calebmpeterson

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   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   Genuine question: what are the use cases?
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   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   That wasn't a "try" - that was a success. Thank you! If I may attempt a paraphrase: CPU caches stop being a bandage for slow access to RAM and become a valuable first class citizen for each core of the CPU when coupled with the actor model.
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   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   You've piqued my curiosity; could you elaborate please?
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   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   A good point. The question then is "does civilization change human nature itself or just the contract between members of said society?" Extreme circumstances seem to break the social contract of a civilization and reveal that human nature d
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   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   Clojure has no GIL and the concurrency API has few rivals
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   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   > Basically, that function is too big, and it uses too many mutable variables. An interesting statement that; particularly the part about mutable variables. Mutability implies state, and state seems to be something we, as programmers, o
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   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   I realize you're referring to Swing Java apps, and I won't argue on their behalf for a second. However the SWT library is a dream of a native toolkit experience if you're writing a client app in Java. It's fast, does a good job of working a
8. 38.▲
   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   Now I'm really looking forward to the next release of CCW...
9. 39.▲
   by calebmpeterson 15y ago

   Yes, please do!
10. 40.▲
    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    So what is different from the flying orb (other than the chassis)? avionics software? Why $200 vs $1400?
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    If I wanted to build one, what off-the-shelf components would I use (electronics and controller especially)? What pieces of hardware and software would I have to implement? Bottom line: this is cool, how would I build one in my garage with
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    Half-Life
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    Certainly. First, the actor model need not imply a separate thread/process for each actor. It's quite possible and in fact common (in Scala's built-in actor library and various Java actor libraries) to run a very large 100k pool of actors
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    I’ve said this numerous times, and will do again, GUI is the next killer-app for actor programming. As a full-time GUI developer (Java/SWT) this is so true it hurts. I would love to see the actor model and/or functional reactive programm
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    Sounds like Java's anonymous classes. Quite a useful feature, actually. It's only useful because Java lacks first class functions and syntax for lambdas. This is the single most irritating thing about Java to me. When this is fixed with
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    So how would this affect what languages we use? How different data structures perform? etc. Will this amplify the end of the free lunch? I'm especially curious how Rich Hickey's approach to state, time, and identity in a functional languag
17. 47.▲
    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    where is my mind?
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    But many folks do not live in that world. I would venture that anyone who works in a large corporation is not in this world. Which is a loss; large established corporations have some of the most interesting problem spaces...
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    We've complicated the plumbing to the point nobody knows how to work the damn shower any more. This is probably the single most irritating thing to me as a developer. And, the most frustrating part is that this aspect often turns a simpl
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    I very much agree with this. The interesting effect is platform lockin because of unportable data. In the 90s and 00s plaftform lockin was a function of the availability of software on specific platforms. Now it's data... Will there be se
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    I've never used it; is it really /just/ a text editor? Edit: to clarify, my use of "just" wasn't meant to be dismissive or diminutive in any way...
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    I stay a mile away from FB due to their lack of respect for privacy. I'm selective about Google (Gmail=yes, search history and Plus=no)
23. 53.▲
    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    I'm in that same boat...
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    > Secondly, these are simple examples. What do you do with, say, a can of chicken and vegetable and noodle soup, which could easily have thirty ingredients before you even start counting the potentially-nasty additives down in a tiny bo
25. 55.▲
    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    Thanks. Does a crossover give (most of) the benefits of an SUV without the bad gas mileage and environmentally unfriendly vibe?
26. 56.▲
    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    Or a member of the more en vogue crossover family?
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    That's even more horribly wonderful than I expected! I suspect you'd get a 4.0 if you went for a degree in Southern Engineering.
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    Do you use compression at all or is it straight uncompressed HTTP via SMS? Or something else entirely? This is wonderful for it's creative (mis)use of texting...
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    Please tell me how you got it formatted like code. I tried a block quote and got italics instead.
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    by calebmpeterson 15y ago

    try { // for a really long time } finally { // made a decision }