kovrik

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1. 181.▲
   by kovrik 10y ago

   What is `Matrix homeserver'?
2. 182.▲
   by kovrik 10y ago

   > In math ( * ) is a binary operation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_product I am talking about Empty Product. In all Lisps I know ( * ) returns 1, (* n) returns n. Which makes sense. Shen's example is
3. 183.▲
   by kovrik 10y ago

   I find Shen lang interesting, but never actually tried it. Can anyone explain few things? 1. Why explicitly call `prolog?` function? Why not make it implicit, so user could use, for example, `member` function (defined via `defprolog` notati
4. 184.▲
   by kovrik 10y ago

   Aleksey Shipilev is a great developer and writer. His articles are must read!
5. 185.▲
   by kovrik 10y ago

   Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm honestly surprised how people could trust huge amounts of money to projects like Ethereum and The DAO. The only explanation I could imagine is like: "We could have become rich if we knew t
6. 186.▲
   by kovrik 10y ago

   Also, I doubt they could handle it, their scope is huge: new OS, new programming language, networking, encryption, time, compilation, virtualization etc. I don't believe group of 5 unknown people can handle it. Like, Urbit time: ht
7. 187.▲
   by kovrik 10y ago

   Agree. Feels like it was written by someone with schizophasia. Like: https://urbit.org/docs/hoon/advanced/ What are they talking about? Dry/wet arms? Batteries? Metal cores? Bridges? Gates? Superpowers
8. 188.▲
   by kovrik 11y ago

   Also, I love Clojure's out-of-the-box minimalist syntax for explicit trampolining. But this one is not that minimalistic + requires additional import. But there is already a sub-project to support TCO in JVM (but it is very old and pro
9. 189.▲
   by kovrik 11y ago

   Looks good, but honestly I can't imagine any practical usage of that thing. I mean, I understand explicit trampolining in Clojure, but in Java you don't often use recursion.
10. 190.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    I think that it's some kind of natural selection among languages/cultures. Languages are just tools. If this tool is effective - people use it. Otherwise it "dies".
11. 191.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Russian here. I don't like Russia too.
12. 192.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    I think that it is necessary to learn Vim not because it is the best text editor (it's not!), but because it is one of the best ways to edit texts. It was hard for me to get used to it (I forced myself to write all scripts - Perl, Bash
13. 193.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Which makes this law much more stupid. You can virtually block ANY website in Russia by posting prohibited text or picture (as guest user, for example). Also, note that NO court decision required. Sites blocked imemdiately (almost).
14. 194.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    I'm not saying that you should learn nothing and just go to 1000 interviews - and you get your job. Do not exaggerate, please.
15. 195.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    > i plan to take courses on Python, java and R when i finish my Phd. In my opinion: find what you want to do and become a professional in that field. Don't try learn everything. Start from one thing.
16. 196.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    My advice: try. Always try. Finding a job is a matter of chance. I know many people who just sit and think "I'm not ready yet, I have to read N more books, I have to grok data structures, I have to grok algorithms, I have to learn
17. 197.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    And in Russian "ponos" means "diarrhea" :(
18. 198.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Wow, great answer, many thanks for that!
19. 199.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Could someone give an advice on how to grok Lisp, please? I write Clojure code, read Lisp books, articles etc. But I don't feel 'magic' yet. How did you get 'addicted' to Lisps?
20. 200.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Well, this article is so thorough, detailed and well-written, that I don't know what to say other than "Wow, that was cool and very interesting!". More stories like that?
21. 201.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Looks awesome! Hope to see Vim plugin soon.
22. 202.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    This. I find interesting site/article/paper but don't have enough time to read it. I just leave tab open and read it later. Yes, I can bookmark this page or save link somewhere - but why do extra actions?
23. 203.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Elderly people, for example. Average pension in Russia is about 7000 - 11 000 RUR (~$220 - $300).
24. 204.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Patriotism, propaganda, religion...all these things are to control people. People live in provetry, have nothing to eat, have no rights etc. And, sadly, still think Putin is a great leader. Majority of population do not like to think. It is
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    by kovrik 12y ago

    Russian here. The bad thing is that embargoes (and counter embargoes) hit ordinary people hard, not politicians. Prices have increased by ~15% since January (and will increase more because of new embargoes). Many idiotic laws has been adopt
26. 206.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    So true! With Hibernate there are a lot of things happen under the hood. And all you can do is either struggle with Hibernate, or hope that those under-the-hood-things won't have a strong impact on your app's performance.
27. 207.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    I've just tried to sign up at Coinbase - they require my Full name. Really? What's the point of cryptocurrency if you enter your email + full name?
28. 208.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Neal Stephenson - "REAMDE" and "Clojure Programming"
29. 209.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    cloJure, not cloSure. Also, I thought you would add all Machine Learning libs, not just link to the Clojure Toolbox.
30. 210.▲
    by kovrik 12y ago

    Please, add Clojure and it's libs (see http://www.clojure-toolbox.com ). And sort languages alphabetically, please.