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by gems 14y ago
"What are these abilities and insights you have that no one else has?" Sometimes the answer to that question is "I don't have any." Or sometimes it's an ability that is not valued (even by yourself). I too encourage searching, but let's be
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by gems 14y ago
Great cop out.
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by gems 14y ago
You're trolling. 1. Ubuntu comes with a more modern kernel than any Debian release. 2. If you don't care about system internals, then you're probably more productive with ubuntu than with, say, arch. 3. I've never used mint, but based on it
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by gems 14y ago
Again, can't you get these same packages on Ubuntu?
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by gems 14y ago
"Universities are a trap." Why do you think your experience allows you to make a general conclusion? There are at least a few universities which teach truly valuable things: work ethic, overcoming difficult problems, and using practical (an
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Ask HN: are there (addicting, video) games which improve mathematical thinking?
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by gems 14y ago
The sys admins I've known have generally been some of the most technical people I've met. They talk to vendors, know a lot about hardware, and have a great understanding about unix/ linux. They're not just administering your infrastructure,
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by gems 14y ago
What makes you think you can't be truly innovative by using somebody else's construction? There are new things to be done by building off of somebody else's work or by starting from the ground up. If you attempt the latter, you can almost b
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by gems 14y ago
"The only gains to be had from intimately understanding underlying structures are to be found in performance optimizations." Or, you know, being able to effectively troubleshoot when something breaks or when abstractions leak.
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by gems 14y ago
Almost everybody that studies computer architecture, even a little, is aware of these numbers. This almost seems like promotion.