Professional I.T. guy, union actor, hobby comedian and closet rap-battler.

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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023
  • GeekMan@sh.itjust.workstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•I want to learn how to code
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    26 days ago

    Yeah that sounds like a good path!

    I used to love advanced math, physics and game coding, so I’ve revisited the 'Landers several times over the years (a day here and there in the middle of life/emigrating/careers).

    If you also Google for solutions to the 'Landers you’ll find people have done hardcore analysis and genetic algorithms!

    (cough like this)

    Next mission: somehow hack UE5 into CodinGame and let it sort it out.

  • GeekMan@sh.itjust.workstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•I want to learn how to code
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    26 days ago

    To add to the list, Codingame.com

    It wouldn’t be the first thing to try. Get the basics down on your own machine/environment. Try this for something additional.

    CodinGame gives you the IDE and build environment in your browser, so it’s for learning/practicing/testing coding knowledge without building/deploying locally, or worrying about UI/persistence/networking etc.

    It’s filled with coding puzzles and competitions. I started where they give you animated scenarios (to look like part of a game or engine), and you contribute a small, missing unit of code to complete the challenge.

    You can choose from 25 languages, they encourage unit-testing, and there are global coding competitions and company outreach to top coders. I don’t wanna say they gamified it… but they did.

    But once you’re comfortable with those, CodinGame lets you practice different concepts & algorithms without having to come up with the bigger systems around them.

    I’ve loved it for getting back to coding after a while, tinkering with certain concepts, or trying other languages.

    I’m not affiliated with it. Just loved the idea & execution. Except for Mars Lander III challenge. That can get @#$&ed.

  • GeekMan@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.world•Where are the old (30s) granpa gamers?
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    5 months ago

    I’m 45.

    Dad got me started on his Intellivision (early-80’s), got my own Atari 2600, first computers C64 and Tandy 1000, then a Nintendo-everything guy until now having a Playstation, Xbox and Switch for as many rooms of the house.

    These days Rocket League is the best to play during remote audio meetings, 'cause you don’t need sound and it’s 5-10mins a game, but COD, GoW, Zelda.* and Mario.* would still get a thrashing when the girlfriend’s at work.

    “Can’t stop won’t stop” --Swift, T.