mxben

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by mxben 3y ago
Awesome! Great work on this project. Congratulations!
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by mxben 3y ago
Could you talk about the arithmetic you are using to make mixing colors work?
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God Mode – no more RSI(github.com)
3 points by mxben 3y ago|0 comments
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by mxben 4y ago
Is it just me who finds the old website design much better than the redesign? The new redesigned website seems to lack character that the old website had.
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by mxben 4y ago
Can you (or anyone who has run Lisp software in production) share how the experience has been? Do the management and other colleagues like it? Do they express any concerns? Want to understand the social aspect of running Lisp in production.
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by mxben 4y ago
> As soon as something enters the standard library its API is basically set in stone Is that really all that different from Python?
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by mxben 4y ago
> do not criticise Nobody said that. Of course you can criticize. But be aware that your criticism itself could be subject to criticism.
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by mxben 4y ago
> My point was that GP's rule of thumb (if it has a keyword, it's a statement, otherwise is an expression) is wrong on both ends. I do agree! Sorry to bother you but I am a bit confused about this part of your comment: > `al
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FizzBuzz is FizzBuzz years old (and still a powerful tool)(blog.tdwright.co.uk)
3 points by mxben 4y ago|1 comments
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by mxben 4y ago
I can appreciate the points about not knowing enough to engage an expert early or using a good wrapper library, etc. But this point blows my mind: > There’s this Network Partition thing, it’s kind of a big deal How could someone using Ra
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by mxben 4y ago
Interesting! Any examples of such languages?
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by mxben 4y ago
`alert("hello")` is an expression and also a statement. a = alert("hello"); // Assigns a to undefined What isn't an expression? An `if` statement is not an expression. a = if (true) alert("
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by mxben 4y ago
Really needs Mathjax/Katex support otherwise the math formulas become very hard to read. Adds mental load just to parse the math text and make sense of it. Take a look at any of the questions and answers at https://math.stac
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by mxben 4y ago
> I'm surprised there aren't more comments on this on Hacker News considering it's the Fields Medal. Many would argue that looking for engineering applications in mathematics is not why mathematicians do mathematics. That
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by mxben 4y ago
Thanks! Never knew this existed. Would have been better if the sidebar was not shown in a new frame. There are third-party customizations to launch speedbar in the same frame though.