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2019-03-13 at 12:09 AM UTC in coding "boot camps"
Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III There's nothing I really have a passion for or enjoy doing that someone is going to pay me for so I'll just try to make this my hobby for a while and I think I will get into it.
You never know, you might discover you have a passion for a specific subarea in the field once you've expanded your learning into other areas.
Like, for example, one hobby project I am currently working on is a graph-based database for storing chemical data and reaction data that will allow for some interesting searching (such as finding the shortest sequence of reactions between two organic compounds), and, on top of that, I can add all kinds of machine learning and other data analytics features to possibly even discover brand new reactions.
I love working on it because I am passionate about both the programming part of it, as well as the chemistry involved.
Hobby projects are where I got like 90% of my coding experience from (I have a lot of hobby projects).
Another project (much smaller in scope than the chemistry database one) that I have been working on lately is an NiS bot...
https://niggasin.space/thread/35212 -
2019-03-13 at 12:01 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of ConsciousnessThere is no physical world, folks.
It's all an illusion. -
2019-03-13 at 12:01 AM UTC in The Hard Problem of ConsciousnessWhat about a little non-physical monism...
I'm bringing Berkeley back.
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2019-03-12 at 11:55 PM UTC in Theists of NIS, why do you believe?
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2019-03-12 at 11:48 PM UTC in Theists of NIS, why do you believe?
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2019-03-12 at 11:47 PM UTC in ''Well, I'm in''
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2019-03-12 at 11:44 PM UTC in The Hard Problem of ConsciousnessI would definitely consider myself a property dualist then.
But still, why does this particular property need to even exist? Do sea slugs have some kind of super limited dual property as well?
Do liserds, mice, cats, dogs have a subjective mind space?
What about non-human primates?
And then, what about AI, either in it's current state, or hypothetically in the future when it is exponentially more advanced?
Like when we start using LTSM-based neural networks, and constructing complex aggregated machine learning models into multifunctional integrated "brains", will this same dual property emerge for them as well? -
2019-03-12 at 11:36 PM UTC in coding "boot camps"
Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III I have a little experience with C and C++ so I'm not a complete beginner to programming and I'm fairly confident I could teach myself (with the aid of resources like stack overflow etc) it's just that I don't really know what I need to learn to be able to do the things i need to do to get a job.
Are you looking to be a standard full stack software / web developer? That's what I am (although I do have a much wider skill set than I've ever used for work).
If you are really comfortable with the general concepts of language syntax (and I'd say a good measure of serious mastery is the ability to switch between coding languages with relative ease). You should be able to think in terms of syntax / control flow. Job interviews, although I haven't had many yet, from what I have read, they will basically ask you to explain (often with the help of a white board, or maybe even a computer to work on) how you would go about solving particular problems. A good way to solidify this ability is to do coding challenges (there are a bunch of websites that feature a whole bunch of these). Some of the more common ones are the recursive Fibonacci sequence generator, or finding lowest common denominators between two integers, and stuff like that.
But yeah, once you've got that down pat, you just need to round out your knowledge of web frameworks and deployment procedures, as well as becoming familiar with common design patterns. You also need to become very familiar with Git (version control).
Other than that, it's all about networking (the interacting with people kind, not computer networking, lol). Once you are confident in your abilities in the above areas, and have at least some experience with data structures and algorithms (at the very least, trees and graphs for data structures, and sorting and searching algorithms).
Also, I would recommend finding either a blog or Medium.com writer or someone(s) to follow in order to stay up to date on the current industry trends. The thing about this field is that it changes so damn fast. You might spend weeks or longer learning a particular library or framework inside and out, only to find that it's no longer the top choice, and you have to start learning another one. Trust me, this will happen A LOT. You have to be extremely flexible and really good at learning new things on a very regular basis. -
2019-03-12 at 11:19 PM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Lanny Given I have good reason to believe consciousness exists, but no evidence that it has any physical effect on the world, nor any physical evidence that even exists, it seems quite reasonable to put it into some non-physical category.
So essentially you would describe yourself as a mind-body dualist?
Logically, it does seem to necessarily follow that consciousness can't possibly be represented in physical terms (as you said in your post).
I guess that makes me a dualist as well, but it's hard not to start seeking religious explanations for the origins and existence of this non-physical space. -
2019-03-12 at 11:15 PM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Krow People want to prove their research as tangible and not just on paper or as notes.
yet, is there a moral obligation to not fuck with this? and at what point will someone in a lab in some country break this international law, if ever passed, to not create such things. Wasn't Human cloning banned by some international law giver? (like the UN?)
This stuff is a very interesting topic, but if we keep at it, it will muddy up the thread a bit.
Maybe it could become it's own thread? I dunno, I'm trying to get a bunch of stuff done and keep getting distracted with NiS, so I don't know if I'm up for starting it myself right now. -
2019-03-12 at 11:14 PM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Obbe We feel that consciousness is continuous. But if you think of a minute as being 60000 milliseconds, are you conscious for every one of those milliseconds? We are conscious less often then we believe we are, because we cannot be conscious of when we are not conscious.
But there is something there that creates that illusion of continuity for some experiencing subject. Where exactly is this experiencing subject located?
Originally posted by Obbe Consciousness is often unnecessary. Consciousness is not necessary for concepts.
Consciousness is not necessary for learning. Consciousness is not necessary for thinking, nor for reasoning. Consciousness is not a copy of experience. Consciousness has no location.
That's true that consciousness is not necessary for learning.
A lot of our experiments into the biology of human learning comes from studies on sea slugs (Aplysia). And I highly doubt anyone would try to argue that such a simple organism is conscious in any way even remotely similar to humans.
Originally posted by Obbe I may elaborate on these statements more later on, but if you are actually interested in learning more about this theory of consciousness, read The Origin of Consciousness by Julian Jaynes.
I will definitely check it out. -
2019-03-12 at 11:07 PM UTC in I left pork out for 15 hours, is it still okay?
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2019-03-12 at 11:06 PM UTC in I left pork out for 15 hours, is it still okay?Holy fuck, do not fucking eat that.
This has to be a troll thread.
15 hours at room temperature...?
And pork of all things? -
2019-03-12 at 10:36 PM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Originally posted by Krow hmm something about using dna to store program code into. sort of human cells as a bio form of a hard-drive. and using a quantum processor will "change the world and computing forever"
I mean I might be wrong about how biological forms of HDD are made or utilized. but it's something like this? this will be Human AI yet artificial in a way. existing humans born traditionally or parts and eventually an entire human created in a lab with super mind abilities. and possibly titanium skeleton. and perfect skin that is bullet proof and fire proof and skid proof.
reality in 20-30 years? I mean at least the prototype?
I mean, technically, you could store any old data biologically in terms of binary encoding.
DNA currently consists of an extraordinarily long sequence of what is basically a quarternary encoding. It consists of a sequence of four varieties of nucleotides. These nucleotide sequences then instruct RNA to synthesize specific proteins based on each sequence.
So, in a sense, DNA stores information in the form of biochemical instructions/blueprints.
I imagine that at some point in the future, there will start to be overlaps between the fields of computer science and molecular biology.
But as far as estimating any specifics, only the future will tell. -
2019-03-12 at 9:59 PM UTC in The Retarded Thread: Malice Metro EditionI believe it's actually "whoop there it is".
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2019-03-12 at 9:57 PM UTC in The Hard Problem of Consciousness
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2019-03-12 at 9:54 PM UTC in coding "boot camps"Gadzooks' DIY Programmer/Developer Curriculum
Basic programming concepts and syntax
My personal recommendation is to go with Python. And, of all the things I'm going to recommend in this post, that is the one I most firmly believe in. Python is an absolutely beautiful language in that it is incredibly human readable, and involves a lot less boilerplate than a lot of the older languages (C++, Java, etc).
If you prefer to learn from videos, start with this series:
https://pythonprogramming.net/introduction-learn-python-3-tutorials/
I have not watched that particular series, since the creator (sentdex) has apparantly updated his playlists quite substantially since I was last viewing them. However, if this series is anything like the original series he had up on "introduction to python", then it's like very decent.
If you want another series (either instead of the above, or in addition to β it's not a bad idea to learn the same material from multiple different sources, because it will make you see some similar concepts from other material that didn't make sense the way they explained it, but suddenly does when explained differently):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGLfVvz_LVvTn3cK5e6LjhgGiSeVlIRwt
And another interesting video from the latter YouTuber that is absolutely awesome for review (but NOT for a beginner), is the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4mEzFDjqtA
If you'd rather use a book/ebook, a commonly suggested one is this:
https://learnpythonthehardway.org/
I, personally, did most of my learning from video tutorials. That, and a whole lot practice and trial and error in the pursuit of hobby projects that interested me enough to motivate me to keep learning.
Web Applications
Next, you're going to want to learn about web applications.
I personally recommend using the Flask library for Python. There's also Django, but Flask is a lot simpler (it involves less boilerplate code, for instance).
This YouTuber has a lot of videos on Flask, but I'd recommend starting with this series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXmMXHVSvS-AjwTOtiW1DXFYTgUlrUmHV
There is a lot more to web applications, including deployment, security, understanding HTTP requests and the REST framework, and a bunch more. I might do a separate write up on some of that stuff later.
Data structures, Algorithms, and Computational Complexity / Optimization
Eventually, you're going to want to learn about different data structures as well as algorithms. And then optimization goes hand in hand with data structures and algorithms. Basically, optimization is about using the most efficient data structures and algorithms for the task at hand.
There's a lot to learn about these topics, and I don't want to burden you right now with them. But just be aware that they will become important later. -
2019-03-12 at 9:53 PM UTC in coding "boot camps"Ah fuck it, I decided to write it up right now anyway...
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2019-03-12 at 9:31 PM UTC in coding "boot camps"I never really did an official bootcamp per se. I kinda just did a bunch of research into various bootcamp and university program curriculums and designed my own personalized curriculum and went the self-taught way.
If you want, I can give kind of an outline of how my personal self-education progressed from total noob to paid developer. I might have to do it a bit later though because I have a bunch of stuff I need to get done right now. -
2019-03-12 at 9:28 PM UTC in The Hard Problem of ConsciousnessYeah, Isaac Asimov was way ahead of his time, and I think he might have really been onto something about the dangers of AI.
