HanyouHottie

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by HanyouHottie 12y ago
"They" has been acceptable for centuries. https://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/singular-t... http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/generic-s...
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by HanyouHottie 12y ago
Seems like a better name for it would be (...) :: (c -> d) -> (a -> b -> c) -> a -> b -> d since (...) = (.) . (.) .
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by HanyouHottie 12y ago
I thought this was pretty clever: 00000001 <-- this line is both an instruction and data. 00000011 00000001 <-- this line is both data and an address. 00000011 00000111 00000000 11111101 A program that doesn't
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by HanyouHottie 12y ago
You need to be careful with this line of reasoning if you mean what I think you mean. I've found that when speaking with laypeople about quantum decoherence, a very common misconception comes from the use of the word 'observer&#x2
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by HanyouHottie 12y ago
That example reminds me of this recent post on The Old New Thing: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2014/08/14/10549... Interesting behavior.
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by HanyouHottie 12y ago
Yay! I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. It also annoys me when what appears to be the background of a webpage is actually a link to somewhere, as I inevitably end up clicking it when trying reset the focus.
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by HanyouHottie 13y ago
http://www.geoffreylandis.com/vacuum.html I like this article much better. Covers more topics with more detail.
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by HanyouHottie 13y ago
I would instead recommend Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" then. It explores how the many-worlds interpretation could play a part in consciousness and is overall a great sci-fi novel.