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by _polymer_ 9y ago
I assumed there must be something like this, but that notation is a pain. What's wrong with something like "set arr idx newvalue"?
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by _polymer_ 10y ago
That was very good. The concerns on how funding should be posited is really interesting.
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by _polymer_ 10y ago
His thoughts on how definitions reflect different ways of thinking, as a human, is profound to me. The importance of communication discussed in the paper is relevant for any technical field.
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by _polymer_ 10y ago
Good assets can't polish turd. A solid core, however, can benefit from assets. They mention this point in the article. A better counter argument would be a game which was completely abstract, hence not fun, being made fun with content
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by _polymer_ 10y ago
You know, I suspect it's much more common to find people arguing over proper cancer treatment, because they want to believe their care is right. And if they don't like math, or science, they'll make sweeping wrong statements
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by _polymer_ 10y ago
I mean sure. It's just when I look at my heroes, Feynman, Polya, Dirac, etc. They all went to places like princeton. And near as I can tell, that seems to be important. The only person I can think of who blew the door open was faraday,
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by _polymer_ 10y ago
I've often felt I'm not smart enough to be a theoretical physicist, but smart enough to know the difference between a real explanation and word vomit. And that is extremely stressful for me. There is a desire to feel like you can
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by _polymer_ 10y ago
But what if you were paid to convince them?