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"AI has dramatically accelerated the path to a first working version. It has not shortened the distance between a first working version and something production-grade." - Anuradha …

The main reason for this is because self-taught programmers FOCUS ON ONE LANGUAGE. I realized that I went through all the courses I needed to learn from university in different pro…

Stay safe out there. Personal and physical security for founders, operators, and investors [0] https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/personal-physical-secur...

Social media is lipstick on a pig. There's verbal and physical abuse, exclusion, name-calling, stalking and all sorts of inhumane behaviour towards each other in real life. Social …

Could a not-too trivial example like the difference between a Java sudoko solver and a lisp version with all the bells and whistles of FP such as functions as data and return value…

Real eyes realize real lies.

Remade as Operation Mincemeat[0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwkSyrN0mvY

I disagree, you are future-proofing yourself as the software development industry has no relatively fixed career-path. What you are using today is very likely to evolve you need to…

For Java libGDX[0] is okay. This answer is most likely based on what programming language you use most. The C++ folks will like Unreal and the JS folks have their preference as wel…

Rushing throw math for Computer Science/Engineering courses has become necessary, mainly because there is a lot more CS to learn,(data science, ai and lots more to come) but it com…

There's a dedicated Ethiopian music channel through the Trace network https://trace.tv/traceprime/

As a developer you need to have a Documents, Downloads and Development folder. I was always shuffling things around in documents and downloads till i realised I need a Development …

I recommend the Deitel[0] series for Python and C family languages like Java, C# etc. With hundreds of complete examples to follow (not code snippets) and exercises to challenge yo…

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Man performs surgery through 9 hour complex brain surgery.

Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One by economist Thomas Sowell[0] explores this in good detail, applying it to political and economic policies, in his book. Housing polici…

Why are there so many quantum computing deniers though? From the speed, to the solving of intractable problems, to even the building of powerful q-computers, there seems to be a lo…

Let me change your mind. Ocean's 12 is one of the greatest movies ever made. It is a reality TV-esque take on the lives of master thieves. This begs the question, what does the lif…

Space startups have really taken off over the last decade, thanks to big players like Blue Origin, Space X and Virgin Galactic. There are a lot of other entrants, in what can now g…

No. Would you then learn assembly to understand C better? Once you have the basics of syntax and semantics your next step is the OOP and FP paradigms used in Python for simple prog…

Time to do this - a minimum of one week. Learn all the contents of a chapter over a period of one week. This includes answering the questions at the end of the chapter. If you happ…

Does "Look at me, I'm the captain now" count :D

A lot of successful founders have thankfully documented their paths through the startup world through blogs and books. A great one to start with is Founders at Work by Jessica Livi…