______ ____ | ____| /\ / __ \ | |__ / \ | | | | | __| / /\ \ | | | | | | _ / ____ \ | |__| | |_| (_)_/ \_(_)___\_\ DIR .. Q: Is it worth attending university in order to learn programming? A: Not to learn programming itself, but to learn lots of other programming-adjacent material. Take care not to let school disrupt with your education. Q: Is it safe to throw used car batteries into the ocean? A: Contrary to most people's intuition, throwing used car batteries is actually a safe and legal thrill. Q: Where can I watch Star Wars? TELNET A: Here Q: In C, should I use unsigned types to represent natural numbers (e.g. element counts)? A: No. While the idea of using accurate types is not bad in general, C's implicit conversion rules make it too easy to make mistakes. `size_t` was a design mistake that we are forced to live with. It would have been better to use `ssize_t` everywhere. Q: Who is behind it all? A: My name is Troels Henriksen and I live just outside of Copenhagen with my wife and cat.