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by jonsen 13y ago
I don't get why you say this Just a narrative of my own experience thinking this through :-) I thought "OMG" would tell you that, sorry.
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by jonsen 13y ago
Ha, what a coincidence. It won't work for decimal 10s complement numbers: For x=10 we get 1 + 10 + 100 + 1000 + 10000 + ... = -1/9 And -1 in a decimal computer is 9 + 90 + 900 + 9000 + 90000 + … so … OMG! 9*(1 +
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by jonsen 13y ago
Maybe: Paradigms of Computer Programming https://www.edx.org/course/louvainx/louvainx-louv1-01x-parad...
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by jonsen 13y ago
There are many pseudo-coders here.
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by jonsen 13y ago
"I disagree." - Turing
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by jonsen 13y ago
Well the C does stand for computer.
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by jonsen 13y ago
You can say that you are fluent in i.e. english even if it takes you some effort to formulate some arguments. I'd say you are fluent in a programming language if you can effortlessly write a program even if it took some effort to solve
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by jonsen 13y ago
Ofcourse, added option "none".
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none
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Poll: How many programming languages do you command fluently?
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more than 10
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by jonsen 13y ago
... because each coin is equally as likely to be selected from the jar That's not the reason. It's because the fake coin also has two sides and therefore also 2^11 different outcomes. It just happens they all look the same. Ot
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by jonsen 13y ago
Well if I can count: 00000 00000 0 00000 00000 1 for 999 fair coins = 1998 + 1 for fake coin = 1999 1000 of which has 11. flip 0 So 1000/1999 ~ 50%
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by jonsen 13y ago
Idea - Write manual - Make program
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if (price == 100){ ...
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by jonsen 13y ago
Would it make a difference if you substituted "infinitesimal extension" for "zero extension"?
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by jonsen 13y ago
No chance. The hype will recurse forever. Even on stackoverflow.
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by jonsen 13y ago
Travel makes us all richer, more of it is a good thing Sure, this world can now afford constantly to have about one million of its people sitting in a chair in the sky.
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by jonsen 13y ago
Threshold Logic - a kind of in-between.
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by jonsen 13y ago
I don't know. But I've certainly met many smart people who are great story tellers.

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