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Show HN: Proposal: Copy-and-Fuse Compilation(gist.github.com)
2 points by chrisaycock 11mo ago|1 comments
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
The inferencing logic needs to sample the file, so (1) the file path must be determined at compile time and (2) the file must be available to be read at compile time. If neither condition is true---like the filename is a runtime parameter,
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
Statically typed dataframes are exactly why I created the Empirical programming language: https://www.empirical-soft.com It can infer the column names and types from a CSV file at compile time . Here's an example that miss
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
> Jobs are being eliminated within the IT function which are routine and mundane, such as reporting, clerical administration. I've had a similar thought recently, that there is no demand for rote programmers. No employer is going
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
This op-ed was written by an undergrad and complains that Northeastern's switch to Python (from Racket) for its introductory classes will prevent students from learning fundamentals of computer science. But that complaint can be made a
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Happy 400th birthday to the oldest bond(ft.com)
4 points by chrisaycock 2y ago|0 comments
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
I have found that grit, curiosity, and relationship building are far more important than memorizing facts and applying formulae. Society needs to value those attributes if we're going to solve the really hard problems.
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How the Ivy League Broke America(theatlantic.com)
25 points by chrisaycock 2y ago|16 comments
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Music Producer Accused of Using AI Songs to Scam Streaming Platforms Out of $10M(variety.com)
1 points by chrisaycock 2y ago|1 comments
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
This was posted a couple days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41161831
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
I agree with everything in this article. If you're building from scratch, just store your data in Parquet and access it via Polars or DuckDB. I built my own language for time-series analysis because of how much I hated q/kdb+, but
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Adam Neumann Gives Up on Buying Back WeWork(nytimes.com)
3 points by chrisaycock 2y ago|0 comments
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
> To get that eyesight protection, research suggests kids should be spending at least two hours a day outdoors – every single day.
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
The first explanation that really clarified memory barriers for me was from Paul E. McKenney: http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/scalability/paper/whymb.2...
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JavaScript Language Design and Implementation in Tandem(dl.acm.org)
2 points by chrisaycock 2y ago|0 comments
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by chrisaycock 2y ago
SQLite's design docs were the first time I had seen a database use a virtual machine instead of walking a tree. I later noticed VMs in libraries, embedded DSLs, and other applications outside of large general-purpose programming langua
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by chrisaycock 3y ago
The post isn't specific to needing SQLite. Rather it's about the convenience of expressing an algorithm as a query and then using SQLite to execute the query. I agree; queries are why table semantics are so useful. Whether you cho
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by chrisaycock 3y ago
I felt it as well. It's all over social media now. https://www.threads.net/search/?q=nyc%20earthquake
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Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem(theatlantic.com)
12 points by chrisaycock 3y ago|11 comments
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by chrisaycock 3y ago
This article provides an excellent overview of the latest in speed of optimizer vs quality of optimization . In particular, copy-and-patch compilation is still the fastest approach because it uses pre-compiled code, though leaves little
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by chrisaycock 3y ago
> when I rate you, on anything, my rating reveals to the world far more about me than it does about you. Perhaps there's an approach where we tell an employee to rate everyone, and then use those values only as a self-assessment o
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by chrisaycock 3y ago
Here's the comparison chart to other Dataframe libraries: https://www.getdaft.io/projects/docs/en/latest/faq/dataframe... Daft is distributed and vectorized with plenty of benefits from lazy ev
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by chrisaycock 3y ago
I spent four years trying to get my startup to revenue. I created something that I thought would be useful for its niche audience, but nobody wanted it in the end. I was so burned-out from the experience that I had to stop for my own mental
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by chrisaycock 3y ago
Some highlights: - autofree doesn't work - memory arenas (prealloc) isn't thread safe - compiler produces large binaries - coroutines invoke blocking calls - community behavior is, uh, "unwelcoming"
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The Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.'S Hottest Startups(nytimes.com)
11 points by chrisaycock 3y ago|1 comments
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Dispenso: A library for working with sets of tasks in parallel(github.com)
1 points by chrisaycock 3y ago|0 comments
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Broadcom's VMware Overhaul Draws Attention of CIOs(wsj.com)
3 points by chrisaycock 3y ago|0 comments
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The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted(nytimes.com)
2 points by chrisaycock 3y ago|1 comments
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Carta Stumbles, Prompting Customers to Consider Competitors(wsj.com)
1 points by chrisaycock 3y ago|0 comments
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Synopsys is in advanced talks to acquire Ansys(wsj.com)
2 points by chrisaycock 3y ago|0 comments

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