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Quite an interesting piece to listen to. It recounted real-life stories about three individuals who were caught in the web of a fraudulent scheme known as Pig Butchering.

Pig Butchering Scam is a technique of swindling people. It demands a high level of patience and social engineering because if the crook isn't patient enough, he‘d get a little or nothing out of his victim.

This kind of scheme is similar to what happens in an animal farm. Using a poultry farm as an instance. A poultry farmer gets young chicks and nurtures them. When these chicks mature, he slaughters them and takes all the benefits.

Regarding this analogy, the crook is the farmer, and the victim is the chick. The crook introduces the victim to a genuine investment platform (it could be a cryptocurrency or any other platform that promises mouth-watering financial returns if you invest a certain amount) and uses it to gain the trust of the victim. He eventually uses this vulnerability to persuade the victim into investing heavily, sometimes a fortune or life savings, into another investment platform, but now a fraudulent one. After he had won these spoils, he cut communication with the victim, leaving him/her in a devastating state. I hope you were enlightened by these words. Stay vigilant! Have contentment!

Kobojunkie:
Again, there existed no laws or mandates suggesting what you claim at the time of Genesis 11.

Also, it's funny how you said building for self-glorification is frowned upon, yet you continued, in your previous post, to suggest building for self-glorification is allowed after pretending to have received permission from this god of yours. Religion is really...ehn!

I only articulated my opinion based on what I read. Many who have read it also had their own perception of the story. I would have doubted the validity of the story if it had been written like this: “so that God will be praised.” But on the contrary, they were building it to make a name for themselves. Imagine a mere mortal dragging food with God. Psalm 50:23, Heb 13v15,….

Kobojunkie:
This is why I hate religion so much! Below is what the people actually said.
The people were built to remain unified and, yes, obtain fame for themselves. They never required permission to build before that point in time, even if from a God who never required that they obtain consent from him before building homes or structures.

2. I truly hate the way you religious lot, particularly in Africa, Nigeria included, go on pretending everything is about your petty, selfish lives.

I may sound illogical or too religious, but doing anything for self-exultation is one of the things God detests most. Prov. 27 v 2, John 7v18, Prov. 16v5,Phil 2v3-4, Matt 23v13.

Amotolongbo:
Please can you tell me the moral it exudes?

Whatever you want to do or build, be it a business, family, or career, make God the center of it so that you won't get frustrated & confused at some point.

Amotolongbo:
This one come still spoil matter 😝
How does these even relate to the Tower of Babel myth?

It does in all ramifications.

Amotolongbo:
The question they should be asking now is why is the same God now inactive watching SpaceX, NASA ET al launching satellites and rockets into spaces?
Abi the programming languages of the scientists are more advanced than what the same God could scatter?

Stop looking at the literal meaning of the story, but instead the moral it exudes.

Dtruthspeaker:
Are men today not more intellectually advanced than they are, yet, has God done anything about it?

Clearly, you don't get it.

The Bible stated that to be pride of life. I don't know if they were building to reach God. Regardless if they did, but without God’s consent, their actions may still be seen as foolish. Imagine going the University without any sponsors (family, uncles, aunties, etc). That is similar to going to work without tools. You will end up being frustrated and bewildered.

budaatum:
Yet, can those stories be used for mind exercise and development.

The op, for instance, believes some God was involved because that's what they told him to believe. If he became as a child and abandoned his believe and looked at it with fresh eyes, he might ask why a God would not like its people to develop, and then wonder if it weren't humans who did what they told him God did and learn how to mitigate against human dabaruness.

Unfortunately, the believe is, God done it. Because that's what some read in their book.

P.s. I am delighted you ask, logicDcoder, because decoding it will grow you.

My assumptions may be wrong(not biblical) because I ponded on this fact.

Amotolongbo:
Still wondering why my African people haven’t realised that this kinda story is just nothing but myth just like other Nigerian indigenous stories of Oduduwa falling from heaven or Amadioha.

Where is heaven to start with? Is it the outer space outside the planet earth?
Hope people can realise that the concept of heaven arose from the misconception that the earth is flat and that it has a surface above it called heaven concealed by the sky. This misconception came from the limited knowledge by those middle age of the space.

What technology do they have in the BCs that could build structures as high as Burj Khalifa?
The same God that could diverse the tongues of those building the house to reach heaven, why has he suddenly gone mute and inactive seeing SpaceX, NASA et al launching rockets into the space and exploring other planets which is worse than building to reach “heaven”?

The Bible never claimed that they were building to meet God, but rather to make a name for themselves. To unquestionably state, they were building without God’s consent. This is normally what we see in our everyday lives as Christians, where people who claim to be Christians are building (career, marriage, academics, family etc) without making God their sole partner. Initially the journey of life as a Christian has always be a partnership business. It has always been you and God or I and God. However, if you deliberately decide to do that without God’s consent- as Adam and Eve or the people of Babel did - God won't only incite confusion, but Also, He will unseat you from the place of comfort you once enjoyed when he was with you, until you reconnect with him.

We all know the story of the Tower of Babel. (Gen. 11:1-9) As kids, we believed it. However, scientific facts debunked the claim that men were building the tower so that they’ll make name for themselves (many take this to be pride) or meet God. Possibly, they may have the latter in mind, also.
Here’s my take on it:
God disrupted the entire construction of the city of Babel because he saw how intellectually advanced men were becoming and how United they were. Just imagine, if he had allowed them to go on, man could’ve created life by now. We would have flying homes, etc, and this could’ve been catastrophic. God had seen how cataclysmic this could be and had to stir up the confusion to slow the rate with which men were becoming intellectually advanced.

I have seen people who are anxious to witness the fulfillment of God’s prophecies given to them. I, too, was once a victim of this shortsightedness—until I asked myself, “What would I have done if I were in Abraham’s shoes?”

Let’s examine Abraham’s walk with God. Remember God’s promises to Abraham in Genesis 12:2: “I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.” Although Abraham did not live to see these promises fulfilled, they were passed down to his descendants until their manifestation became clear.

In Genesis 26:3, God told Isaac, Abraham’s son: “I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.”

Later, in Genesis 28:14, God told Jacob, Isaac’s son: “Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.”

And again, in Genesis 48:4, Jacob recounted to Joseph what God had told him on the way to Egypt: “He said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful and multiply your descendants, and I will give this land to your offspring after you as an everlasting possession.’”

God continued to reaffirm these promises to Abraham’s faithful descendants until they eventually came to pass.

Why this extended exposition? To correct our perception of God’s promises—or simply put, the prophecies of God over our lives. Sometimes the promises God gives you are not meant for you personally, but rather for your children, grandchildren, or distant descendants. We should learn not to worry if we do not witness their fulfillment in our lifetime. That the promises did not materialize during our days does not disprove their truth. We must learn to trust God as Abraham did. And just because he did not live to see the promises realized does not mean they failed to come to pass. His descendants witnessed—and can fervently attest to—their fulfillment.

Do you know that the account of creation somewhat explains the transformation of a man who hasn’t received Christ? Before I begin this exposition, let’s look at the book of Genesis, chapter 1, verses 1 and 2: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness. And the Spirit of God was hovering over its surface.” This Bible passage clearly shows us the very nature of a man who hasn’t received Christ: Empty, Formless, and Dark. Let’s look at the individual dictionary meaning of each of these words.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

1. Empty means containing nothing or lacking reality, substance, meaning, or value. Let’s look at this analogy: We all know that jerrycans are mainly used to store liquids, right? We have those in our respective homes. For a jerrycan to be deemed useful, it must have some liquid in it. Otherwise, it’ll be regarded as useless. The main intention for getting a jerrycan is to serve the purpose of storage. If it isn’t serving that purpose, then it’s useless. That’s what the life of a man is like. If you aren’t serving the purpose for why God created you, then your existence is meaningless. You can only find your purpose in Christ.

2. Formless means having no regular form or shape, lacking order and arrangement, or having no physical existence. The main identity of a man is hidden in Christ. That is to say that in the absence of Christ, the identity of a man is not his true identity. Emphasis on the word regular. In the absence of Christ, you have an identity; however, that’s not your true identity. You possess a foreign identity—the identity of a nomad. A nomad doesn’t have a base or a permanent place. He roams from place to place. He lives in chaos. The life of a nomad lacks organization. That’s what life is like when you haven’t received Christ.

3. Dark means devoid or partially devoid of light. According to John 8:12, Jesus said to the people, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." Also, according to John 9:5, “But while I am still here in the world, I am the light of the world." This simply tells us that in the absence of Christ, you lack the light to steer in the right direction. In order to find your purpose in life, you need the right direction. And one need associated with steering to the right path is the need for visibility. Can you see in darkness? No. To better understand this, have you ever travelled at night without having functional headlamps? No. This clearly shows the indispensability of light. Therefore, to be able to steer toward the right path in life, you need light. And that light is Christ. And that light leads to life.

Let’s further look at the book of Genesis, verses 3–4: “Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. And God saw that it was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.” As we have already seen, the life of a man who hasn’t received Christ can be characterized by the following: Empty, Formless, and Dark. When such a man receives Christ, that man receives the word of God, which has the capacity to create life. Also, let’s look at John 1:1–5: “In the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and he was God. He was in the beginning with God. He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn't make. Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” Some translations mention that the Word is Christ. With this, we establish that the presence of Christ in the life of a man makes that man a new creation. In the subsequent verses, you’ll notice that God continued to give the earth light, shape, and contents with His words until He rested on the seventh day. That is to say, when you receive Christ, and religiously read and take heed of the word of God, His presence in you will transform your life as He transformed the world during creation. Similarly, when you receive Christ, the creative power that is associated with Him will start functioning in you—giving you clarity, the right identity, and the capacity to rule in life.

So, if you read this and feel like you haven’t received Christ, and you have been yearning to experience what it means to be a new creation in Christ, then pray with me.

1. Heavenly God the Father, thank you for breathing life into me. I thank you for making the gift of salvation freely available to those who believe. I thank you for the privilege of letting me know who you are. I also thank you for the heavenly privileges I enjoyed as an unbeliever. I’m forever grateful!

2. Lord, I humble myself in your presence, and I recognize and acknowledge the fact that I’m a sinner. Lord, I earnestly ask for your mercy. Let your mercy envelop me. Let it make me perfect in thy sight. Cleanse me with the perfect blood of thy son so that I will be thoroughly clean and blameless in thy sight, and also in the sight of men. Amen.

3. Lord, I believe and confess that Jesus is my Lord and personal Savior. I believe that He was the only begotten Son of God sent to die for me. Lord, come into my life and take preeminence. Disassociate me from whatever would link me to sin. Give me the grace to live right in thy sight. In Jesus’ name, Amen!

If you prayed this prayer from your heart, congratulations! You have been admitted into God’s family! To continue replenishing this covenant of salvation with God, I would urge you to read the word of God, the Bible, religiously.

Welcome to 2026!

Mods I can view the last two articles I posted.

Episode 3️⃣
In the previous episode, I enumerated and briefly described the tools used for the application's development. In this episode, I’ll summarize the work done on the application so far. Having completed the preliminary pages, I went further to configure the go_router package for the application. This package seamlessly solved the navigation problem of the application. This configuration involves laying out the routes the way they should be navigated to, and also setting the appropriate navigation path for each of the preliminary, user, and administrator view screens/pages.

Also, using the StatefulShellRoute class provided by the Go Router package, I was able to build the entire userview. This particular class enabled me to persist the bottom navigation bar as we navigate the user-view main screens/pages. This is how it works: it creates a user interface (UI) shell around the navigation bar. The shell resembles a cutout space on a social media selfie card or an Instagram frame photo prop, while the navigation bar serves as the frame for the photo prop or selfie card. For instance, in the photo prop, anybody can place their face on the cutout space to take a picture. Likely, in the StatefulShellRoute, any page you navigate to can take up the shell, with the bottom navigation bar persisting on the screen.

Below is the snapshot of the userview with the bottom navigation bar, admin/kitchen view with a drawer, and the entire route map for the application:

Episode 2️⃣
In the previous episode, I wrote about the events that triggered the idea for this application, as well as what to expect as we begin crafting the application (UI layouts and Pages). In this episode, I’ll enumerate the tools that I'm currently using for the development of this application.

Hardware Gigs
Laptop: HP ZBook (No Discrete Graphics Card)

Software
Integrated Development Environment (IDE): Android Studio and Visual Studio Code.
Programming language: Dart
Framework: Flutter

If you're a Flutter developer, you must've heard of the term “packages.” Packages are off-the-shelf and reusable Flutter programs written in Dart to streamline and shorten the development process and time, respectively.

For the UI, I’ll be making use of the following packages:

ScreenUtil: Provides extension methods that facilitate the responsiveness and adaptability of the application.

Go Router: Exposes classes used to implement navigation and deeplinking. It heavily promotes SRP and SOC.

Stylish Bottom Navigation Bar: It's used to replace the traditional plain material 3 bottom navigation bar.

Badges: For displaying notification count.

Pin Code Fields: This package facilitates the input of OTPs for password reset.

Animated Text Kit: For creating catchy animated texts.

With these packages, I created and implemented the following preliminary pages for the applications:
• Splash screen
• Intro screen
• Login screen
• Sign-up screen.

Others include screens associated with password reset should a user forget their password. Below are the screenshots of these screens:

Administrator View
Using a drawer in place of a bottom navigation bar, this view will have the following pages: home, reviews, analytics, and profile. This view will only be visible to the administrator.

Home Screen
It’ll have a similar layout to the user view’s home screen except that it won’t’ve a bottom navigation bar. The drawer will be triggered by an icon that will be positioned at the top left side of the screen. The home screen will also have an expandable floating action button that’ll expose two button nodes for creating a meal ticket and for triggering a QR code scanner.

Reviews
The review page will consist of the reviews made by users about the quality of the food.

Analytics
This page will consist of data visualization constructs that'll enable the administrator to monitor the users’ behaviors. It will also contain information about the scanned users.

Profile
Similar to the user’s profile page with a minor tweak to distinguish it from the first version.

These outline the entire visual elements of the application. I'm not going to expose all the features of the application now. It'll be revealed gradually as we build and document. Additionally, I'll attach the outcome of the design made by the Gen-AI to the article. If you've any suggestions on how to improve the application’s UI or its overall functionality or you're a UI/UX designer and want to redesign the application, I’m open to accepting them. If I assess it and it makes sense then I’ll consider integrating it during development.
In the next section, I’ll show you the tools I'm going to use to build the application. But, bye for now.
Below is the AI-generated UI/UX design of the application’s administrator view.

The application will consist of what I refer to as two views.
1. User View
2. Administrator View
A view is like a screen exposed to the users of the application. I'll still write about these views in one of the subsequent paragraphs, but let's discuss the pages that’ll be mutual between the two users.

Splash Screen
The first screen that gets displayed when the application is executed. According to my design, I’m going to have an animated logo, the name of the application wrapped in an animated text widget, and then a spinner to show the loading state of the application. They'll all be in a column.

Login Screen
The pre-pitch login screen will’ve email and password text form fields, an elevated button to trigger the login, and interactive texts for resetting your password and also for creating a new account. It'll be fine-tuned further according to the specifications of any company that adopts it.

Signup Screen
This screen will’ve a series of text form fields, radio buttons, dropdown buttons, and an elevated button to trigger the signup event. It'll also be fine-tuned to the specifications of any company that later adopts it.

User Views
These views will only be accessible by the user and will be navigated to using a bottom navigation bar. The user views will consist of four screens, namely: home, food calendar, notifications, and profile. Let’s look at each of them.

Home screen
The home screen will be built using a custom scroll view. This will give us the flexibility to control how the screen scrolls, and it will also allow us to leverage the aesthetic properties of the silver appbar and its corresponding components. The expandable appbar will contain the key details of the user with a salutation and other relevant information. The main page screen will be empty when a user hasn't subscribed to any meal ticket. However, when a user subscribes to a meal ticket, the main screen will be populated with a card or cards having the ticket details. Clicking on the card will take you to a page with the detailed information about the ticket with the corresponding QR code, and other information relevant to the user.

Food Calendar
The food calendar page will consist of an interactive calendar that the user can use to query the history of the meal tickets subscribed to and their corresponding status (scanned or not scanned). Clicking on any valid date will retrieve the history of meal tickets the user subscribed to that day.

Notification Page
This will contain notifications about the meal tickets published by the administrators.

Profile Page
This page will have the profile details of the user and buttons and switches that will be used to change the visual aspect of the applications.

logicDcoder:
Good afternoon, everyone. If you’ve read my last article here, you would notice that I mentioned that I’m a developer in training. If you haven’t, click on this url to digest it:

https://www.nairaland.com/8490157/tutorial-triumph-journey-productive-learning#136335153

This isn't a continuation of the post, but another testament to how effective the topic I wrote about is. In addition, I would like to share my experience in building my second mobile application. This will be in episodes. So buckle up…

Episode 1️⃣
I've forgotten the exact day this happened and how long it lasted. I was referring to the event that birthed the idea of developing this application. Interestingly, while dumb scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I stumbled on a post having an image of a ticked meal ticket. Immediately, I had a conception of making an application that would replace the traditional paper meal ticket. However, the idea was in fragments. I was still a novice developer then, and neither did I’ve a complete concept of how the application was going to work. As a result, I had to ditch it.

Fast forward to last week, I was in a similar situation - dumb scrolling through my newsfeed - and that jogged my memory to recall making the application a reality. With renewed enthusiasm, while making initial preparations on how to develop the application, I had to seek help from different Gen-AI platforms to help me plan the design and development of the application. To my surprise, I’ll attest to how advanced these Gen-AI models have become. For instance, Google has a new AI product that helps developers generate the UI/UX of applications using prompts(Stitch by Google). Specifically, It helped in completing the UI/UX design and schema of the application. What impressed me was, how fast it was because I wanted the application’s UI to be minimalistic. And it was able to achieve that within a split second. Moving forward, the next section outlines the structure of the application.
The AI-generated UI/UX:

Good afternoon, everyone. If you’ve read my last article here, you would notice that I mentioned that I’m a developer in training. If you haven’t, click on this url to digest it:

https://www.nairaland.com/8490157/tutorial-triumph-journey-productive-learning#136335153

This isn't a continuation of the post, but another testament to how effective the topic I wrote about is. In addition, I would like to share my experience in building my second mobile application. This will be in episodes. So buckle up, let’s make this project a reality!

To begin with, I've come across a series of articles online that encouraged developers to build in public - either you make an audio-visual content doing it or you write about it. However, I must admit that I've some reservations about this approach. Honestly, I'm subjecting myself to a difficult situation because I might not materialize the ideation of this application as time goes forth. What if I give up on the long run? I mulled. Nevertheless, I again read an article that encouraged me to favor actions over thought.

Moreover, before I started composing this, I muttered repeatedly, “actions first, then I’ll fix the repercussions later, should any come up.” Consequently, this birthed the courage to begin this series. Although I'm not yet an expert, I believe that through thoughts, practice, and mastery, I’ll ensure that the development of this application will be materialized.

Furthermore, reflecting on the approaches mentioned above, with which developers can use to document their experiences, I had a preference for the latter because of the flexibility and how resource-undemanding it is. In fact, with that approach, I don't need a high-end PC and lots of technicalities to document my experiences, and neither do I need to inconvenience my mobility to get it done. Therefore, I can easily document any adventure anywhere I go.

I've wanted to write about this topic for a very long time. But, I don't’ve sufficient experience to know if it‘s effective. Although many creators have made content on it, I can't attest to its efficacy. Eventually, in March, I decided to give it a try.

At this moment, I can easily speculate that you're already wondering and contemplating about what the subject is. If you're someone who has a keen interest in his/her self-development, I strongly believe that you must’ve come across contents that speak and enlighten people on how to escape this popular syndrome “tutorial loop or trap,” by engaging more in “Project-Based learning.”

What is a tutorial loop?
It’s a situation where someone gets stuck watching tutorials or guides instead of practicing or working on a project.

Several factors can contribute to this. To mention but a few, it’d be that the person:
1. is feeling overwhelmed by the information,
2. is seeking for perfection,
3. lacks clear goals and direction.

To be sincere, I’ve been in this situation. Before I broke free from this, I often felt overwhelmed by the information I had accumulated, especially when it was time to put it into practice. It often feel like I’m not yet ready to build something, even when I have meticulously and religiously gone through a tutorial. It sucks because it usually makes you seem dumb. That situation when you tell your friends you're a web developer, and you have been into it for one year, but you don't have any project to exhibit other than projects you built off someone else's guide.

How did I break free from this syndrome?
I had to engage in learning technique popularly known as project-based learning.
Project-based learning technique is of two kinds.

1. The first one refers to when you build alongside a tutor. This involves a tutor initiating a project, building it, and then building with him. Quite excellent for an absolute beginner, nevertheless, it has one downside. If you aren't attentive enough, you’ll end up in a tutorial loop - building projects off someone else's guide without having the ability to independently work on yours. On the other hand, if you religiously and attentively engage in it, within a few months, you’ll cultivate the confidence to start working on your own independently.

2. Whereas the second one refers to when you initiate a project yourself and then actualize or materialize it. It is a technique I often refer to the guerrilla style of learning. This is usually the best approach, especially when you must've engaged in the first one because it facilitates the reinforcement of the knowledge you attained from watching tutorials. It also fosters independent learning, coercing an individual to be comfortable with the learning, understanding, mastery, and implementation of new concepts in the absence of a third party.

What lead to all these 👆👇
As a developer in training, I’d to seriously engage in the second interpretation of this technique. There’re numerous occasions this technique has significantly and positively impacted my learning. One of the experiences I’d that undoubtedly indicated the effectiveness of this technique - it inspired this write-up - was the day I wanted to use a third-party package I’d never used before in a software I’s working on. This package streamlines the processes involved in making a network request in Flutter. From the documentation, setting up this package involves a lot of intricate steps, in which a slight mistake may cause the entire thing not to work. Because I'm already accustomed to the technique, I’s able to configure the package.

This taught me a great lesson. You learn by doing, but you learn greatly by doing it alone(requires a significant amount of courage). When you build your projects unassisted, not only does it help build courage, but also it helps you to learn how to conduct surveys and studies to get the necessary information needed to get the work done.

This's enlightening. A female neurosurgeon clarified the four different things that help humans retain information. The information could be from a publication you read, a podcast you saw or listened to, or an image of a place you visited.

The word ‘hippocampus’ was repeatedly used in the podcast. According to Merriam-Webster, the term simply means a curved elongated ridge that extends over the floor of the descending horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain, that consists of gray matter covered on the ventricular surface with white matter, and that’s involved in forming, storing, and processing memory. It’s simply the part of your brain that helps you retain information. It can be described as an organic memory card that resides in your brain.

According to her, four key things help us retain information.

1. Repetition: This isn't new, especially if you’re a student. It’s simply doing the same thing over and over again until it sticks. For instance, students with low memorization capacity, often tend to read a book several times to get the best out of it. While this is effective, you must compensate for the energy and time required to retain the desired volume of information you want to consume.

2. Association: Although non-obvious, it's a technique we use every day. Our brain, by default, uses this technique to retain information. Have you seen a handwritten note, and instantly you can tell who wrote it? Have you heard a voicemail, and immediately you can tell who recorded it? Through associativity, the hippocampus maps one thing to another, facilitating recollection of facts precisely either by sight, touch, or through sound.

3. Novelty: Have you ever had a eureka moment when you're reading a book, conducting research, or working on a problem? The information gained at that instant is through what she referred to as novelty. You hardly forget such information or knowledge. Likewise, imagine being invited to one of the FAANG companies for an expedition. Such an occasion is always a memorable one.

4. Emotional Resonance: Emotional resonance is the ability for an experience, story, or piece of art to evoke deep emotional responses in an individual. According to her, emotionally resonant experiences are better remembered due to the brain’s tendency to prioritize emotional events. These experiences could either be positive or negative. To understand this better, you're a single lady. You're in your late thirties and have unexpectedly gotten engaged. You've been longing to get married, and unexpectedly it happened. In addition to that, it happened with the man of your fantasies. Also, have you ever lost someone you loved so dear that it stirred you emotionally? Such memories are barely forgotten in a lifetime.

I hope you found this enlightening!

I've wanted to write about this topic for a very long time. But, I don't’ve sufficient experience to know if it‘s effective. Although many creators have made content on it, I can't attest to its efficacy. Eventually, in March, I decided to give it a try.

At this moment, I can easily speculate that you're already wondering and contemplating about what the subject is. If you're someone who has a keen interest in his/her self-development, I strongly believe that you must’ve come across contents that speak and enlighten people on how to escape this popular syndrome “tutorial loop or trap,” by engaging more in “Project-Based learning.”

What is a tutorial loop?
It’s a situation where someone gets stuck watching tutorials or guides instead of practicing or working on a project.

Several factors can contribute to this. To mention but a few, it’d be that the person:
1. is feeling overwhelmed by the information,
2. is seeking for perfection,
3. lacks clear goals and direction.

To be sincere, I’ve been in this situation. Before I broke free from this, I often felt overwhelmed by the information I had accumulated, especially when it was time to put it into practice. It often feel like I’m not yet ready to build something, even when I have meticulously and religiously gone through a tutorial. It sucks because it usually makes you seem dumb. That situation when you tell your friends you're a web developer, and you have been into it for one year, but you don't have any project to exhibit other than projects you built off someone else's guide.

How did I break free from this syndrome?
I had to engage in learning technique popularly known as project-based learning.
Project-based learning technique is of two kinds.

1. The first one refers to when you build alongside a tutor. This involves a tutor initiating a project, building it, and then building with him. Quite excellent for an absolute beginner, nevertheless, it has one downside. If you aren't attentive enough, you’ll end up in a tutorial loop - building projects off someone else's guide without having the ability to independently work on yours. On the other hand, if you religiously and attentively engage in it, within a few months, you’ll cultivate the confidence to start working on your own independently.

2. Whereas the second one refers to when you initiate a project yourself and then actualize or materialize it. It is a technique I often refer to the guerrilla style of learning. This is usually the best approach, especially when you must've engaged in the first one because it facilitates the reinforcement of the knowledge you attained from watching tutorials. It also fosters independent learning, coercing an individual to be comfortable with the learning, understanding, mastery, and implementation of new concepts in the absence of a third party.

What lead to all these 👆👇
As a developer in training, I’d to seriously engage in the second interpretation of this technique. There’re numerous occasions this technique has significantly and positively impacted my learning. One of the experiences I’d that undoubtedly indicated the effectiveness of this technique - it inspired this write-up - was the day I wanted to use a third-party package I’d never used before in a software I’s working on. This package streamlines the processes involved in making a network request in Flutter. From the documentation, setting up this package involves a lot of intricate steps, in which a slight mistake may cause the entire thing not to work. Because I'm already accustomed to the technique, I’s able to configure the package.

This taught me a great lesson. You learn by doing, but you learn greatly by doing it alone(requires a significant amount of courage). When you build your projects unassisted, not only does it help build courage, but also it helps you to learn how to conduct surveys and studies to get the necessary information needed to get the work done.

Quite an interesting piece to listen to. It recounted real-life stories about three individuals who were caught in the web of a fraudulent scheme known as Pig Butchering.

Pig Butchering Scam is a technique of swindling people. It demands a high level of patience and social engineering because if the crook isn't patient enough, he‘d get a little or nothing out of his victim.

This kind of scheme is similar to what happens in an animal farm. Using a poultry farm as an instance. A poultry farmer gets young chicks and nurtures them. When these chicks mature, he slaughters them and takes all the benefits.

Regarding this analogy, the crook is the farmer, and the victim is the chick. The crook introduces the victim to a genuine investment platform (it could be a cryptocurrency or any other platform that promises mouth-watering financial returns if you invest a certain amount) and uses it to gain the trust of the victim. He eventually uses this vulnerability to persuade the victim into investing heavily, sometimes a fortune or life savings, into another investment platform, but now a fraudulent one. After he had won these spoils, he cut communication with the victim, leaving him/her in a devastating state. I hope you were enlightened by these words. Stay vigilant! Have contentment!

Listen via Apple Podcast: [url] https://podcasts.apple.com/ng/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist/id1785226676[/url]

Kobojunkie:
1. You didn't comprehend the definition you have of the word Unipolar in your OP?

2. You are not making any sense still.

If you have clear instructions as to what not to do and what to do,what other information is required for one to obey the simple instructions given?

If given the basic instructions, Never use a straw to draw water from the tap." Are you telling me that you are incapable of obeying this simple instructions without additional information ?

The word “unipolar” is contextual. I was referring to the duo Good and Evil, which, by convention, are known to have a positive and negative polarity, respectively. Unipolar (uni -> one) means that they possess only one of the duo, which in this case is the good with a positive polarity. On the contrary, we have bipolar meaning that they possess the duo, since bi means two.

In regards to their non-compliance with God’s command, I would sincerely opine that God didn't see that coming. Even if he did, then it must have been his will for man to fall after creation. Another intriguing thing to ponder is, when they were in Eden, were they living out of their free will or the will within God's jurisdiction? If truly they were living according to God’s will, I believe that their disobedience to God’s instruction was preordained.

Kobojunkie:
1. Yes! That much is clear! 🤔

2. That is the ridiculous assumption you made at the beginning which I pointed out has no bearing whatsoever in what is in fact recorded in the book. 🤔

3. Nonsense, since the book instead states they were given clear instructions on what not to do and the repercussions to follow if they were to disobey.

2. I could barely recall if I made any superficial assumption that is worthy of being called “ridiculous.” I only inferred that before they disobeyed God and ate from the tree, they did not know evil.


3. Yes, the book clearly states all the instructions, but remember, they were without the knowledge of evil. If someone doesn't know what an evil act is, I believe that the person could easily be tricked into doing it. Moreover, I believe also that they lacked something, present in the tree, that made them gullible to be tricked by a reptile.

Kobojunkie:
Yes, that is what I said. He gave Adam a commandment detailing the good and evil that he, Adam, could do. So?

He simply told them not to eat from the tree. I believe that they don't know what disobedience was? They only know of the repercussions as God spoke.

Kobojunkie:
Probably !

In chapter 2 of the book, God is written to have given some knowledge of Good and Evil by way of His commandments to Adam. In Chapter 3, Adam and Eve were later condemned for doing the very evil which God warned them not to indicating that Adam(and probably Eve too) had knowledge of Good and Evil all along.

According to Genesis 2, after God created Adam, he put him in the Garden. He only gave him one commandment as it was written below.

Kobojunkie:
Probably !

In chapter 2 of the book, God is written to have given some knowledge of Good and Evil by way of His commandments to Adam. In Chapter 3, Adam and Eve were later condemned for doing the very evil which God warned them not to indicating that Adam(and probably Eve too) had knowledge of Good and Evil all along.

Then, you were wrong.

Kobojunkie:
This claim is false since the book does not in fact claim that Adam and Eve had no knowledge of Good and Evil. Rather, what the book claims they did not have was access to the knowledge of Good and Evil in the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil.

Oh…. Now I understand, that the tree itself is a compendium of knowledge of good and evil. This means that before the act, the knowledge of good and evil is in existence, but the tree of knowledge of good and evil has a unique set of the duo.