leifaffles

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   by leifaffles 9y ago

   You have some strong points in here, except one which is worth pointing out: > Google management didn't "call him names". Google's management (including its CEO) did, however, repeatedly lie and misrepresent the essay
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   by leifaffles 9y ago

   No. Arguments #2 and #3 were not made. Argument #1 is utterly uncontroversial. Please read the essay.
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   by leifaffles 13y ago

   A more plausible reason for why Democrats would be more "partisan" is because moderate Democrats have been defeated by Republicans in recent elections, particularly in red states. This will likely be more pronounced if people like
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   by leifaffles 13y ago

   Yes. Thanks.
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   by leifaffles 13y ago

   Can you clarify what you mean about "real" macros vs AST macros? The only obvious extension to normal AST-style macros I can think of is fexprs, which re-run the macro procedure on every invocation (rather than once at read/b
6. 66.▲
   by leifaffles 13y ago

   I think there is some broad confusion over "flow-based programming" implying "non-programmers using a graph editor to connect things". So I'm going to ignore that completely in favor of talking about flow-based prog
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   by leifaffles 13y ago

   The big elephant in the room is that this isn't really about metaprogramming. It's about the failure of the text as a means for manipulating of computer programs (e.g. eval on strings, reflection, method_missing, _getattr_, etc).
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   by leifaffles 13y ago

   This article tackles a lot of confusion that has come with the word over the past couple decades: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/05/neoconserva...
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   by leifaffles 13y ago

   I agree. It'd be great if we could just ask him, but I don't know if I've ever heard him say something that wasn't manipulative and to his perceived political advantage.
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    by leifaffles 13y ago

    See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venona_project
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    by leifaffles 14y ago

    I found this short fracking discussion enlightening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW_xJqPjE_I# !
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    by leifaffles 14y ago

    This seems like an argument for more manual management of state, less abstraction, and more human compiler. That isn't to say we shouldn't have that discussion, but it is part of that discussion.