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How can we prove [math]0^0[/math] is equal to one? Anders Kaseorg, MIT S.B. in Math ’08; MIT PhD student... 84 votes Let’s start with a seemingly easier question: how can we prove that [math]0 + 0[/math] is equal to [math]0[/math]? Well, obviously, we could go punch it into a calculator. (Where by “calculator”, we prob... Read More » From a manager's perspective, how well do hires from coding bootcamps (i.e. appAcademy) turn out compared to new-grads out of a 4-year college? Quincy Larson, founder at FreeCodeCamp.com 43 votes Neither is generally good enough. Bootcamp grads have to patch holes in their theory. Computer Science grads have to get more practice.  In my hiring, I've observed that th... Read More » Correlation can measure only the linear relationship between variables. What are the methods for measuring non-linear relationships between two variables? Michael Hochster, PhD in Statistics, Stanford; Director... 47 votes "Correlation can measure only the linear relationship between two variables" seems a bit strong: >x <- 1:99="" br="">> cor(x, x^2)... Read More » In the next 100 years, is China likely to become the world leader in scientific research? James Lu 195 votes For anyone using the logic of: "No, China will never do anything innovative because the education system and culture are not conducive to innovation", I say: "Japan and Sou... Read More » Was Bill Gates a great coder? Eric DeFazio 368 votes According to Joel (onSoftware) Spolsky he was the real deal... Bill Gates was amazingly technical. He understood Variants, and COM objects, and IDispatch and why Automatio...  Read More » Go is much faster than Ruby/Rails and there are many companies migrate from Ruby/Rails to Go like Iron-io. What is the value of using Rails now? Fabio Akita 121 votes Read all the good answers in this thread, but the summary: are you building a highly concurrent thin API? Specifically one that requires long running connections such as We... Read More » Could a person wrapped in enough bubble wrap survive a fall from an airplane? Robert Reiland 700 votes Wrapped with a huge amount of bubble wrap, your terminal speed might be as low as 50 m/s. To have a good chance of surviving you would need to slow at the rate of less tha... Read More » What is the point of proving the irrationality of a number? Alan Bustany, Trinity Wrangler, 1977 IMO 59 votes The point of proving the irrationality of a number is to demonstrate that the number is not the ratio of two natural numbers. Anything beyond that is just lucky... Without... Read More » What is the best short story on hard work? Bhupi Joshi, iOS Developer 1.5k votes From A Delivery Boy To An Auto-Driver And Now A Pilot, Here's Shrikant Pantawane's Inspirational Story!... Read More » Is there any way I can get a website built and launched for free? Faisal Hassan 459 votes Download a free bootstrap template from w3layouts.com Sign up for a Github account Learn the basics of git from Try Git Download a free text editor from The text editor you'l...  Read More »