dysfunctor

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by dysfunctor 10y ago
Because people are subconsciously aware that an unstandardized language will never be appropriate for systems work. Rust is also hard to learn, very few resources, small community, disreputable maintainer and without an incentive to exist a
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by dysfunctor 10y ago
I was curious about that as well. I've known folks who were genuinely discouraged and exhausted from working with matlab, and are now happy toiling in python. I've not converted them to the Julia side yet, but I will! Julia is def
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by dysfunctor 10y ago
Go outperforms rust on all kinds of benchmarks, has a larger community, better documentation, more third party libraries, and significantly better tooling. What's the value proposition for using rust over go?
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by dysfunctor 10y ago
Is Nintendo making a big mistake by missing Christmas with this thing?
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by dysfunctor 10y ago
The irony of WashPo publishing this article when Bezos has been under fire for near-servitude conditions in AMZN facilities for years, is palpable. It's common sense that certain people are predisposed to learning certain fields quickl
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by dysfunctor 10y ago
But you realize that's like saying "Well, I tried IRC but there are dozens of competing clients that all do the same thing." The Tox protocol is really the core tool. As long as the protocol is well-defined and maintained, I
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by dysfunctor 10y ago
So what are the implications of an object that breaks that symmetry? Would it be possible to observe an object in different times in the same state, or the same time in different states?
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by dysfunctor 10y ago
Can you explain what you mean when you say motion through time, and shape in space? I was under the impression that the whole idea of time symmetry revolved around being able to "zip/fold/traverse/map" both forwards
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by dysfunctor 10y ago
I don't know anything about anything, but I want to enumerate some things I learned reading this article, and if someone actually knows what they're talking about and sees fit to take pity on me, please correct me so that I can un