homework

in a rare moment of inspiration that occurs about as frequently as three-digit covid cases increases in singapore (i.e. used to be more common in the past, now not quite), i decided to maximise my stay-home experience by working my python skillz.

you can check it out the last exercise i completed here:

they sure know how to motivate their students

for the uninitiated into the world of computing, you might be a little fazed by all the colours and 'geeky' commands. however upon looking closely, practically ANYONE with a basic understanding of logic could get this. as it turns out, both "patriots" and "rams" were accepted answers. yes - i had to find out if there was a trick to this, but no, there isn't.

now am i wrong to say that as an adult, our homework is getting so much easier? (btw this is a python intermediate course, don't mess.)

i'd never have imagined anything as easy as this during the good old asknlearn days of iLearning at ri. obviously while now i look back with fondness of the "good ol days", i am sure back then i wasn't all that happy doing iLearning even alt-tabbing to neopets and runescape.

homework was hard. and i bet it still is for the ri boys today.

then i think i get the answer. it's hard until you pay money for it.

one might argue that schoolgoing children also pay school fees, but that is nothing compared to the course fees of an external course run by a company. and i guess, nobody likes to pay good money to be frustrated by difficult exercises and then feel like shit.

unfortunately, i'm paying good money for le python course and feeling like i just had my intelligence insulted... therefore feeling like shit.

but then, this course was paid for by my university. so i should feel better about that.

but then again, i paid for my course at university. so i am by extension, indirectly contributing to the cause that makes me feel like shit.

and in a very roundabout way, while we can talk about how spending money can make our lives better; inevitably it may still backfire like it did on me.

i decided to close the exercise and see what else was on offer for me.

 

apparently there's a lot of (quasi-free) stuff here

i can't comment on anything much except for the "practise while you're commuting" bit. it was then i resolved to be 100% committed to doing my python exercises on the go on every single commute i make during lockdown. that will be my lockdown goal and i expect to have infinite success at it.

(p.s. if you didn't get it 0/0 = infinity)

so thinking about how i've been only spending money to my own disapproval, it was inevitable that i had to make amends.

 

4 euro apple crumble

despite this being an overpriced apple crumble and may quite literally leave a sour taste in the mouth, at the very least i know it won't insult my intelligence.