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Re:A 37-year-old wanting to learn computer science by iwontberude on Saturday July 05, 2025 @12:34PM (#44473831)
I’m 37 year old wanting to unlearn computer science, let’s make a deal.
Re:A 37-year-old wanting to learn computer science by dickstrawng on Saturday July 05, 2025 @05:28PM (#44475695)
Yesssss the classic midlife Big O of Disillusionment. Don’t worry — unlearning computer science is only O(n²) if you try to forget recursion manually. Just start with garbage collecting your memories of pointers and work your way up to erasing all trace of Turing machines.