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I love the way in which this lady broke down the complexity of graph theory into something that anybody can understand. I mean, I understood it.

I didn't go to journalism school but I did take a couple of journalism classes as part of my writing degree. We were taught to be objective and not provocative in my classes.

It could be that since the obituary is behind a paywall, many people don't know what it contains, other than what they've heard second-hand.

I agree. "Something cool" is something that doesn't exist yet and it is really hard to find tutorials on those.

Just curious... Does spacemacs only offer Vim keybindings, or does it support Vim macros as well?

I disagree. In Python, the PEP8 standard is to use snake case for variables and function names. Classes should appear in this format: ClassName. Downey uses the class style for fun…

It looks like someone is overly sensitive to criticism. Instead of being a coward and voting valid comments down without comment, why don't you add to the discussion by stating why…

You bring up a good point when you talk of introverts vs. extroverts. I cannot see extroverts being happy working remotely. They seem to need the human interaction offered in the o…

I'm not sure why you were down-voted. This is a valid point and as a college professor and author, I'm sure Downey would appreciate any feedback that would make his book better.

It's nice to add Pages to the list of word processors with Latex support.

A lot of fake news is propagated on April 1st each year, particularly in the tech industry, so there is justifiable reason to view April 1st announcements with a bit of skepticism.…

I'd prefer talent and scotch on a cheap Yamaha any day.

Probably. You can fix that by standing taller though.

Amusing observation. Having had 10, 15, 20, and 100-year-old scotch, I must admit, I couldn't really tell the difference, other than price. Yeah, they tasted a bit different, but s…

Not sure why you're getting down-voted. Development tools look pretty much the same as they did in 2000, languages all feel quite similar, and quantum computing still isn't ubiquit…

My first distro was Slackware, and I bought it in 1995 as well. Mine came with a Unix book from O'Reilly. The only thing I remember about the book was a quote at the top of one of …

I just picked up this book on writing Vim plugins and scripts: https://pragprog.com/book/bkviml/the-viml-primer It has been good so far.

I found this book quite helpful in leveling up my Vim skills: https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-editio... I can also vouch for the Vim + tmux combination. PragP…

I recently finished a Linux course at school, part of which was focused on Vim. I got points taken away for using gg to jump to the top of a document and G to jump to the bottom. M…

I can vouch for Haskell Programming, but I haven't read the other book. Thanks for the recommendation.

I agree with the author that Haskell's unfamiliar syntax and functional constructs are why it hasn't taken over the world. I also think that Haskell's syntax and functional constru…

I found the information in the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck , by Mark Manson, to be quite useful in overcoming adversity. While the title is a bit on the nose, Manson's…

Exactly! I switched careers by doing nothing more than studying in my local library, and then applying for jobs once I felt I was ready to interview.

The money myth is just something managers tell themselves to justify low wages. Money IS why we work. Yes, other factors are important, but I can't pay my mortgage or feed my famil…