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I understand this perspective if arguments were a limited resource and that by not fighting about tau we would win other battles (which is not true). The realit
by formula1 10y ago
I understand this perspective if arguments were a limited resource and that by not fighting about tau we would win other battles (which is not true). The reality is that there is no such thing as time "better spent" withoit enforcing some sort of oppressive regieme and ways to curb imagination. I believe the tau fight is one of the rare good fights.
- devishard 10y agoArguments are a limited resource. I have 45 minutes on the train and I'm using it to argue about tau, and I don't have the time or energy for more. And when society is divided on a lot of issues, people run into outrage fatigue and become apathetic. And to say that there is no such thing as time better spent unless you enforce an oppressive regime is a perfect solution fallacy. Sure, people will always do inefficient things, but if I could persuade even one person to behave more efficiently, that's a pretty significant gain. I'd also like to note that if you're arguing for tau over the more popular pi based on its efficiency, you probably shouldn't argue against efficency.
- formula1 10y agoOoooo.... I feel your passion! Great points. Internet conversations will only take things so far, after conversation generally action is necessary. Whats nice about hacker news is that with many actions we can take action with functional programming or framework xyz immediately. With something like tau, publicity is its problem. So few people know about it that any sort of exposure benefits it. To say that untyped systems are worse than typed requires minimal exposure, simply more experience to understand why