Rerarom

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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   What would be a good example of a slow-moving field?
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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   Does anyone know of a more recent book on the subject than that? I haven't been able to find any.
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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   Also I saw it on The Verge
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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   Yup, if you look into his comment history he confirmed he's the same person
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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   My top dial-up speed was 46.6 kbps (not sure if kilobytes or kibibytes)
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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   Thanks!
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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   Yeah, I'd like to read an account of a 'true' hermit
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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   I thought it was achieving gravity by means other than rotation :(
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   by Rerarom 7y ago

   For all the people who replied to this supporting the "social need" view - there are enough unGoogleable questions you can draw a conversation around.
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    The Transformer Explained(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

    3 points by Rerarom 7y ago|0 comments
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    Early Unpublished Books by Stephen Wolfram(stephenwolfram.com)

    3 points by Rerarom 7y ago|0 comments
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    I agree with the rest of the commenters here that the XY problem problem is a way bigger one. Example: "How do you implement a new system call in the Linux kernel?" "Ah, well, a system call is overkill and leads to compatibil
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    What about Ruby?
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    Why not just adopt Esperanto? You can learn with minimal effort to read it in less than half a year. And I suppose listening skill would come naturally if one would have daily news programs in it.
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    Perhaps you have heard Russian epic of Cinderella?
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    You can also find it here: http://www.websters1913.com
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    #MandelaEffect
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    What about helium?
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    Sounds like the kind of thing John Carmack would enjoy hacking on.
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    by Rerarom 7y ago

    But Racket doesn't have macros a la Common Lisp, which are the most powerful way to achieve metaprogramming in the Lisp family.
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    by Rerarom 8y ago

    This kinda reminds me of 3-Lisp.
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    by Rerarom 8y ago

    Also, it's boring.
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    by Rerarom 8y ago

    David Chapman - Meaningness https://meaningness.com
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    by Rerarom 8y ago

    None. (I am a pure math researcher.)
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    by Rerarom 8y ago

    A valid program in a given programming language has a precise definition.
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    by Rerarom 8y ago

    It may be art, but it is not programming anymore. Therefore reinforcing the idea that programming is not art.
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    by Rerarom 8y ago

    This is from 2014. The Android alarm clock now has roughly the same design.
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    by Rerarom 8y ago

    Or if you live in a country that grants permanent positions early and easily.