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Chapter 21
I had forgotten to bring the thermals.
I was going to find a way to get back to the barn.
The barn was on a narrow, winding road that wound along the road, passing by many houses.
I was going to look for them by treading the dirt.
But the dirt was unpaved, so I had to dig a ditch.
I began by digging up a small stream that ran beneath the road. I dug out a small stream
that turned. Then I used the stream to turn a strip of grass into a ditch.
I dug a little more. Then I grabbed a log and a blanket and carefully laid it out,
drawing a ditch above me.

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Gothic Web Design

Introduction

That's no ordinary web site!

But if you're trying to create a website that transports your users straight to the Dark Ages, what else would you expect?

Just like Gothic architecture arose from ancient cathedral construction, Gothic Web Design is a unique style that transports your users straight to the Medieval World Wide Web!

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Install the pyenv version manager

$ brew install pyenv
$ pyenv install 3.8.6
$ pyenv global 3.8.6

Add this to your ~/.zshrc so your terminal will use pyenv

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The purpose of this document is to serve as an illustrutive starting point for community collaboration and is not meant to be authoritative.

The author is not an expert and makes no claim to speak for experiences of persons with disabilities.

The author encourages every reader to continue to supplement their knowledge with additional research that includes first-person narratives and experiences of people with disabilites.

What is "disability?"

"Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. Disability is thus not just a health problem. It is a complex phenomenon, reflecting the interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which [they live]."

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We don’t engage in passive rereading because we are dumb or lazy. We do it because we fall prey to a cognitive illusion. When we read material over and over, the material becomes familiar and fluent, meaning it is easy for our minds to process. We then think that this easy processing is a sign that we have learned something well, even though we have not.

I spent lots of time gaining this expertise — the better I got, the more I enjoyed what I was doing. And the more I enjoyed what I was doing, the more time I spent on it. My success reinforced my desire to practice, and that built more success.

As you first begin looking at a chapter or section of a book that teaches concepts of math or science, it helps to take a “picture walk” through the chapter, glancing not only at the graphics, diagrams, and photos, but also at the section headings, summary, and even questions at the end of the chapter, if the book has them. You’ll be surprised at how spending a minute or two glancing ahead before you read in depth wi

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Yes

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RWET Programming Exercise A
Text processing on the UNIX command line

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Step 1. Write the command to download the text file with the following URL to
your computer with the filename "frost.txt". (Hint: You'll need to use the
"curl" command, and possibly redirection with ">").
 
Here's the URL:
  http://rwet.decontextualize.com/texts/frost.txt

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```ruby
n_arr = [1, 2, 3]
#=> [1, 2, 3]

def p_each(arr)
  arr.size.times do |i|
    p arr[i] * 2
  end  
  arr
end  

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```ruby

3.times { print "Beetlejuice " }

counter = 3
while counter > 0
  print "Beetlejuice "
  counter -= 1
end

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What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?

Empathy helps me understand that other people may have different feelings and motivations than I do. Trying to find out the differences in experiences and expectations helps me to adjust my own expectations. Building that understanding is key to compassionate communication and cooperation, which means smooth operating.

How does empathy help you build better software?

The global economy is now mostly services-based. The communicative relationship between businesses and customers is more two-way than it has ever been in history. Technology platforms are empowering and ultimately, users don't want bad software. Listening and understanding who will be using the software means that there are more happy people and it can increase monetary value, jobs and even quality of life.

Why is empathy important for working on a team?