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touchngthevodka

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touchngthevodka··on Show HN: I made a cheap alternative to college-level math & physics tutoring
Since when did we start making the assumption that university is supposed to be vocational?
touchngthevodka··on Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal use?
I spent a week or two creating a trading tool for the popular video game EVE Online. The tool identifies regional arbitrage opportunities between large market hubs and allows me to prioritise the movement of goods to maximise profit while minimising time investment. It also helps me update orders efficiently.

As it provides a decent competitive advantage I have no plans to publicise it, although it is on Github as a portfolio piece.

touchngthevodka··on Teaching how to code is broken
Have you tried Fluent Python? It really helped to level up my knowledge of the language.
touchngthevodka··on Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
Thanks. You too. I lost my partner of 3.5 years recently and this will be my first Christmas since it happened. I'm with family but it doesn't come anywhere close to filling the hole they left.

Merry christmas.

touchngthevodka··on Georgia Minute by Minute
Unfortunately I'm unable to browse this site with the HTTPS Everywhere plugin as I get stuck in an endless loop.
touchngthevodka··on YouTube suspends Donald Trump's channel
And yet here we are, discussing the events in a forum that anyone can view and sign up to.
touchngthevodka··on Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist Killed in Attack
Intent. Understanding of intent is incredibly important when analysing any conflict.
touchngthevodka··on Inventing Monads
As someone who isn't familiar with functional programming, what benefit does this give us over throwing an error when trying to access a resource that doesn't exist?
touchngthevodka··on Boston Dynamics' Handle Robot Recreated with Raspberry Pi
The owner of Segway:

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39377851/ns/world_news-europe/t/se...