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> PSYC 4410: Obsessions of the Programmer Mind Identify and understand tangential topics that software developers frequently fixate on: code formatting, taxonomy, type systems, splitting projects into too many files. Includes detailed study of knee-jerk criticism when exposed to unfamiliar systems.

Each class would "just" study a hackernews thread in depth.





Going by HN preferences, I'd also add "in-depth typography" and "medieval books" for some reason.

Also gut microbiome, theories about diet and exercise grounded in things other than thermodynamics and moving more, and how things ought to be taught in school.



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