WilliamLP

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by WilliamLP 19y ago
What's with this idea of a "Rockstar" developer? Is it just me or is it incredibly stupid. Unless it means: -Is so successful and in demand that he can do whatever he wants, and set his own rules. -Makes a ton of money, at least millions of
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
That's nothing compared to dogs that can be trained to sick specific parts of the human male body!
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
Yes, wait until it figures out that the best way to stay upright is to subdue the human before the kick can happen!
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
1. I could learn how to be attractive to women. Everything I learned when younger was wrong, and relationships don't just happen, you must work to make them happen. Intelligence actually can be used for sexual attraction. 2. When I am sure
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
It seems obvious to me that there are many cases where you're better off writing longer code because it is either going to be easier to write or easier to understand. This is especially sometimes true for programs that are quick and dirty.
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
Programming isn't math, but mathematical expressions are often found in programs, more or less so depending on the domain. My preference is to have readable mathematical expressions in programs that resemble the forms in which I see or use
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
I'm only trying to defend a very narrow point, that when coding mathematical expressions, infix isn't bad. Code is read by human beings too (perhaps just the person who wrote it) and more find infix arithmetic more natural looking. I see th
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
Another way to put that is that Lisp is so natural it resorts to forcing parens everywhere even when I don't want them! I'd never deny that confusion about order of operations between &, |, ==, <<, %, and so on, is a major sourc
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
I know I'm not as smart as you guys, but I very strongly prefer 3 + 4 + (1 - 3/4) + ((9-2) * 8 * 3) If you code Lisp long enough does your first expression becomes as natural to read as my expression is for me?
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
?"For the win."
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
I just read about this place on programming.reddit.com, and I noticed how much better it was! Pretty soon, everyone else will too... (And wait until the trolls figure out that they can't be modded down here.)
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by WilliamLP 19y ago
I like Dennett a lot precisely because he's badly behaved and disrespectful of other philosophers. Free Will is a completely meaningless concept. I don't know what it means in the real world, or how I could test for it, or what would be dif