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by wallscratch 5y ago
What’s awkward about lambda in python?
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by wallscratch 5y ago
So as a phd student I’ve learned the thing about reading research papers is that yes, it takes ages to read your first 2-3 major papers in a field, but after that, you’ve probably picked up a lot of the vocabulary and basic ideas, and you’l
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by wallscratch 5y ago
> My biggest gripe is that Leetcode is systematically favoring candidates who have months of free time to […] Wouldn’t this be true of almost any other selective interview process?
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by wallscratch 5y ago
I like how python’s indentation scheme makes code look nearer, but I find it scary in the following case: for i in range(0, m): for j in range(0, n): doInner() doOuter() A single tab here in the 4th line produces syn
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by wallscratch 5y ago
As a current PhD student in computational neuroscience, I think most of the academics I interact with tend to drastically overestimate the value of their “data science” skills to real jobs, and underestimate the value of software skills bey
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Every time I try to use a “it’s the opposite of what you think” mental shorthand, I get used to the wrong-seeming (but correct) way it is, and then I start mentally flipping it back to the actually incorrect version.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
What features of clojure do you feel make you more productive? I’m primarily a python user, but I spent time writing code in Ocaml to understand the potential benefits, but… (I would love to have my mind changed)… it feels like many of the
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by wallscratch 5y ago
What do you like about K&R so much? I was excited to dive into it during the C systems programming class I took in school, and it was fine, but I didn’t understand the hype. And I loved learning C / usually care about things like
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by wallscratch 5y ago
To be fair, he acknowledges 3D can be good for video games / 3D CAD, he’s just saying that 3D is superfluous for most information-processing tasks.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Sipser’s theory of computation book is one of the best examples of technical exposition I’ve ever seen.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
So my dream is that eventually mypy (the optional python static typing module) will be extended so that python becomes a gradually typed language — able to detect if an entire program has valid static typing, and if so, use a much higher-pe
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Check the art of problem solving contest books, or project euler. I honestly think the best way to build logical reasoning skills is through real math or cs challenges, rather than some artificially constructed logical reasoning tasks.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
I’d be curious to hear some examples.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Can anyone help me understand why transitioning to kernel mode is architecture-dependent? I’m not clear on why the linux system call kernel entry code in arch/x86/entry/common.c has to be in assembly, instead of C.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
I assume apple does this intentionally :)
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by wallscratch 5y ago
I feel like at this point common usage has moved so far away from this that it’s almost not worth trying to reel it back in.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Is there a reason github can’t just have a setting to prevent you from pushing secrets in the first place? Is it really that processing heavy?
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Why can inlining functions cause disasters? Just instruction cache misses, or other things as well?
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by wallscratch 5y ago
I think he deserves a lot of credit for actually evolving his views over a half-century and doing his best to balance political realities with the democratic agenda.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Yeah, but maybe this is an argument for treating the food animals, rather than ridiculousness of standards for science animals.
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by wallscratch 5y ago
As someone who didn’t study anywhere near as much math or cs in college as I’d have liked, and had to spend a lot of time asking questions on Stack.* sites, I’ve had an extremely positive experience. The only even mildly negative experience
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Os noob here, what’s less expressive / insecure about PIDs or file descriptors?
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by wallscratch 5y ago
Do you have a sense of about how many hours the project takes to complete? (Ballpark appreciated)
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by wallscratch 6y ago
Are there exercises / recommended programming assignments for the book? I didn’t see any when I was just skimming. Thanks.
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by wallscratch 6y ago
> I found that for embedded C++ to be successful, you need to have some good (excellent sometimes was harmful, but that's a different topic) Why were excellent C++ skills sometimes harmful?