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I read just enough about it that I can get a "Hello, World" program written and running. I then try a few things to modify that program to learn more about the language. In particu…

Sometimes. It depends on what I'm typing. Documentation I mostly touch-type. Code, never. Touch-typing is one of those skills that pays with an economy of scale. The time it takes …

I agree 100% about Ubuntu, Python and PostgreSQL. They're an excellent tool set. You'll want to learn how to configure PostgreSQL. Go to the project website. The manuals are quite …

A variant on 4 that I've been meaning to get to for a little while now is to implement the same network protocol in several languages.

Both Vim and Emacs have some very nice features. Compared to a full-featured IDE, yeah they do look a bit old school. Even so, you can be incredible productive in either of them. I…

Congress shall make no law abridging the laws of physics.

Absolutely! By learning to deal with pointer manipulation and memory allocation, you can learn what it is, why it is necessary and how to recognize when it is broken. One of the pr…

There are a lot of good ones, but my favorite is still Erin McKean's talk about dictionaries: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/erin_mckean_redefines_the_...

One of the best things about HN is precisely that there is a core focus to it, but that it touches on many related topics. Some of the most valuable areas for exploration are where…

There are situations where the order of evaluation is not guaranteed. The big one that I've seen is evaluation of expressions as arguments in a function call, but there are others.…

Your motivation to learn the language will be a strong factor in your success. Wanting specifically to communicate in the language is a big plus. Get as much contents as you can an…

You're right. And the problem with that is that the only opportunities for 100% coverage happen when you can start a project that way with the buy in of everyone on it. That is onl…