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Small blog of different stuff

Posted by death on Sept. 23, 2012, 9:09 p.m.

Going to split this into different paragraphs as i've got a few things from different topics to say.

Programming:

F*** yeah! I got a 93 on my C programming test. It's the first test in my programming course on C (or Xcode for Mac). So it was pretty easy but still. man it's surprising how all the concepts we're being taught i already know so well. GML has actually helped me understand programming way more than i thought. Still C syntax is scary… what a ridiculously strict way to code.

Human behavior:

One thing that i've noticed while posting at the GMC's religious topics, is just how dangerous human belief can be. People blindly follow things that are illogical, cannot be proven, have no evidence for and that have no possible benefit for practicing. Now modernly religion isn't as extreme as it used to be but it's brought about some of the worst events in all of the world's history.

I can't believe that people used to think that slavery was okay. It's just terrible to think about. Almost everyone thought it was okay to beat someone and force them to work to death with no pay. It's amazing a few good-hearted and smart humans were able to create a big enough movement to change the world! it's almost a miracle if you think about it. It's difficult as hell to convince somebody once the belief has settled in.

Look at Hitler, how the hell was someone able to convince a whole nation that killing all the Jews would be a good thing to do? It's horrifying what humans are capable of and it's equally horrifying just how stupid humans can get. Following blindly to their own death. that's what i see being a soldier on Hitler's side was like.

Comp project:

haven't been working on it. I got a big ass biology exam to study for. this shit is complicated as hell and cramming all this knowledge in is hard. It's too much useless information. i love learning concepts and interesting things about biology but schools try their best to bore you with memorizing how many electrons can be in the valence shell of x element. or other shit like … see? i already forgot!

It seems the human brain quickly dumps information it doesn't find useful or interesting. one reason why i hate the education system. learn a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with your major and that won't be useful to you or interesting for you.

anyway after the test on Tuesday i'll get back to the project. Should start working on more rooms i guess. the map system is going to be a pain with that side-scrolling style i have going.

Comments

JuurianChi 12 years, 3 months ago

I don't post on any of the GMC's topics relating to religion, politics (except for one.), and generally anything that has something to do with pop culture because it looks like just one big flamewar circlejerk.

And good luck with the biology, it is a brilliant topic- full of boring fillers.

Charlie Carlo 12 years, 3 months ago

So many self-references. You vain bastard.

In all seriousness, yeah, people are stupid.

And yeah, the educational system is stupid.

It was designed by people.

What kind of map do you mean? Like the way rooms are laid out, or a gui map of the rooms? For the former, I usually make "next room" and "previous room" doors, and then special doors that lead to certain places that branch from the linearity. The problem with this is that you have to do some confusing things with organizing rooms in folders and stuff. For the latter, I have no advice on the topic, except that Lone Survivor did it pretty well, although it was disorienting at times.

death 12 years, 3 months ago

I mean an actual map the players can see and use in-game. Also remember the screenshot i posted earlier? doors can be on the left wall, right wall, and the back wall. there are 3 directions a door can be. the map system is going to end up making all rooms look long and rectangular but they will have to be set up a special way so that there are no collisions with the 4 side of a room (which cannot be seen nor have a door)

only game i have seen do this is Lone Survivor which that map is hard to follow. (though this game might make use of all 4 directions if i remember, but rooms are still long rectangles)

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So many self-references. You vain bastard.

i'm not anymore vain than you, i realize i'm human and have all the same problems that other humans have. only minor difference is i'm usually very aware of it more often that others, however i've learned that being aware doesn't prevent you from doing these mistakes or falling to the same problems. It takes great self-control + awareness + commitment to avoid these things. I try and that's all i can say as a human.

Charlie Carlo 12 years, 3 months ago

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Woah, what's with all this superficial philosophical crap? I was just pointing out that "death" is in your blog a few times. lol

JuurianChi 12 years, 3 months ago

Death gets offended easily.

Tread lightly.

death 12 years, 3 months ago

i'm not offended that easily. just because i don't agree or i defend my point of view doesn't mean i'm offended.

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Woah, what's with all this superficial philosophical crap? I was just pointing out that "death" is in your blog a few times. lol

heh didn't notice that. also didn't realize you meant that. still i like to get philosophical with anything (maybe too much?)

Charlie Carlo 12 years, 3 months ago

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still i like to get philosophical with anything (maybe too much?)

Yeah same.

Nihilism and self preservation not mutually exclusive.

And Solipsists are delusional retards.

Sorry, I've been holding that in for a while.

pounce4evur 12 years, 3 months ago

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I agree 100%.

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I can't believe that people used to think that slavery was okay.

It was a social norm. The church instilled in people the idea that if a person wasn't a Christian, you were allowed (sometimes even encouraged) to enslave them. No one believed that it was wrong, because it was an idea that had been passed down for generations.

Years from now, people will look back and say, "I can't believe that people used to think that using gasoline and deforestation were okay. Look at the trashy world it's left us with." There's nothing noticeably wrong with our system (I say noticeably as in person to person, in daily life) yet, so nothing will change. There was a small group of people that believed slavery was wrong almost from the beginning. It just took a while for the idea to take hold and spread. It's the same with any idea.

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Hitler's movement wasn't based solely on the idea that Jews were evil, or on genocide. Genocide was something he wanted, but not what he advertised. Hitler's movement was based on gaining political fame for pulling Germany out of economic disaster, and slowly gaining the trust of his nation. He had his devoted followers (which grew to be many), but he also had those who refused to follow him. Hitler's soldiers didn't joining his army as death–it was quite the opposite. Who would kill a soldier that belonged to the most powerful army in the world? Yes, they were for a while. It wasn't suicide in their eyes, it was a one-way-ticket to becoming powerful.

death 12 years, 3 months ago

one-way-ticket to power? Germany doesn't even have an army anymore. doesn't seem like they got what they wanted. which was my point, walking into death. how did they not see it thought? has a world-domination plot ever worked?

Rez 12 years, 3 months ago

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Years from now, people will look back and say, "I can't believe that people used to think that using gasoline and deforestation were okay. Look at the trashy world it's left us with."

I wish.

More like:

Years from now, people will look back, as they unplug their McDonalds funded internet mind implants to go the bathroom in their hummer RV, and say "I wonder why we didn't always pay 20 Chinese yuan for burritos!"