dhissami

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Do we really need to learn to code?(newyorker.com)
2 points by dhissami 12y ago|1 comments
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by dhissami 12y ago
I agree. This book taught me stacks, queues, deques, trees, and graphs. I was already exposed to searching/sorting and recursion from other resources, including John Zelle's "Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Sc
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by dhissami 12y ago
Site down. Here's the cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:stable...
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Ask HN: Is my iOS game too hard? (includes leaderboard data)
2 points by dhissami 13y ago|1 comments
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by dhissami 13y ago
One of the goals with my game was to slightly outdo the difficulty of Flappy Bird. Based on feedback, I know I outdid it, the question is by how much. One thing I do know is that the game is not impossible. Game Center leaderboard scores ar
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by dhissami 13y ago
I appreciate the thoughts and advice. The app hasn't gotten bad reviews yet, so looks like the extreme difficulty is a win, at least for the time being. I changed the description to focus on the challenge. Thanks!
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Is my first iOS game too hard?
2 points by dhissami 13y ago|4 comments
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by dhissami 13y ago
Some other resources besides CLRS... Free interactive Python textbook on Algorithms & Data Structures: http://interactivepython.org/courselib/static/pythonds/index... Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne of Princeton have a great textbook
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by dhissami 14y ago
Exactly. I recommend something like Codecademy to absolute beginners because it helps build muscle memory and gets your fingers wet. It helps you pass that initial mental paralysis where you're staring cluelessly at the screen. Codecademy n
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by dhissami 14y ago
If what you want is pure Camellia sinensis, wouldn't that make fluoride an impurity? Generally, if an added component is undesirable, isn't it automatically an impurity, regardless of whether it was added naturally or not? You got me scratc
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by dhissami 14y ago
eurleif, I agree with you, but the exact long-term side effects are unknown. And since I drink tea to relax, it's something I don't want to worry about...else it would defeat the point.
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by dhissami 14y ago
Tea is one area where I go for the expensive stuff. It has to be pure. Drinking green tea with impurities like fluoride may or may not be killing me, but the thought of it kills the experience. Sadly, the woman likely believed she was gaini
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by dhissami 14y ago
Great article. Rudyard Kipling warned us of the same when he wrote: "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster / And treat those two impostors just the same" This is the main theme of the book "Hannibal and Me: What History's Greatest Milit