This is the most insightful thing I've ever seen on Twitter.
“Coding is basically just ifs and for loops.”
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
A marathon is just putting one foot in front of the other, after all. What’s the big deal? I mean a two year old can do that, and they can’t even handle logic yet.
As a marathon runner, people sometimes ask "How does a person run for 3 hours O.O" and well it's about the same as running for 5 minutes except you don't stop. Simple != easy
Strength training is equally simple. Just keep increasing the weight you lift.
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#53git is just a graph, man
it's a chain. of blocks... hmmm.
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#54Computers are just thinking rocks.
> When we write programs that "learn", it turns out that we do and they don't.
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#56Humans are basically just ifs and for loops
With quantum irrationality and self induced sleep deprivation!
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#57Quite literally how I explain coding to people. It’s basically that, plus resource management.
I describe coding as similar to game of chess, in that it requires you to think several moves in advanced.
Both involve filling up your mental stack.
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#58And c++ is basically just c with classes.
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#59One time I told someone I work on web apps and they said “oh that’s just html and css that’s easy.”
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#60I also like "all web development is basically fancy string concatenation", and as a web dev I feel seen.
and file access