benrbray

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by benrbray 6y ago
I would agree, but qualify by saying that not all the blame lies with the student. Precisely because mathematics is so interconnected, beginning students really do require an experienced guide to navigate through the tangled web of concept
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> None of this things matters, or will bring people together. These are minor issues Ok, I'm about as far from a Trump supporter as one can get, but think about how this comment sounds to people on the other side. You just outright
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> The Shinkansen was/is a successful project but it had certain "costs" involving not just the demolition of lots of property but also the "eyesore" of above-ground railways. If you want to import that success, y
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I hadn't heard about this, what a shame. https://www.adatitleiii.com/2017/03/uc-berkley-to-remove-mor...
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Agreed. As the developer of an Electron app, I would jump ship in a heartbeat if a viable alternative emerges. Until then, I'd rather use my time to add new features rather than wrangle multiple implementations of the same app. The
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There's a "theorem" about this: > The interesting number paradox is a semi-humorous paradox which arises from the attempt to classify every natural number as either "interesting" or "uninteresting". The
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Functional programming languages, more often than not, distinguish themselves with some combination of the following features: * First-order functions * Partial function application / currying * Type inference * Algebraic data types *
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People use electron because it's literally the only option in many cases. Can you point to a viable alternative? Multiplatform by default, with the option to build rich reactive UI? Plus text editing with a sane document model (via Pr
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This is a really exciting area. See also the Cambria project [1] and the HN discussion from yesterday [2]. See [3,4] for a great introduction to category theory for programmers--we are all indebted to Milewski / Fong / Spivak &#
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See also Logseq [1] (a roam alternative) and Cerveau/Neuron [2] (a zettelkasten implemented in Haskell) for alternative git-based note management. See also [3] for a Lobsters discussion from a few days ago. [1] https://logs
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Everyone has ideas. Success is about execution. If your business model is threatened by someone merely hearing about it , you're doing something wrong.
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> STOP USING SKIN COLOR AND RACE. STOP. The only consideration that's remotely permissible, beyond merit, is financial posture. This is my stance as well, since it represents a sustainable solution to the fact that race is correla
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Writing software of moderate complexity requires delegation. One big way to save dev+testing+debug time is to rely on specialized libraries whose priority is to be fast+correct. If profiling later reveals that sort() is the bottleneck, by
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Playing devil's advocate, how many Americans would truthfully respond "yes" to the same question, "Is this the life you want to live?".
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That book has been on my reading list for a while, but I haven't yet done more than skim the first couple chapters. So, disclaimer: The below is my "HOT TAKE" (extremely unsubstantiated opinion) that you should definitely t
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I came here to say I agree. To me this sort of language is unacceptable because it sorts humanity into convenient little boxes with supposedly predictable input/output behavior. In the workplace or in social settings, it can have the
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In case you're interested, my recommendation for learning differential geometry is Lee's "Smooth Manifolds". I prefer the 1st edition to the 2nd [0], but both present a much more clear overview of the basic definitions
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As someone who knows a little information theory and enough differential geometry to be dangerous, I have to admit that I've tried numerous to learn about Information Geometry but haven't been able to penetrate the surface. The in
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Thanks! I think I overlooked those before--last time I got tangled up in gfx-hal. I'll give these a try!
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Care to elaborate? AFAIK C/C++ emerged as the alternative to Pascal way back when. No sense moving backwards--it's clear Rust is on track to displace several common uses for C/C++.
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Just basic, stable support for OpenGL / Vulkan. My reading from ~January of this year was that there were several competing methods for graphics support in Rust. I tried a few and the boilerplate was quite a bit more than expected, a
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by benrbray 6y ago
Speaking as an outsider, I have been watching Rust very closely for two reasons: * I hope it will become a viable alternative to C/C++ for graphics programming. Unfortunately, last I checked as of ~6 months ago, Rust graphics librarie
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> Zoom may be great for quality, it's terrible for human rights Sorry, as someone who is completely out of the loop, can you explain what you mean?
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College campuses are the closest many people get to living in a proper city center (in the spirit of Europe or Japan), as opposed to the suburbs we all flee too later in life. At face value, you're right--but shouldn't we focus on
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CRDTs seem very promising, but we still have a long way to go. The most exciting work in this area is being done by Ink&Switch [0]. They have a number of interesting real-world app prototypes based on CRDTs. - An interesting case wher
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Yeah, Google Translate is hot garbage when it comes to Japanese. DeepL does quite a good job though! > The purpose of this process is to deter and rehabilitate the juvenile delinquent, and the process of making a decision on the delinqu
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by benrbray 6y ago
Same here :) around 23 I came to the realization that I'm truly free to live my life as I please. Now 25, I imagine myself as two years old, seeing the world for the first time. It's truly a wonderful feeling.
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Even on desktop I always have two windows open side-by-side. Normally it's VS Code and Chrome, so I can reference documentation while coding, or take Markdown notes while reading. Most websites seem not to be designed for this use ca
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More importantly, stop showing me "Sign Up" buttons if I'm already logged in! And when I'm logged out, don't hide the "Sign In" button from me! I can never remember if it's https://www.goo
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by benrbray 6y ago
Tom Scott also did a short video on these bridges [1]! [1] https://youtu.be/S9E1wsxOSzM

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