dunefox

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   by dunefox 4y ago

   > The argument was that so much energy has been put into solving problems that aren't actually hurting people. That's not an argument, since the same thing can be said about anything else that does not solve world hunger, for
2. 302.▲
   by dunefox 4y ago

   So, it's exactly like Google search but more interactive?
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   by dunefox 4y ago

   Near obsolete.
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   by dunefox 4y ago

   > Many of them couldn’t solve their own homework problems. Good to hear.
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   by dunefox 4y ago

   Short answer: don't. Long answer: I work as a software developer/data scientist in a company and I would commit murder to get into academia in a field that interests me. If the pay is okay and I can just focus on what I want - tha
6. 306.▲
   by dunefox 4y ago

   I'll either use Kotlin or something niche like Crystal or Nim.
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   by dunefox 4y ago

   I'll probably use Kotlin this year. But I probably won't get much farther than day 15 or so, when the difficulty ramps up. From then on it's mostly a question of knowing the specific algorithms.
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   by dunefox 4y ago

   Just because you don't like does not mean the arguments don't hold. If you liked doing it it would help.
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   by dunefox 4y ago

   mynoise is the gold standard for generators, for me.
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    Tigris and Euphrates Board Game(en.wikipedia.org)

    2 points by dunefox 4y ago|0 comments
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    I'm playing a board game set in ancient Mesopotamia called Tigris and Euphrates, It's old, but fantastic. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-euphrates https://en.wikipedia.org/
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    Then don't use it. There, it's private again.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    Seems like you were too successful in chasing them as a child. ;)
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    Which is somehow the most difficult part for me by far. Once I have started it's sticking to it. The material is only the third hardest part.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    'Nearest' is still far away in this case.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    C is very far removed from the CPUs of the last few decades.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    Well, if that's not hard data!
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    How do you know they would lose a significant margin with Julia?
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    I had hoped for Julia.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    I, however, get this regularly.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    F# as well.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    > it has become a better functional programming language than most functional programming languages. Bogus comment. This is very far from the truth. Lambdas and streams don't make a functional language.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    He became a billionaire.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    The Mechanicum?
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    Abcl should be an easy sell then as well.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    The girl with all the gifts.
27. 327.▲
    by dunefox 4y ago

    Well, or society.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    > Commuting is not so bad when public transportation is good and/or you live close to the office. You mean iff you can afford to live that close to your work that you can just walk in 15-20 minutes? Yeah, then it might not be bad.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    > Otherwise we wouldn’t be able to reason about them That's a bold claim.
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    by dunefox 4y ago

    > What I meant was implicit type conversion. Well, that's something completely different then.