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by norswap 8y ago
The problem is the definition of "by hand". I assume you mean it as "writing code in a general programming language". Note that in a sense, lex/yacc and antlr are programming languages as well. Parser combinators ar
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by norswap 8y ago
If someone wants to have a look at the code of a cutting-edge parser combinator framework with focus on features + usability, I'll plug this here (it's in Java) https://github.com/norswap/autumn4 WIP but 1.0.
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by norswap 8y ago
"Illegal but regulated", "Illegal but tolerated". Really, when such things have been formalized, it's just really, legal — at a less symbolic level than a proper law maybe, and with limitations for sure, but arguing
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by norswap 8y ago
> Long lines formed on a sub-zero morning last week to buy marijuana over the counter from three different shops in Ottawa, the first capital in the industrialized world to open them. Ah yes, Netherlands: a land of barbarians, murder and
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by norswap 8y ago
Pfah. This is not, and should not be about personality. It's about what should be considered lawful and what should be protected.
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Seamlessly Calling JavaScript from Kotlin(blog.plan99.net)
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by norswap 8y ago
As long as you're selling the emperor's new clothes, I suppose you're right.
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by norswap 8y ago
Like everything, it depends. I think you're right for some classes of problems. For others, going slow and painstakingly seeking to simplify is the only way. Otherwise the complexity will eat you alive and the whole edifice will collap
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by norswap 8y ago
LogMeIn is where products I genuinely loved go to die. Years ago it was Hamachi (the LAN-over-internet software). Then it was LastPass and via it XMarks (itself acquired by LastPass shortly before). XMarks suffered much more grievously than
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by norswap 8y ago
If you like video game music, I can't recommend the excellent "Les Démons du Midi" [1] podcast. Yes, the brief commentary between tracks is in French — but music still is front and center. [1]: https://www.geekzone
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by norswap 8y ago
Interesting. I'm wondering how it stacks up against ConEmu [1], which has been the MVP of terminal emulators on Windows for a long time now. [1]: https://conemu.github.io/
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by norswap 8y ago
Another alternative: Robind Hood Hashing http://norswap.com/robin-hood-hashing-jvm/ (Might actually be the same technique, it's not quite clear!)
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by norswap 8y ago
Who is John Gall? (I'm sorry, I had to!)
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by norswap 8y ago
That doesn't seem to be true: https://www.legion-recrute.com/mdl/pages.php?id=2&titre=Les-...
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by norswap 8y ago
I'm suspicious of hindsight bias. I'm not sure if that had written 10-20 years ago, that "learning" would figure out so predominantly. Who's to say there isn't a third such big method? Also, while the lesson fi
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by norswap 8y ago
Nim is certainly not a language I would qualify as having a "restricted feature set". Jai is mostly under wraps but from what I've heard from the author, while it very strongly opposes some common language features that C doe
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by norswap 8y ago
I'm fascinated that the only source for the 4$/hour + tips is a tweet. As far as I can tell, that's it. In fact, the article doesn't even make the claim, just republishes the tweet. The Sonic statements says no wage have
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by norswap 8y ago
As long as you actually do the update as they come along. I've had to upgrade a Mac that hadn't received any updates since 2 or 3 years - it's a disaster, the app store barely even works anymore. Otherwise I pretty much agree
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by norswap 8y ago
While I find what happened to him to be disgusting, I think you CAN do better nuance in 140 characters than call people who support X (Israel in this case) "awful human beings". But again, such an outburst shouldn't be cause
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by norswap 8y ago
The device reportedly causes 20.000 contractions in 30 minutes. And apparently, it's not only volume but also intensity that does the trick. Good luck doing this with you brain, professor.
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by norswap 8y ago
"why do millennials act like it doesn't exist?" Hhm, do they really?
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by norswap 8y ago
I don't see how that is the point I made. The point I made was that an argument should be given as to whether a feature should be in the language or not. Note that this leaves the possibility that a feature should not be in the languag
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by norswap 8y ago
If you nitpick enough, nothing is essential. We can write everything in C, or heck, even assembly. "If you're not happy go look elsewhere" doesn't move the needle on the question "Should Go have generic" at all
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by norswap 8y ago
As a user, the consequences are a big net negative. Additionally it's not about regulating big tech but "protecting copyright" in a way that is completely misguided (as in, actually not likely to increase profits for sharehol
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by norswap 8y ago
Could you give an example of primitive recursion that is not µ-recursion?
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by norswap 8y ago
Well, it looks like I found something that could qualify: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~avrim/451f11/lectures/lect1004.pdf
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by norswap 8y ago
And to think I was excited to finally get a good explanation of what people usually mean when they say "perfect hashing" (i.e, given a set of keys, construct a hashing function that will assign each key a unique hash so as to avoi
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by norswap 8y ago
Yeah, in the Steam age the demos have been mostly killed. I guess "Let's Plays" have replaced them? Personally, I still value getting my hands on the beast myself.
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by norswap 8y ago
I guess you could say lobbying legalizes a portion of what is understood as corruption. (Not everything, obviously.) Under the guise of "defending special interests", or something similar. You shouldn't be allowed to finance
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by norswap 8y ago
I think the Java standard library docs fall in this category. It's always been one of my favorite part of working with the language. (I guess the library design is controversial, or rather, it is now... Collections are looking rather o

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