What’s the best free way to learn python?
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Would this still be useful if I were doing Python 3?
/shruggo
Probably? I just neurotically keep a mental list of the most highly-recommended resource for any given language despite the fact that I know I’ll never “get around to” learning any of them
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90-95% of your knowledge will carry over just fine.
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I’ve been going through this book (freely available online) and it’s been awesome: Automate the Boring Stuff.
It’s geared toward getting a programming newbie up to the point that they can be competent with Python for general tasks you might encounter in the course of an office or information professional type of job, which has been just the right level for me.
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hey so ace combat 7 is A$30 on ps4, zone of the enders 2 and sprint vector are each $15. oh and tetris for $27
what should i get if i’m like, looking for smth to make me feel good about this vr headset?
all of those
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dammit felix
well ok but i’m gonna sleep first
Tetris Effect is very good but don’t get it for the VR mode.
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If it’s explicitly for VR purposes, I think AC7 has a separate mode for VR rather than letting you play the main game, so you might want to look into how much content that actually is.
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ok cool, i might leave that one til it’s on a steeper discount then
o what. good info!
It’s only 3 missions which kinda sucks but the experience is real good.
AC7 is only the 3 missions, but it’s the best VR experience i’ve had from any of those games. also the main game was probably my favourite game from last year.
i don’t think the psvr headset resolution does tetris effect justice, felt like the worse way to play that game for me. ZOE2 seemed cool, and i like the base game too, but i only did the demo in vr.
hi i am not smart
i dont know how networks work, i just want the good internet waves to go into my boxes
right now i have very very BAD internet waves
what should the ??? box be, i don’t know the difference between a switch, a router, an access point, a range extender, or a repeater is despite googling multiple times over a period of months
i am dumb, help me
EDIT: the device currently playing the role of mystery box is a Belkin N10117. It is NOT good, I get spotty reception just being on the other side of the room, and any device connected through it seems to “forget” that it’s connected after about a minute and I either have to reconnect or do a connection test to get it to remember again. Also, our wired speed is like high-200mbps but the wifi I’m getting from this dumb box is like 1.4mb at the best of times, but is averaging ~700kbps lately
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An wireless access point (AP) is the thing that generates internet waves from internet wires. A “wireless router” is a wired router (join two wired networks, such as your ISP’s network and the one in your home), a switch (connects wired ports to the same network), and access point combined into a single device.
You can use a wireless router as just an access point (and/or switch) if you want, though the most reliable and performant devices will be dedicated access points. Wired is far and away the fastest and most reliable connection. If some of your devices don’t move much and and ethernet ports a good option might be to get/find a wireless router and use the wired switch part for what you can and set up the wireless for the rest.
This came up in the hardware thread lately too: Tom's Hardware of Finland
Edit: that belkin thing is an 802.11g wireless router which is going to top out at 54 mbps, far less than your internet. Plus it wasn’t very good even when it was new (I had one). Something with 802.11n or ac will be much, much faster in every respect, though your devices would also have to support that standard to get the faster speeds. Except for really old stuff (802.11a and b, gaming wise we’re talking NDS and PSP) a new AP with a faster standard will be backwards compatible.
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I clicked the link you posted in that thread and there’s like 50 different devices, which one do I want?
I actually currently have 3 cables running into my room from that netgear thing: one for my PC, one for my TV, and one for the Belkin box. If I switched out the belkin box for something that has both wired AND wireless output, that’d be the best case, right?
Also, does splitting the signal that many times (a switch outputting to several devices AND another switch, which would have ~5-7 devices connected to it wired, a handful more wireless), cause any problems or noticeable decrease in connection speed/quality?
I don’t know what your budget is, but if you’re willing to spend the $135 the Unifi AP AC PRO is what I’d recommend. As felix mentions in the hardware thread it’s not the absolute fastest available right now, but it is faster than your internet and if you’re not felix you’ll never notice. First time set up is kind of annoying (you have to install some controller software on a computer to do it, and then setting the configuration in tool is less than intuitive), but after that it just fades into the background as something completely reliable. I think I’ve had to mess with it once in the last 4 years and that was because my device was being stupid, not because it was having problems. Having wireless that just works reliably is worth the extra hassle to me. You can probably cover the whole house with it at much better speeds. I’m really happy with mine.
If you’re looking for something cheaper something like this $65 wireless router seems like a decent choice. You can get faster ones but those are more expensive that the AP I linked above. These routers only have 3 or 4 ports usable as a switch depending on how they’re set up so you would need an additional switch if you wanted to hardwire everything (which I always recommend).
It could be more convenient for you, it’s something to consider… Though, you went the separate AP route I suggest above, you can sill get a separate switch (and with 5-7 wired devices you’ll need one anyway). An 8 port gigabit switch is like $20 and requires no setup whatsoever. The only time I have ever had a problem with one of these unmanaged switches is when its power brick died in a surge. And this way you have the most flexibility in placement of everything. You can mount the AP on the wall or ceiling or side of a bookshelf and get it both out of the way and in a place where its signal is blocked by less stuff while leaving the switch behind your TV and never having to even look at it instead of leaving it on the table so the internet rays can escape.
No, not in practice anyway. You’re not literally splitting the signal like you would with say, a coax cable tv cable, where each new split makes the signal weaker. Switches are active devices that copy data between the ports that are communicating, and can all do so at the full speed of the connection. As long as the connection between the switch in your room and the router is faster than your internet connection (and it almost definitely is) the gear inside your house will not be the bottleneck.
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The internet service we’ve been paying for since like, September is rated for 500mbps, and the ISP just admitted yesterday that the modem/router/thing they gave us (which actually has wifi built in, but the signal is about as reliable as a wet tissue by the time it travels the 30-40 feet to my room) isn’t powerful enough to handle that, and that’s why we’ve only been getting 200-some, 300 peak. 450 is probably good enough though.
I’d like to hardwire everything, but some devices just don’t have that option (Phone, Nintendo Switch, etc.), so maybe something like that TP-Link thing is my best option. 4 ports is fine enough for the main stuff I guess.
Thanks for all the help! This kind of stuff is DEFINITELY not my wheelhouse, so it’s highly appreciated.