mjp94

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by mjp94 10y ago
Do you think that writing on paper vs on a computer makes a difference?
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by mjp94 11y ago
It's hard to answer this question without knowing what languages you already know and how experienced you are. I'd recommend Python regardless. It's very useful for writing small scripts sometimes and is used pretty widely I&
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by mjp94 12y ago
He probably didn't do enough walking before writing the post. Wrong thread.
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by mjp94 12y ago
Agreed. I definitely found D much easier than C. Was able to get C small after a failed attempt, but never stood a chance at getting C large.
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by mjp94 12y ago
If you don't mind me asking, how do you guys? I always compete in my university's "local" contest, which is basically a tryout for competing for a spot on the team that goes to the ACM. I try doing practice problems, but
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by mjp94 13y ago
This really hit home with me. For a while now, whenever I've been coding, I've been more focused on learning new things instead of creating things. While this isn't necessarily a bad thing, I had project for a CS course that
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by mjp94 13y ago
That's true, but they may also be praising "smartness" before the child knows what that is either. However, given how schools work, it's pretty unlikely that someone will realize what it means to be considered smart afte
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by mjp94 13y ago
As someone who's received praise on being smart as a child, I don't think it's necessarily all that bad, depending on the mindset the child already has. If they already realize that working hard will lead to them doing better
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by mjp94 13y ago
Is it really that big a deal to have the phone numbers connected to the usernames, rather than just having the phone numbers or just the usernames? I can see that someone may have the same username in multiple places, but at least out of th
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by mjp94 13y ago
The comparison made between English and C++ (spoken/written language and programming language) makes me wonder if people should even be comparing the two at at all. They do serve similar purposes in a sense, but what I'm wondering
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by mjp94 13y ago
Even if there was an apparent 'Apple tax' on the new Mac Pros, as long it wasn't too much, I wouldn't mind. They make great hardware and software, and sometimes it's worth it to pay a little bit extra to get this. A
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by mjp94 13y ago
I can't help but feel that this will turn out the same way as how HTML5 is used on mobile phones for native apps right now, where your app ends up not looking native to any of the devices, despite the benefit of one code base for the a