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by sn9 4y ago
Typescript gets compiled to Javascript anyway. What's stopping any pattern matching construct from being compiled to vanilla JS? We already get stuff like type narrowing and generics.
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by sn9 4y ago
You're overthinking it. It's because most people are mathematically illiterate and most people don't know that there's even a difference between median and average or a reason to use one over the other. Computationally,
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by sn9 4y ago
Teachers talk to kids about families all the time to illustrate ideas or just to build relationships. What happens when a student has two dads or two moms? Homosexuality isn't some abstract idea. Gays have kids and nephews and nieces.
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by sn9 4y ago
Do you really think the reaction would be the same if instead they kept the neutral icon but donated a percentage of app fees to charities directly supporting the cause? I genuinely think more people would be fine with that for the sorts of
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by sn9 4y ago
Yeah Essential 's more aimed for underclassman (e.g., sophomores) whereas the other text is for upperclassman (i.e., juniors and seniors) and graduate students. It's probably more useful for laymen. Those who find themselves want
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by sn9 4y ago
If it's something you really want to do, there's no harm in trying it. You'll develop all sorts of skills that will serve you well in industry should you decide academia isn't for you. And the opportunity cost of not wor
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by sn9 4y ago
Have you taken an algorithms course? Working through Skiena's Algorithm Design Manual [0] would be a good start and/or watching his lecture series on Youtube [1]. Other great books include Elements of Programming Interviews [2
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by sn9 4y ago
There actually is a fix for your particular issue (and indeed this would help many people). You just need to eat nutritiously dense, high fiber foods that have low caloric density to fill you up. So a diet heavy in vegetables and whole food
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by sn9 4y ago
People underestimate the variation in NEAT, non-exercise activity thermogenesis. Often on prolonged diets, your NEAT can unconsciously decrease from a series of small decisions like choosing to take the elevator when you usually take the st
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by sn9 4y ago
On the other hand, a generation of world-class programmers were raised on the REPL and interactivity (e.g., Lisp and Smalltalk programmers from the 70s-80s). And interactivity can be an extremely effective way of experimenting and learning
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by sn9 4y ago
In a pool of 4000, the fact that many didn't have experience with Rust doesn't mean that there weren't also many that did have experience. You could just filter the CVs for Rust experience and then take the most impressive 10
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by sn9 4y ago
Ramit Sethi's I Will Teach You to be Rich is an excellent personal finance book that walks you through the different things you should think about as someone investing for retirement. The writing style is kinda sleazy, but the actual
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by sn9 4y ago
I would be shocked if that were actually true. Maybe most top 10 programs do, but in general the variation in CS curricula is incredibly broad and includes tons of Java schools that only focus on imperative and OO paradigms with only passin
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by sn9 4y ago
Hilariously, no. https://fasterthanli.me/articles/lies-we-tell-ourselves-to-k...
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by sn9 4y ago
Then why bother commenting? I don't understand the urge to comment on something one hasn't read.
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by sn9 4y ago
You've clearly never lived along the Gulf coast. During natural disasters like hurricanes, this kinda thing can be a life saver. Many people buy diesel generators for these kinds of situations. This is a marked improvement.
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by sn9 4y ago
Probably great for your day-to-day mood, but I don't think it's in the same category of the things I listed in terms of your long-term health.
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by sn9 4y ago
I suppose you'd have to ask yourself if you want longevity at any cost or a high quality of life for however many years you get. Every study looking at strength training has shown it has huge effects for quality of life and health and
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by sn9 4y ago
The other benefit is that all of the AoPS books have extremely complete solutions manuals so you'll get immediate feedback on the quality of your solution, or you can just look if you've been banging your head against something fo
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by sn9 4y ago
The fountain of youth is regular strength training, cardio, quality sleep, good relationships, indulging your curiosity and learning new things, and a diet high in protein (for the exercise) and plenty of plant based whole foods like leafy
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by sn9 4y ago
This is an international forum and many people know more than one language. If you have recommendations, please list them regardless of language! If anything, the thought of books worth reading only increases one's incentive to learn t
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by sn9 5y ago
The Art of Problem Solving books are great and have complete solution manuals available as well.
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by sn9 5y ago
If we constrain ourselves to physically/biologically plausible stuff rather than the ability to teleport or whatever, and maybe assume you can't interfere with the lives of others: 1) Perfect health for the duration of my life (e.
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by sn9 5y ago
In addition to being quite possibly the best free introduction to CS and programming available online, it also has sequel courses in web development, AI, and game development that one could take. Alternatively, or in addition, you could fol
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by sn9 5y ago
Poe's Law strikes again.
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by sn9 5y ago
There are non-pharmacological interventions for ADHD that might be worth a shot like CBT, developing executive function, and other behavioral/coaching interventions. Compare minimal side effects to zero side effects and not having to p
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by sn9 5y ago
You're conflating self-control with focus, which are two separate things. The study focuses on the claims that self-control or exertions of willpower deplete the ego which doesn't address focus.
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by sn9 5y ago
Except sometimes things are called "progress" to sell them as ideas, but then it turns out the negative costs outweigh the proposed benefits. Or maybe there's progress in the short-term but not in the long-term. For example
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by sn9 5y ago
Two of the best dancers on the planet are 6'4" twins that go by Les Twins. I'd actually suggest it's easier to be a good dancer if you're tall and lanky because the movement of your limbs is more apparent.
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by sn9 5y ago
I made no such claim . . . . The video explains in detail exactly what I was referring to . . . .

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