I remember watching this *quality documentary some years ago. The whole premise of the state executing citizens is fairly barbaric, but it was interesting to see just how barbaric or "humane" some folks' attitudes towards the death penalty are.

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why is this in viral?

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I'm kind of surprised no one kicked in the mirror.

I don't know about unbelievable, but definitely *skillful.

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That's just the point! There's too many programmers that don't know diddly about computer science, wouldn't know how to analyze an algorithm. So, instead of coming up with a useful algorithm that works on real world inputs, too often they'll devise something way more complicated to handle worst case scenarios or give only marginally improved performance (or none at all in the real world). Pre-optimization is a horribly Bad Thing. But so is not knowing how to use the algorithms that have already been written and optimized.

The quote is from a presentation by Sedgewick titled "Algorithms for the Masses." The whole point of it is to start teaching the fundamentals of computer science to everyone (that needs to do programming). I'd love to find a video of it somewhere, but all I've been able to come up with is the presentation slides (which themselves are worth a read through).

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"Why don't you just tell me the name of the train you selected."

Efficient algorithms and data structures matter.

"There is more to computer science than programming." - Robert Sedgewick

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Hicks' bit is funny, but it's also complete horseshit. If I can work a shit job for a few hours to make enough money to allow me to take any one of a number of other jobs that I'll love for weeks/months/years, it's not a question at all.

If anything, that's how you know you are on the global artistic roll call. Work hard, occasionally doing shit you hate for obscene amounts of money. I wonder if Bill had ever had a dump truck full of cash driven to his door if he'd have felt differently.