MatteoFrigo

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   by MatteoFrigo 5y ago

   If you are a fan of skip lists, you may want to look into treaps as well. "Treap" is a portmanteau of "tree" and "heap": it is a binary search tree with respect to the search key, and it is a heap in another r
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   by MatteoFrigo 5y ago

   There is a lot of subtlety hidden in "a ^ ~a is a contradiction", because physical reality is more complex than it appears. For example, one of the stunning consequences of Special Relativity is that there exist situations in whic
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   by MatteoFrigo 5y ago

   Seneca had a somewhat more humane attitude towards slavery. See e.g. https://figsinwinter.medium.com/seneca-to-lucilius-47-on-sla...
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   by MatteoFrigo 5y ago

   I think you are remembering a fragment by Cratinus, as quoted here: https://resgerendae.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/weird-and-wonde... My recollection is that Erasmus was the one who argued, based on that verse,