily checklist of recurring tasks, and assign those tasks into the open spaces of my schedule. I waste so much less time because if I'm distracted I have the persistent feeling of not being on schedule (just as if I was late to a class), instead of wasting hours and hours before figuring out what I should attempt to be productive with next
I also write the plan by texting it to myself, so it's easy to read and always available
Also, instead of just saying "work on X", I pick a specific, discrete task to work on, and throughout the day it kind of settles and arranges itself in the back of my mind so I dive right in instead of futzing about
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