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__palo_alto__on MIT suspending SAT/ACT requirement for next application cycle

Most high schools in the US don't have graduation exams. Even for ones that do, there's no standardized high school graduation exam nationwide.

__palo_alto__on Show HN: Single neuron neural network written in COBOL

I think the perceptron algorithm does not include a sigmoid, just a stepwise activation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron

__palo_alto__on Ask HN: Git alternatives that aren't so complicated?

If the git CLI is difficult, there are some good GUI git clients like Sourcetree and Git Tower that I would recommend. I still use Sourcetree pretty regularly if I'm working on a larger project and want to get a better picture of everything.

However, as others have said, I would recommend giving git a fourth try. It really is the standard tool in source control.

Somewhat related idea: I feel similarly about vim/emacs. Most senior developers in my company work in vim/emacs, and while I can definitely use either, I am MUCH more productive in something like VSCode. Will this hurt me in the long run? Is it worth the temporary reduction in productivity to make vim my primary editor?