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Education via libraries requires dedication and critical thinking; neither is necessary for modern universities.


And many libraries (especially my local city library) have a notable lack of technical books, so you need quite a bit more than dedication and critical thinking if you're going to go that route.


x86 is more complex than a Turing machine.


Totally went over my head. I thought he was talking about programming languages uses the same language for their keywords.


To the second question, when you work in the industry you realize the answer is often the programmer.

Edit: There were a lot of questions in that comment.


I agree that it often works out that way... but it shouldn't.


[0,1] is not less infinite than [0,2]. Also the less does not need quotes, there is an ordering of infinities.

Edit: typo


It's good to teach children (and sometimes adults unfortunately) to be responsible for their emotions and explain what happened instead of vague statements like "She made me angry!", but you don't choose your emotions to situations, only how you respond to them.


The same dictionary that defines literally as both literal and not literal. Dictionaries are descriptive not prescriptive, and so they also account for incorrect but common usage.


If enough people use literally in that manner than it is indeed correct. This is how language works, regardless if you like the change or not. Languages are always evolving and dictionaries reflect that.


In the same vein, language is constantly in flux, so defining a thing as "just so" is at best a temporary accuracy.


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