Author: lukash

  • ScratchDB: Project Update 1

    So for a decent part of today I looked into designing the leaderboard system. I researched various different ways to rank the data, going anywhere from a combination of HashMaps and BSTs to simply keeping my current solution of an oddly ranked array/Object combination in JS. At the end, the easiest and likely best solution…

  • ScratchDB Update

    The ScratchDB project began a few years ago as a way to watch the Scratch forums to see what the Scratch Team deleted, in response to one of my friends posts being consistently deleted for random reasons, trying to find trends. In the end, I never really analyzed that data or looked much further into…

  • Project Summary In-Class Edits

    Original Prompt The nature and purpose of my project is to outline the political imbalances that play a role in competitive high school basketball. My project explores the beneficial perspectives that some high school students athletes receive as opposed to others, regardless of strictly talent and skill. More General: The purpose of my project is…

  • Drawing Activity

    By doing this activity, I see that everything can be seen from many different perspectives. When doing research online, people explain things in thousands of different ways. For example, in computer science, a single simple problem can be done hundreds of different ways. This really shows that everyone has a specific style, and people need…

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  • Project Proposal

    Lukas Holliger – G7 – February 10, 2023 Project Summary My project contains multiple phases and parts in order to reach multiple end goals. My goal is to design a series of programs to analyze users and projects on MIT’s programming website Scratch. I have previously worked on a few iterations of the project, but…

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  • Puzzle

  • A Discussion: Personal experiences bridge moral and political divides better than facts

    Paraphrase the articles thesis: In order to foster an effective dialogue among people with different political affiliations, the use of both facts/evidence and personal experiences creates mutual respect between both parties. It had previously been said that using only facts and evidence creates a respectful environment, but it has been found that it actually does…

  • Class Notes

    Original: At complete first glance I had the relation to Nazi imagery with the swastika, but very quickly switched to the much more peaceful meaning of religious imagery (not entirely sure where) as a symbol of peace and harmony. Associations: History classes, being online often enough, and then knowledge over time of true/original meetings of…