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Foreign Affairs / Re: What To Know About The 'Mother All Bombs' Trump Dropped In Afghanistan(Photos) by Craigston: 12:39pm On Apr 16, 2017 |
PurestBoy:They did. Last year. And the world sang in praise of something genuinely original. The missiles the launched from miniaturized ships and a submarine in the Mediterranean sea, guided by geolocation over the sea and the desert, hit their planned targets in the Syrian cities, destroying stockpiles of terrorists' weapons. America hasn't been able to achieve that without using drones. 1 Like 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Rare Images Of North Korea Military. by Craigston: 8:51am On Apr 16, 2017 |
Joavid:Hehehehehe. Your reaction was as I expected. Yea, that man is crazy. Most of them aren't volunteers: they have no choice, as all hope of any other form of life has been taken from them. It's why so many of them are eager to escape. The people wouldn't be starving if that man had let commerce flourish between them and other countries. He just keep pumping money into missile programs with the hope of striking the US (such a fool!). They lost it when their focus changed from challenging Western imperialism (as China successfully did) to preparing for a war they don't need. @lovelygurl didn't catch my troll. For the most part, military life is dull. Who likes having only his orders, obeying the last command? *yawns* I'm enjoying myself here jorrr... Good luck and God's grace to all those guys keeping Boko Haram terrorists away; I won't be joining you anytime soon. PS: NK can come out of this tight position if they recognize they've won the good war (the noble one they started with). They're fairly independent of the US military. They can now open up other aspects of a standard economy, defuse the tension, and have the raft of sanctions eased. But they're as blind as Putin of Russia. Two great countries wasting other potentials for military power. The Korean war is long over; what's their gripe still? They're fighting a war their grandfathers started, gave up on, and left at their death! 1 Like 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Rare Images Of North Korea Military. by Craigston: 7:06pm On Apr 15, 2017 |
lovelygurl:About North Korea, I joke. I admire their resolve to build an identity of their own and sustain a military program that has spawned their people to harness their own ingenuity for the protection of their land. But their ambitions (attacking the US, their southern brothers, and using nukes for the sake of it) are not worth supporting. It's time they open up to the rest of the world. They can now secure themselves independent of other nations, to an extent. I still love those people. About joining a foreign military: it's a wish that keeps stirring up in me time after time. I've always dreamed of being a soldier and an intelligence officer, or an engineer for either intelligence agencies, military, or defense contractors. But I didn't get any of it. I don't know how one can get into the NIA. Joavid, what'ya think? |
Programming / Re: Where Can I Get A Free Software That Does This? by Craigston: 8:19am On Apr 15, 2017 |
asalimpo: You may not have to implement all that yourself. NLP libraries that work for conversational English language already exist; you might need to make modifications to one to help it parse Math word problems easily. Remember it has to know about pronouns and correctly deduce which noun a pronoun substitutes. Since you're focusing on a library for word problems, the space of cases you have to handle is reduced (still large, but not so much as a complete algebra library or some other beast), and once you get a working prototype, you can understand the problem better. |
Investment / Re: A Cryptocurrency Made In Nigeria: How Feasible? by Craigston: 3:19pm On Apr 14, 2017 |
You're thinking great, appcypher. Wouldn't it be better to contribute to existing cryptocurrencies, and direct your investment to setting up mining racks in Nigeria? (Errmm... You've not updated us on astro yet; I'm looking forward to exiting times with that language) |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Rare Images Of North Korea Military. by Craigston: 2:53pm On Apr 14, 2017 |
Wouldn't it be great should Nigeria cooperate militarily, as well as economically, with North Korea? I may defect soon to join a foreign military. |
Crime / Re: Help Pls! Jumia Affiliates Defrauding Nigerians Of Millions Of Naira by Craigston: 6:34pm On Apr 13, 2017 |
Joavid:I'm not sure at this point. I don't know the nature of the agreement they had with Jumia and the lobbying power of Jumia. But I'm sure a lawsuit by all affected marketers (about fifty indicated in the post by OP) will be the best way to go. Jumia sold me a defective product the only time I tried them. BunchaThieves! |
Food / Re: Mirinda, Lucozade Unsafe For Consumption – CPC by Craigston: 6:30pm On Apr 13, 2017 |
Joavid:Yea, drink plain water, eat fruits, drink fruit juices, eat home-cooked natural foods instead of junks... Help me shout it loud. |
Crime / Re: Help Pls! Jumia Affiliates Defrauding Nigerians Of Millions Of Naira by Craigston: 5:50pm On Apr 13, 2017 |
They're just here to defraud Nigerians, aren't they? I heard Konga is an indigenous company; it's time we promote them over Jumia. Joavid com'an help me reason this matter o... There are new thieves in town. |
Programming / Re: Where Can I Get A Free Software That Does This? by Craigston: 5:43pm On Apr 13, 2017 |
Eldergod:I think it's worth doing. It presents an opportunity to learn so many interesting things. Forget the monetary incentives; the knowledge derivable is important and transferable across domains. 1 Like 1 Share |
Programming / Re: Where Can I Get A Free Software That Does This? by Craigston: 5:39pm On Apr 13, 2017 |
asalimpo:I see where you're going; that's the domain of AI (probably machine learning) and NLP. If you want to go into it, I'd encourage you sincerely. For now, my skills aren't up to it; I still have a long way to go, so I may not be of much help. But the possible applications are many and diverse, and it can be disruptive in the way it can change businesses, education, industry, ... Keep thinking, keep working. You have a sound mind, unlike some ponzi script retailers. |
Programming / Re: Where Can I Get A Free Software That Does This? by Craigston: 3:47pm On Apr 12, 2017 |
TheLordIsGr8:Just what I thought. There's no incentive in solving word problems in algebra using NLP; the purpose of those problems is to teach the pupils to think, and there's no benefit in automating the process. But it would be a nice project for learning NLP. @asalimpo I don't know of any such software existing; I think dhtml18 might know of one. FincoApps and larisoft are math enthusiasts too, so there. 1 Like |
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dilemma Of A 2.2 Graduate by Craigston: 7:52pm On Apr 10, 2017 |
talktonase:Time and chance happens to them all, but they happen to some more than others. Also, not all times and chances are equal. |
Programming / Re: . by Craigston: 7:04pm On Apr 09, 2017 |
dhtml18:Atom is definitely slow at startup, and uses hundreds of megabytes of memory. It also consumes more CPU cycles than Sublime Text. On my system (with 4GB RAM, 2.67 GHz Intel Core i5 quad core processors), Atom starts up in not less than 5 seconds on first start, a little faster on subsequent restarts. Sublime Text starts up in not more than 3 seconds. Geany, too, starts up faster than Atom. |
Programming / Re: . by Craigston: 2:53pm On Apr 09, 2017 |
If you have enough RAM and CPU power to give to JavaScript, Cloud9 has a good cloud IDE; try it out if your day is cloudy. https://c9.io/. It supports Vim, Emacs, and Sublime Text key bindings. I've used gedit, kwrite, kate, Sublime Text, Emacs, Nano, Micro, Eclipse and Aptana Studio (the other names for bloat), Notepad++, Editra, Atom, Brackets, Geany, Netbeans, Codelite, Codeblocks, DevC++, Kdevelop, PyCharm, Spyder, Visual Studio Code, and HTMLPad. My favorites had me hooked on certain features: elegance, malleability, and open source. Emacs: very customizable, but not so elegant. That interface needs some redesign; I'm looking at what Remacs will be. Sublime text, HTMLPad and Notepad++: customizable, elegant, but closed source. Kate and Kwrite: elegant; they just work and have decent usability. Geany: simple, elegant, customizable, and easy to work with. I'd like a plugin for Emacs keybindings in Geany. Kdevelop, Netbeans, and Codelite: well designed, elegant, open source. Visual Studio Code, Atom, Brackets: customizable, elegant, and open source. PyCharm and Spyder: neat for Python development; I've not seen better options than these. In the end, I just pick anyone and start working, only switching if I see the need. |
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by Craigston: 11:11pm On Apr 07, 2017 |
pcguru1:It's beautiful, but it's quite heavy. And the 'meta' key (the windows key) doesn't open the applications menu in KDE (and Xfce too). I have to rebind it to 'meta+A' to make it work. Little annoyances here and there; Browser tabs don't close with 'Ctrl+F4', something I find handy in Gnome, Cinnamon and Unity. Somehow, Gnome is rather intuitive in its design. It just needs more malleability and support for Qt. |
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by Craigston: 6:20pm On Apr 07, 2017 |
So we've gone around, and around, and we're back to years ago. There's already a fork of the Unity desktop on GitHub. It'll probably not take off strong, as there are other desktops with stronger following. But if it does, it might be something good. I already saw Ubuntu going the Redhat way. The company is maturing, and innovation at breakneck speed is stifling. The investors and potential shareholders want money, unbounded growth and a fine balance sheet; Canonical obeys the last command. That's the way of corporate capitalism. A possible solution is to make Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Core, and other enterprise-focused products Canonical's main thrust, and turn Ubuntu Desktop to the community, just like Fedora is to Redhat, providing enough support for the community to go strong with it. |
Computers / Re: Ubuntu Linux by Craigston: 1:28am On Apr 07, 2017 |
Canonical spent too much time doing something unnecessary, but I don't blame them. If this will move the community forward, it's welcome. Most of the talent laid off from the Unity project can contribute their experience to Gnome or KDE, or any other DE, so we get more quality. One thing that needs addressing on *nix desktop is compatibility between Qt, GTK, and other frameworks. Qt does a good job at that, but the GTK team is still slacking. Also, power management has continued to be a pain to me. My system runs like a server, not like a laptop. It's one thing that needs attention of the community. |
Programming / Re: Cool Python Projects by Craigston: 1:08am On Apr 07, 2017 |
On 3 April, you posted this thread (www.nairaland.com/3720495/newbie), from which I gleaned you're a newbie. It's probably not the time to think of projects to do. It's time to understand the fundamentals, and know them to a comfortable level before starting projects. Do your normal algorithms and data structures exercises well for now, until you're comfortable. Then take a leap. If you really want a hands-on approach, I'd recommended you enroll in an MOOC on edX (www.edx.org/). There are a number of introductory courses; find your preference and enjoy it. Openlearning also has some good courses, so check them out too. If you are a good solo learner, you'll enjoy it; if you prefer pairing, find someone that's at least as good and enthusiastic as you. I'm not suggesting anything, but I intend to start programming tutorials for beginners (on-demand) in PH by October. There are also better programmers on this board that can give you a good hand-holding until you're comfortable. Use the internet well, get good books and video resources; they help a lot. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: New Photo & Look Of Celestine Omehia, Former Governor Of Rivers State by Craigston: 9:02am On Apr 06, 2017 |
ourema:I had information that those entitlements (tentacles to the treasury) haven't been paid to him at any time. They did that only to placate him. |
Fashion / Re: People With Tattoos Will Be Arrested In Port Harcourt by Craigston: 1:43am On Apr 06, 2017 |
Let everybody go get tattooed then. Let's see who they'll arrest. |
Programming / Re: What Is The Longest Line Of Code You Have Written And In What Language by Craigston: 7:59pm On Apr 04, 2017 |
Do you mean total lines of code in a source file, or length of a single line of code? Well, I don't know for either one, but I'm sure I can exceed my current maximum if I rewrite it in Java. |
Programming / Re: Joseph Snowden:de One Guy Who Hacked Into U.S.A Secret Info, Publ It And Escaped by Craigston: 10:08am On Apr 04, 2017 |
zzzzy:Yea, he's very eccentric. He supports Putin too. But his service against corruption is huge, more than the few corrupt people he supports. 1 Like |
Religion / Re: Atheist Society Of Nigeria Registers As A Corporate Body, Petitions MDCN by Craigston: 7:02pm On Apr 03, 2017 |
aribisala0:I had a hunch. It's human to act according to intuition, especially with incomplete information as we have here. |
Religion / Re: Atheist Society Of Nigeria Registers As A Corporate Body, Petitions MDCN by Craigston: 7:00pm On Apr 03, 2017 |
9jakohai:And that, really, could be someone's problem, regardless of it being optional? It doesn't make sense, except to validate some conspiracy theories. |
Programming / Re: Joseph Snowden:de One Guy Who Hacked Into U.S.A Secret Info, Publ It And Escaped by Craigston: 6:56pm On Apr 03, 2017 |
I hold Edward J. Snowden in high esteem everyday, unlike Donald J. Trump and friends. Edward Joseph Snowden, Julian Assange, ... They're true heroes. |
Religion / Re: Atheist Society Of Nigeria Registers As A Corporate Body, Petitions MDCN by Craigston: 11:47am On Apr 03, 2017 |
On what grounds was the MDCN petitioned? It's disappointing that their first move would be this. OP ebusfav, tell us what the petition entails, if you have information on that. 4 Likes |
Programming / Re: The Effects Of The Ponzi Era On Nigerian Tech Scene by Craigston: 11:03pm On Mar 30, 2017 |
DanielTheGeek:I wanted to suggest that (donations) but I decided it's up to you. I don't mind donating my one pence; I like the effort you put into it. Yea, just hold on; we'll vanish together to another forum, but stay with us until then |
Programming / Re: Nairaland Is Anti-ponzi Scheme, Moderator But Why Are You Allowing Ponzi Here? by Craigston: 11:05am On Mar 28, 2017 |
dhtml18:Serious? E be lyk say changi don finally come o... |
Programming / Re: Nairaland Is Anti-ponzi Scheme, Moderator But Why Are You Allowing Ponzi Here? by Craigston: 7:05am On Mar 28, 2017 |
directonpc:Sure. He's of a kind I follow and learn from. And he deserves that medal as chief troll of the wild ranges of Nairaland. dhtml18:Oga wants a sabbatical, err... It's about time sha. Happy vacation! |
Programming / Re: Nairaland Is Anti-ponzi Scheme, Moderator But Why Are You Allowing Ponzi Here? by Craigston: 7:05pm On Mar 27, 2017 |
Yay, he's back! On topic: forget Nairaland; it's now a place for trolls (that's why you're still here na). It's surprising that the chief troll around here is complaining. It's that serious. |
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