I teach game programming at Uppsala University. I use RU-vid for a lot of my teaching, and to share good alternatives to the literature.
The list "Recommended C++ Talks", covers enough ground to equal 120 ECTS worth of university level studies. Of course, the only way to become a programmer is to *be* a programmer - watching videos is no replacement for writing code. But if watched attentively and understood this playlist will definetly help improve your code-fu. :) (pro tip: don't waste your time on videos above your level, watch something else and come back later),
The list "Game Design" is less well ordered, but chock full of game design insights. I will try to organize it to provide a better progressions but at the moment you might as well watch it on shuffle.
I really love Josh's "mazel tov" to Toby. It's super poignant and important, with them both being Jewish. Added bonus: Will says "mazel tov" as well - don't know if his character is Jewish but Josh Malina is, so it's really heartfelt.
0:29 LSD does not have any addictive properties. It is, in fact, anti-addictive, less so than cannabis. It is not possible to take LSD in a dose sufficient to produce a moderate response, and then take it again the next day, owing to the 5-HT binding properties, and its half life. The effects produced by a 500mcg dosage would not be replicable, if one was to take that dosage a week later. The binding affinity and the lengthy half life, the effects themselves, and thousands of other psychopharmacological properties, the route of ingestion, and too many other things to list here, render it anti-addictive. To compare it to heroin is obscene. It is less harmful even than cannabis. It has medicinal uses, primarily in aiding mental health, it has neuroprotective properties, it has physically protective properties: it stimulates nitric oxide release and so is a vasodilator. Sorkin, an avid user of LSD and psilocybin should know better than that.
It kills me that the other homeless guy who even with nothing of his own is still compassionate and generous enough to give money back to a guy who needs it to get home.
The prelude to one of the very best sequences in the entire series: the actual funeral scene, interspersed with the "Little Drummer Boy" being sung by the boys' choir in the White House. Powerful stuff!
Josh: You know it's going to seem to some people like you did it because your daughter asked you to. Jed: Yeah? You know Josh I think if you ever have a daughter you're going to discover there are worse reasons in the world to do something. TRUTH
Honestly, the chemistry between these characters has been on point since day one. Why the writers didn't pair them up is beyond me. The show had its different fun relationships. Josh and Donna was the chaotic funny one, Will and Kate was the adorable one, and Toby and CJ would have been the serious one.
This scene is great on so many levels but the one thing I wanted to point out is the "roles" the characters play. There are 2 people in this scene however they are playing 4 different people without a change of costume. Millie first plays the Surgeon General then Ellie's godmother while Jed initially plays the President of the United States then Ellie's dad. The transition of roles comes when Millie says "Jed!" at 1:40.
Love the relationship shared by Toby and CJ. Goes all the way back to the day when he went to her house to hire her for the Bartlet for America campaign! I feel that's why CJ kinda was pushing for Jed to give him a presidential pardon in the last episode
I would like to make a few points if I could 1. Other than Dr. Bartlett and his priest,. nobody called him Jed in the oval Leo, did it a couple times upstairs. But never in the oval. 2. People in power need someone willing and close to them to call them on things. Maybe nobody else does, but even as a well qualified surgeon general, Millie put it on the table with her friend. That does make a difference in powerful positions. 3. I would dearly love to hear from women who serving the uniform. Can we take the skirt and tie off and put them in the same uniform that everybody else wears. No I am not exhibiting prurient feelings towards the surgeon general, I would just like to see her and every other female officers stand in the same uniform. I happily invite constructive comments on that.
It's always wonderful to have an employee who steps up whenever we fall down. if you've ever had one who failed and remained at status quo, you know what i mean. then there's two idiots in the room. that said, i never had siblings growing up, but when Donna insists, "you have a meeting", i recognize that face.
the vice presidency was vacant at that time, Hoynes had been forced to resign due to a scandal, thats why the next person in line of succession after invoking the 25th was the Speaker of the house
