thirstythong

“But the most significant derivation from the meaning of as ‘water’ is the concept of people who have gathered near a body of water to grow rice for one another, and founding a stable community, sharing rain and drought, plenty and famine, peace and war: from ‘water,’ its basic meaning, has come to designate ‘the homeland, the country, the nation.’ It is in this ultimate exception that the monosyllable nuoc reverberates throught the deepest and farthest recesses of the Vietnamese collective unconscious and stirs there the most potent feelings. The nation’s fateful course, marked by ups and downs, is figuratively rendered as a ‘tide of water’ (van nuoc) with its ebb and flow. The highest virtue demanded of a Vietnamese is that he or she ‘love the nuoc‘ (yeu nuoc).” –Huynh Sanh Thong (no relation)

Websites to Learn Python

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My current goals are to learn about programming through Python, become more proficient in digital illustration and ultimately, dive into iOS development.


The reason I want to start learning Python is because, for folks with no coding experience, it’s pervasively known as the friendliest language to dive into. I started viewing the podcast Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, in which the instructor states that Python will be the language used in the course. To delve into Python, I found these seemingly user-friendly approaches.
I have signed up for the P2PU and am awaiting confirmation from the organizer. I am choosing this over the Google Code University, for now, because knowing that another person is there awaiting on the completion of your tasks, is a motivator. I also can’t agree more with P2PU’s mission statement. All this interest in programming, digital illustration, was inspired by my interest in the iOS platform which arose from my countless hours on the iPhone and iPad. I could jump into tools/languages more specific to iOS development (ex. Objective C, X Code) as that is my most tangible goal, but this curiosity has led me to get into the foundation of Computer Science and Programming, and Python seems to be the best way to learn about that.
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