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by jraines 10y ago
Reminds me of Tegmark's Mathematical Universe Hypothesis, which would say (I think) that entities can do math or perform math because they are math. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypot
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I love Clojure and have happily been using it in production for 2+ years. Maybe I'm just used to the error messages, but I'm surprised "finding libraries" wasn't a higher-rated pain point. In many languages (at le
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I understand the responses to this, but my take is we're so far past the Rubicon we might as well be in the Atlantic. For example, I have a friend who has never been on any social media. If he wanted to opt out of the surveillance app
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For the sake of discussion, why is that scary rather than kind of nice? Unless you take the AdBlock route, aren't well targeted ads better than irrelevant ones?
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I don't think you can go wrong with Python. I can't say one way or the other about Go. That said; it seems to me (as just one dev's opinion in the U.S.) that Europe -- particularly northern Europe -- has a pretty healthy Cloj
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Because they kicked off the movement (at least the full EV one), are leading on automation as well, and because they're made in America. I'm sure there are good reasons against, but those are a few pros.
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I entered 94541 (Hayward, CA) and it listed some mostly correct ones but also City Council seats for Aurora, IL. Great idea, btw
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I love this README, not least because it provides some essential missing documentation for Reagent (the different component "forms"). That said, I would extend the currently en vogue advice re: React/Redux -- don't reach
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if you go on Twitter & look at people who at least claim to be either advocates of sex workers or sex workers themselves, they say mostly the same things. This isn't to say all programmer opinions are good -- see the depression thr
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They're in chronological order unfortunately, so you need to start with the bottom left and work backwards.
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I would suggest starting with compojure-api (via its leiningen template) on the backend and Reagent on the front-end. Super simple if you're familiar with building API driven SPAs and in particular React apps. compojure-api will get y
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I agree. A sibling comment recommends "Joy of Clojure" but I feel that's better as a second or third book. My personal recommendation, YMMV as always, is Kyle Kingsbury's "Clojure from the Ground Up" series ht
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Prompted by this, I went through and aggressively pruned my follow list. I was struck how most of the most interesting people I was following pretty much don't tweet any more. Not sure if that speaks to how they became interesting, h
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Sampling bias, I think
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I want to quote the whole section that gives the most info, just because McCarthy's writing is so great & ominous: "The clocks stopped at 1:17. A long shear of light and then a series of low concussions. He got up and went to
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Nervous flyer here. I tell myself this on a loop while flying and my lizard brain just does not care. Weirdly, I've flown hundreds of times and this didn't start until I was near 30. I think one aspect is not the fear of death, b
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I read it as either: "because they invested in a dishonest person" or "because they invested in a house that was built on my bombing range and I'm gassing up the B-52"
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it becomes non-paradoxical if you tweak it to: "Nobody goes there by choice any more - it's too crowded" Obviously it's still not "nobody" for LM - or anywhere - but things change and people get stuck with th
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Instagram is where we reflect the interesting life of the kate spade new york girl through relatable social moments which highlight the products that are characters in her story I think you can work up a good lather of doomsaying from jus
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Not exactly sure because I rent; one site I saw says the average in Alameda County is $1,800/yr
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Hayward's not so bad at all :) Get the quake insurance though. I still wince when I see what the cost of a Hayward condo would buy back in Georgia.
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Is there anything like RC in the Bay Area? Kind of hard to believe if not.
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Using source control, specifically git. Programmed for a couple years before I got on board.
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I guess I'll be one voice in the other direction -- I agree with the friend: if deep down you know you're just exploring, you should cut it off before the in-person if they are flying you out. Interviewing is stressful for the in
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I don't understand the gnashing of teeth around solving this with a soft fork then hard fork. Is that not just as built into the overall system as any flaw is built into a smart contract? The code decides. But the community decides o
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You're right. I was referring to the institutions he listed, but didn't make that clear.
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He's doing what most people would do if they had money to burn. Not saying it's good, but I think that's true. How many times have you heard "I'll f*cking sue you!" as an impotent threat? I like to half-joki
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I'm reminded of Jimmy Carter's "Malaise" speech: The symptoms of this crisis of the American spirit are all around us. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five
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Could someone explain what the paragraphs under "Map specs should be of keysets only" are getting at? I'm trying to map it onto my experience with Clojure and plumatic/schema, but nothing is clicking.

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