/prog/ - How do I know everything?

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-26 22:45

Computer Science major here,
It seems like everyone in my class knows everything already,
And they quickly absorb all new information.

How do I become like this?

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-26 23:00

read sicp

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-26 23:08

>>2fuck you lithpfag

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-26 23:59

>>1
Two possibilities, in order of decreasing likelihood, along with my humble advice:
1. Everyone is at least +1 standard deviation IQ smarter than you. If so, change your major to business ASAP.
2. You are so far behind because you are not a nerd / party too much / whatever. If so, use stimulants and study harder.

Have a nice day!

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 0:15

They are just ahead most likely. Probably already programming as a hobby.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 2:49

>>4 use stimulants and study harder
Terrible advice. Stimulants lead to all sorts of problems, like heart problems and panic disorder. I would know, I abused Adderall and eventually meth and it fucked me up permanently. Amphetamine-induced psychosis is not fun. I became such a nervous wreck that I dropped out of college, quit my job, cut off all contact with my friends, and became the ultimate NEET/hikkikomori.

Study hard, but avoid drugs.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 2:51

>>1
Go back in time to when you were 10-12 years old and tell your younger self to start programming.

Name: n3n7i 2011-08-27 3:57

...i think what your looking for is called under-pinning knowledge

eg, you don't do algebra before you can add and subtract...

...Go learn as much simple stuff as you can // or start with the complicated bit and 'Take it to pieces'.... until it is Simple =)

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 4:07

Read SICP.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 4:29

>>9
fuck you lithpfag

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 5:09

Read SICP, TAoCP, or, you know, compsci books.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 6:31

>>8
Conventional approach? In my pr^og?

NO U

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 9:39

>>6
I abused Adderall and eventually meth and it fucked me up permanently.
Use ≠ abuse. And don't psychoses only happen when you don't sleep for a few days?

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 11:18

>>13
I abused clojure and eventualy CLISP and it fucked me up permanently.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-27 11:27

>>11
TAoCP
TAO CP

wut

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-28 12:26

You can't. Pico della Mirandola may be knew everything. That was 500 years ago. When Diderot and d'Alembert started their Encyclopédie it was already impossible to know everything. You can't know everything about computer science. You can't know everything about a particular field of computer science. Kill yourself or get over it.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-28 12:48

>>16
But I'm in university and all the guys around me sounds like they know everything. HELP!

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-28 12:59

>>16
U MENA BOKU NO PICO

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-28 13:00

>>17
That's poor trolling. And they don't know shit. All they know is reddit's last posts. Read one single fucking big paper book full of pages, and you will easily oversmart them.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-29 1:09

>>3,10
SICP exercises can be done in other languages besides LISP.

How do I know everything?

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