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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I do enjoy "Professor Frisby's Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming", which uses JS examples extensively. Despite the fact my last job was mostly JS, I had to look up functions all the time and stretch my brain mus
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Few people do that outside of code obfuscation contests, but the point is JS has heaps of gotchas like that, each waiting to bite you. How about: x = 5; (no var declaration). Extremely easy to do by accident. Lots of these will be left for
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I think the target audience is people who don't like to learn, and I find that worrying in the context of programming. It's not like code examples in a book are intentionally obfuscated. They are also not some atrocious pile of sp
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
The meaning of the second paragraph was ambiguous. Aside from Javascript dislike, which I don't pretend to deny, I believe learning new things is mind-expanding. When an intriguing movie - or book - comes out, it's often intrigui
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Every now and then a great movie comes out. Then it gets its American remake. It's been proven you can put Al Pacino, Robert de Niro and Bruce Willis in any movie (with predictable results!). This is the book equivalent of an American
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I also got a broader message from this: there is a whole industry of services aimed at only the wealthiest 1%, and you don't hear about it. We're starting to live in a new class society, and for now the new nobility wants to stay
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
How about the 'forbidden fruit' syndrome? What if hard-to-get-into STEM attracts the girls who are naturally competitive and strong-willed, who want to SHOW THEM? In that case easing the resistance could also lower the perceived a
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I think you jump to conclusions too easily. There are usually a few (2-3) groups that play similar kinds of games as me that do NOT contain me at the moment. If it was about me personally, I'd see women in the complimentary group, just
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Obviously I'm not going to test this myself, but I think the consequences of saying bad things about past work environment are less if you're leaving an industry altogether for a different career anyway. Or if you're asked by
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
If you rule out an idea without verification and forbid studies in the area, that's just a variant of "la la la la I can't hear you". It's childish, and taboo.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Wow, those are some pretty talented animals.
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I know it's not a popular opinion, but consider a company analogy. People who leave because they're not competent have a tendency to badmouth the company. I'm not saying all of them do, and all that badmouth were incompetent.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I think it's safe to say that board games are kinda STEM-related? I go to a local fantasy/SF club that's dominated by board gaming. There are lots of STEM students in there due to location, also plenty of programmers. And ver
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I heard an interesting theory about intelligence while watching a documentary about jumping spiders. Good eyesight tends to evolve first. In the case of jumping spiders, it was vital for safe landing. As a consequence, jumping spiders have
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
A bit off-topic: it's not just intelligence that's amazing about (some) birds. I highly recommend the book "The wonder of birds" by Jim Robbins. One of the earliest insights in the book is that birds are the dinosaurs th
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
It's interesting how Vim and Emacs take opposite approach to solving this! Emacs: put all applications into emacs! Vim: make other applications controlled like vim! I'm a vim user and I prefer #2.
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"Vim mode" also means that keyboard interface is an afterthought in the editor. Whereas if you use a plugin for vim, it's guaranteed to have good keyboard integration and efficient keybindings.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
The name of the post (The Push Train) made me think it's about some strange train set up where the locomotive is at the end, rather than start, of the train. It made me wonder what could be the possible advantages. I am disappointed.
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Where Does My Main Battery Go? (Battlestar Galactica)(acoup.blog)
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Be sure to check the ones about Paganism/Polytheism! The mind-blowing thing about paganism is that unlike the 3 major religions of today, it didn't start with a holy book (orthodoxy), but with rituals. It's like a caricature
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Actually the author also has a 3 part article about war elephants https://acoup.blog/2019/07/26/collections-war-elephants-part... He is of the opinion that elephants were okay (not great) on battlefield, but
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I would also rather use hydrogen. The Hindenburg disaster was spectacular, but not especially deadly! 36 fatalities, 62 survivors. Compare to modern passenger airplanes, where EVERYONE tends to die. If modern dislike for zeppelins is mostly
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I can think of one more potential downside: light polution is bad enough already. In the author's case, 8x higher lux values. Insect population in Germany has dropped by about 75% since the 70's. A recent The Guardian article name
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
As an atheist, it cracks me up that The Bible might have a clue for this. A documentary movie on ketogenic diet brings up a quote about possession, which says something along the lines "This kind of demons can only be exorcised with a
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
You're right, it does in fact come with 'vi' :-).
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
What are sagemath's advantages over sympy? What are sympy's?
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Finally a Linux that doesn't come with vim!
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Advertising, advertising, advertising and dance floors.
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Hexagonal arrow keys would have been enough.
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In Poland, we have a proverb "One gets to know his true friends when he's poor." A true friend will be with you in times of need, a false one will break ties.

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