I took similarly extreme measures to end my video game addiction many years ago. I played MMOs compulsively. They basically hijacked the reward center of my brain to the point where what happened outside of the game…
I plan on following in Warren Buffett’s footsteps. Without his influence, I would be working the graveyard shift at a gas station right now. End goal career-wise is to amass as much wealth as possible by giving smart…
I hate to admit this but I wrote 3 of these woe—and-misery letters in the late ‘90s, when I was a teenager. One to Bill Gates, one to Bill Roper, and another to Chris Metzen. I didn’t send them expecting a response, and…
Isn’t it possible to become a billionaire without anyone knowing? What if you just get there quietly through private investment? Not a billion, but I’ve built up a decent chunk myself and nobody seems to know or even…
This is tangential to the article, but James being “a frequent commenter on his blog and a huge help to other readers” was my first sign that he was not mentally well. Immediately knew things would not go well for him…
That’s a very good point, in that case even 50% would probably be optimistic. We can probably attribute this article’s novelty to the slow adoption of Python 3. In that way it’s probably a good thing that it’s such a…
Came to say the same.. insertion order of dict has been here for years for 90+% of Python users (CPython implementation) and a part of the language spec also for almost as many years. I guess it’s good to spread…
I took similarly extreme measures to end my video game addiction many years ago. I played MMOs compulsively. They basically hijacked the reward center of my brain to the point where what happened outside of the game…
I plan on following in Warren Buffett’s footsteps. Without his influence, I would be working the graveyard shift at a gas station right now. End goal career-wise is to amass as much wealth as possible by giving smart…
I hate to admit this but I wrote 3 of these woe—and-misery letters in the late ‘90s, when I was a teenager. One to Bill Gates, one to Bill Roper, and another to Chris Metzen. I didn’t send them expecting a response, and…
Isn’t it possible to become a billionaire without anyone knowing? What if you just get there quietly through private investment? Not a billion, but I’ve built up a decent chunk myself and nobody seems to know or even…
This is tangential to the article, but James being “a frequent commenter on his blog and a huge help to other readers” was my first sign that he was not mentally well. Immediately knew things would not go well for him…
That’s a very good point, in that case even 50% would probably be optimistic. We can probably attribute this article’s novelty to the slow adoption of Python 3. In that way it’s probably a good thing that it’s such a…
Came to say the same.. insertion order of dict has been here for years for 90+% of Python users (CPython implementation) and a part of the language spec also for almost as many years. I guess it’s good to spread…