I get "This video is unavailable." when I try to watch this one. Probably it takes time for videos to propagate to edge servers?
I'll try again tomorrow... Thanks, -- Raul On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 12:34 PM 'robert therriault' via Programming <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Brian, > > Based on your thoughts on the backgrounds I redid the video for Head so that > the representation of the atom becomes a solid blue background instead of > ring when it is made into a one item list. > > Hopefully this consistency will help the understanding as we move forward. > > The new video is posted here. https://youtu.be/FV9G5zeRnPg > > Cheers, bob > > > On Jun 2, 2019, at 8:45 AM, 'robert therriault' via Programming > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Brian, that is great feedback. > > > > It was the true intent and you are right that I should mention it. > > > > Also, the reason that the atom example has only a blue border is that the > > shape of an atom is empty, whereas the solid blue indicate the shape of the > > items. The blue border differentiates it from the list of length 1 which > > would be a solid blue background. The challenge that I face is that I don't > > want to get too far into the weeds when I am explaining something like > > Behead. That was one of the reasons that I made up an Items video, as it > > explains the concepts that are foundational to the explanation of verbs > > that operate on items. > > > > Your third point is actually why I included the empty examples. Often they > > are mentioned only in passing, when I think that the difference between > > items that are empty and no items is a foundational concept. If your > > confusion is a result of not being clear on the distinction, then I am okay > > with that if it leads to understanding. If the presentation confuses the > > issue further, then I have work to do. I am going to take another look at > > that at those empty examples. I did think about the further explanation of > > i. 0 2 and i. 2 0, but again that would bring a whole other verb into the > > discussion and I thought it better to just have s20 and s02 be what they > > are because I don't think for these purposes that it matters how they came > > to be that way. > > > > Just my thoughts. Any responses/disagreements would be welcome, as that is > > how these videos will improve. > > > > The nice thing about making these videos into labs is that I can address > > some of this in the examples and the text surrounding the video. I hope to > > have the Behead lab up later today and I will certainly think about your > > points as I develop it. Of course, if the confusion is deep enough then the > > solution is to redo the video! > > > > Cheers, bob > > > > > > > >> On Jun 2, 2019, at 8:21 AM, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Bob, > >> > >> I think I noticed a pattern where each "item" in each example has a > >> separate blue background. > >> If that is the true intent, > >> a) you might mention it > >> b) in the first "atom" example, the item has a blue border, only. > >> c) I get a little confused after that with s20 and s02, maybe because I > >> have difficulty understanding the difference between empty items and > >> non-existent items. It's especially important for the backgrounds and > >> borders to be consistent. (It might even be helpful to make clear that s20 > >> and s02 are i. 2 0 and i. 0 2, if that is correct.) > >> > >> Very nice examples. > >> > >> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 5:43 PM 'robert therriault' via Programming < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> I just posted a new video on the Behead Monadic Verb. It is along the > >>> lines of the last one (Head Monadic Verb) and I will be putting up some > >>> labs pased on it in the next day or two. > >>> > >>> Any suggestions and/or comments are welcome. > >>> > >>> https://youtu.be/7T53JdaE0HY > >>> > >>> Cheers, bob > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> (B=) <-----my sig > >> Brian Schott > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
