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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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eaglejarl said:
An incomplete list of things that I would suggest learning about at some point, and/or books to read, listed in no particular order:

* Internet Core Protocols from O'Reilly Press
* Database administration (PostgreSQL, SQLite)
* Security (cf CISSP for defense and CEH for attack)
* Books: "Grey Hat Hacking" and "The Little Schemer" and "How to Design Programs"
* Graph theory
* The Racket programming language
* Nginx web server
* A job server (e.g. 0MQ or Gearman)
* Chef (configuration management tool)

This is just off the top of my head and just a taste. Computer science and programming are wonderful fields to be in. They are immensely wide and immensely deep; there is always more to learn about the thing you're working in and if you decide you want a change there is another subfield that is related but completely different. It's exciting.


Note: They have some duds, but as a general rule the O'Reilly books are some of the best out there.
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Some of these things I've heard of--others are a complete mystery to me. Well, computer science certainly won't run out of things for me to learn. I've saved your list in a text file. Hmm...I'd better start a spreadsheet of "someday" things to learn.

Thank you very much, @eaglejarl, @Veedrac, and @Cariyaga. If anyone chooses to share any more thoughts or comments, my thanks to that person as well.
 
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Raxner said:
Some of these things I've heard of--others are a complete mystery to me. Well, computer science certainly won't run out of things for me to learn. I've saved your list in a text file. Hmm...I'd better start a spreadsheet of "someday" things to learn.

Thank you very much, @eaglejarl, @Veedrac, and @Cariyaga. If anyone chooses to share any more thoughts or comments, my thanks to that person as well.
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(If you haven't already, I'd encourage you to put a chunk of time into meta-learning, such as Barbra Oakley's material on learning how to learn (can be found for free in many places, including on Coursera).)
 
OliWhail said:
(If you haven't already, I'd encourage you to put a chunk of time into meta-learning, such as Barbra Oakley's material on learning how to learn (can be found for free in many places, including on Coursera).)
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It's a good thought. Thanks!
Cariyaga said:
Yeah, I know someone with a wife and a kid that spends almost all of his unoccupied freetime programming :p
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The problem would be if he was ditching his responsibilities to his wife and kid in order to program...
 
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Some ideas to mix character interactions with clan info dump:

[X] Keiko and Shikamaru talk about the Nara-Yamanaka-Akimichi bloodlines/connection
[X] Hazou asks Jiraiya about the Sarutobi clan
[X] Sakura,Akane and Haru exchange information about the ninja clans they know
[X] War stories part 2, Jiraiya and the Jonin share information on the clans/villages they fought over the years
[X] Zabuza tells Yukino what ninja he hunted down from Mist and other villages

Also all the Clans from Leaf and Mist that I can remember, am I forgetting someone?


Aburame: Insects
Akamichi: Fat
Amori: ???
Goketsu: Seals
Hyuuga: Bullshit eyes
Inuzuka: Dogs
Kurusu: ???
Minami: Prisma
Motoyoshi: ???
Nara: lazy genius
Sarutobi: ???
Uchiha: (Bullshit eyes)^2
Yamanaka: ?Mindpowers?
(13)

Note: Senju are extinct I think

Hoshigaki(Clan?): Fish people
Hozuki: Liquid people
Kani: Crabs
?Kobayakawa: ??? (Mentioned in Chapter 119 by Keiko)
Kozou: Bodyparts
Kurosawa: Inverse sharingan
Mori: Cold chakra AI computing
Terumi: ???
Wakahisa: too much chakra
Yuki: Ice
(10)
 
[X] Sakura,Akane and Haru exchange information about the ninja clans they know

I like this one. Who's Haru, though? :p /s
 
Unrelated to MfD:

I have been working on the basic mechanics of a quest idea similar to Paths of Civilization and I think I am just about ready to start posting. I would love to hear what people in this thread think of the mechanics writeup I just finished drafting re: whether it's understandable and whether you'd be interested in participating :)
 
[x] a meeting of the merchant council
OliWhail said:
Unrelated to MfD:

I have been working on the basic mechanics of a quest idea similar to Paths of Civilization and I think I am just about ready to start posting. I would love to hear what people in this thread think of the mechanics writeup I just finished drafting re: whether it's understandable and whether you'd be interested in participating :)
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Immediate concerns as far as readability goes: Explanations of phrases should be ordered such that you can read it linearly: Stats should come before the summary, or at least an explanation of the various terminology (actions, stat pools, etc).
 
[x] Hazō buys a telescope
[x] a meeting of the merchant council
[x] last telescope salesman in konoha goes out of business
[x] an unfortunate travelling telescope salesman arriving everywhere we've been just after we leave
[X] Someone beats Hazou over the head with a telescope
 
[X] Keiko and Shikamaru talk about the Nara-Yamanaka-Akimichi bloodlines/connection
[X] an unfortunate travelling telescope salesman arriving everywhere we've been just after we leave
[X] SOCIAL KOMBAT: Gōketsu Mari vs Nara Shikaku. Fight!
[X] Mari messes with / mentors Nara Shiori. (but I repeat myself)
 
Cariyaga said:
[x] a meeting of the merchant council

Immediate concerns as far as readability goes: Explanations of phrases should be ordered such that you can read it linearly: Stats should come before the summary, or at least an explanation of the various terminology (actions, stat pools, etc).
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I *think* it's better now, at least somewhat?

Cariyaga said:
[X] SOCIAL KOMBAT: Gōketsu Mari vs Nara Shikaku. Fight!
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Oh good lord....
 
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