NoahTheDuke

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by NoahTheDuke 7y ago
I wonder why Clojurescript succeeded where Common Lisp hasn’t: compiling a lisp to javascript. Is Common Lisp particularly tricky in some way that Clojure isn’t?
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by NoahTheDuke 7y ago
> 5. Browse results - count how many you feel comfortable with your daughter being portrayed in My daughter can do whatever she wants. Why are you shaming sex workers?
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by NoahTheDuke 8y ago
This looks like a cool project, but I don't know how I feel about the non-primitive type loaders. Date strings, email addresses, urls, colors, and lat-long are hard problems, and trying to handle them in the spec is a misstep. Leave th
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by NoahTheDuke 8y ago
That's awesome news. Good luck!
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by NoahTheDuke 8y ago
While I have your ear, any reason why the Be Happier post[0] isn't loading anymore? Loading it through the Wayback Machine it shows that the author deleted their account. Did you folks decide to hide those posts? I only ask cuz it&#x27
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by NoahTheDuke 8y ago
> Python still can't get scoping right. Python's scoping is easy, it's just also very shallow. What are your problems with it?
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by NoahTheDuke 8y ago
Foobar for interface, beats[ http://beets.io/ ] for library organization. It's the perfect combination for any tech-savvy Windows user.
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Nitpick: Zachtronic's previous game was Shenzhen IO http://www.zachtronics.com/shenzhen-io/ , and is definitely worth checking out if you liked TIS-100.
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Ooo, another chance to link to Gwern's excellent 'In Defense of Inclusionism'[0] essay. [0]: http://www.gwern.net/In-Defense-Of-Inclusionism
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Because Python doesn't have block scoping, only function scoping.
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
To help out, let me point you to the English phonology page on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology . Specifically, look into the 'Voiced alveolar sibilant', the 'z' in English
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Hm? The spec[1] has reference to Unicode all over the place. [1]: https://json5.github.io/json5-spec/
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Yep. Cincinnati is just a smaller version of most every other major metropolitan area I've ever visited, and the small visits I've made to surrounding big cities (Louisville, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Nashville, etc) ha
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
> Python's weird ideas of scope I don't know that I'd call them weird, just the natural result of Python's assignment syntax (tho I suspect that you might call that weird as well). Without specific declaration syntax,
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
> variable scope Which parts did you find confusing? Was it the lack of a block-level scope, such as within for loops and if statements? I personally find the LEGB (Local, Enclosing, Global, Builtin) system to be pretty intuitive. [0]:
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
My problem with Iosevka (and Input and others like them) is that the [x-height][0] is too large, ie the bottom-half parts are too tall compared to the top-half and uppercase letters. Especially in less-wide weights, it feels muddy and hard
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Obviously, or the author wouldn't have written it in reference to their own struggle. On top of that, it's easily demonstrable that others struggle with self-teaching: if learning alone is so easy, why are coding bootcamps and wor
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Video game subreddits have this happen a lot. A new game will hit the market, and the company will already have set up a subreddit with all of their staff in control. It's an "official" subreddit, but that means it's no
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
No Windows or Linux? Okay.
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Do you have any sources for those claims?
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
Same for me as well: http://i.imgur.com/U0Cl2Sq.png Win 10, Chrome 58
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by NoahTheDuke 9y ago
His blog post about Noise, [Notes on Building Noise][0], was posted to /r/rust, and I found it to be well-written and entertaining. [0]: http://damienkatz.net/2017/05/23/notes-on-building-noise-a-j..
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by NoahTheDuke 10y ago
You think you're being cute, but if spoken aloud, there is no difference. It's only for historical reasons that homophones have different spellings.
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by NoahTheDuke 10y ago
> Art literally means something created by humans Mathematics are created by humans. Math is the map, not the territory.
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by NoahTheDuke 10y ago
In Chrome, I clicked the "Prevent page from creating additional pop-ups." checkbox, and then closed the page normally. What browser are you using that doesn't have such an option?
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by NoahTheDuke 10y ago
Love this guy's blog. His article about Your Age as a Fraction [0] caught my eye a couple years ago and I've been hooked ever since. I love checking the script to see how far into my year I am. [0]: http://blog.plover.c
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by NoahTheDuke 10y ago
Seconded. `Effective Python` is a fantastic resource detailing a lot of the ways Python differs from other languages and how to write to the language's strengths. I'm no hot shit, but it definitely moved me from 'middling hob
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by NoahTheDuke 10y ago
> (just like a month ago they wanted to get rid of the Go subreddit in favor of a solely Google owned option of Google groups) Wow, really? Do you have a link to that discussion? That's wild.
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by NoahTheDuke 11y ago
> The main character came off as, I don't know, whiney I guess. Well, the main character is whiny, and I found the book to be terrible, so I don't think your opinion is too off base.
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by NoahTheDuke 11y ago
Is content only content if it lasts forever?

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