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When I evaluated different languages / environments to start teaching programming to my daughters I decided not to use Javascript because of that, chose Python instead (and now I'm also considering making games with Roblox, which is based on Lua. The dev environment is quite complex but with supervision Lua is a nice & simple programming language)
He said it relates the most important numbers and constants of the universe. He had it embroidered and framed on his office wall
I practice Olympic lifting (total beginner) and I have to concentrate so much during exercises. Take for instance the snatch movement [1] which is my personal favorite and one of the hardest (in my opinion)
Also I find weightlifting very addictive: when you do the movement successfully is very rewarding. When you get it wrong you can't wait to try again next time
"The test had a 98.3% specificity and 100% sensitivity"
I.e. only 1.7% likelihood of false positives
EDIT: And no case was missed
For context, I have a graduate diploma from the Judge business school, but that was a semiresidential program that allowed me to live in my country.
Shameless plug: If you want a non-academic summary of the theory, a few months ago I wrote about it in my (former) company's blog: https://www.codelitt.com/blog/5-principles-of-successful-ent...
I have extensive experience applying the NPS to the hospitality industry, and I can tell you that it's not a marketing gimmick as I have read in some other comments. That's why I decided to roll my own service :-)
[1] https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/06/european-commission-free...
Why did I fail? Well, basically what I wanted to achieve was only a nice idea, one that everyone loved when I explained it. But then, when we implemented it, it was so badly executed that it didn't do anything useful. Then we fell in the feature creep trap, I argued with my co-founder and he parted (because I didn't listen to him, and because he wasn't 100% committed), pivoted into another failing product (at least I managed to sell it and have some real customers) and finally entered into zombie mode for a while (actually the company is still officially in business as I had to take on some consultancy projects in order to pay back €50K in loans we took). Total time of my life spent: 4 years.
In the future, I will try it again, and of course I will do different. First of all, it'll be small from the start (I'm even thinking of doing something that just provides some passive side income, in the level of 1000€ a month). Then it will have to be profitable from the beginning.