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by reuven 11y ago
Precisely: Part of Finland's genius was in realizing that you can't easily get rid of bad teachers. So they created big incentives for potentially good teachers to consider teaching, and blocked potentially bad teachers from ente
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There are two types of religious schools: One (which my children attend) requires English, math, and other subjects. I have criticisms of this school system, for sure. But there's no doubt that they generally teach their students s
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This is a sticky problem, no doubt. But we need to find a way to get rid of bad teachers. Right now, in both the US and Israel (and perhaps other countries), we're in an extreme and untenable situation, in which bad teachers cannot be
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One of my favorite books from the last few years is "The Smartest Kids in the World." The reporter visits three countries that do very well on the international PISA test, and talks about what can indeed work in the US and other
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by reuven 11y ago
I'm Jewish, observe the Sabbath in a traditional way, am married with three children, and am a self-employed consultant. I'm delighted that for 25 hours each week, I'm unable to check my e-mail, be in touch with clients, work
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I've traveled to China about 2-3 times each year for the last few years. I strongly recommend that people who travel to China install WeChat. Not only is it guaranteed to work in China, but it gives you instant street cred when you&#
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Understanding nested list comprehensions in Python(blog.lerner.co.il)
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Want to Understand Python’s Comprehensions? Think in Excel or SQL(blog.lerner.co.il)
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Completely Truthful Answers to Lady Engineer Questions(medium.com)
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SEEKING WORK - training and mentoring (on-site or remote) I teach Python, PostgreSQL, Git, and Ruby to companies around the world. If your company has engineers who need to level up quickly in one or more of these technologies, then I can
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What It’s Like as a ‘Girl’ in the Lab(nytimes.com)
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Why you should almost never use “is” in Python(blog.lerner.co.il)
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I've visited China a number of times over the last three years, and am learning Chinese. It's obvious to me that I say "thank you" way, way more than native Chinese speakers would. It's an instinct that has been ing
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Rupert Murdoch Expected to Hand Reins of 21st Century Fox to Son James(nytimes.com)
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The real problem, as described in this article, is that it's all too easy for someone to enter the wrong number. There is no checksum digit on the Social Security Numbers, so if someone accidentally types a 1 instead of a 2, the wrong
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Why Obama Should Offer Edward Snowden a Deal(slate.com)
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Gumroad now accepts Paypal(blog.gumroad.com)
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by reuven 11y ago
A model of this is included in the NetLogo models library, which comes with the NetLogo modeling language: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/TrafficBasic It's fun to see children (and adults!) play w
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There was such a company for a while; I spoke on the first two "Geek Cruises," which has since re-dubbed itself "Insight Cruises" ( http://insightcruises.com/ ). I'm not sure which market forces push
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I'm not saying that it's necessarily good that using Git basically requires understanding its data structures. But Git is hard to learn, and often hard to use, and surprises people who use it. The best solution to this problem, I
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You might very well be right. It might be a fundamental flaw of Git that in order to use it, you have to understand its innards. Certainly, in order to use it effectively, and in order to avoid disaster, you need to now how it's stori
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by reuven 11y ago
You're totally right. I'll add this to the list of posts that I really want to write on my blog. I've got a crazy week coming up, but I hope to be able to push out a few posts after that. (Plane trips to/from China ar
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I see the marketing people fell asleep at the switch here. With just a bit of effort, Windows could have been "the operating system that goes to 11."
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by reuven 11y ago
Finishing a PhD gives you bragging rights, but it doesn't make you any smarter! (Believe me, it took me 11 years to do mine... and I've got the bills and emotional scars to prove it!) I might start to teach courses online at some
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I have a whole "Git" category on my http://DailyTechVideo.com/ site, which are some of my favorite intros to Git. Of these, my particular favorite is Michael Schwern’s “Git for ages 4 and up." Watch this, an
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by reuven 11y ago
I teach courses on Git, and I couldn't agree more. Many of my students have been told that Git is simple, and they just need to know 10 commands. Or they can think about it like SVN. Or that they should push, pull, and that's
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This 44-year-old alumnus concurs. At the same time, I've been doing more and more training, and less and less day-to-day development, over the last few years. Not only do I enjoy it, but I find that my long-term perspective and experi
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Yes, but "import this" does! (However, it took about 10 seconds to execute. Maybe that's the network I'm on, but even so...)
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Podcast.__init__ a podcast about Python and the people who make it great(podcastinit.com)
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Many countries (including Israel, where I live) have tax treaties with the US. You still need to file US taxes every year, but any money you pay toward your country of residence counts toward your American taxes, up to a certain ceiling. T

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