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   by climate-code 4y ago

   The point isn't that everything is recursive - the point is that systems that are recursive / self-referential cause breakdowns in logic (they are incomplete). This is a deep philosophical insight - it rhymes with the Buddhist ide
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   by climate-code 4y ago

   Energy efficiency is not a savior - increasing energy efficiency often leads to increases energy consumption, because of second & third order effects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
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   Game Developers Design Lessons(paradox-is-truth.com)

   1 points by climate-code 4y ago|0 comments
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   by climate-code 5y ago

   So what is the correct way to think about refactoring? Should code that is delivering results, but is hard for others to understand & work on be refactored?
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   by climate-code 6y ago

   I forgot to put the non-paywall link! It's here - https://medium.com/better-programming/3-uncommon-bash-tricks...
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   Uncommon Bash Tricks(medium.com)

   2 points by climate-code 6y ago|3 comments
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   by climate-code 6y ago

   I wrote an article covering three Bash commands that I find very useful - parameter expansion, `$_` and quick substitution. Many of you will already use these - hopefully it is useful to a few of you!
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   by climate-code 6y ago

   This is an example of Jevon's Paradox - increases in the efficiency of use of a resource lead to increases in consumption of that resource - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox I wrote about this here -
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   World Models (the long version)(adgefficiency.com)

   48 points by climate-code 6y ago|10 comments