Personal Learning Environment Puns

I am used to this idea that I can always wipe out my entire project and redownload it from GitHub or version control, quickly run my build process to pull dependencies from whatever dependency management manifest/list/system I have, deploy to the web or spin up a local server, etc. But with Unity and Unreal, is there a recommended convention or best practice? Should I be trying to keep my engine updated? Are there specific tools to manage dependency upgrades? Is there a good way to keep my dev environment isolated from any other computing (gaming, media, etc) that I am doing on this machine?

And in my web dev experience, as new versions of dependencies are released, my package manager of choice - bundler (Rails) or npm/yarn/bower (JS) or pip/virtualenv/wheelhouse (python) or NuGet (C#) - will manage upgrades for me and my code should mostly just work. Is there anything similar I can do with Unity/Unreal?

I haven't used Docker much but is that becoming a popular way to handle isolation? Or perhaps running things in VMware or HyperV?

I am incredibly incredibly new so I apologize if these are too basic of questions. I get really scared when I pick back up little Unity/Unreal projects from 6 months ago and realize I'm now out of date and if I want to wipe things clean and reinstall a fresher copy I feel like I'm going to be leaving artifacts since Unity/Unreal are installing stuff to C:/Program Files and god knows where else.

My first thought was "Are you fucking kidding me?"

They have 2 more backup plans. Hybrid/online only.

They want all students(K-12) to wear masks.

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I'm tired of randos popping up in my and others' replies with "advice" that art school is a waste of money and you can teach yourself via the internet. Pixar is not going to hire me with a degree from the University of Skillshare.

Edit: yall are missing the point of this post. I'm not saying that it's impossible to make it without a degree, or that having a degree guarantees you anything. It's just that I know myself and my own learning style and school will make it a hell of a lot easier for me.

When I was looking at all of the different ivies, I decided not to apply to a lot of them for pretty fair reasons.

I decided not to apply to Yale and Princeton since their flagships didn’t match well with my major. I decided not to apply to Cornell and Columbia because my parents didn’t want me to go to New York. I didn’t apply to Dartmouth because of how small it is, and I saw it as a party school.

But I had a strong feeling against Harvard. I heard multiple stories from close friends about students who suffered from severe depression and struggled with mental health. Whenever I see controversies regarding universities in the news, Harvard is usually involved, whether it’s grade inflation or the admissions scandal from last year (granted, they were not involved with the students). And, there is an extremely competitive environment at the school to the point where I consider it toxic.

I’m just curious if I’m the only person who thinks of Harvard like this because I have seen so many students excited about the school. No offense to current and prospective Harvard students, but that’s just how I view the school and was curious if anyone else thinks the same thing.

Also congratulations to everyone no matter where you’re going! Everyone on here is going to shine bright anywhere😊

P.S, sorry for the rant

I don't know if anyone has ever thought of this but, isn't it time we make it easier for everyone to study and work using a Linux operating system without learning a lot of technicalities about it?

I was going through the LibreOffice Open Source project last week and I thought of why I would stick to Microsoft as a student and it is mainly because life is easier. I decided to make a hard decision some months back and switch to Linux and i had to give up a lot of things to start a new life in this operating system. Linux is wonderful, but I think it could be even better.

I wanted to find out how someone can start a new opensource project for a Linux Operating System. I feel like there is a need for one( i have been deliberating on this for a while).

I also feel like people should join open source projects and be dedicated to them to improve the software on Linux, there are a lot of people feeding but not producing (which is dangerous). LibreOffice(or another office suite) should be one of the main priorities if we are to make Linux get into mainstream use on a large scale. Another issue should be drivers and working with peripherals. There is lots of work to be done.

Any thoughts?

I am in the middle of taking a graduate-level course on cognitive testing, right after taking a DSM-oriented psychopathology course. In both classes, I’ve noticed a difference in how we talk about persons with mood disorders and personality disorders versus those with autism and learning disabilities.

Throughout the psychopathology course, we talked a lot about specific treatments for various mental illnesses such as generalized anxiety disorder which are meant to help the individual develop coping mechanisms for living in a world that may not always be accommodating of their needs and desires. However, in the cognitive testing course, there is a very different culture which emphasizes trying to accommodate individuals with learning disabilities and autism (I highlight both because we are being trained to diagnose both, though I acknowledge that they are quite different), and it has been explicitly stated that persons diagnosed with autism shouldn’t be expected to change, but their environment should better fit their needs.

Put simply, why is helping a person diagnosed with, say, a phobia to manage their phobia acceptable, while trying to help a person diagnosed with autism to manage their reaction to stressors (e.g., loud noises or uncomfortable textures) considered inappropriate?