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Loper-os seems to suffer from the same problems as a lot of "unix hater"/lisp weenie types: while he does point out real flaws in the computing of today, he ser
by japanoise 7y ago
Loper-os seems to suffer from the same problems as a lot of "unix hater"/lisp weenie types: while he does point out real flaws in the computing of today, he seriously lacks in a competent, coherent, non-vaporware alternative. His blog is now nothing but bloviating about bitcoin
- invalidOrTaken 7y agoAs a not-fully-recovered Lisp weenie, I give a lot more slack to other wild-eyed idealists than I used to. Like, he's not wrong. I also had a HyperCard experience about that age, and it definitely was a significant factor years later. So he doesn't have an alternative. So what? Do you have one for cancer? It's still worth something to avoid Stockholm Syndrome.
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- JadeNB 7y agoIf you need to use the term "sniveling digital trendoids", then your argument probably isn't as good as you think it is. (The author, not you.)
- asciilifeform 7y agoAuthor of linked site speaking. Are you sure you are reading the same page? I had half a dozen articles re Bitcoin, the last in 2014...
- japanoise 7y agoYour most recent article, http://www.loper-os.org/?p=3440 http://www.loper-os.org/?p=3440 is tagged bitcoin, and in fact if I click on the tag, I see an awful lot of articles written in the last few months http://www.loper-os.org/?cat=42 http://www.loper-os.org/?cat=42
- asciilifeform 7y agoI do have a multi-chapter series on constant-time integer arithmetic -- indeed tagged incl. "bitcoin", as it is meant to be used in (among other places) a rework of the client. You evidently spent at most 3 seconds reading the link; wouldn't kill you to spend 5 seconds and see what is behind the tag.