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I think the real question is: why C++ is better for not defaulting to an automatic GC that does heap compaction? Think of what would happen to all those pthreads. :P

I think the issue isn’t resources, it’s having people around you to keep you going and help you when you get stuck. Especially if you are working full time as a grown up. We ought …

I can only speak for myself. My life is in the gutter, and for a variety of different factors, when and if that changes is out of my hands to an abnormal extent. I don’t have frien…

I'm OK with being ignored. I'm not OK with being powerless.

One thing I'd recommend is tying in the calculus you've learned with the language of differential forms. It really gives you a lot more power in visualizing what is going on (line …

I can’t speak about successful projects yet, but I have begun to make more progress in the past few weeks than I have in the rest of my life. Here’s the thing: if you have ADHD, do…

1) Sakurai and Dirac's textbooks on quantum mechanics. 2) Axler's book on linear algebra. That's when I started to think in terms of vectors as more than the typical "magnitude and…

If you have friends, use them. Avoid HR at all costs. Steer the conversations of interviews to your technical interests and current projects and away from your past as much as poss…

Pay me and I’ll help give you all the motivation you need. I’d be good. I have that Nietzsche experience, you see, of having been so isolated for so long that there’s little in the…

It would be awesome, but there’s a surfeit of material out there and these guys are doing it pro bono. Better to look at it as an entry point. One thing I do is try to connect the …

Poor documentation.

Get lost. No, seriously, get lost. Go out for a walk somewhere remote, let your mental juices flow, and bring a pad of paper to write down whatever comes to mind. Your mind will na…

I don't need to post links. I've failed at everything I've ever done in my life, professional or otherwise. I'm broke as a result. This isn't hyperbole, and I'm sorry if it sounds …