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It referred to person who does computations by hand and/or abacus.

That is a subjective opinion

JavaScript/TypeScript ?

Ada arguably is a system programming language and it supports named parameters.

(1) Visual Studio Code - I work with it on Debian & Ubuntu versions from 16.04 to 20.04, also works well with WSL/Ubuntu on Windows;

(2) + C/C++ extension for VSCode from Microsoft (installed separately);

(3) + sudo apt-get install clang-format.

  You may want to adjust some settings e.g. set C_Cpp.default.cppStandard to C++17.

Agree with both points, but tachyonbeam wrote:

  > built-in Nvidia GPU (which 
  > I use for machine learning)

And I used aforementioned (gaming) laptop with GPU mostly for Deep Learning

> built-in Nvidia GPU

  GPUs could consume a lot of power. 

Source: I used a Windows 10 laptop (not Thinkpad) with Nvidia GPU and it usually lasted less than two hours on battery. I work on another laptop, Thinkpad without Nvidia or AMD GPU, it lasts 6-8 hours on battery.

If you don't mind me asking, what is the company ? I really need some expert advice/consultation.

If you are not against some help from technology, then there are software/apps that block internet access for social media web-sites etc e.g. freedom.to

You could also try browser extensions, e.g. for Firefox: Mind the Time -- shows stats of internet usage; LeechBlock NG -- blocks sites.