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dhtml18:
My github REPO will speak when it is time - i hate running my mouth when i dont have codes to back-up-my-mouth

Abeg, what's your github username? I'd like to follow you on GitHub

ChidinmaRose:
You are right about Some tertiary institutions are responding defensively I can imagine all the old school professors being opposed to this.

It feels like a threat to their status as the local movers of tertiary education, and their source of income. But if their source of income is the preservation and stagnation of an old order that doesn't serve us any longer, then it's worth questioning.
The first move of the lobbyists was having degrees and certifications from MOOCs declared unacceptable within Nigeria. But degrees in courses taken abroad, whether by classroom presence of online presence, are acceptable. One might see it as a move to protect local educational institutions from unfair competition, but it's far from that.
Knowledge is a prerequisite for national development, and denying students such opportunities by covert means is no less a crime than exploiting their already limiting ignorance. And academia is not a component of society that should be bogged down with unnecessary bureaucracy.

I've had much progress educating myself by following MOOCs and other opportunities available on the internet, and I think any tertiary institution willing to de-emphasize profit maximization for a few semesters, for the growth of their staffs' and students' quality of learning, can learn from the model. I won't say exactly how since there are many possibilities.

The new developments in education are shaking up the traditional premise of higher education within walled boundaries. Some tertiary institutions are responding defensively, while others are open to innovation. Thumbs up to ABU; I expect more from them and others.

Someone attempted trolling a few minutes ago. dhtml18, dem don ban u again?

dhtml18:
hahahahaha, very funny. Him go soon come and declare that the whole browserbox na scam, and he will start scouring the whole web to find out where i copied the code (as he does not actually believe that i can code in the first place).

na so pesin dey take get work for anoda man head? hehehehehe. maybe na just say u troll am too much, him come dey vex.

You observe well, larisoft!
Another undesired effect is that it has caused some developers to relegate ethics to a place quite lower than it should be. I was approached to setup a ponzi site, but I couldn't take it. I don't regret it anytime.

The proliferation of ponzi schemes demonstrate the general disregard for privacy and online security in Nigeria. The guys that approached me had no decent plan to circumvent possible tracking by law enforcement. They would use their emails, bank account / debit card numbers, registered phone numbers, ... to run the scam.

What might be the most destructive to entrepreneurship in Nigeria is the tendency to equate ponzi administration to internet entrepreneurship: they're orthogonal to each other, and we need to correct that impression in order to move Nigeria's tech community forward.
Again, great observations, larisoft.

dhtml18:
Thank you very much jare, i dey try small small. Small time someone like seunthomas will come and run his mouth. . . . . .

you and that guy get serious beef so? abeg let's celebrate phpbrowserbox jorr. Seunthomas come o... it's time for the toast.
To phpbrowserbox!!!

You'll really calm down after listening to Ed Sheeran's "Even My Dad Does Sometimes".
Then rethink your priorities: if your family is so hostile to you, they're probably not worth your time, for now. Consider that life is much about survival -- it's why we form social bonds to increase our chances of surviving when weak. But if they despise you for being still weak, find another way. It's easier said than done, but it's worth doing.
If you don't mind me asking, how was your upbringing? Was it a restrictive, strict routine around the home with the assumption that life happens fine after school?

uzoexcel:
Hi guys

For someone who is used to the ubuntu/kubuntu distro, is it easy to adapt to a job requiring deep knowledge of Red hat?how similar are the interfaces?

The userland and applications are quite similar. Things get different in configuration for certain things. You have to figure out where things go because the file system hierarchy is slightly different. But it won't take long to get it. I'd say, download CentOS, install it and learn it. It's very close to Redhat; it's RHEL without the license and brand endorsement.

Alake Terry just overdid it. Twice!
You just can't accept friend requests in peace again: someone will find a way to smear your wall with borked English.
This one pass Buhari style.
Oya Joavid com'an see o...
Thanks for acceptancing my requested for friends on Facebook.

You can solve the challenge on the linked website. But homeboys would like to see your solutions. It's a simple problem, so have fun finding pi! I'll turn my solution in tonight. If someone has a more difficult challenge, please post it and mention the hommies: it's getting boring around here


If I mention you unnecessarily (like the challenge being too easy for you), not bad: you still get my Pi Day greeting


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Asalimpo, lekropasky...

A Geeky Quickie for Code Slinger Types!

The Pi Day Challenge For The Most
Expressive Code In C++

Each year, the fourteenth of March is
marked by a very special event: Pi_Day Day!
It’s called this because in American
notation, the 14th of March is 3/14. And
during this day, the number Pi is
celebrated all over the world in various
ways. One notable way to celebrate it is
bringing a pie to work or to university.
Another way to celebrate Pi Day is to
write expressive code. Well actually you
could very well write expressive code for
other occasions like a birthday or for
Christmas, or every other day of the year
for that matter. But for celebrating Pi Day,
we will launch a challenge for the most
expressive code… about Pi!




The challenge

The goal of this challenge is to write an
expressive piece of code in C++, that
computes an approximation of Pi. The
method we will use is generating random
points within a square containing a circle:

The circle has a radius r, so its area is .
The square has a side equal to the
diameter of the circle, so . Therefore its
area is .
The probability of a point being within the
circle is the ratio of the circle area over
the square area, which is

pi(r)2 / 4r2 = pi / 4

And when a lot of points are generated, the
proportion of them that fall within the
circle converges towards this probability.
Therefore, the algorithm here to compute
Pi is to create a large amount of random
points, work out how many of them fell
into the circle, and deduce an estimate of
Pi. If you don’t want to waste time
searching how to generate random
numbers in C++, this example from cppsamples.com shows you how to do it.
To spice up the challenge, we will test this
method by making two parameters
vary: the radius and the number of points
generated. That is to say, you should try
out the method with different values for
the radius and for the number of points,
and see how close your estimate of Pi is.
The point is to find out which parameter
has more influence on the precision of
the estimation.
We’re not going to try all the possible
values of radius and number of points, as
it would produce too much data. Rather,
we will use powers of 10. So the goal here
is to make estimates of Pi with a radius of
10ⁿ and by generating 10^m points, with 0
<= n <= 9 and 0 <= m <= 7. The output
should show the distance between the
estimates and a reference value of Pi. The
smaller the distance, the more accurate
the estimate. A reference value you can
use for Pi is 3.14159265359.

That's enough information for the challenge. Here's the web page with the original content:

The Pi Day Challenge For The Most Expressive Code In C++

I'll just break the screen and go find the creature running the alien casino. It's a cruel ending...remembering all I'd have done differently if I knew 'twas all a game.

I've never used ionic but have you check the doc?

Ionic Cloud Docs | Push Notifications

Mikechinos:
can i send u pm

Sure, you can.

Joavid:
long time o. you disappeared. hope you're good?

I'm fine, you? I've been busy trying to pick up on studies lately. I hope I'll do significant work before the last quarter of the year.

Joavid:
bump!

where all this NL bloggers dey, abi op's English is too British?



cc: Craigston

I'm not into blogging now. Whenever I start, I might write an aggregator for bloggers in my niche, not a general one.
Long time Joavid.

Mikechinos:
am currently in anambra now bro

Then I can't give the personal touch, but everything I can do with you online you can also get elsewhere. The internet is open to you. Type in your first search query and there you go.

Mikechinos:
hello guyz pls who can tutor me on programming am still an undergraduate i just want to learn this skills to sustain my self while in school

If you're in PH, send me a pm. Let's get started.

Jregz:
Guys, I just moved to elementary os this afternoon..

Freaking lightweight and works. It's based on Ubuntu anyways.

Xubuntu feels lightweight too. I really need better power management and battery life.

DanielTheGeek, what's up with Friendosphere? It keeps returning this error:

Bad Request - Invalid Hostname

HTTP Error 400. The request hostname is invalid.

ww

purplekayc:
still not working
I keep imputing my login and password but does accept

Can we get descriptive error reports and screenshots?

asalimpo:
Maybe,If you had put the price(or range) in the title, some seriously motivated person wouldve learnt php in a day or two and executed it!!! - C'mon, we should start sharing in this outsourcing dollars flying around. Not only indians,chinese and philipinnos. I believe many intermediates here wouldve taken it up. Anyway, going by the nature, it mustve been a big project.

For $2000+, I could turn a PHP ninja overnight. Trust me, I should have accepted the offer first o.

Someone doesn't get the joke?

appcypher:
Something unpleasant happened.
There will be a delay.
But we will be back.

Ouch! What went wrong? I was already thinking of wining with some developer friends to celebrate the first programming language out of Africa. Keep us updated please...

purplekayc:
no it didn't
I noticed it started behaving like this after I used the software

Give root password for maintenance, unmount your root and home partitions. Then type in 'fsck /dev/sda1', 'fsck /dev/sda3', replacing sda1 and sda3 with the partition labels for your corresponding partitions. This process will attempt to correct filesystem errors. If you are prompted to accept an action, just enter 'y'.