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How the largest language family spread – and why others go extinct(nature.com)
3 points by indigoabstract 1y ago|0 comments
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Sweetgreen CEO on Robots, MAHA and Why Salads Are So Expensive(nytimes.com)
1 points by indigoabstract 1y ago|1 comments
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by indigoabstract 1y ago
The example is kind of pedantic, but I think a linter might be able to catch it.
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by indigoabstract 1y ago
Also GNU, since it's not-a-unix.
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by indigoabstract 1y ago
Seems pretty silly in hindsight and probably was back then as well. If communist committees could write like Lem, the world would be a much richer place today. What stuck with me after reading many of his works was this underlying theme in
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Quantum Physics Is on the Wrong Track Says Gerard 'T Hooft(scientificamerican.com)
16 points by indigoabstract 2y ago|0 comments
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France created the metric system (2018)(bbc.com)
2 points by indigoabstract 2y ago|0 comments
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
It's interesting what you can build now without looking under the hood. But if he wants to continue using the app, he's about to find out that there's more to software that just coding a prototype.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Interesting, but I'm puzzled. If these guys are smart enough to predict the future, wouldn't it be more profitable for them to invent it instead of just telling the world what's going to happen?
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Nice. Looks like a hacking game user interface.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
He's the Immortal Dutchman.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Using natural language to specify and build an application is not unlike having a game design document before you actually start prototyping your game. But once you have implemented the bulk of what you wanted, the implementation becomes th
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
It looks like were're going to have AIs helping us play Minecraft soon. It seems like they did have to nudge it in the right direction though so it could discover how to mine diamonds.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
And then there is the fact that voice isn't the dominant mode of expression for all people. Some are predominantly visual thinkers, some are analytic and slow to decide, while some prefer to use their hands and so on. I guess there&#x2
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Calling it rapid prototyping doesn't sound as cool as it used to, now that there is vibe coding. Especially when its pure shiny 100% AI. It seems like such a hippy thing to do.
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XOR Linked List(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by indigoabstract 2y ago|0 comments
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
After perusing the article, I'm thinking that maybe Ferraris should be more like Volvos, because crashing at high speed can be dangerous. But if one doesn't find that exciting, at least they'd better blaze through the critica
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Some developers enjoy coding and some enjoy paychecks. Some enjoy both.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Just a guess, but I think it's because that's how web sites were in the '90s. People had pretty low res screens back then.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my feeling is this all started with the GPUs and the fact that unlike on a CPU, you can't really step by step debug the process by which a pixel acquires its final value (and there are millions of them
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Hmm, better start preparing those Voight-Kampff tests while there is still time.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
While reading the article I enjoyed pretending that a powerful LLM just crash landed on our planet and researchers at Anthropic are now investigating this fascinating piece of alien technology and writing about their discoveries. It's
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Is this a preview of things to come or just macho template programming? It seems very esoteric, hard to understand. Some of the examples don't even compile, but in any case, this isn't the working man's C++.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I think he meant an easy to misuse API.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Yeah, could be a giant LMDB, but that's implementation detail :) I imagine there's some serious optimization involved to make it all fit in memory.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Call it professional bias, but I like to think about it as a big VM. If for some reason, things go awry, the (said) programmer will hit the pause button, then diligently go to the last valid snapshot, fix the bug and then get things going a
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
Hmm, I would expect that to be 31F, if it stood for "ELF" in correct Hexspeak.
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I suggest you read this page about the Dungeon Master ('87) copy protection which includes an interview with its main programmer and author of its (ingenious) copy protection. http://dmweb.free.fr/community/documen
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by indigoabstract 2y ago
I was thinking the same thing. It's surprising how many people don't get this, arguing that poverty, wars or some other pressing matter must be solved first before we can go to space or spend money on non essential activities. It
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Layoffs Don't Work(thehustle.co)
407 points by indigoabstract 2y ago|754 comments

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