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amoonki

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    Comment #11255434

    Why wouldn't the same be true for Go? Because the search space of good moves is larger?

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    Comment #11214786

    I think it comes from a place of frustration. Some people don't learn well from lectures at all, but because they're considered the default so strongly, other conduits of learning …

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    Comment #11214094

    I agree, but I think the "word problems" the author was referring to are much lower quality than the ones you're thinking of. I imagined some highly-contrived exercises where all o…

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    Comment #11021264

    I've heard that this is somewhat common in nerdy communities, or at least common enough that someone felt moved to write about "geek social fallacies": http://www.plausiblydeniable…

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    Comment #8547523

    I think the author's criticisms are mostly invalid (see Chevalier's comment for a great takedown). With MOOCs, I worry more about these things instead: 1) MOOCs lack the social/dea…

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    Comment #8336236

    This is what I got from my googling: Plastic parts are often made by pouring hot plastic into a mold. When the plastic is done drying, often a robotic arm or crane needs to pull it…

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    Comment #7597431

    As mentioned earlier in this thread, eople who don't know now have some keywords to google with.

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    Comment #7574454

    I've been looking for a resource like this for awhile! Thanks for posting.

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    Comment #7557295

    I did it by drawing on the canvas to mark the way. (I'm trying not to spoil it, apologies if this is too vague).

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    Comment #7557286

    I solved it by basing the robot's movements off my own using my position. Hopefully that's vague enough to be a decent hint but not a giveaway...

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    Comment #7524543

    I wonder if this algorithm would work if someone uploaded a rotated version of a previously uploaded icon. As it only compares row adjacent values, if the rotation was 90 or 270 de…