I agree with the original poster. Learning C definitely allowed me to understand (and feel) the code from the inside. If you just use a Hashmap or Array without knowing how you'd do it in C, you're just playing with Lego pieces. (I also agree with his view on C++ but I won't poke that hornet nest)
Yes while I'm certainly not an expert in game theory (which is still an evolving field) my reservations with it are with the core principles of it mentioned above. If you notice an inefficiency in the marketplace, you might be able to exploit it before your competition even knows what moves you made. In many cases they won't care.
I don't know much about the technology of this, but I used to play with capacitors during my teenage years and if this works even half as advertised it would be truly life altering. We could have "hybrid" solutions of a capacitor combined with a battery with the capacitor acting as a buffer to improve battery life.
If you can optimize breakfast, you can get away with 4-5 hours of sleep but not for long. I've noticed that if I do that, the body will catch up with sleep the next day, like make you drowsy earlier. As far as breakfast, nothing beats a protein rich meal like eggs. Been doing it myself for over 2 decades :)
C is designed and optimized to be very close to the hardware, in fact it's called high-level assembler. You can access specific hardware features directly. C++ is the OO version of C (yes I know this is an oversimplification). Other languages, like for example Java creates a logical layer (known as the java virtual machine or JVM) which adds more complexity and makes it harder to tweak your code to fit the particular hardware.
I'm watching the last season now. Yes there are many questions that are never answered and the timelines never get explained, but I'm still enjoying it. I found the many, multi-faceted characters to be very easy to relate to and interesting to follow.
I never watched Lost when it ran and even when it ended in 2010. My friends kept pushing but I never gave it a chance until a month ago. Once I made past a few episodes, I was hooked!!
The "charge more" advice should be common sense in this day and age. I'm very surprised it doesn't get taught in college marketing 101 courses. I read a book on salesmanship published in 1929 teaching the same exact thing to salesmen and Cialdini wrote at length about this phenomenon in his book Influence.
Finally someone is talking about this! I've always felt that the "new" tech companies bring very little value to consumers and are thus not profitable long term (but of course the early investors and founders already made their money) The incentives of many VCs and "angels" are at opposite ends with sustainability, consumer value and long term success.
As good of a model that this is in explaining the experience of finding "your life's work" it's useless in terms of how to get there. The best algorithm would be "keep looking until you find it, unless you stumble upon it by accident" Cal Newport has a slightly more actionable algorithm based on Self-Determination Theory. He has a detailed post on it. http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/04/09/corrupted-callings-the...