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HONK!-style bands - street/brass bands - you don't need to be good - you can learn an instrument and just hang out and play fun music. Through mine, we've played at Mardi Gras (Che…

To me, this reads as so much Chinese nationalism. Feels super consistent with Communist propaganda of an indolent West. Also, seems very suspect to criticize a lack of intellectual…

So, after this, my skylake xps 13 will be a better candidate for Ubuntu?

How is the battery life? I have this exact model, but I heard skylake had strange sleep or power saving problems under Linux. You have the 3200x1800 display too, and I am curious a…

I just meant that despite the exceptions like you that are doing awesome, the typical high school educated person makes less than a college educated person. Hahah sorry, I'm not cr…

"If you really can't see the value in a scientific degree, I think you either didn't work hard enough, pay attention, or go to the right institution." from another comment would ap…

Anecdotal evidence doesn't work though. The majority of "good" software jobs don't just want anyone. The average person can't do all the things you just listed. The average person …

This is so true. Thanks for pointing this out.

This. This. This. So many people also lack fundamental skills that you learn formally, with structure, in a formal education system. I would also argue that the learning process in…

I am a junior at a target CS school in the US. I'm currently studying in Europe at Sweden's KTH, reputed as one of the top engineering schools in Europe/Scand. I loathe all the "EU…