On the other hand, there’s a solid use case for underflow.

Looks nice - are there written versions?

There is a course reader for CS109 [1]. You can download pdf version of this.

There is also book[2] for excellent caltech course[3].

[1] https://chrispiech.github.io/probabilityForComputerScientist...

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Data-Yaser-S-Abu-Mostafa/dp/...

[3] https://work.caltech.edu/telecourse

Thanks!

It’s like playing Plague Inc. (reverse version of Pandemic the board game where you play as the disease): to win, develop all possible methods of spreading first; only then develop symptoms, and do it fast before anyone has time to react

I find it surprising that people notice the part about symptoms[1], and despite this happening repeatedly we do relatively little against the part about spreading.

Part of it is perhaps by definition, “spreading” already assumes success. Still, I’d welcome some regulation; or at least awareness; e.g. a neologism for companies in that stage, growing at cost and only getting ready to develop symptoms.

[1]: The American Dialect Society selected “Enshittification” as its 2023 word of the year, source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

Almost a haiku :)

How about Option<bool> for that? In SQL you could have a nullable Boolean column

> A full rewrite

Things You Should Never Do, Part I [0]

[0]: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...

Things Mozilla have done a few times.[0] All with valid reason. 30 years without a rewrite is pretty rare for any piece of software.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator

The first two factions you describe in Python (types, testing etc. vs. data science and Anaconda) can work together just fine.

Source: I am in both factions, as are my colleagues :)

According to Wikipedia, the reactor on a Virginia-class sub has 280,000 hp (thermal, I guess) and 2x40,000 shp steam turbines.

So a little less oomph than 2 out of the 5 fuel pumps on a Saturn V, just for an irrelevant comparison ;)

Those Saturn Vs are so amazing.

Everything I think about them. As you state, just the fuel pumps (that pump fuel at cryo temperatures) are hundreds if thousands of horsepower and are amazing fears of engineering on their own. Each piece of that engine is like that.

I had the immense privilege of seeing a few F1s in person recently in DC and I was not let down.

Thank you for bringing them up.

It’s interesting to consider the opportunity cost of these 1.42 hours/year, which the study completely misses.

What would I have contributed to my GDP in the 5 seconds it took to ‘Reject all’ on Reddit?

It’s more or less the dictionary definition of ‘subpoena’ eg. [0]:

> under penalty (you shall bring with you)

[0]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subpoena%20duces%...