jdeisenberg

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by jdeisenberg 9y ago
Not sure about dreams, but I have had (simple) conversations entirely in German with people when in Germany -- but when I remember the content, I "hear" it all in English. This irritates me incredibly.
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by jdeisenberg 9y ago
Hackett ( https://github.com/lexi-lambda/hackett ) seems like an interesting project in this regard.
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by jdeisenberg 9y ago
I'm curious to know if using a standing desk for four to five hours a day (but not moving around much) is equally unhealthy.
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by jdeisenberg 9y ago
Link should be "mystavanger.com" rather than "mystavanfer.com"; once there, the site looks nice and there are a lot of really good photos.
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by jdeisenberg 9y ago
It was very much alive in the early 1980s. (I worked in Cupertino from 1979-1985, and Vallco was a place we often went for lunch.)
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
I agree that textbook costs are exorbitant, and I use open source, online, or very low cost books when teaching at the community college level. I've been using the interactive version of the "Think Like a Computer Scientist"
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
I do discuss map/filter/reduce, but not in comparison to for-loops, as the book presumes that FP is the only thing there is (analogous to how imperative language books don't mention they are great replacements for assembly la
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Thanks. I'm not serving the content from a Runestone server, but a lot of the links for its features (report problems, the "save" and "load" in activecode) appear to remain active. [Edit] The red outline indicates t
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
My goal in writing this book was to give an introduction to new programmers, with functional style as the default and without reference to prior knowledge of an imperative language I wanted an interactive book where readers could try things
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Show HN: My Interactive ClojureScript book(langintro.com)
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Towards the end of the article, the author says this: "The point isn’t that physics is wrong, nor is the point that the Eagleworks team is wrong. The point is that this is the beginning stages of actual science being done to examine an
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Elixir has more to offer than just a functional approach; there is OTP, lightweight processes, etc. If these are things you need, Elixir might still be an excellent choice.
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Yes, processing is great. I like that it lets you explore graphically and creatively without a win/lose mentality. (Competition is highly motivating for some people, not so much for others.) If you're a Python fan, there's a
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Seems very short on explanation. I believe that "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist" ( http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/thinkcspy/toc.... ) gives better explanation plus allows testin
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Age 16 or so, Boy Scout explorer post at the local bank in 1969. The person teaching us (a programmer at the bank) gave us a brief intro to the RPG (Report Program Generator) language, then said "Now, think of something you'd like
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
It would be interesting to see how this compares with French, whose numbering system is complex (at least when you get to the 90s).
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
I wrote an outline and some pseudo-code today (on paper), and I used cursive. However, my handwriting is terrible and has a half-life of 12 hours or so.
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Second the motion on VariDesk; I have one and am entirely pleased with it. (No, I don't work for them or have any financial interest in their company.)
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Erlang supports hot code swapping, so I am guessing that LFE would as well.
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Erlang is a good choice for doing massive parallel computing, and it is a functional language.
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
I've always had fond memories of the Burroughs B1700 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_B1700 ) for such reasons.
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Using the terms in a consistent manner can avoid confusion. I tell beginning programming students that a Parameter is like a "Placeholder," and the Argument is the "Actual" value that fills it in, emphasizing the first l
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Admirable idea, but not sufficiently complete. For example, the Korean alphabet section shows you the letters, but not how they are combined into syllables. The Russian grammar section doesn't address the concept of declension, as far
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
The article says that Mr. Giannandrea is no longer head of the machine learning division; out of curiosity, who has taken that position? It's not clear from the article.
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Tables in RST are far more difficult than in Markdown; you have to essentially draw the table you want. In both, it is difficult to have a block of code with one line in bold, or italicized for emphasis. (The same seems to hold for asciidoc
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Is there a mirror of this anywhere? All I am getting is "Server Error in '/' Application."
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
I'd like to point out the very underrated DrRacket ( https://docs.racket-lang.org/getting-started/index.html ), with some very nice material that works at the middle school level ( http://www.bootstrapworl
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by jdeisenberg 10y ago
Or, always show the year as four digits with leading zeros. Seeing "May 0016" gives you an indication that it just might not be this year.
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by jdeisenberg 11y ago
Also, XML + XSLT gives you the capability to easily transform your original to other formats.
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by jdeisenberg 11y ago
Have we, or have we not, officially entered the silly season?

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