SlySherZ

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by SlySherZ 10y ago
It depends a lot on which parts of education you're talking about. The first 9-12 years are required so that kids have something to do while their parents are at work. Learning stuff and interacting with other people is a nice way to s
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
No, let me explain why: - Being "gifted" isn't a black and white trait, it's much more diverse; - Different people are gifted in different topics. I've always learned maths faster than my peers, but they all dance b
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
I disagree with this part: "learning C before C++ teaches you how to program C++ wrong". IMO the problem isn't so much about learning C or not. It's about which other languages do you learn alongside it. You need to prac
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
Note: I didn't watch the video yet and my opinion might change by then. C teaches you something very useful, which is how the computer works under the hood. Most things you do in C loosely match to what the computer does, and learning
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
Much clear now, thanks a lot :)
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
Me and a friend of mine are discussing what the actual vulnerability is. What I got from the report was that you can impersonate anyone when talking to A if you have A's key. He says that is impossible and you need B's key to impe
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
There you go: https://web.archive.org/web/20170112152448/http://pascalegge... Edit: fixed wrong link
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
It happened to me too, I just hit reload until it worked.
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
What are the ideas that Lua follows that are different from everything else? I'm not sure it's the language I'm looking for, but I will keep it in mind if I ever need something like it. Thanks!
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
I will definitely check those out, thanks!
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not a very experienced programmer and I'm probably an idiot. I think OP missed entirely the point of learning a new language. When I learn a new language, I try to use the language the way it was built to be used,
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
For everyone getting 503 Over Quota error, check WaybackMachine: https://web.archive.org/web/20161209044611/http://www.timer-...
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
There are two typical use cases for `++` and they should be considered separatly. Firstly there is simply the `i++`, which is redundant with `i+=1`, but it's also very easy to understand syntactic sugar. Keep it or leave it, no big dea
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
I've been working on a 2D Physics Engine for the folks at Khan Academy to use. It's also a great way for me to learn programming and physics at the same time ^.^ https://www.khanacademy.org/computer-programming&#x2
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
I couldn't agree more with this. Just the fact that functions are a first class type in JS already makes it better than many other languages. Another thing that JS is great at is the flexibility it provides: objects are very general an
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
I actually like to solve puzzles, but not the ones people usually call a "puzzle". Solving a man-made puzzle for me feels completly arbitrary, where either you think the same way the guy who made it and can solve it quickly, or yo
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
This is interesting. I have one follow up question: If Eve gets smart enough to understand that the code and the prose diverge from each other, shouldn't it also be able to generate the correct code from the prose? That way you'd
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
That's a very good point, some things are very good at doing everything. But I don't think that should apply to the browser. Firefox already gives you extensions, which means you can add to it whatever you need. Would you say the
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
My question to everyone is: What is the reason for a _browser_ to have an integrated _chat client_? In my opinion, it doesn't make any sense. We should keep separated tools that do different jobs, and make each one general enough that
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
So.. if I understand my own code I'm a great programmer? :D
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
You have to be careful how you define 'lazy' in this case. Suppose a developer just quickly writes code that fixes the current problem, but doesn't care about the consequences long term, or doesn't fix the underlying pro
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by SlySherZ 10y ago
I think he has a point, but do we really have better alternatives? Soon enough computers will be able to check every possibility for passwords as big as we can remember them. With good algorithms predicting what is likely to be a valid pass
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by SlySherZ 11y ago
Not really. Would you enjoy a game that starts with 100% progress? Probably yes, but not for long. Having no safety net means I have to keep moving no matter what.
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by SlySherZ 11y ago
Would you rather have 32 or 128GB of RAM on your computer? It's a rather pointless question right? As long as you have enough, having more is not worth the hassle. Same thing with currency, as long the threshold is met, the rest is wor
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by SlySherZ 11y ago
I'm the guy you were when you started. I don't care how much do I get nor how much time I have to put into it as long as I like doing it and have something to eat. I don't care if suits call me stupid behind my back or take a