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I'm not sure if this was the intention of the analogy, but fishing poles don't have reels.

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> I know how to pronounce 'Kansas', and I was always under the impression that 'Arkansas' is the same with an 'Ar-' prefixed, which is apparently not the case.

The reason why they're pronounced differently is that they have different language origins. Arkansas is from the plural form of the French name of a Native American tribe, so you don't pronounce the '-s' while Kansas comes from the English spelling of a similar(?) tribe, where the '-s' is pronounced. English is notorious for just borrowing words from other languages wholesale but it seems to work most of the time.

Yep. He is the youngest living member, though.

> currency sign after the number instead of before it

While they use Euros, the Republic of Ireland is an exception to this.

At least with a higher level language it is easier to learn the practical side of concepts taught in Computer Science. As part of my architecture course at university, we were tasked to create a matrix multiplier in assembly. While it was an interesting challenge I would not use an assembly language for assignments in linear algebra.

It's so known for its stickiness that a mixture of sugar and boiling water is used by inmates against others. It's known as "prison napalm".

Funny, at my UK university for Computer Science we did not have independently invigilated exams. I would assume other courses were similar. We did have them for secondary education though.

> but very easy to fake with useless “tests”

While it doesn't alleviate the problems entirely, you can also run things like mutation tests that check that your unit tests actually test conditions, rather than just execute all the code.

In the UK, the A level I took was called "Computing". My university called it that as well and treated it as an MEng rather than an MSc, but most UK universities still call it Computer Science I think.

But why? It was his actual birth name. He also wasn't knighted so you could use the title "Sir" to distinguish the other Francis Bacon from him, though I've noticed Americans don't use the title generally when referring to those knighted in the UK (and presumably other countries as well).

"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything" is the version I've heard.