#rhythmic coding stuff

[rhythmicsystem]

I see tumblr isn't the only site trying to be something it isn't, and ignoring user feedback and forcing stupid changes nobody asked for with no ability to change it back

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[rhythmicsystem]

Hey guys my friend is making a cool game

it's a semi-idle clicker game, called Guild Master - you recruit adventurers for different tasks.

this is still in major alpha stages, but it's finally at a point where I can post about it. As it works currently, the save info is stored locally, you'll need to export the save to be able to move it to another browser. You'll likely want to export often since it's changing a lot right now.

He's looking for artists to commission for backgrounds and icons (I did the current backgrounds as programmer art placeholders). His discord is on the site, idk what the details are about that specifically.

Guild Master GitHub

Guild Master Game Site

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My intro to programming course was going over the differences between formal (created) languages and natural (spoken/evolved/used to communicate normally) languages, and it was so funny to me

Although formal and natural languages have many features in common—tokens, structure, and syntax—there are some differences: ambiguity: Natural languages are full of ambiguity, which people deal with by using contextual clues and other information. Formal languages are designed to be nearly or completely unambiguous, which means that any statement has exactly one meaning, regardless of context. redundancy: In order to make up for ambiguity and reduce misunderstandings, natural languages employ lots of redundancy. As a result, they are often verbose. Formal languages are less redundant and more concise. literalness: Natural languages are full of idiom and metaphor. If I say, “The penny dropped”, there is probably no penny and nothing dropping (this idiom means that someone understood something after a period of confusion). Formal languages mean exactly what they say

- Source - ThinkPython2, page 27 (link leads to the page where the pdf is posted, the textbook is free though.) And all I could think was *Ah this is why so many autistic people love programming*

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Question for Deaf or other people who rely on subtitles in games: Is is better to describe the sound something is making, or the action that has occurred? I'm currently helping my partner make a mod to add subtitles to a game we play, and I use subtitles but I'm also hearing, so I'm not sure my answer is the best necessarily.

Example of what we're working with: You place down a door, the door makes a sound Possible subtitle: "door thuds" or "door placed"

Additional question, for things like music and mood-setting things like ambient noise, how should those be subtitled? As I'm not entirely sure how to make a subtitle that accurately depicts intense dramatic sound effects - so far what I have are things like "Bell Tolls" "Dramatic Rumbling", but these are usually background noises and not from something actually happening, so I'm not sure how to distinguish that these are background noises

[rhythmicsystem]

Adult/working side of tumblr, Data entry/computer science type question here

I've recently gotten a job where I'm meant to be inputting a bunch of items into a spreadsheet - basically making a masterlist of machines, their location, last service date, various notes, and a link to their manuals.

This was previously held in a word document, I've been given basically no stipulations on how it should be held together other than it needs to be easy to navigate for people who have like, no computer knowledge.

Currently I'm using an excel sheet, however this is getting increasingly difficult for me to work with, as I'm not super familiar with excel, it's navigation, and how to automate things.

Due to the nature of this, it feels like a database would be better equip to handle this, but I also do not know how to code a database, and especially not one that would be easy for someone to use who doesn't how to use computers well.

Basically, my question is, are there any, preferably free open source, softwares and/or libraries/frameworks that people know of that are useful for a beginner java coder to make a database that would be flexible (can add more items/colums/categories if needed) for this type of thing?

tl;dr - I'm looking for an alternative to excel for data entry, needs a non-tecchy-friendly user-end. I have beginner java experience, very limited css and html experience, no database experience.

[rhythmicsystem]

We've been working on a java library to interface with pluralkit, which has been interesting, since we've never made a library before. It's going well though, and will make our future projects a lot easier lol

Example usage: (note: subject to change, we're still very early in writing it, and getting help from friends who have actually taken CS or done code far longer than us to make it more usable)

public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException, InterruptedException { PKJava pkJava = new PKJava(); pkJava.setAuthToken(token); List<MemberObject> members = pkJava.requestMembers(systemID); for (MemberObject member : members) { System.out.println("Name:\n- " + member.getName()); System.out.println("Display name:\n- " + member.getDisplay_name()); System.out.println("Proxy tags:\n- " + member.getProxy_tags()); System.out.println("Color:\n- #" + member.getColor()); System.out.println("\n"); } } (Home-made syntax highlighting lol) Plain text version with no colors, lol: ```

public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException, InterruptedException { PKJava pkJava = new PKJava(); pkJava.setAuthToken(token); List<MemberObject> members = pkJava.requestMembers(systemID); for (MemberObject member : members) { System.out.println("Name:\n- " + member.getName()); System.out.println("Display name:\n- " + member.getDisplay_name()); System.out.println("Proxy tags:\n- " + member.getProxy_tags()); System.out.println("Color:\n- #" + member.getColor()); System.out.println("\n"); } } ```

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I love auto-generating javadocs.

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People following me on GitHub is like, one of the weirdest things to me. I make the absolute weirdest things, and they're nearly all minecraft related.

I just had someone who has no activity on their account, and doesn't follow anyone else, follow me on github

Words cannot describe my confusion - Eclipse