ktRolster

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   by ktRolster 11y ago

   Is that a real question? How many parents do you know who've taught their kids to read? If you're like me, it's a couple here and there, but most kids learn to read from school. You can compare data of literacy rates before w
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   by ktRolster 11y ago

   There are many problems with the US education system, but it does a really good job teaching kids to read; and for the few kids who fail to learn to read, it's usually because of an unstable (or abusive) home, or because the kids don&#
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   by ktRolster 11y ago

   Except there were always those LISP guys in the back talking about how great the REPL was
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   by ktRolster 11y ago

   I've used both BSD and GPL licensed software at work. I've never heard of anyone getting fired for that. BSD - if you want your software to be used as much as possible, even if the user doesn't return the favor. GPL - if you
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   by ktRolster 11y ago

   IBM started questioning their funding of the project because of the lack of a success criteria. It's cool that you have many calculations running in parallel on a super computer, and each calculation is a simplified model of a neuron,
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   by ktRolster 11y ago

   The opinion piece (that's what it is) starts with an assertion that types make it easier to find bugs. I think the reality is more nuanced. When types were pushed into the C language (function prototypes, etc), it fixed a lot of bugs.