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Rick York27-Jan-20 4:50

Rick York

27-Jan-20 4:50

For something a little different, try the Yukon variation of the game. It is played just like Klondike with one difference : all the cards are dealt out at the beginning. All other rules are the same.

"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz27-Jan-20 5:29

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

27-Jan-20 5:29

Maybe you could find some volunteer work where you can help someone. You won't be bored and your time will be spent productively. Smile | :)

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Mark_Wallace28-Jan-20 0:34

Mark_Wallace

28-Jan-20 0:34

He could iron my shirts, for openers.

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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz28-Jan-20 5:55

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

28-Jan-20 5:55

Not your shorts? Poke tongue | ;-P

Mark_Wallace28-Jan-20 8:35

Mark_Wallace

28-Jan-20 8:35

There are limits to how much even I would be willing to make another human being suffer.

("Limits", plural, because a lot also depends on who the other human being is.)

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Slacker00727-Jan-20 7:16

Slacker007

27-Jan-20 7:16

and a year's supply of Klondike bars?

I don't care about the title, I only care about the ice cream.

Klondike® Ice Cream Bars and Sandwiches[^]

It's much easier to enjoy the favor of both friend and foe, and not give a damn who's who. -- Lon Milo DuQuette

Kelly Herald27-Jan-20 11:22

Kelly Herald

27-Jan-20 11:22

Yup, I'm at level 111 for Klondike. 65 for Freecell. Those are my go to card games. I'm learning Spider at the moment, level 7.

Kelly Herald
Software Developer

Gary Wheeler29-Jan-20 7:14

Gary Wheeler

29-Jan-20 7:14

Been there, do that regularly Roger. I've got a batch file on my home PC that robocopy /MIR's all of my data to an external hard drive, and the batch file is pinned to the task bar. One click and boom - 5 minutes later the mirror drive is updated. I've gotten into the habit of playing Solitaire during that interval. I've almost become fast enough to win every time within 30 seconds of the batch file finishing.

Software Zen: delete this;

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OriginalGriff27-Jan-20 4:35

OriginalGriff

27-Jan-20 4:35

Does drinking too much coffee cause a latte problems?

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lopatir27-Jan-20 4:44

lopatir

27-Jan-20 4:44

you expresso that so well

after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!

DRHuff27-Jan-20 4:52

DRHuff

27-Jan-20 4:52

It could become grounds for divorce!

I, for one, like Roman Numerals.

Mike Hankey27-Jan-20 5:32

Mike Hankey

27-Jan-20 5:32

If I do does that make me a Calfein(d)?

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littleGreenDude27-Jan-20 5:41

littleGreenDude

27-Jan-20 5:41

Personally, I find that drinking too little coffee causes problems.

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Kelly Herald27-Jan-20 11:25

Kelly Herald

27-Jan-20 11:25

Wouldn't that cause problems for everyone around you?

For our sake, here Java | [Coffee]

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Daniel Pfeffer27-Jan-20 6:21

Daniel Pfeffer

27-Jan-20 6:21

Coffee is the bane of the sleeping classes.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB27-Jan-20 7:52

W∴ Balboos, GHB

27-Jan-20 7:52

Only if you're brewing some trouble and mocha big deal out of it.

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raddevus27-Jan-20 2:12

raddevus

27-Jan-20 2:12

Yesterday I got on the idea of learning basic Computer Science things (data structures, algorithms, etc) and I started looking for a book. I become afflicted with this idea every year or so. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

I found all the normal ones like

Introduction to Algorithms (The MIT Press) 3rd Edition, Kindle Edition
by Thomas H. Cormen (Author), Charles E. Leiserson (Author), Ronald L. Rivest (Author), Clifford Stein [^]

But that is way too mathy for me. I like math but I like it to be applied. Anyways, I wanted to really see Big O explained and tied to specific algorithms. I wanted to start out relative simply but not treat me like I'm totally ignorant. I stumbled upon this book from the Pragmatic Programmer publishers...

A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms: Level Up Your Core Programming Skills[^]

I devoured the first 4 chapters and it is amazing. Definitely check this one out. I'm so excited about it. I feel like I'm really putting the concepts together. This one is going into the Top 5 All-time Best books on programming. Seriously up there with Petzold Windows programming.
After reading those first 4 chapters I actually understand what O(1), O(N), O(log N) and O(N^2) mean. I even understand them in relation to algorithms. The author connects them to the algos and shows graphs of time / efficiency and it is absolutely clear and interesting.

modified 27-Jan-20 8:41am.

Kris Lantz27-Jan-20 3:19

Kris Lantz

27-Jan-20 3:19

(I'm sure it's like this many places) Algorithms was one of my Campus' Crush-the-soul-of-the-CS-student classes, second to x86 assembly. The Professor was fantastic though, and was passionate about the topic.
Now you've got me wanting to dust of my Alg book... and maybe read it within a salt circle. $Shucks | :-\$

ZurdoDev27-Jan-20 4:34

ZurdoDev

27-Jan-20 4:34

If you really want to learn just post some articles or questions and show your code and there will be plenty of people pointing out what you did wrong. I mean pointing out how you can write better code. Wink | ;)

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raddevus27-Jan-20 5:07

raddevus

27-Jan-20 5:07

ZurdoDev wrote:
just post some articles or questions and show your code and there will be plenty of people pointing out what you did wrong.

So true!
But, that's my normal way of learning. Trying something new. Big Grin | :-D

Mark_Wallace27-Jan-20 10:31

Mark_Wallace

27-Jan-20 10:31

There are, in reality, no stupid questions.

Only rude answers to honest questions.

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Member 1202393728-Jan-20 14:13

Member 12023937

28-Jan-20 14:13

You haven't heard some of my questions.

Member 916705727-Jan-20 21:05

Member 9167057

27-Jan-20 21:05

Self-taught myself, I learned a lot from reading Joel Spolsky and Raymond Chen. They don't care all too much about theory of algorithms, but highlight the essentially same topics from a practical, pragmatical perspective which I personally find way easier to learn.