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Made a Carmen Sandiego rp account for Le Chèvre, guys go check it out, and leave asks, i love asks!! @le-chevre-official
Hello Loves!
This is a new blog I’ve created for Captain Swan artwork prompts and artwork based on prompts.
Rules and General Info
1. Anyone can send prompts or ideas, all you have to do is submit them in the “Submit Your Prompt!” box. Anonymous is enabled.
2. Any artwork you create based on the prompts on this page, please send me a link or submit your work to be posted on this blog.
3. There are no limitations on ratings or themes. All artwork and prompts welcome as long as it is based on Captain Swan. There are exceptions for other ships if they are a part of OUAT and feature Captain Swan in some way and in a positive light.
4. Please tag your artwork using keywords based on the type of prompt it is so that users can easily find your work. For example, if is a work based on fake dating, use “fake dating”.
5. Feel free to message me or use the “Submit Your Prompt!” box if you have any questions.
6. Please allow at least 48 hours for your prompt or work to be reviewed and posted. I will do my best to keep up but I am only one person, so your patience is very much appreciated.
Hey guys! With the possible commission I have coming up from Joe’s co-worker along with me hopefully being able to sell those completed kits, something excited will be happening within the next couple months! The CS side-blog will finally be launched! It will mostly be used almost as a portfolio and mainly for business purposes and I MIGHT reblog other people’s work there as well, I’m not quite sure yet. With the money from the commission and those pieces I’m selling, I’ll finally be able to pay Erin to do that art for the CS blog! It’ll take a while still because I want her to take her time and I need 4 pieces. We’re looking at an icon, sidebar image, corner image and a banner for mobile/blog preview box! I hope you guys are as excited as I am! While I don’t post there now, if you’d like, you can go ahead and follow the side blog here! Thank you all for your continued support!
Blog 8 - Where Do I Go From Here?
My dream job in computer science is kind of a difficult topic for me to cover. Since this is my first semester here at Kansas State University, i am not entirely sure about what I want to do yet and am kind of exploring my options more and more, the more classes i take. However, there are a few fields of study that i find particularly interesting as of right now that i would not mind working in. These fields of study include, but are not limited to, video game programming, Artificial Intelligence programming and research, and Cyber security / defense.
Personally, I really enjoy topics that have cool real world applications or have an output i can tangibly interact with. These include, but are not limited to, programming robotics or something that can move, something that takes in data to produce a result, and recursion. An emphasis on the higher languages might also be nice since i found python to be tedious and annoying to work with compared to the three other languages that i know how to write in.
Some classes that I am quite excited to take down the proverbial road are mostly all within the advanced class structure of the graduate / professional program and primarily cover some of the things i mentioned above. Things like how to properly optimize the code for robotic systems, genetic or learning algorithms and how to apply them to machines or programs in order to accomplish more complex tasks.
In terms of areas i wish the class covered in a more in depth manner, i would say that sorting algorithms are among my top things that the class is qualified to cover. The book Nine Algorithms that Changed the World did a pretty good job at this on its own. However there was still somethings from the class that i feel could have been covered better in class.
In Patter on The Stone chapter 1 covered the basics of some computer logic. This included “boolean logic”, “bits and logic blocks”, as well as simple computers like the “Fluid computer”, and the one made out of tinker toys. Over all this chapter was quite informative and eye catching. This was quite apparent towards the end when the focused switched from logic to the different types of unorthodox computers people have built like the Tinker Toy computer described on pages 16-18 of Pattern on The Stone.
In Tubes chapter 1: The Map, it starts off talking about when the author arrived there one January in winter. he then goes on to go over the history of the area and goes in-depth on how the industry grew in the area once things were more connected. He then relates this to the internet and the transfer of files from one place to another “frictionlessly” since he claims the internet is a safer place. He also goes on to talk about his search for the physical internet. This chapter was kind of interesting in the sense of the revealed history and a northern town’s relation to the internet. It was also kind of a boring way to start a book in my opinion. Considering how that book was supposed to be about the internet it certainly took its time getting to the connection.
In Nine Algorithms That Changed The World chapter 1: Introduction: What are the Extraordinary Ideas Computers use Every Day, John MacCormick talked about how computers do some tasks through the use of algorithms as well as a little bit of computer history. These algorithms are described to anything from simple addition, to complex mathematical models among other things. It also described the “Great algorithm” which was described to do many many things. Overall I think that this chapter was quite entertaining to read. It was a great way to ease into the rest of the book and fit quite nicely.
As for what areas i want to learn more about, that answer can be found above in paragraphs one through three in this post.
CS blog 3
In my computer science class, we had to read the book “The Pattern on the Stone” by W. Daniel Hillis. Since I had taken Computer science for my last two years in high school, the book seemed a bit repetitive to me. Because of this, there wasn’t very much “new” material but the most interesting thing that i did learn about happened to be in chapter four which i will be covering later in this post. However if I were to pretend i had not taken any classes beforehand that dealt with some of the same things that were in the book, then I would say that it is pretty interesting and catches the reader’s attention pretty easily. To further review this book, i will also be reviewing the nine chapters individually.
Chapter 1 covered the basics of some computer logic. This included “boolean logic”, “bits and logic blocks”, as well as simple computers like the “Fluid computer”, and the one made out of tinker toys. Over all this chapter was quite informative and eye catching. This was quite apparent towards the end when the focused switched from logic to the different types of unorthodox computers people have built like the Tinker Toy computer described on pages 16-18.
Chapter 2 got more into the logic behind things as well as getting into things called “Finite state machines”. This chapter came off as more technical and was almost hard to follow even with my background in programming. That might make it a bit difficult to follow if the reader doesn’t know what they’re reading. Or at the very least make you have to re-read it a few times.
Chapter 3 got into the actual programming of computers and how it all fits together. This chapter was a nice change of pace in comparison to the previous chapter. It was a bit easier to follow and offered helpful examples of code outputs.
Chapter 4 gets into deep though about computing as well as bits of quantum computing. Tying back to the introduction, the most interesting thing i learned was about was Alan Turing on pages 62-64. Previously i had only known about him though the movie “The Imitation Game”, but now i know that he dreamed about larger things like more universal computers or computers that could imitate and other type of computer/computer function. Aside from the bits about Turing this chapter was relatively strait forward and easy to comprehend as a whole.
Chapter 5 went into Algorithms in depth and was quite intriguing as i have seen and coded many of them before. To someone not experienced enough in coding it may seem like a bit too much to process all at once or just outright confusing. However i found it intriguing enough and saw some algorithms i hadn’t seen before.
Chapter 6 gets into memory systems as well as compression and secret codes.This chapter was easier to follow and contained the kind of stuff that most people think of when they think computer programmers, secrets and hacking. This kept me thoroughly intrigued and attentive throughout this chapter.
Chapter 7 talks about parallel computation and is decently interesting. however it is very similar to chapter 8 which is primarily about learning algorithms so they seemed to run together in my opinion. Both were interesting to read though and i was particularly drawn to the parts that referenced A.I..
Chapter 9 goes in depth on the human brain and how to emulate that with computers and electronics. It is pretty intense to be entirely honest. but its easy enough to follow and is pretty interesting.
Overall this was a pretty good book. I didn’t really dislike any major part of this book or was left with any major questions. I would recommend this to someone wanting to learn because it makes a great first impression.
CS Blog-1: Personal Biography
Hello! My name is Jack Carder and I am from Tomball Texas, well not originally. Originally i am from Olathe Kansas but moved to Texas at a very young age with my parents. My younger brother Caden was also born in Texas but we’ve since moved back and forth between Texas and Kansas a few times but it wasn’t that bad since my family is awesome and has good taste in snacks. I chose K-State for a variety of reasons. Those being that I don’t like K.U., around ninety percent of my family lives less than four hours from campus, said campus is gorgeous, I missed having all the seasons since Texas is just hot all the time, it’s also a great engineering school, and I also got a decent scholarship to come here so i thought ‘eh why not’. Speaking of engineering and more specifically Computer Science, there are lots of things that interest me in this field. Things like A.I., game design, cyber defense and things similar like genetic algorithms. My hobbies include video games, building armies out of LEGO’s, and space stuff and Star Wars. Sadly its too much to do all at once with out at least some form of planning ahead a day or so in advance. The only job I’ve had was where I would work the behind the curtain stuff for concerts and meetings in my high school auditorium. The weirdest thing that happened while doing one of those was that after one of them some mom came up to the booth window and started cursing me out over something that we couldn’t control or even remotely fix. Another weird experience was where me and a friend decided it would be fun to eat out lunches in the yellow crossed out median thing on the road. While we were doing that we got flipped of by so many people that I couldn’t count them all. After i graduate, I’m not entirely sure what I want to do. Hopefully get a job am i right? But other than that I’m not entirely sure. I was thinking maybe go into A.I. research, cyber defense, or game development for a few reasons and some of them are selfish. I like game design and programming because hey, who wouldn’t want to say something like “You know that awesome game you like? Well I helped to make a piece of it!” ? I know that that sounds weird but it was funnier in my head, moving on to cyber defense. Cyber Defense interests me because one: the government offers a job and a scholarship for going into that field, and two: who wouldn’t want to be able to know how to hack into machines or actually be able to? Just about everyone has thought of hacking an been like whoa thats cool. Now don’t get me wrong, having A.I. could be a huge good thing or a huge bad thing. That’s why I want to help make the good one, and also to try to upload my consciousness into one so i can live forever. Now for the books, the one that looks the most interesting to me is in POTS Chapter 8: Computers that learn and adapt because that is something that genuinely interests me and gets my heart beating faster and things like that. The sites i rely on are primarily YouTube whatever news channel happens to be on at the time. Generally things just appear to me and its pretty awesome when i discover things like the first holograms and stuff like that. Its just so cool i just can’t help but nerding out!
Good news! Erin and I did some business talk today, talkin’ about art for the Cross Stitch blog!! Everything is going to be custom from the Mobile Header, to the Icon, to the Corner Image, and to the Sidebar Image and I’m so excited especially to be able to pay her for her amazing work because she needs to know her time and effort is worth something and that means so much for me to do, and I hope people going by the blog will love the art and give her some commission traffic from either this blog or the CS blog
Announcement
Been away from this blog for way too long, so sorry for anyone who actually checked out my posts.
Somehow have over 300 followers though haha. I’m glad so many people are interested in this!
I changed it slightly to focus more on computer science education in general instead of just a focus on women in CS because I know plenty of guys who also want to get started in this field. But don’t worry, I’ll still post about women and other minorities in computer science as well.
I might also make this slightly personal and post about my own progress and achievements.