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by fexl 16y ago
It's a brilliant question, and it's now on my TODO list. I'll aim to get this done by the end of August. You're right about the sandboxing too -- the Fexl interpreter runs with two limits: the maximum number of cycles, and the maximum amo
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by fexl 16y ago
If you're interested in dabbling a bit, here's the grammar I'm using: Here is the basic Fexl language, which can express all computable functions. expr = \atom expr expr = factor expr = factor expr factor = atom factor = (
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by fexl 16y ago
Funny, I was just thinking about that very thing when I noticed your post. Problem is, I'm a little "ashamed" to release the code right now because I'm in the middle of some major revisions: 1. Use DeBruin notation for referring to bound l
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by fexl 16y ago
I programmed in Lisp back in 1985 and liked it a lot. Today I consider it too imperative for my tastes, and also too heavyweight. So lately I've been embedding a little interpreter for my Fexl language ( http://fexl.com ) into my system
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by fexl 16y ago
See my response above please. I'm not saying people should slash spending on roads, education, and security by 100%. That would indeed be madness, and utterly self-destructive. I am simply saying that all such spending should be done vo
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by fexl 16y ago
You're right, I could move my entire bodily self somewhere else. My expectations are realistic, so I don't need to revise them. I know that for now, wherever I go, people will demand money from me and will lock me in a cage if I don't giv
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by fexl 16y ago
Government schemes are ridiculously inefficient for a simple reason: they take their money by force. This means that they are not financially accountable to anyone. Yes, you can vote in some new bosses, but those are just new people in c
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by fexl 16y ago
Oh that's right, if I want to earn points I need to support coercion.
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by fexl 16y ago
Everyone is free to provide goods to other people out of the warmness of their hearts!
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by fexl 16y ago
Ouch. I was just trying to find a lead lining in the asbestos cloud, but that didn't go over too well.
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by fexl 16y ago
Even if it does go through exactly this way, very few people will comply with it, so the probability of getting singled out for serious retribution should be fairly low. So there's yet another reason to chill out.
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by fexl 16y ago
When paper money was redeemable for gold, yes there was mild deflation each year, and that condition lasted for decades on end. But people still bought things. The nice thing was, savings had its own reward: you could count on your money
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by fexl 16y ago
The simple solution is for digital assets themselves to become more "real." For example in Loom a merchant can issue a digital asset redeemable for his own products and services, and that digital asset can trade freely like cash. It's "re
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by fexl 16y ago
I've read up a bit on blinded signatures, Brands, etc. I have two problems there. First, I would need a reference standard implementation of blinded signatures. I know if I tried to cobble something together myself, some crypto-guru would
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by fexl 16y ago
I wrote the software used at https://loom.cc . That is a site which allows anyone to create and issue new types of digital assets. Typically the issuer will write a contract pledging to redeem the digital asset for a specific quantity of
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by fexl 16y ago
It would be like working for a big company which collects revenue at the point of a gun.
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by fexl 16y ago
Back in '02 I wrote a C program called "clump" that compiles and links C code, detecting dependencies automatically by scanning for "includes". http://github.com/chkoreff/Clump/blob/master/src/README People have been downloading it consis
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The Myth That Without Gov't Subsidies, Discoveries Will Be Hidden By Secrets(techdirt.com)
28 points by fexl 16y ago|52 comments
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by fexl 16y ago
Also, the author of that article only considers two options: 1. Banning the activity. 2. Controlling the activity. I prefer the third option.
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by fexl 16y ago
The following story says that the U.S. are rejecting Dutch technology that can clean most of the oil out of the water. The reason: the cleaned water is not pure enough. Perfection is the enemy of the good: http://www.financialpost.com/m/
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by fexl 16y ago
To be clear, I usually add TODOs only for observable features and enhancements, rarely for internal issues like refactoring. My point is that I usually refactor only when I'm already in the code for other reasons, as a reward for doing the
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by fexl 16y ago
If they're only offering 10% of the spot value, then by all means stay away. But if they're offering 50% of spot, that sounds about right for a retail operation like that. They have a lot of overhead to cover, including smelting, fulfillm
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by fexl 16y ago
True ... and the last thing I want is altruism. I want good service, and I want to pay for it. Personal touches like this are very promising. It makes me think that if I had a problem or question, they would very competently "pull my f
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by fexl 16y ago
I stay happy as long as my black box continues to function as advertised. That keeps me from obsessing over internal details. Ugly code can stay ugly and I sleep fine at night. But whenever I wade into the code for good reason, I reward m
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by fexl 16y ago
Thank you. I can't stand it when I build someone's C code and am greeted with page after page of compiler warnings. It gives me a sinking feeling.
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by fexl 16y ago
I liked what I saw in Lima, Peru: excellent private schools everywhere I walked throughout the city. Even the poor send their children to private schools. The elementary schools are brightly painted with pictures of happy children, flowe
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by fexl 16y ago
The rationale is that the type declaration demonstrates how you use the variable. For example: char *(*fp)(int, float *) You now have a variable called "fp". Follow that pointer by putting a * in front of it. Call that function by
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by fexl 16y ago
Besides, I see no evidence that the sleep was intended to thwart timing attacks. It looks like it's all about easing the debug process somehow. Incidentally, the primary problem here is not the mere presence of a debug flag that governs a
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by fexl 16y ago
Far and away: http://capulin.com/
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by fexl 16y ago
Why use the term "market failure" here? "Ecosystems like coral reefs or forests are public goods. And we are drawing a benefit from these resources and some people may be drawing an income, but there’s no cost. In economic language, this is

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