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It starts interesting but it then kinda becomes a Mathematica/Wolfram marketing stunt ?
by znpy 5y ago
It starts interesting but it then kinda becomes a Mathematica/Wolfram marketing stunt ?
- queuebert 5y agoI can't figure out if Wolfram is a brilliant scientist or a brilliant carney.
- pmarreck 5y agoThere's a certain type of "success trap" where one's first success is so significant that they don't ever need to figure out how to work with other people (or at least people who are peers and not underlings), and I think that's where the "carney" element comes from, where you're sort of drunk on your own hubris (regardless of actual merit)
- queuebert 5y agoExactly. It's like he assumes that everything he does is brilliant, when in reality most people think Mathematica kind of sucks and cellular automata are flat out useless. Probably related to being a child prodigy and always being told how smart he is.
- lioeters 5y agoThat reminds me of a quote about arrogance/confidence/self-respect.. > I am persuaded that no one ever achieves anything worth-while in this world unless he has so great a respect for his work that he compels all other men to respect it. Apparently this comes from an article published in 1922 by an anonymous author. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28509935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28509935
- copperx 5y agoCan you expound a bit on "Mathematica kind of sucks"?
- jonas21 5y agoWhy not both?
- AlexCoventry 5y agoThanks, I came over here to see whether it goes anywhere worthwhile.
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- Keyframe 5y agoClassic Wolfram then? edit: watching it.. SMP, Wolfram, computational language, he did all of that for past 40 years of course, he even managed to put himself in the same sentence as John McCarthy, they invented notebooks and then he's showcasing Mathematica/notebook.. I actually quite like Wolfram, but sometimes he's just a tad too much.
- dmos62 5y agoI'm normally sensitive to people being full of themselves and I've no such sensation with Wolfram. I'm fascinated by what he has to say; I find his perspective on computational and programming languages, him being a specialist outsider, insightful and valuable.
- motoboi 5y agoThe problem with such accomplished and genius people is that when they talk about what they did, it feels too much. Guess what: it is much.
- copperx 5y agoHe forgot about Clojure after a minute or so. Never forget your audience.
- Keyframe 5y agoneat overview of mathematica, or wolfram desktop or whatever.. angle being language design.. but yeah, clojure disappeared as soon as the camera turned on.
- nightski 5y agoMathematica uses a functional language at its core. As a functional language enthusiast (including Clojure, although I haven't used it for anything professionally) I find discussions about any functional language interesting. In other words, I doubt the only thing Clojure folks care about is Clojure.
- spoonjim 5y agoEvery utterance from Wolfram is Mathematica marketing, even when he writes (amazing) eulogies for his late friends.