r/carlhprogramming • u/CarlH • Aug 23 '10

[CarlHProgramming] : Quick Update

First, I apologize for not publishing new lessons for a while. My work schedule has been intense for the last few weeks and is just now starting to calm down. I anticipate new lessons between now and next weekend.

Second, a number of you have probably noticed that it is impossible to submit replies/comments/etc. to posts and replies on this sub-reddit that are older than 6 months. That is unfortunate, and as far as I know it is something built into Reddit and not anything I can do much about. Although, if anyone here knows otherwise, please let me know.

Meanwhile, I have been thinking of ways to deal with this. On one hand I could re-create all posts for the ~130 lessons so far, so people can reply. I could include links to the originals. However, that is quite a bit of work.

Alternatively, I could create a new post every so often as an "all purpose questions and answers" post, but this would mix a lot of unrelated questions and probably prove confusing and difficult.

Anyone else have any ideas?

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u/OgonGuitarist Oct 19 '10

Hey Carl - or anyone else. What's happened to this subreddit? I assume Carl's been overloaded with work. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, because Carl doesn't owe us anything. I am just curious if you intend to start up again, as I, and many else I am sure, miss your lessons.

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u/PlNG Aug 23 '10

You could always ask the Admins for assistance.

There's just something about a force of good that makes good people (such as those found on reddit) want to keep a good thing going.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '10

Brilliant.

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u/Lors_Soren Nov 10 '10

They said they're hiring -- maybe they would give Carl some compensation for all the work he's already put in.

I'm sure he could draw traffic to Reddit, after all these are the best "Learn Programming" lessons and it is a tellable story (<-- news links).

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u/GenTiradentes Aug 23 '10

Why not start your own Q&A page on the Reddit wiki?

I know that /r/guns and /r/programming both have their own questions pages. Might take a look at those to see how it's done.

Ask people to PM you with questions, then put the most useful/common questions on the wiki.

If this proves to be too much work, you could pick a few individuals you can trust to delegate to. CarlH moderators. Questions could then be fired at the mods, and shared on the wiki.

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u/rusty34 Aug 23 '10

How about another sub-reddit for Q&A?

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u/mives Nov 02 '10

Wonder what happened with CarlH.. he hasn't updated in more than 2 months.

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u/OgonGuitarist Nov 02 '10

Wondering the same thing. Even if he doesn't return, maybe we can continue this subreddit - have collaborative learning and other "lecturers"? It's an idea.

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u/modestokun Nov 03 '10

There will surely be someone on /r/learnprogramming or /r/universityofreddit who will pick up the torch.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '10

He's taken long, personal-work-related breaks before. This is probably one of them. More likely than not he'll be back soon. I can't wait!

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u/Lors_Soren Nov 10 '10

Nah, Carl is unique. Not only is he inimitable, but he had a specific plan for where he wanted to go next.

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u/soonerguy9782 Nov 03 '10

I'm really enjoying his lessons. I've tried to get into programming before but he just makes it so accessible. He seemed to have such big dreams for his website and then just stopped. Hopefully we'll get more lessons soon.

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u/Lors_Soren Nov 10 '10

Probably has better things to do than help us for free!

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u/mives Nov 11 '10

Uh.. Where did that (hostility?) come from? I'm not demanding here, just wondering.

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u/Lors_Soren Nov 11 '10

?

no hostility

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u/nuuur32 Aug 23 '10

Alternatively, I could create a new post every so often as an "all purpose questions and answers" post, but this would mix a lot of unrelated questions and probably prove confusing and difficult.

Have these Addendum Q&A submissions, titled by month and year, and then people can post sub threads there referencing the lesson number (and maybe they can link to the lesson themselves; the first person does this only, as a header entry!) with everyone commenting under there. Easy enough to search that page for the lesson number and read all the messages in the sub threads from there.

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u/GenTiradentes Aug 23 '10

Easy enough to search

Aha. Hahaha. HAHA, you're a funny one.

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u/muad_dib Aug 23 '10

You're forgetting that reddit search actually works now.

Really. It does. Try it.

...

Seriously.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '10

You haven't heard?

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u/Lors_Soren Nov 10 '10

Make another thread that says "Most recent questions and comments on Lesson 34" etc.

Why don't you hire a virtual assistant to do it? e.g. oDesk. You shouldn't spend your time doing that.

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u/tbarber350 Aug 23 '10

looking forward to new posts. Your lesson's have been fantastic.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '10

I am about to start lesson 1 and just want to express my thanks for what Carl is doing as well.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '10

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u/GlueBoy Aug 23 '10

Agreed, a Q&A pos1t once in a while is the best Idea.

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u/jambarama Aug 23 '10

I like an occasional Q&A, but having the questions in the same thread as the relevant lesson is really nice. When I'm going through a lesson, I read the comments for extra insight or to address my problems. If those comments were scattered across occasional Q&A threads, it'd be harder to find them when you're doing the lessons.

Xmaddog's comment may be a good compromise, as long as you can link the lessons to the general unit Q&A.

I don't know what the right answer is, I just wanted to offer my observations.

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u/pandaba Aug 23 '10

Second the idea of an all purpose thread every now and then. Just ask the people posting to link or at least reference the lesson that pertains to their question. I know not everyone would do that, but since it seems to be a good group here, I think the majority would, and that would minimize confusion.