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1. 61.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   Reminds me of a (joke about a) professor who used his finger as a pointer while reading...
2. 62.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   Sooner or later, we should stop using textual diff and switch over to higher level one/multiple, such as the AST-level diff (see what GrammaTech does, for example). This and integration of dependency management, is a must IMO.
3. 63.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   Yes, "!.". I still remember a math problem when I was a kid, in which a sentence ended with "4!"...
4. 64.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   Ok, then I apologize, it seemed very similar and recent.
5. 65.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   Lispers learned marketing, bravo! The only issue is the missing credit to the Quanta article https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-godels-incompleteness-the... .
6. 66.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   Latest developments: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.06444
7. 67.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   I wrote this trying to compress the notes: https://github.com/amb007/sound-series
8. 68.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   SDL had an ownership extension in the 90s: http://sens.cse.msu.edu/Software/Telelogic-3.5/locale/englis...
9. 69.▲
   by amboo7 6y ago

   Bravo, it's time
10. 70.▲
    by amboo7 6y ago

    Common Lisp Object System had multiple dispatch for ages. Some other religions do not like it.
11. 71.▲
    by amboo7 6y ago

    Brazil ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film) )
12. 72.▲
    by amboo7 6y ago

    In French (I work in France), sénior (senior) sounds similar to seigneur (lord), so I use this to my advantage.
13. 73.▲
    by amboo7 6y ago

    People like _easy_ solutions, which they call simple.
14. 74.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    I wrote https://github.com/amb007/persistent-buffer hoping to use the actual editing history foe precise diffing. I know that projectional/structural editor do such things, not sure if for diffing.
15. 75.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    3. You can actually try and understand most of what's been written through reading, given that you're allowed the time for that. It's an investment, prevents technical debt and promotes progress. No one is born with the medi
16. 76.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    How about this? http://www.linusakesson.net/programming/kernighans-lever/ You can try with a smaller team and make everyone improve rather than complain.
17. 77.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    How does this compare to, for example, https://www.promes.cnrs.fr/index.php?page=concentrateurs-sol... (3000°C)? I personally visited one such site in Southern France more than 30 years ago.
18. 78.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    Time is as scarce as it ever was.
19. 79.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.4166 is nice
20. 80.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    You seem to need to study programming before being able to do real DevOps. nix is kinda advanced in this sense even if it is has a small language. In my experience, very few ops are able coders.
21. 81.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    Agreed, sounds like trying to convince that imperative code is an easy reading. But OK, for some people it may be.
22. 82.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    As CL is programmable, I would not claim "which you can't in Common Lisp".
23. 83.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    I had bought the Kindle edition a few years ago because of recommendations, but still haven't read it as I am supposed to read it all (and prove theorems) in order to understanding the motivation. Could someone briefly say why the book
24. 84.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    Metaprogramming is about making design more formal. A "constant fraction" of anything written by hand should be automated, ideally. Metaprogramming is not complicated, it is an essential skill, design may be complicated.
25. 85.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    I would add that due to the heavy business emphasis in the industry, the level of apprenticeship has dropped to very low. Instead of letting experienced engineers guide newcomers, it is often the case that junior but agreeable and less paid
26. 86.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    This. Having worked in the US and Europe, the local culture is ubiquitous. What is best for advanced software development, and engineering in general (IMO), is a low-context culture[1], which is dominant in the US -- so that many immigrants
27. 87.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    Thanks for reminding me to check out the Kindle sample I downloaded in 2017.
28. 88.▲
    by amboo7 7y ago

    Better, take both if possible.
29. 89.▲
    by amboo7 8y ago

    https://readable.sourceforge.io/
30. 90.▲
    by amboo7 8y ago

    Just use Truecaller app.