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1,830karma·349submissions·May 16, 2016
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This is an amazing idea !
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I started my programming in the more "traditional" way i.e., C/C++ and then later python. When I started doing python, I was flabbergasted to find that I could just do 100**100 and get …
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Whenever I ask questions, I tend to go to the very bottom of it. And I am not satisfied as long as I get a very intuitive and fundamental understanding of the topic. I have seen, however, that this ca…
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To which Neils Bohr is supposed to have replied, "Stop telling God what to do!"
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> Does this rule apply to surgery or financial security systems? There are, in fact, places in the world where people die of relatively simple diseases and infections. I should think that a person …
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Given that there is a fixed set of Alphabets, I would rather use Counters. It avoids for loops (the biggest source of non-efficiency in python) and is imho is much more idiomatic.
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Memory is much more correlated with creativity than one would think.
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Have you tried Anki or similar Spaced Repetition System?
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Thank you so much for this. I wonder if similar guides exist for languages like Go and Julia.
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And that is what is called an analogy. Gives a simple and intuitive understanding but is not complete at all.
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Sounds like a great idea. Is it too much to ask you for an example so that many others (me included) might have a concrete understanding of the approach?
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>the experience actually had me somehow understand where my depressions came from While I realize that it is an entirely personal matter, I can't help but ask if you can perhaps share some of …
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With people looking forward to upgrade their mobile and hand-held devices for multiple reasons (including the "bling factor") I can't help but think about the current e-waste management…
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Any good resources you can recommend?
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Any resources you'd like to recommend to a beginner that comprehensively covers all aspects of Postgres?
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How does this compare to, say "Introduction to Statistical Learning" and "Elements of Statistical Learning" by Trevor et al? As I understand, the former is also supposed to be a co…