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Theory of Fluids Enters the 21st Century(quantamagazine.org)
62 points by librasteve 1mo ago|5 comments
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by librasteve 1mo ago
nice work … would love to have this on my apul watch
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by librasteve 2mo ago
yeah, then NatSemi integrated Ethernet onto a single chip and game over TR
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by librasteve 2mo ago
yeah, Madge was a (UK based) 2nd source of IBM Token Ring kit … MAUs, CAUs and so on iirc much better determinism than Ethernet CSMA/CD
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by librasteve 2mo ago
Tolkien, Pratchett … like Bach and Toploader?
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by librasteve 2mo ago
what fraction of the (slow roll) payout is Fujitsu committed to pay by virtue of their collusion in the Post Office scandal?
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by librasteve 2mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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by librasteve 2mo ago
I think this is quite interesting… - another proof point that AI upends project economics - AI will soon be able to make custom desktops and apps (msoffice clone anyone) that will undermine historic monopolies - if you are not doin
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by librasteve 2mo ago
uncanny valley
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by librasteve 2mo ago
can it do brummie?
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by librasteve 2mo ago
The median income in Southern England is comparable, but house prices are 2-3x higher. Not surprising that we moan about tax subsidies getting paid to folk with a better lifestyle.
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by librasteve 3mo ago
also they need the tax to pay for the Irish Navy to prevent Putin from cutting the fiber
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by librasteve 3mo ago
raku -pe 'tr/a..z/b..za/' <<< etbjxntqrdke
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by librasteve 3mo ago
sadly, I think we are stuck with JSON as the most reliable way to get data / code in and out of an LLM (could be worse, could be YAML) … I’m interested in custom DSLs that improve LLM predictability and it is quite nice to see that eve
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by librasteve 3mo ago
or raku -e 'say "etbjxntqrdke".comb.map({chr .ord + 1}).join'
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by librasteve 3mo ago
this is awesome - I wonder how this would combine with DSL tools like https://slangify.org
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by librasteve 3mo ago
<<And finally, programming is simply fun. It's a joy. My calling in life is to spread the joy of programming,>> must be a Raku coder -Ofun
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by librasteve 3mo ago
what, no HTMX?
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by librasteve 3mo ago
This post from perl and raku thought leader Damian Conway explains the newly formed The Raku Foundation came about.
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TRF Lives(blogs.perl.org)
6 points by librasteve 3mo ago|3 comments
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by librasteve 3mo ago
i suppose you have to at least try tailwind if you advocate for LOB … in https://harcstack.org , I have started with https://picocss.com which keeps the HTML squeaky clean. it is open to other Themes down the line and
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by librasteve 3mo ago
yeuch … should’ve used https://harcstack.org , like the new https://raku.foundation site
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by librasteve 3mo ago
Counterpoint: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to
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by librasteve 3mo ago
does rust have FFI, then? (aka stable ABI)
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by librasteve 3mo ago
goodbye old friend
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by librasteve 3mo ago
surely the year is 2038
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by librasteve 3mo ago
“The web stack you already know” - not https://harcstack.org then :-)
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by librasteve 3mo ago
or you could just use Raku and its “surprisingly good lisp impression”: https://www.codesections.com/blog/raku-lisp-impression/
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by librasteve 3mo ago
yeah to "deep rooted seething envy" and yes, LLM is moving HLL to a back seat - but not eliminating it entirely - otherwise, why not have your LLM emit ASM (or binary) fortunately Raku got enough https://stackoverflow.c
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by librasteve 3mo ago
well, yeah - but noting that there were many consultations and opportunities to challenge this decision and I (for one) would have complained if I didn't think that NL was a solid choice

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