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by hzhou321 9y ago
How does that timeline have any meaning?
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by hzhou321 9y ago
> Speed is not a huge issue if you're happy to leave your simulation running overnight anyway, or if you have the option to just throw more and more cores at the problem What about those cases that it's the matter between throw
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by hzhou321 9y ago
Don't be so assumptive that a 30 page long main function is bad code. The code still can be well organized and readable. Function is not the only method to organize code. Knuth's literate programming for example is invented to bet
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by hzhou321 9y ago
For me, the speed of find and grep is sufficiently never a concern, so I do not find these speedy alternatives sufficient to compensate for its non-universality. And when the speed of grep and find do become a concern, I would think the iss
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by hzhou321 9y ago
I missed my chance of learning vim properly and I never internalized h I j k. After trying a few episodes of forcing myself to use h I j k miserably, I question that wisdom. The fact is I never find arrow keys a hindrance, probably when I n
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by hzhou321 9y ago
If you are interested in the problem, then only flaws in the logic are red flags. If you are not interested in the problem, why did you click the link? Disclaimer, I am not interested in the problem (but a bit interested in how the link get
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by hzhou321 9y ago
Developers use macros. Now since they are developers, they had less problem develop with a programming language and may prefer to do so than using the TeX macro system. The alt-TeX can simply be extended with plugins or modules.
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by hzhou321 9y ago
A Turing INcomplete TeX copy would be nice. I.e. no macro facility, with common escape sequence implemented in hard code. I do not encounter TeX users who write their own macros often.
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by hzhou321 9y ago
How do I install vim? PS: It has git, but no network. PS: Upload non-zipped tar balls works. How to access the image (downloading)? PS: Well, it is way too slow and hangs easily. I guess it is only an interest at this point.
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by hzhou321 9y ago
The idea that we need to get the code correct in one-go is questionable. Any coder only has limited slots for short-term memory. Spending some of those slots keeping track of syntax balancing is a questionable advice. Instead of getting stu
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by hzhou321 9y ago
To live without google is not hard. But the question is not about can or cannot, it is about will or will not. It is about will you deliberately choose less ideal products simply out of an idea. It is about how much, really, do you buy into
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by hzhou321 9y ago
>> I've always been hesitant at many Project Euler problems since some of the math is off putting to me. That's why I consider building something (like a side project or something of use). Math has the nature of simplicity -
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by hzhou321 9y ago
It will be a frustrating experience to learn C with a mindset of career. The mindset of career is about results, C is often not a shortcut to most superficial (visible) results. (It is a shortcut to real programming skill though, but a real
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by hzhou321 9y ago
First, what is programming? Programming is basically writing out instructions with names, verbs, if/else's, and loops. The latter three are not much different in all languages, but names! The programs we wrote -- the style, detail
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by hzhou321 9y ago
Or, I think the other way is more sensible or probably already in motion -- we need let Google, Facebook and Amazon govern.
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by hzhou321 9y ago
Not only now you are employing a foreign data type (numpy array) that requires separate learning independent (potentially confusing) to your existing Python knowledge, you also need mentally differentiate: X = X + 2.0 * Y X = X +
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by hzhou321 9y ago
That makes sense. It was not obvious from reading the article and comments. Thanks.
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by hzhou321 9y ago
I don't use atom, but I don't understand why it needs to be defended or why people would attack it in the first place. If you don't like atom, like me, then don't use it. Is it deep down that you are really envying peopl
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by hzhou321 9y ago
Text is scary. They had the same barrier transition from picture books to books without pictures. It takes kindergarten where the set up of school give them the perception that they had no choice but to embrace the initial difficulty opened
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by hzhou321 9y ago
The 2gig TeXLive installation is quite an elephant. I often wish that I could just pick what I really needed; but that requires me to understand the dependency of those packages and suspect the end solution may point to re-engineer the whol
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by hzhou321 9y ago
It is not a review. It is an introduction or tutorial.
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by hzhou321 9y ago
There is the basic programming language, which provides a set of instructions that computer would do; then there is the meta-language (e.g. macros, templates) that provides instructions to compose instructions. I have come to realize that t
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by hzhou321 9y ago
The paper is too abstract for me but it seems to mean that we don't really need the concept of infinity (for theorems in finite domain). I like that.
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by hzhou321 9y ago
Google, Amazon, Netflix vs. ATT, Verizon, Comcast. Monopolies vs monopolies. Where's the freedom for us?
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by hzhou321 9y ago
> But now I feel I'm 3 steps behind. Every time I see a new technology come and go, I feel myself was 3 steps ahead :).
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by hzhou321 9y ago
A university degree is only one narrow aspect of learning.
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by hzhou321 9y ago
What we need is to ask the questions again. E.g. why do I need work on a new language? If the answer this time is different, even slightly different, that is because after a certain amount of effort, we accumulated experience and gained add
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by hzhou321 9y ago
> All I could wish for is C with native features of python (dict, list comprehensions, libs like sqlite and xml...) Many had these fantasies before realizing the intrinsic conflict. First, it is merely a library away to have high-level d
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by hzhou321 9y ago
First to reply the parent claim: the majority of Chinese reactions come from people who receive zero money from the fame of martial arts. Therefore, money cannot account for the overwhelming reaction. To check, who do you think receive mone
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by hzhou321 9y ago
> So would Mr. Xu have received the same negative public feedback if he had avoided the ground and pound, and won without perceived brutality? I think Mr. Xu would not receive negative public feedback if he simply stops at knocking Mr. W

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