ExtremisAndy

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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
I think this is basically the whole story. I think the fact that I have learned several programming languages (not expert level, but certainly to the point I can use them to make projects that benefit my life and the lives of others) has fo
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I can write programs but can't solve problems. What is going on?
3 points by ExtremisAndy 7y ago|5 comments
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
I love this book! I bought the physical copy years ago and it has frequently been a go-to book of mine. So many tech books (not all, of course) either do a great job of theory but are of little immediate, practical value or they are &quot
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
Ahhh the simple TXT days of gopher. I always appreciated gopher and hate more wasn't done with it. Thank you for this!
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
Not sure how helpful my reply is since I did my PhD in the humanities, but I absolutely did my doctorate while working full time and supporting my wife. Rare, certainly, but not as impossible as it once was. And this was at a legit, SACS ac
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
This. The Pomodoro Technique has revolutionized my life. I set it for 30 minutes and tell myself "You just need to make a little progress on task X for 30 minutes... You can do it!" What very often happens, however, is that since
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
Oh, my! This could not be more perfect for someone like me. I have too short an attention span for long technical articles (not something I'm particularly proud of btw), so the one-page thing is fabulous. I also love that there seems t
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
Ouch. This hurts. This is my problem exactly. I have two bookshelves full of programming books that I’ve never completed, and yet each morning I spend at least 30 minutes on Amazon reading the TOC of whatever new programming books they’re r
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
Oh, my! I have spend countless hours on the web looking for (and successfully finding, of course) cheat sheets for all sorts of languages, but somehow I had never come across this site. This is extremely well done. Thank you,spectramax, for
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
I second the recommendation of Professional C++. I am just a self-taught programmer, and to be quite honest, felt I was getting in a bit over my head by buying a book aimed at professionals. But I have found the material to be perfectly acc
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by ExtremisAndy 7y ago
Oh, this is a brilliant idea that seems so obvious as I’m here reading it, but had never occurred to me before. Yes! I’ve always felt that my biggest problem in learning is that I never do anything to really verify I have a truly solid gras
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by ExtremisAndy 10y ago
This childish rant is embarrassing. With millions and millions of lines of C code basically running the internet and of vital importance to countless devices, calling it a s *y language is beyond ridiculous.