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I think this depends on the student. I do not have a CS degree. I dabbled in Python, but the first programming course that I took was Harvard's CS50 MOOC. I really appreciated learning C because it taught me about the underlying system through concepts like memory management. I agree that Python is friendlier, but I feel like C trains a particular mindset. Python may be more suitable for those who want to get off the ground quickly.

From https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trousers-pants-roman-h...

Like with GPS and the internet, innovations from the military sector slowly spread to civil society. By 397, trousers, in all their odiousness, were becoming so common that brother-emperors Honorius and Arcadius (of the Western and Eastern empires, respectively) issued an official trouser ban. The ban is cited in a code named for their father, Theodosianus, which read: “Within the venerable City no person should be allowed to appropriate to himself the use of boots or trousers. But if any man should attempt to contravene this sanction, We command that in accordance with the sentence of the Illustrious Prefect, the offender shall be stripped of all his resources and delivered into perpetual exile.”

“What the ban basically does is that it bans civilians from wearing a military outfit in the capital,” says Elm, “so one could see it as an indirect way to make it easy to distinguish civilians from military men at a time where tension was high.” Four years prior, Emperor Valens had been killed in battle within Roman borders, and a third of the army had been wiped out. So banning trousers could have been a way to make sure that the capital was easier to police, and that fighters were kept out.

The ban could also be read as the desperate attempt of late-period emperors to cling to a sense of Roman identity at a time where the empire had become a melting pot of traditions, after hundreds of years of expansion and cultural appropriation. Long hair and flashy jewels soon joined boots and pants as forbidden fashion.

“Barbarian influence on fashion was something that emperors wanted to control, but then their own bodyguards, which presumably they trusted, were barbarians,” says Elm. “So rather than anti-barbarian, they were mostly anti-barbarian-identity.” Restoring concepts such as “purity” and “identity” is not uncommon in fading empires—authoritarian ways to make rulers feel in control at home in the face of external weakness.

Thanks! I did not know about MultipleExpansion.

And yes you are right that Damodaran - although the spreadsheets on his site can be useful as well.

For those looking for the rest of the series, it's here: https://www.mathventurepartners.com/blog?offset=157373689900...

This looks like a series on how to build a relatively straightforward operating model with a focus on cash balance and "founder value" (I guess that's attributable equity to the founder)

If you're interested in valuation, it's worth checking out Prof. Damodaran's work or an online resource such as Macabacus modeling guide: https://macabacus.com/operating-model/introduction

Out of personal curiosity, what supplement brand do you take? I live in Ams as well and the season is...horrible.

This imgur album provides a good overview of the kinds of interactions that occurred before the shutdown:

http://imgur.com/gallery/VhlAW

From what I understand the bot started interacting with /pol/ (4chan) - and I guess - /b/ as well.

China holds US debt treasuries.

China sells US debt treasuries in exchange for dollars.

China sells the dollars it raised to buy Yuan.

Demand for the Yuan increases, hence the Yuan becomes more valuable, hence its exchange rate vis-a-vis the dollar appreciates (it will also appreciate vis-a-vis other currencies).

Dollars are being dumped into the market, so the dollar should decrease in value.

A more valuable Yuan means that China's currency is more expensive, hence its exports become more expensive (and drop) and its imports become cheaper (and rise).

Other people now own US debt, for which they will receive interest payments and a repayment when the debt is due.

Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington and Johannes Haushoffer wrote at length about the behavioral economics of poverty:

http://static.squarespace.com/static/52522308e4b0bcf2bc4dab4...

The whole PDF is in fact dedicated to outlining strategies for the reduction of poverty.

The study quoted in the article about scarcity and cognitive performance by Mani et al can be found here:

http://psych.princeton.edu/~psych/psychology/research/shafir...

I used it as the main document guiding my Msc. thesis research into poverty, cognitive function, and healthy meal choice.

In the press conference shortly after the flyby, one of the staff (I can't remember her name) said that the speed depends on the position of the probe relative to the ground antenna. So not only is transmission not 24 hrs, but when the probe appears to be on the horizon, transmission speeds are slower.

In a previous submission on YC (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9836651) some commenters were weary of an article that wasn't published in a journal. This one has been published in "Research in Endoctrinology"[1]

[1] http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/ENDO/2014/459119/a45...