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811.
by norswap 10y ago
If your country is Nigeria as your nick seems to suggest, then I suggest you look at how "doing not so nice things" has worked out elsewhere in Africa, and in fact, in Nigeria itself. There is no easy path towards progress, and ce
812.
by norswap 10y ago
Personally, I see this as entirely positive. Note the law doesn't preclude automated decision making, it requires explanation of the decision process (which then has to be based on lawful criteria). This is what "fighting against
813.
by norswap 10y ago
Why oh why would one want to do this terrible thing?
814.
by norswap 10y ago
This is not a good thing, since it seems the file are still there. I still need to add them to my `.gitignore`. If they are there and I ask to see all files, I want to see them.
815.
Doing Garbage Collection Without Requiring Uniform Representation(sebastiansylvan.com)
3 points by norswap 10y ago|0 comments
816.
by norswap 10y ago
That's why one should always go for libraries, not frameworks.
817.
by norswap 10y ago
It depends, what is your background? Java is a run-the-mill object oriented language. If you've used any OO language with dynamic dispatch, you're immediately set 90% of the way to fluency. The tricky part is the generic part of t
818.
by norswap 10y ago
The first thing I thought is "this is prime meme material". What has the internet done with me?
819.
by norswap 10y ago
As Kotlin is more or less Java with some sugar thrown on top, yes. Even if you "learn Kotlin" on its own, you'll essentially have re-learned Java.
820.
by norswap 10y ago
Actually it's still lagging behind slightly (there's a big of jankyness at some points, e.g. when moving classes). But it'll get there.
821.
by norswap 10y ago
Conversely this is what I like least about it. It works nicely for small functions, and even reads like documentation. But past that it will balloon and just bloat the program you're trying to understand. Tests are better left in their
822.
by norswap 10y ago
I did not claim that anything (including me and the article) was biased or unbiased. To spell it out: I said they present something as if it was surprising, when it isn't, independently of anyone's stance on the matter.
823.
by norswap 10y ago
Breaking news: people still eager to make money despite stupid political decisions.
824.
by norswap 10y ago
I've used Smalltalk, I've used Java. They are not not different in terms of the object mechanism. The only difference one could imagine is that you can treat messages as data through doesNotUnderstand in Smalltalk (the analog
825.
by norswap 10y ago
Dotty is Scala. It's an experimental project with the aim to clean up stuff and be eventually mainlined. And I think a bit of simplification and formalization is exactly what Scala needs, in the long run.
826.
by norswap 10y ago
The term "heist" seems more appropriate here. I thought "heister" was a word, but apparently only in the (excellent) game Payday: The Heist.
827.
by norswap 10y ago
I also have this. I figured it wasn't tinnitus because of how people complain that tinnitus is super annoying and this isn't really. Then I discovered it was from the electrical apparatus. I actually have to get quite isolated to
828.
Evolving Query Languages(youtube.com)
2 points by norswap 10y ago|0 comments
829.
by norswap 10y ago
The irony of your post getting downvoted is delightful. (I myself agree with you.)
830.
by norswap 10y ago
I'm in the same situation, but I'd say: don't worry too much. It feels like many balls are still up in the air regarding deep learning, and it's likely that the dust will settle at some point. The tried and true will rem
831.
by norswap 10y ago
> Most people are dishonest not because they like to be, but because they have their backs up against the wall. This is not my personal experience. > As the person in the position of power here (you are) have compassion. He just got r
832.
by norswap 10y ago
They're purposefully misleading you. Have no shame. Consult with a lawyer, then issue them an ultimatum: wages and taxes paid, or you'll rat them out and prevent them (via lawsuit if necessary) from using your IP. I bet they'
833.
by norswap 10y ago
A meta-comment on the whole discussion: this whole jock/nerd business is very very American.
834.
by norswap 10y ago
The conclusion: > Finally, based on our analysis of the data we collected, we make a few recommendations to game developers. First, be sure to practice good risk management techniques. This will help avoid some of the adverse e ects of o
835.
by norswap 10y ago
Indeed, it's more of a pattern.
836.
by norswap 10y ago
See this article ( http://norswap.com/checked-exceptions/ ) on why exceptions are generally misused.
837.
by norswap 10y ago
First, functional programming is an umbrella term. This paper talks about strict FP, which is basically "no mutation", so I'll talk about that. It's clear that some other aspects of FP, such as first-order functions, clo
838.
by norswap 10y ago
One thing that I would love to see is the ability to schedule coroutines accross threads. Currently, you have to choose to spawn a new thread for your coroutine or keep it on the same thread. Although I believe adding a thread a pool and an
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by norswap 10y ago
Is it meant to be a successor then? Or are they complementary? It's misleading that the FAQ only seems to mention advantages.
840.
A Little on V8 and WebAssembly [pdf](ia601503.us.archive.org)
4 points by norswap 10y ago|1 comments

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