If you scroll down in the xcancel link (posted in the same thread), you'll find side-by-side picture comparisons of the code, comments, libraries.

It's true. There's a lot missing from the presentation. There's a lot of ways to dismiss this particular post. Would it be unfair to ask you to argue against a steelmanned version instead?

So you ignored the context surrounding this piece of advice?

Yea, reinventing the wheel is a great way to learn. You're not going to hear an educator tell you to not reinvent the wheel.

Yep, not reinventing the wheel is advice you should consider in a business context, not when you’re programming for fun, although I’m sure there are hordes of people giving this advice outside of the business context and perhaps that’s what OP is responding to.

There are many, many "educators" that will tell you to not dare think about a wheel more than it takes to mount a new one in.

I'm shocked that we allowed this to happen? It took decades for the research to catch up and, in that time, we've already saturated the environment?

Money

I can't tell if you actually read the comment that you're responding to because you seem to be ringing the same bell. The issue at hand is creating opportunities for people who are clearly not cut out for white collar work. Framing this as "enabling excellence vs accommodating average" is out of touch and sounds extremely arrogant.

this is putnam/IMO preparation

Too late for that

They mention towards the end that Trump signed an executive order to place FERC under federal control in order to fast track projects. There's a reason there's a lot of red tape, Mark. ffs

I understand how politicized the pandemic became, but I'm still baffled that this is making its way to the white house website now.

out of touch and/or virtue signaling