How not to be a script/ai kiddie? (for noobs) (sh.itjust.works)

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i dont program but if i did id proballey just use scripts and ai for everything and not learn anything

what do you do to motivate yourself to keep going/stop yourself from not learning new things

this is a programing qutestion but if you have advice on anything about not cotnetive ofloading and staying disclipened that would help )

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[-] Supercrunchy@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

I found that SICP (lisp version) is very math focused and in general LISP/scheme as a language is not very relevant anymore.

I'd reccommend against it if you think math or theorethical concepts are not for you or if you want to solve practical problems from the get go.

It's a very good and complete coursebook though. It covers almost anything on how "computation" works, and you learn all the base the concepts you find in almost any other programming languages.

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