She says people might have difficulty completing an activity if they cannot expect some kind of reward in return.

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So you're implementing this black box, and if its purpose in life is to actually return a value, you have to tell the compiler what kind of value to expect, and this is going to have ripple effects.

你在实现这个黑盒子，如果它的目的是,返回一个值，你必须告诉编译器你期望的是什么类型的值，这个将是一个连锁反应。

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And in keeping with that idea of a kind of a return to chaos, Noah is represented in a way as the beginning of a new creation.

这种观点相当于又回到混沌时代，诺亚在某种程度来说，标志着一个新的创世纪的开始。

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