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901.
by Koshkin 4y ago
But reality is not “the objective truth.” The notion of ‘truth’ belongs to the conceptual framework of knowledge (and the very complex process of its acquisition), and, unless you yourself conflate the mental image with reality, you rea
902.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Anecdotally, Bill Gates once said that anyone who have read all of TAOCP could be hired by Microsoft on the spot.
903.
by Koshkin 4y ago
I was expecting to see 3:14 on the cover!
904.
65 Years of Space: Sputnik 1 Anniversary(astronomycast.com)
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905.
by Koshkin 4y ago
How does mg compare with MicroEMACS (famously used by Linus Torvalds [1])? [1] https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds...
906.
by Koshkin 4y ago
> as long as it has modal editing That's what Henry Ford could say.
907.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Nice
908.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Shouldn’t firmware in general be considered part of the “hardware tier”? Free software, including Debian, had no choice but to run on non-free hardware since inception anyway, right?
909.
by Koshkin 4y ago
> for watching stuff ... while the browser is watching you [1]. > Microsoft isn’t that bad Yes it is. That bad. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia
910.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Still, it is amazing what they could do back then.
911.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Your programmer’s worldview will expand, you’ll learn new ways of doing things.
912.
by Koshkin 4y ago
As a user of (the modern) C++ I would still prefer Lisp's (lack of) syntax. The abundance of parentheses does not bother me, and I find, for example, [](){} (valid C++ syntax) to be worse in comparison.
913.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Well, pago isn’t weird, it’s paĝo that is.
914.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Sounds like Fortran to me.
915.
by Koshkin 4y ago
The 286 was a curious little beast. It did have a sort of an MMU, and, according to Wikipedia, The CPU was designed for multi-user systems with multitasking applications …
916.
by Koshkin 4y ago
No, the post is talking about the “windows system,” not Windows :)
917.
by Koshkin 4y ago
To be fair, “normal people” do not run Linux on their laptops…
918.
by Koshkin 4y ago
1. Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. 2. The Satanic Verses by Rushdie. (It felt like these two books have something in common.)
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by Koshkin 4y ago
> they are products of the mind Well, a fighter jet, too, is a product of the mind. > triangularity didn't exist until Tell this to triangular molecules. > a monster This says more about people than it does about the rea
920.
by Koshkin 4y ago
A.k.a. Algebraic Topology.
921.
by Koshkin 4y ago
This is a valuable point. Our thinking is too much tied to the language. Of course when we say that the abstract triangle exists we mean that what exists is the property of triangularity. Properties (of things) do exist , whether we like
922.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Why just quote Wikipedia?
923.
by Koshkin 4y ago
But it is existence that is the subject matter.
924.
by Koshkin 4y ago
There goes my evening...
925.
by Koshkin 4y ago
It's not unusual for math books to include historical notes. For example, Éléments de mathématique by N.Bourbaki includes an entire companion volume, Éléments d'histoire des mathématiques .
926.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Not if you read it in German
927.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Sure, there are many ways in which something may not exist; but the existence usually demonstrates itself in a pretty straightforward way, like with the horse who bites you if you show her that you have no more apples left.
928.
by Koshkin 4y ago
Indeed! Abstractions deal with commonalities, and those do exist. ("There exists something in common between the three horses and the three apples you want to treat the horses with.")
929.
by Koshkin 4y ago
This is great, this shows that philosophy of mathematics has a long history and continues to be an active area of analytical thought. (Judging by recent discussions, I believe that much of the HN community desperately needs some education i
930.
by Koshkin 4y ago
FPGAs are fun, for sure, but I still have never felt the flair of “authenticity” from the use of FPGA as opposed to software emulation on a microcontroller or the PC. In fact, software emulation is so much more practical, and you can simula

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