flipflip

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by flipflip 4y ago
I love racket. It helped me understand the concept of limited continuations and macros.
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by flipflip 4y ago
You write a simple interpreter basicly. Instead of directly manipulating the data , you build an ast of how to manipulate the data then you execute it. It also allows for nifty optimizations later on.
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by flipflip 5y ago
No, I won't. Piping is a nice way to compose programs. I like that, just use shell check and proper settings. I usually go to python or some other scripting language when I have a lot of string processing to do. For the rest something
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by flipflip 5y ago
I don't mind them, but I would like if people keep it short. I work on feature X, I have this problem, I need help. Or I work on feature X, I don't need help. It always devolves into whole blog posts. Also when you are in a small
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by flipflip 5y ago
When I realised that everything following a couple of simple laws was a monad, I started to notice them alot and was also able to implement them. The tutorials with pictures or analogies like containers only made me confused.
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by flipflip 5y ago
Fair enough
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by flipflip 5y ago
You can just kill the observer. Quantum immortality sort: def qisort(list): qshuffle(list) if not sorted(list): kill_observer() Only in the universe in which th the list is sorted, the user will survive
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by flipflip 5y ago
I think the people falling for conspiracy theories are thoroughly demoralized. They are so far in the rabbit hole that they cannot even acknowledge reality any longer. That won't be fixed by stopping people to read things. I think it w
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by flipflip 5y ago
> we need to control what people can read Why do we need that? I find this type of control suffocating and it is just a patch for deeper seated problems, mistrust of authority for example.
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by flipflip 5y ago
Well, you name quite the case, but besides that. I think the fact that anonymous discussions derail easier and don't exactly get the best out of people, isn't relevant at all. I would even say, it is a price, we should be willing