Along with the concepts of colors,
we started the animations topic. In fact, an image is not animated if does not change
somehow. To change an image, we use the function repeated which takes 3 inputs:
a function, an image and a number. However, this function produces a list of
images, not exactly an animation. Thus, we started to work with the big-bang function.
As its name suggests, big-bang function creates something, in this case an
animation. Even though this new command allows us to create something different
and unique, as an animation; I did not like it at first because I had trouble
initially understanding what it is asking me to do. Specifically, I was
confused on the use of freeze which is a function that basically delete all the
previous information of the element, in this case animation. What happens is
that you delete all the previous information of an animation. In other words,
you cannot come back to the original image. I understood that after performing
by myself different commands in the practice document submitted by the
instructor. This made me realize that if we want to master a concept that we do
not understand completely, practice in the interactions panel is a good way to
comprehend better the different topics.
Number representation was the topic for week eleven, which basically focused on binary numbers. At the beginning of the week, I did not feel comfortable with binary digits, but through the week I, certainly, progressed with my understanding. As humans, when counting we tend to group things in 10. However, computers do not use decimal numbers, they use voltages, which is similar as use just two fingers, instead of ten. In binary numbers, the only digits are one and zero, and because we are so used to do operations in base ten numbers, it is difficult doing operations with binaries. In fact, it took me a while to feel comfortable doing sum or multiplication with binary, specifically addition. But thanks to the practice fields that professor submitted, I mastered operations with binaries. I realized that it was the same as doing operation with decimal numbers, but just using zero and one, for instance, 1+0=1, 0+1=1. The only difference is when adding one and one, which equals one and ...
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