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by nv-vn 11y ago
This is awesome, but I wonder how useful it would actually be to use. I imagine the functionality is going to be limited to only the features shared among each platform (which is just text messaging? Unless by SMS they mean MMS also). The o
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by nv-vn 11y ago
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as GNU/Windows, is in fact, GNU/Windows/NT, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Windows plus NT. GNU/Windows is not an operating system unto
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Also, generally if you're doing a lot of math with floats (or some other numeric type) you can do: Float.(x + y * 2.0 - z / w) or even just open the Float module locally Also, the with-open-file problem can be solved pret
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Worse yet, a backdoor or legitimate bug in any of these module could leave huge exploits in the entire Node.js ecosystem.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Here's a proposal (that I'm sure others have come up with in the past) -- why not create one big, community backed "batteries included"-type module that would implement all the small, commonly used functions. This could
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by nv-vn 11y ago
And 54 people found it a worthwhile package to install _this week alone_.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Is there any points to making these threads? So far it's been <10 minutes of downtime. Not a big deal at all. If it's a few hours then I'd consider these appropriate, but for real... this downtime is tiny so far.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
In general, short names tend to be used for the most generic variables. Renaming "g" to "theFunction" in the (|>) one-liner doesn't really clear up anything. Just seeing it applied to something makes it clear eno
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by nv-vn 11y ago
"Duck typing" can be done statically through row polymorphism. For more info, read up on OCaml's object system.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Yep, I too think the class needs a total redesign. It fails to cover a lot of what actual computer science is for some poorly put together subset of Java taught as what's essentially magic (the same kind of problem with a lot of elemen
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by nv-vn 11y ago
The new program being launched is even more disappointing -- it's basically just "working with computers". It briefly touches on some slightly programming-related topics, but it also includes things like photography, etc. It
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Someone who was allegedly there when the kid did it commented on a thread yesterday. I doubt the NK government would be posting propaganda on HackerNews of all places, but hey, you never know.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Yes, that's true. Just the way it's stated seems to imply that it's not specifically on that day but for an extended period of time.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
I think in that way it would make sense to say that procedural is also prefix, then, since even very procedural languages like C use VSO. Some OOP languages use VSO too (Perl's indirect object syntax, Common Lisp with CLOS, etc.) And s
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Considering that a mistake in such a program could completely skew results, yeah that seems pretty important.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
What is the connection between OO and infix vs. FP and prefix? Most FP languages use infix notation for operators, and Haskell even supports infix notation for all functions. Lisp does both OOP and FP in prefix notation.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
>A 2014 study showed that the hour of sleep lost when switching to DST can increase your risk of a heart attack by 25% I highly doubt that one less hour of sleep on one day of the year can affect that risk by so much. If that were the ca
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by nv-vn 11y ago
No, it's because downvotes actively censor unpopular opinions based on the fact that they're unpopular rather than their merit. Check out reddit some time and you'll see this happen a lot.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Maybe it would be better to make real user polls then? Or how about just making the downvote optional when creating the issue/PR? I think in general, down voting serves more bad than good on nearly any medium.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Still not a fan of how it's done on SO. To me the best solution is not to include it at all. If you have something negative to say about a PR or Issue, it makes more sense to explain why you feel that way instead of outright saying no
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by nv-vn 11y ago
>I ported Ocaml's interpreter to Plan 9. That sounds pretty cool, care sharing any more information about this project?
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Not necessarily. You can manually pass in the module for the monad using first-class modules and then define the functions in terms of that. You could also define those operations in terms of monads using a functor if you want it to look mo
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Not even, it was my first functional language (other than about an hour I had spent playing with F# a few months before) and I managed to be proficient enough to read real-world code and able to write my own code in it. Overall, OCaml doesn
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by nv-vn 11y ago
You could encode a module as a record with a stored type and functions for it for Idris. Then you can simply create functors as functions that take one type of record in and return another type. The syntax is ugly, but you can define macros
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by nv-vn 11y ago
While Idris doesn't have a module syntax, it's type system allows you to express ML modules with relative ease. It's not a great solution, but it's above Haskell in terms of this.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
Oasis isn't that bad apart from a few options that are tricky to get (or the fact that, as far as I know, there's no sane way to make it install executables to your ocamlfind directory, which makes it fairly unsuitable for PPX ext
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by nv-vn 11y ago
I don't know about others, but having a physical book sometimes motivates me to read it more than a digital copy would.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
>I've heard the quality of OCaml libraries tends to be very high. I feel the same way regarding Haskell libraries, but I do definitely think that there's more work put into documentation of OCaml libraries than their tends to b
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by nv-vn 11y ago
It obviously doesn't seem like he had the ability to make rational decisions like that. I doubt that a single visit from the cops would get him to change his ways after 14 years.
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by nv-vn 11y ago
My Note 3 takes about 25 seconds to boot up completely. Newer devices tend to be faster booting up, so I don't think it will be a problem for the G5.

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