The Nth Monitor

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Dan Pantry

I'm really bad with names, so I can't suggest one.

Quill

4:26 PM

does anyone remember that term for when you think you've invented something but you're subconsciously using a stolen idea

Gustavo6046

hypocriticism?

Dan Pantry

I dont' want you to use that term because I just realised it comes from a racist newspaper lol

Quill

Cryptomnesia

Cryptomnesia occurs when a forgotten memory returns without it being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original. It is a memory bias whereby a person may falsely recall generating a thought, an idea, a song, or a joke, not deliberately engaging in plagiarism but rather experiencing a memory as if it were a new inspiration. == Early use == The first documented instance of cryptomnesia occurred in 1874 with the medium Stainton Moses. The word was first used by the psychiatrist Théodore Flournoy, in reference to the case of medium Hélène Smith (Catherine-Élise...

Dan Pantry

@Quill So it's like the opposite of de ja vu?

Mat's Mug

I don't get the "crypto" prefix there

Quill

4:29 PM

perhaps @DanPantry

@Mat'sMug Like to mean hidden

Dan Pantry

@Quill Apparently, that's not a real word and is pseudo-science. Check the talk page.

Quill

from Greek κρυπτός kryptós, "hidden, secret";

not in english at least

Dan Pantry

@Quill That's cryptography.

It doesn't make sense in the word Cryptomnesia at all.

(This might be better suited to ELL)

Quill

@DanPantry that's the definition of the root phrase crypto

Phrancis

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Dan Pantry

4:32 PM

Sticking the word 'crypto' in front of a word doesn't mean that it makes sense to use 'crypto' in that word

I'm calling bullshit on cryptomnesia being a thing, tbh

there's no references or citations to it on the wiki page

nor is there even etymology on it

Quill

there's not particularly

Dan Pantry

There is probably a word for the phenomenom you described, just not cryptomnesia

Go ask on the english alnguage SE, i'd be interested to hear their response

Quill

meh

it'll probably be closed

Dan Pantry

Though if they reply with "it's cryptomnesia"...

Jon Stewart getting upset

Quill

I'm too tired to construct a decent question

I'll get around to it tomorrow

I had even intended to actually code something tonight... ;-;

Dan Pantry

4:39 PM

Man I'm so fucking tired as well

I woke up at midnight this morning

Quill

I got to bed at 2am last night and woke up at 6am and now it's 2am again

Dan Pantry

lol

you need to go to bed earlier youngun

:p

Quill

the worst is when you do like 8pm to 6am comp sessions

it's probably easier for MOBAs like LOL but for FPS games it's a bit harder

Dan Pantry

what do you mean?

Quill

well, I don't know exactly, I feel like MOBA reaction time is slower

Dan Pantry

4:44 PM

not really

at highest levels of play reaction time is literally at the human limits

Quill

Yeah, but whether it's constantly necessary is another thing entirely

Dan Pantry

there was a play a pro player named WildTurtle made a while ago where he flashed away from a Malphite ultimate

he had about 200ms to react

Quill

CS:GO pro players get that

Dan Pantry

@Quill youtube.com/watch?v=5MZRavHWYcE

Quill

csgo pro player: kennyS

Dan Pantry

4:51 PM

I'm @ work atm, so YT is blocked

BWT with the reaction speed I linked

WildTurtle was literally 1px away from being hit by the Malphite ultimate

if he had flashed any later, he ded

Dan Pantry

5:17 PM

Lol @quill

Quill

he actually managed to get worse and he lost the 'legend' status people tagged him with

Gustavo6046

5:50 PM

is this IRC?

just asking

Gustavo6046

6:12 PM

my problem is that I have that Asperger syndrome and I don't know how to behave in group

Hosch250

@Gustavo6046 I think a lot of us have that.

Gustavo6046

somewhat similiar to that film called "Adam", I guess

Hosch250

There is a reason we hate being around people in person.

Zak

@Gustavo6046 *waves*

Hosch250

We just call it "being INTJ", usually. We are the special 1%.

Zak

6:13 PM

@Hosch250 Nah, INTP Master Race!

Hosch250

Everyone else just has problems keeping their mouth shut.

@Zak I'm INTJ, but I have some P elements too.

I think it is mostly the INT part.

Gustavo6046

But the very difference -- and what makes me beat records -- is I am the first kiddo in Brazil that learnt how to use a computer in with 5 years and learnt how to make HTML with ~7 years afterbirth. That when I was a kid and still didn't joined Stack Exchange ;)

Zak

It's mostly that INT* have "Extroverted Feeling" right down at the bottom of their cognitive function stacks.

Respectively, 3rd for INTJ and 4th for INTP

Gustavo6046

I am a unique person for Brazil. And now I lost everything due to lack of sociality! I was permbanned from ZDoom forums, I was tempbanned from most forums I join, and I still can't learnt due to that Damn Asperger!

uff I just.... will never... do it!

Because I can't

oops, you're right @DanPantry :P

Phrancis

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Simon Forsberg McFeely

6:23 PM

Oi, @Gustavo6046, you here?

Gustavo6046

sim

yes*, I mean

Simon Forsberg McFeely

@Gustavo6046 First of all, let me say that you have very good English skills for being 15 years old, and from Brazil.

Gustavo6046

thanks, but who told you my age? I mean, not my age?

Simon Forsberg McFeely

I have chatted with Brazilians before who are about 10 years older than you but who has much worse English skills.

Dan Pantry

@Gustavo6046 Your age is displayed on a certain SO page.

Simon Forsberg McFeely

6:26 PM

in The 2nd Monitor, 5 mins ago, by JNat

http://stackexchange.com/users/6644384/gustavo6046

Gustavo6046

facepalm at least I should remind myself COPPA doesn't affect Brazilians

so I keep calm

Dan Pantry

@Gustavo6046 Whether or not COPPA affects you is irrelevant. COPPA only applies to children under the age of 13.

Simon Forsberg McFeely

And you're over the age limit of 13, so don't worry about that at all.

Gustavo6046

@DanPantry and only applies to North-americans as much as I know.

Simon Forsberg McFeely

I don't have aspergers, @Gustavo6046, but I hope I can give you some friendly advice anyway.

Gustavo6046

6:27 PM

I have been joining websites with my age... because COPPA is only a North American law!

Dan Pantry

@Gustavo6046 It applies to anyone internationally if the website can be reasonably deduced to be targetted at american users.

So it affects you as well.

Or, rather, it would.

Simon Forsberg McFeely

Are you suggesting that your real age is below 13?

Gustavo6046

Nope!

Mat's Mug

okay can we move on from COPPA nonsense?

Dan Pantry

^

Gustavo6046

6:28 PM

yes

:)

Zak

NARL - but isn't it more COPPA applies to any website based/operating under American jurisdiction?

Dan Pantry

@Zak shhh we can talk about that later

Gustavo6046

I have one thing to do.... brb

Mat's Mug

the Stack Exchange Terms of Service apply anyway

Gustavo6046

I will check other forums

Mat's Mug

6:29 PM

psst - SE sites are not forums

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Simon Forsberg McFeely

In fact, @Gustavo6046, you gave yourself some advice when you said "so I keep calm". I think that is one of the things you want to focus on. I can understand that you are new to Code Review site and want to show off your code and have a lot of enthusiasm, but try to keep calm.

Gustavo6046

I also checked Wikipedia

According to it, It applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or entities under U.S. jurisdiction from children under 13 years of age and I am not under U.S. jurisdiction.

not that I am under 13, of course

Mat's Mug

ok great

Simon Forsberg McFeely

Also, I'd like to encourage you to develop your social skills IRL as well. I can understand that it is not something you want to do considering how people may have reacted to you in the past, but at least adequate social skills is an extremely important skill in life - even more important than programming, I'd say. Try to find a place or a group where you can feel relaxed, whether it's some kind of study group at school, or a church or other religious place, or a hobby group, or whatever.

Dan Pantry

^^^ +1111111

Not being able to develop my social skills really badly affected my life. I would not recommend neglecting them.

EBrown

6:34 PM

I neglected to feed a fish once.

It was horrible.

Gustavo6046

I am always a loner at my school, but I have a near-friend who likes Minecraft and I always invite my other near-friends to my home, but they say they have something to do.

Dan Pantry

@Gustavo6046 That's fine. You can't force friendships.

Just as long as you're trying to get better at socialising and practicing, that's what matters.

I don't have any IRL friends at all, really, unless you count my colleagues.

But really, just chill out when you're on CR. I know from personal experience it's hard

But you don't need to prove yourself to anyone

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Which is what it appears to me you're trying to do by constantly second guessing everything you say

EBrown

I had to move away from all my IRL friends for this new job. The problem I now face is I have no friends up here, and I really don't like being friends with my coworkers. (So, now I face the dilemma: do I find a new job, or find new friends?)

Dan Pantry

And, also, while we're here to be supportive and friends and such

IMO we're not really the place to be looking for sympathy or support from with regards to you being banned from forums and whatever

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Dan Pantry

6:37 PM

Of course, we're not robots :-) We do have emotions. But some of the stuff you said in 2nd was a bit too.. personal.

Gustavo6046

I am determined to find friends! Btw, let's get off that depressive matter for a while? :)

Mat's Mug

now you're talking!

Gustavo6046

Does anyone know the origin of my avatar?

Dan Pantry

:-)

From the looks of it, MS paint

Zak

@Gustavo6046 Some articles I found really useful with learning how to function around/with other people

blog.penelopetrunk.com/2011/11/22/…

blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/09/29/…

Mat's Mug

6:37 PM

@DanPantry lol

Zak

blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/01/21/…

Gustavo6046

My avatar was done in GIMP for MemeGenerator.net as a try to make a famous meme. I only got downvotes in it XD

The theme was "Jobs biten the apple". I named the apple "Badstick Apple" as a reference to bad-ass.

Zak

That blog is genuinely fascinating on lots of other topics as well

Gustavo6046

We're not in that topic anymore, @Zak I though we were real talking now!

Vogel612

this is the Nth monitor

Dan Pantry

6:41 PM

@Gustavo6046 @Zak has experience with some of the stuff you're going through

Vogel612

there's no such thing as a topic :D

Dan Pantry

Even if we're not talking about the topics, I think those links would be useful for you.

Gustavo6046

ok

Dan Pantry

I'm sure Zak does too, which is why he linked them

I have to go watch a film about someone having a sex change. AFK :-)

Zak

@Gustavo6046 The nth is something of a free-for-all (but still subject to "Be nice")

Gustavo6046

6:42 PM

@zak SO it is not "free-for-all" as in "deathmatch" XD

"so", not Stack Overflow, I put caps accidentally :)

Zak

No, more as in "Anything goes (within reason)"

Simon Forsberg McFeely

@Gustavo6046 Personally, usually I am a lot of a computer's guy, don't see much friends on my free-time etc. But last week I was in Valencia for 5 days, with some people I'd definitely say are my friends (even though I only meet some of them like once a year), those were the best days of my life last year. Don't let just one part of your life define who you are.

Oh, and one more thing: Care about other people, stop caring what they think of you.

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Zak

If you find those links useful, I can pull out a whole list of articles I've got bookmarked in a folder

Gustavo6046

wow people, that's very cool :)

Simon Forsberg McFeely

What other people see of you is just one part of you, and it's more about their perspective of you than about actually you

Dan Pantry

6:43 PM

@SimonForsbergMcFeely you're very wise.

I wish someone had said this stuff to me ~7-8 years ago.

Actually, they probably did, and I just didn't listen

Gustavo6046

so wise you would put a tomato in a vegetable salad, knowing a tomato is a fruit :)

Mat's Mug

just call it a salad then ;-)

Gustavo6046

I will check Scratch, just a sec

ok

Simon Forsberg McFeely

@DanPantry So is Sean Stephenson ;) (google him if you've never heard about him, quite an inspiration)

Oh, a TED video with him that I never have seen before!

The prison of your mind | Sean Stephenson | TEDxIronwoodStatePrison

►

> Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Philosophy is wondering if that means ketchup is a smoothie.

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Gustavo6046

It is clear that, despite our biggest problems, being happy is a act of virtue and prestigium, and something that we can not ignore simply by facing down to the fact. It is the biggest prize and ultimate objective of mankind, but it is easy enough for anybody.

-Gustavo Ramos Rehermann

And I am happy. Thanks to computers.

Btw I learnt English playing games.

Anybody?

And the briliant and quotable statement I done?

Zak

6:52 PM

@SimonForsbergMcFeely I've never seen the philosophy bit before.

Vogel612

@Gustavo6046 that's kinda the default :/

same goes for me mostly. video games and lots of reading english books over and over and over

Gustavo6046

No, the first phrase

"It is clear that ..."

Vogel612

oh that one...

well... yes.

Mat's Mug

@SimonForsbergMcFeely oh wow, I totally failed to get it haha

Gustavo6046

Mr Mug, did you saw me quoting myself?

Vogel did

Vogel612

6:59 PM

@Gustavo6046 you are aware that this chat is public transcript?

Gustavo6046

ops

Vogel612

so... yes and everyone else also saw :)

Gustavo6046

I normally thinks that someone listens to me when they respond, that's my logic

Simon Forsberg McFeely

@Gustavo6046 Question: Does it matter what we think about your statement?

Gustavo6046

I want to know if it's good

if it is intelligent, beautiful, deserves being quoted

Simon Forsberg McFeely

7:01 PM

@Zak Facebook turned out to be good for something.

Gustavo6046

again and again

Oh wait, Facebook! Great idea!

Simon Forsberg McFeely

19 mins ago, by Simon Forsberg McFeely

Oh, and one more thing: Care about other people, stop caring what they think of you.

Gustavo6046

What they think of my statement, not myself

Simon Forsberg McFeely

Good :)

It's an okay statement. Probably not one I will quote myself though.

I feel that it might be possible to shrink it down a bit. It may seem more complicated than it needs to be. Quotable things are often simple, not complicated.

@Gustavo6046 Why do I get the feeling that you get easily distracted by things?

Gustavo6046

Because I am a distracted and a person with little attention to stuff around me. That's probably why I often fail in FPS! XD

Shooters*

Vogel612

7:06 PM

@Gustavo6046 so you're more a strategic type?

or is it generally hard to focus your attention?

Gustavo6046

I am better suiting in Age of Empires 2

Vogel612

I'm so bad at the AoE series...

Gustavo6046

I can give advice.

Where do you think you fail more at Age of Empires 2?

Vogel612

micro... resource gathering and exploration.. doing multiple things at once and keeping track

I can get up to three or four things done in parallel, when I got a single screen with full zoom as in Supreme Commander

make it 5 with a second screen

but I'm really bad at minimaps for strategic games :/

Gustavo6046

1. what is micro?
2. resource gathering is easy, get a ton of villagers and assign them to gather resources (builders are not many required)
3. train it by cooking difficult stuff so you can improve your multitask ability like I did :3

Vogel612

7:11 PM

@Gustavo6046 cooking difficult stuff isn't as hard as multi-tasking

micro is management of multiple units, especially in fight situations to use each to their fullest.

Gustavo6046

We could play at the same team against an AI player so I could teach you important stuff where I perceive you fail it.

If only I knew how to play online :/

Vogel612

meh. aside from that I didn't get any sleep last night, so that'd be a bad idea

at least for tonight

Gustavo6046

what about now?