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by cicero 11y ago
I didn't mean to imply that Rust was only FP; I was just listing examples of current leading edge technologies and languages.
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by cicero 11y ago
I've been programming for 35 years, and I remember when object-oriented programming advocates seemed cult-like. As it turned out, O-O is a very useful tool, but it is not the ultimate programming paradigm. Time has shown that the early
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by cicero 11y ago
WB5WGA here. I got my license when I was 13; I'm 52 now.
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by cicero 12y ago
I started with K&R as a college senior, 31 years ago. I found it tough going, but rewarding. It's a good book, but as others have said, you don't want to miss out on things that have been learned about C since it was written,
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by cicero 12y ago
Very true. I got into Racket three years ago and had an experience similar to the OP. Then I did some Clojure and I loved the data structures and destructuring, but I'm not too fond of the Java bits, although I understand the benefits.
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by cicero 12y ago
I've enjoyed using Racket and Clojure, and I see definite advantages to Lisp-style syntax. There are also disadvantages, but I don't think too many parentheses is the main problem, at least not for me. The simple syntax means ther
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by cicero 12y ago
Many people become conservative as they get older, so maybe he is just comparing himself to the norm.
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by cicero 12y ago
It's natural to get excited when you find a tool that fits you well and solves problems you had encountered with other tools. People are different, as are their needs, and so one person's excitement over a tool might not make sens
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by cicero 12y ago
One benefit of an unlocked phone is being able to use a local SIM card when you travel internationally. This could be a big savings over paying roaming charges.
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by cicero 12y ago
Also, for phones, size and weight are very important, making modularity more difficult. Similarly, more people build their own desktop PCs than laptops. It's hard for me to see how the car industry will go. Even today, there are people
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by cicero 12y ago
I'm not in a position to ditch Word, but I am happy to hear that there is a more robust alternative for numbered paragraphs with multiple sub-levels. Word appears to get confused when paragraphs change sub-levels.
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by cicero 12y ago
I used to use a C compiler for the Z-80 called BDS C. BDS stood for "Brain-Damaged Software" because it didn't implement floating-point.
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by cicero 12y ago
They're camera shy, so they've stopped coming around.
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by cicero 12y ago
Even if the same amount is eaten, it differs depending on if it's in a time-restricted window or spread throughout the day. That is not intuitive and indeed goes counter to the prevailing advice of eating many small meals throughout th
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by cicero 12y ago
I'm loving my Moto G, $180 unlocked. It is plenty powerful, but not very expensive, so I'm not paranoid about it getting broken.
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by cicero 12y ago
What we need is that people vote not for their own self-interests, but for the common good . Otherwise, we will destroy our civilization while we each fight for a bigger piece of the pie.
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by cicero 12y ago
I think RPN was initially adopted for electronic calculators because it is easy to implement. As numbers are entered, they are pushed onto the stack, and then the operations pop operands off of the stack and push results back on the stack.
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by cicero 12y ago
The Fry's in Dallas is in the space of a former Incredible Universe. The Fry's is decorated like a cattle ranch, but Incredible Universe was like a rock concert. The first time I went in there, I immediately thought they were tryi
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by cicero 12y ago
I had a similar reaction to changes in the iMac last year that reduced the ability to upgrade. After owning mostly Macs since my 512K Fat Mac in 1985, I decided to build my own PC last Christmas, and I've been very happy with it. I the
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by cicero 12y ago
There is no shortage of intelligent, rational material on Twitter. It's all about who you follow. I choose to not follow anyone who posts junk. It is true that I can't do anything about foul responses except just ignore them.
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by cicero 12y ago
Indeed, without resorting to metaphysics, I don't know whether any other beings besides myself are self-aware or just pretending. I have good reasons to believe other humans are self-aware, but I can't prove it scientifically. I
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by cicero 12y ago
I think you give some good explanation of why climate modeling is very difficult. However, the mainstream message I hear makes it sound like the predictions that come out of these models are certain.
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by cicero 12y ago
Thanks!
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by cicero 12y ago
If I remember correctly, nuclear power also gives an aircraft carrier the speed to create more wind over the flight deck to help in aircraft operations.
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by cicero 12y ago
This looks very nice. I'm the technology director for a Catholic college prep school and we have been wanting to put up an online alumni directory, but the commercial packages we've seen are too expensive for our small school. I&#
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by cicero 12y ago
I'm sure you're right. As I said, I'm referring to my memories of an interview. That being said, do you think such views of causality have affected scientific progress in the Muslim world at all?
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by cicero 12y ago
The article looks back at the rich Arab intellectual tradition of the Middle Ages, and the question of what happened is intriguing indeed. I heard a fascinating interview with Robert R. Reilly, the author of _The Closing of the Muslim Mind_
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by cicero 12y ago
I am not saying, and neither is the author, that we should reject scientific rigor in the cases where it can be applied. Rather, we should not limit ourselves to only asking questions that can be answered by science. Indeed, it is impossibl
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by cicero 12y ago
This is a great explanation of how faith and reason operate together. I have degrees in computer science and theology, so I don't have the scientific cred of a neuroscientist, but I can say this piece does a good job of articulating my
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by cicero 12y ago
One of the best courses I took at Texas A&M in the late 80s was a digital logic course. We started with boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps. Next we would draw a schematic for a circuit to implement the logic. After that, we would get out

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