Rich_Morin

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by Rich_Morin 7mo ago
"With the advent of the new Automatic Programming systems, we'll soon have no need for programmers." -- written about a predecessor of Fortran. My own programming career began in 1970, and included an intriguing visit to Stan
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by Rich_Morin 3y ago
I'd like something like this for exploration of graph databases such as Neo4j.
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
The rectangular array is the basic data type for APL. Until fairly recently, the BEAM had no reasonable implementation of this. However, it seems like Nx's tensors might serve...
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
Breaking lines at logical boundaries in the "source code" makes it easier for me to see the structure of the text. It also gives me the ability to see the text in two different layouts; this often lets me spot errors which would
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
This is sort of a "generative" (aka property-based) approach to testing makefiles. So, I'd like to see a variation that can find a minimal failing subset of the makefile rules, as in QuickCheck: > In QuickCheck, assertion
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
Nicely written article, but it seems to conflate "what it should do" with "how it should do it". So, for example, it talks a lot about optimizations (which feel like implementation decisions). I'm not saying they a
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
Life hack: weigh cartons of eggs (Jumbo and any other sizes), then calculate the cost per ounce (or whatever). Jumbo eggs are often a real bargain (but you may need to adjust recipes).
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
The article consistently talks about "time of day" (e.g., morning), but it could be that "time since arising" is more relevant.
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
BASIC, Forth, Logo, Python, and Ruby are all reasonable starter languages for children. Although Python's semantic indentation can be a hassle for blind users, this isn't an insuperable problem. And, given Python's immense
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
The other day I wrote a fan letter to a developer who has been maintaining a popular and useful library for several years. In his reply, he said that this was the first fan letter he had ever received. I think we need to show Open Source
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
@cabal Great project! What tooling do you use to assess and improve the accessibility of your ebooks?
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
A wonderful vignette. Note how Einstein structured the dialogue and interaction to find out the extent and nature of the problem, then help the listener. On an only vaguely related topic, I strongly recommend this video by Evelyn Glennie,
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
This seems like a very cool idea. The concurrency model in Erlang/Elixir/... eliminates the issues of shared mutable state and the supervision trees catch unexpected data-related problems, etc. FWIW, the Elixir/Phoenix commu
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by Rich_Morin 4y ago
Clay- I strongly encourage you to find a way to make your writings available once again. Many of the things you wrote are as true today as they ever were and the rest are valuable as historical reminders. FWIW, GitHub Pages might well be t
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by Rich_Morin 5y ago
I just tried out this search engine and was very favorably impressed. It was quite responsive (though that could be affected by demand) and gave good results. I really like the lack of goo (e.g., ads) and the spare, clean presentation. I
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by Rich_Morin 5y ago
We chop them up coarsely, sprinkle on bits of feta and maybe basil, then add a bit of nice olive oil and stir.
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by Rich_Morin 5y ago
My own preference would be for the pmOS project to pick a target subset of the devices on the Community and (perhaps) Testing lists. These would be chosen for a combination of criteria. For example (ducking): - How close are their ports t
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by Rich_Morin 5y ago
The article closes with a discussion of "true interactive development". I was particularly interested in this and wondered how IEx (Elixir's REPL) compares to Common Lisp's. So, I started this thread on the Elixir Forum
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by Rich_Morin 5y ago
Although it's early days, José Valim and some other folks are working on adding AI-related capabilities to Elixir and the (Erlang) BEAM. See "Introducing Nx" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPKMmJpAGWc ) for
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by Rich_Morin 6y ago
Burt Herring, the author of the Fast-5 diet book, contends that doing physical activity while fasting causes the body to reach into fat reserves for energy. This seems plausible to me, but IANAD. In any event, I've been able to lose 3
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by Rich_Morin 6y ago
The Lispers contend that the use of parens is merely a surface detail which the reader can get past with a bit of effort. This is clearly true for some people, but I don't believe it to be generally correct. Much of what we do when re
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Actors/Shills at the Tulsa Rally?(quora.com)
2 points by Rich_Morin 6y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: What is the physics behind the GG Bridge “song”?
1 points by Rich_Morin 6y ago|0 comments
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by Rich_Morin 6y ago
I really wish Ubuntu Mate would come out for the RasPi 4.
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by Rich_Morin 7y ago
While running scripted `apt-get -y install ...` commands, I occasionally encounter packages that require answers to configuration questions. In some cases, the "-y" option handles the problem, but in others it does not. I've