Gotta go fast (in the desert for 40 days)
This was not a case of "I agree with you, but...", though. "But" is perfectly appropriate here to contrast between the first statement and the second.
If you want to improve your problem solving skills, I'd suggest solving actual problems. Data structures and algorithms can be very satisfying in their own right, but the real value is in taking a real-world problem and translating it into code.
It also depends what you want to do with your knowledge. There are domains that are deeply technical and require a lot of the things you've mentioned, but they also tend to be pretty hard to break into. A lot of software is not so deep. Any software project will have need for good domain modeling, architecture, and maintainability. Again, these are things best learned through practice.
Both numbers are valuable, but the visualization is bad. Per capita is very nearly not visualized at all.
Herbal flavor. Rosemary would be nice
I'd love to use herb toothpaste, but it all seems to be very expensive and fluoride-free. I found one I really liked at a drugstore in Paris once, but I can't seem to get it in the US.
Are you implying that sports aren't popular everywhere or that everywhere is a dictatorship?
I think the article is quoting from the report in a number of places. In this particular place, I think they're trying to differentiate between GAC and, I dunno, telling trans people to go away. Pure dumbassery, but I guess somebody in NSW government thought it was worth commissioning a report over.
I already eat pineapple on my pizza, might as well make it a piña colada.