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Find out what the problem is first. A stand-up desk may make it worse.

Look up Montessori.

It's such a shame they don't offer encrypted sql databases like adobe air, it would make life so much easier for many applications.

What? Anyone who understands the evidence for evolution should accept the theory, because it's just that compelling. If there is another explanation for all of the data & experimental confirmations then let us know, I'm sure you've got a paper in Nature awaiting.

Of all the true geniuses I have met none are "on the internet", or if they are, are passive observers. They tend to be too busy doing amazing things than writing about it. I have no doubt that each would be a "superstar blogger" if they so decided to, but I highly doubt it's ever going to happen.

In private, they share in confidence with people they trust and organizations that they work with who treat such knowledge as competitive advantage.

The thing is, once you are at the top of your field, what incentive is there to share if you are still making personal breakthroughs on a regular basis? I don't see any.

That's a pretty big claim to be implying - that TS has less exits than YC and are second string. Do you have the numbers in front of you, or was it a guess? I've heard otherwise, so wonder where you get your information from.

Performance under extreme pressure is by definition what sorts out he great from the average in other disciplines: sports, music, performing etc.

If you haven't experienced sport (or similar) at the highest levels you probably won't get how much a few insane minutes can enhance your mastery. It really is a whole new level, where everyone is competing at their peak and you have to greatly improve your level or fail miserably.

This type of pressure & competitiveness just doesn't happen in most business environments, so the degree of pressure to lift your game isn't there.

They would be pretty rare on youtube I expect, the sensei's i have encountered have always been pretty secretive. I would suggest just starting up (they love helping beginners) and going to the first grading to see what it's like.

Eclipse + java6 would make a marked difference, agreed.

>Not the easiests of problems though. Do you know what statistics you would apply?

There are many ways. Off the top of my head:

- to focus on speed of development you could use a practice or warm-up

> provide each with a practice in another language

> provide a sample solution in pseudocode in both functional and imperative style

- To focus on speed of problem solving you could use topcoder data + research of participants programming language backgrounds.

The important thing is that if the effect is large it's easy to spot. According to some, the difference is an order of magnitude. If that's true, it will be trivial to spot.

This is what statistics are for, and is exactly the same situation that many other disciplines find themselves in where treatment a influences treatment b.

This is a testable hypothesis due to the number of popular open source projects around we can draw from.