Hey, whats up?
Nothing much So this site is random
Sweet! So to explain more about this competition... It is really random! But apparently byu won an elexa award over the summer right? and because they did, they want to take it to the next level by submitting a higher level AI system
Interesting...
Something that is more and more like a person. They want it to talk like people do. So thats where we come into play Talking to each other will gather data about what real people say
alright makes sense
Then they are going to take our chats and analyze them to incorporate into an AI
Are we suppose to be talking about the topic?
Seems pretty legit to me We don't have to, its just a fun way to break the ice, because sometimes when you don't know the person that you are talking to it can start off kind of awkward. And they want the data to feel as natural sounding as it can.
So, did you go to D&C this morning?
Ya, I was finally on time! Haha
LOL I had to skip I just have too much going on
It was pretty interesting. Did you know that the jail that everyone says that Joseph couldn't stand up in was totally tall enough for him to stand in
I hate how I feel like I am making progress, but I am always behind
Thats been the story of my life in all my classes
Yeah, you are talking about the one with D&C 121 and stuff right, not carthiage?
It seems like all the classes are just piling up heaps and heaps of homework! And when you get one done there are just two more adding to the list Ya, thats the one
What was the name of that one again? I can't remember
CS 224 is just kicking my but.
my group is supposed to be meeting today I don't have the time to meet with thme
liberty? Maybe, I actually just forgot
That is it! Liberty jail Yeah, I knew that only because I remember Dr. Alford talking about it before in another class with him
Ya, that is what it is. It was pretty funny, Dr. Alford was talking about projects and he mentioned that someone was starting a really cool youtube channel today Thats when I was like, I know who that is! I think he is interested in seeing how your project turns out. He spent like a minute or so on the topic
Really! That is funny My logo designer dropped out of the project yesterday...
Ya, I think he noticed that you weren't there and thought that it would be ok to talk about it in class and have it not be awkward Hey, I can help you out for sure now. I don't promise super high quality cause I don't have a ton of time, but I can still do it for you. I think I might even be able to get permission to be able to do it at work
Dude, any help would be great.  On the 10th of December, do you want to sit down and hash all of this out?
I remember you having thoughts of things that you wanted the logo to be. Do you still have them written down
It is a Saturday
Wait... Don't you need the logo before then?
I do have my logo drawn out Theoretically, yes But I can wait
I think I can have it done within the next couple weeks. That was one reason I was a little Leary at first, because I just was thinking you were wanting it quick
My plan is to start filming next week
And I knew that I couldn't get it way quick. We can kinda plan this out...
If I gave you the art that I am interested in, I would basically just ask that you make it look professional And then the intro is going to be short and simple too
If you just want to send the thing that you have roughed out I think I could have it drawn up by this weekend. Then we can tweak and modify it for a few more days Ya, I could definitely do that! If you start filming next week just shoot me the stuff over discord and I will do my best to get some of it put together. The logo, shouldn't be hard, and I think if we design it just right, it will be easy to implement into a really cool intro
I was thinking of just a simple animated intro, insert some command lines like : run mind palace and then some flashing transition to the logo I will get you the music (I started the hunt, but I need to finish it)
ok, ya, we can do that. Do you want the intro do be kinda flashy and simple or more just a very simple intro to what the video is Ya, music has always been hard for me too. It just seems like there is no good music that is free out there.
I am going to pay for it
Oh, got  it that makes more sense! They have a little better music, but the selection is still hard to come by
Side note, because I am adding the logo to you, I will increase the amount that I am willing to pay you I just texted you the image that I drew
its all good, Im not worried about it at all. I think my time is about to get a little more simple. Especially after the midterm next week. Got it! This week has already been a little more like a normal college week.
It is more of a sign of respect than anything else I understand the sacrificing of free time
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and feel a little more comfortable having fun again. Yet, I still havent played any video games this week though
And I am in a position to afford a little something
Ok, sounds good. I appreciate it!
I can't pay pro rates, though it was pretty close with the girl that I was negotiating with
ok sounds good
I am honestly a little glad that she did drop out, because it broke my budget on this project
I am looking at the design you sent me and I think there are some cool things that we can do with the logo to incorporate it into the itro intro
Add to it that I actually conceptualized a logo on my own and it made me question what I was really paying her for Yeah, there are a few simple mods to it that I would do Five rays instead of six
Oh, shoot! Sorry, I would have said yes a little earlier, I was just cramming so much information into my head in such a little amount of time that I wasn't sure I could take on another task
Simple two tone colorscale (yellow and black) (Side note: If my description of graphic design is incorrect, I apologize.  It is not my field)
I think I like the two tone thing for sure! and I like that it will have five rays I think its been pretty accurate anything that is graphical and design is graphic design. Technically even the animations that you see on tv are graphic design
I know a little about design because I dabbled
At least I think
But I also know how little I know about the field
I just saw that you drew killer bunnies on the bottom left side of the paper! Do you like to play it?
LOL
Haha
I do, I realized after I sent the picture that I wrote other things on that paper too I was afraid that I sent them to the girl I was talking to
Ive played it a little, I think its super fun! Just is a little confusing sometimes Haha Thats hilarious, while playing this game one time, in the basement of one of my nerdy friends...
I have this weird habit of writing "HELP ME" and "KILL THEM ALL" on my papers....
the nerdiest friend that I have pulled the kiss card and my other friend that had his girlfriend was there haha....
I literally just got off the phone with my wife who was convinced that I might do something drastic
he ended up kissing his friends girlfriend in the game!!!!
The sad thing about suffering from depression is that people think you want to kill yourself all the time LOL
Oh, shoot! that really could be bad.
Killer bunnies is great though
I can see why there would be a little of confusion
What was the result of the friend kissing the girl?
The crazy thing is even when you are having a downer day, you seem to still be happy around me. I can notice a difference, but its not like I would ever imagine suicide would be an issue I don't even think that most people would think that you have depression Funny thing is... they got married! Haha So the only person that has kissed her other than her husband is our friend, in a game of Killer Bunnies
The friend or the boyfriend got married?
Wait... did you text your wife something that she was a little worried about or soething
Ahh
the boyfriend and girlfriend got married.
No, I just mentioned that we needed to talk about something Got it Yeah, one of the reasons it took so long to recognized that I had depression was the fact that I don't have suicidal thoughts The anchoring of the Gospel gave me that Suicide just doesn't make sense
Oh, that makes sense! The gospel is a true life saver. Thats probably true. Because everyone has bad days, but usually we associate depression with deathly thoughts
When my wife and I finally mentioned it to our doctor, he basically said he had felt that way for a while He just didn't bring it up because it puts ideas into peoples minds
Ya, suicide doesn't make any sense. At least to me.
he let's them bring it up
Oh, do you agree with the issue of bringing up suicide prevention or keeping it silent
Real quick, the order of the C++ tool chain: Compiler, preprocessor, assembler, linker or, Pre, Comp, ass, link
I think. let me look it up real quick
brb
ok, no worries. I just looked it up and I think it goes pre, comp, assembler, linker I just read your 2nd to last message, and discovered abbreviating assembler is pretty funny!
LOL So, in the Marine Corps we did these things called Dis and Ass drills
Haha. What did they stand for?
which were basicalling disassembling and reassembling our weapons over and over again
oh, that makes sense, you would definitely need to know how to do that.
It was fun It got boring after doing it for hours, but there are ways to make that more entertaining
Also just a quick question. If you want to compile something on windows and run it on linux or vice versa, how do you go about doing that?
One guy sliced up his hand pretty bad doing them, but he didn't care because he won the race =P
Haha, like abbreviating the words How did he end up slicing his arm, was he just flinging the weapon around and got caught in it?
I don't know, I would assume that once it is compiled it is fine, but I could be wrong
The weird thing about cross compilation though is, if I compile on linux it doesn't put it into an exe file. it puts it into some kind of linux executable I don't even know and Mac has its own kind as well, that part really confuses me.
In a .50 Cal, you have these pieces that slide in and out.  The gun weighs over 80 pounds, so it happens
I wonder if you have to download additional libraries to cross compile
I sadly do not know
Oh, That is a good point, I hadn't really thought about weight. That is a pretty heavy gun, most of the guns that I shoot are not that big. Haha They are usually shotguns or just fun hand guns.
The .50 cal has a 2 man team to operate it
Not at people, though. Don't get any kind of bad ideas about me with hand guns Oh, wow, thats a big gun!
LOL Yeah, I want to say the complete systems almost weighes 150 pounds
When I was picturing weapons I was thinking the stuff that you would have strapped to your back or to your waist as you go into the military haha
On hikes, we would spread load it so someone carries the receiver, another the barrel, and another the tripod
holy cow! Thats intense, I can barely lift that much! One reason, the military wouldn't necessarily be for me.
I always laugh when they are shooting a 50 cal from the hip
At least right now, maybe I would like to get HUGE, but not right now, with my whole college busy life How much kickback does that have? could they break a hip?
If you shot it at the hip, there is a good chance that you would die It is ridiculously powerful
Oh, haha! Im not laughing at death, just the fact that people are trying that and if I were to go in, that would probably be me Well, actually probably not, I wouldn't be able to lift it when I first got there and by the time that I could, I would know that, that would be bad
Regular people don't, but it is depicted in the movies (I forgot to add that to my message about people shooting it at the hip) Usually Arnold is doing it
oh, got it! That makes sense. In size how big is this gun generally Good ol' Arnold Swarzaneger. I completely butcher that last name though. Do you think he is as strong as the mass that shows on the outside. Because sometimes people look really big, but aren't immensely strong and other times they look really big and are really strong Kind of the thought of body building vs muscle building
He is really strong
body building at least in my thoughts is generally just looking big
He won Mr. Universe like three times And that is a lifting comp
Thats what I think too, for sure compared to me! haha. I didn't even know that was a thing.. is the competition designed to find the strongest man on earth?
I am trying to paste the link to an M2 .50 cal, but it won't let me LOL
Oh, its all good, you can discord it to me
I sent it on discord LOL
haha
You can see how big it is there That is an older picture And we learned better techniques
How much do you think Arnold weighs?
Now or then?
now? oh its such a big gun that you mount it to the ground. And Arnold is packing it around like a baby haha
Now, He probably weighs like 250 Then, he was pushing 300 easily
Dang, either one is HUGE! The crazy thing about it, is the fact, that none of that is fat either Thats just crazy that he has that much muscle. Wouldn't that be awkward to not be able to put your arms down because your muscles are just so big haha
Yeah, I would hate to be fit but not functional
Anyway... the gun looks pretty insane. I didn't realize that it is one that you mount to the ground and then just start shooting away. Is it an automatic?
It is
Haha, isn't the purpose of being fit, to be functional. I feel like having too much muscle is pushing it too far
But you also have a .50 cal sniper rifle Which is different, but still heavy With a lot of kick
Did you ever get the chance to shoot one while at war?
So I never fought in a war, just smaller scenarios
did you get to shoot it in those though?
No, the .50 cal is crazy powerful and shooting it can cause a lot of unintended damage The bullet just doesn't stop
I was looking up the weight, its more than 80, its 80 just for the gun, altogether its 128 pounds Oh, gotcha that makes sense with such a massive gun What type of guns did you use on the average day? Hand-guns?
Shooting it in the close encounters that I was in would have definitely done some bad things At the beginning my primary was an EMR
Ya, I can see the damage that could happen because of that crazy gun!
Basically a modified M-14 Sadly, I could stay a sniper my whole time When I entered leadership, my main was an M4 with a 203 grenade launcher I also had an M9 side
Oh, ok. When you first said EMR I was thinking that one thing that you go in and can disable electricity or something.
EMP?
Then when you said modified M-14 I was like, ok, that makes way more sense. Ya, I was thinking the EMP! haha
EMR is Enhanced Markmanship Rifle
I was trying to figure out why that would be useful in the situations that you would be in Ya, I ended up looking it up. Seems pretty legit
It was cool When is this contest over?
It is over on Friday. If you look at the points I'm way behind. But I just started on Monday and the guy that is in first place right now has been doing it for 2 weeks almost So.... Ive been making way more progress
Sweet
I think I have a legit chance
I have to jet for now, but I can hop on later tonight
Im in second right now, he just had a large margin to the top
We will see what we can do to change that =P Is there a prize for second?
Ok, sounds great! Thanks! Its been great chatting with you! If you get above 300,000 then you can get a MacBook Pro. Thats a raffle though
NP, talk to you later Interesting, alright man, have a good one