rienbdj

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Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend(programmingisterrible.com)
7 points by rienbdj 8y ago|0 comments
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by rienbdj 8y ago
Better to avoid computations on the Lhs entirely!
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by rienbdj 8y ago
F# async and mailbox provide a decent actor model. Writing an F# wrapper on c# libraries is usually very easy. You can also call c# code directly and it doesn’t look too bad. Computation expressions can fulfil the needs of macros in many ca
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by rienbdj 8y ago
Dotnet core on Linux and macOS has been a good experience for me so far.
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by rienbdj 8y ago
I don’t like Python, but not for the reasons given. My dislikes: - no pipe operator - no type checker (something Flow would do) - over dependence on whitespace syntax
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by rienbdj 8y ago
You are probably thinking of ‘F*’
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by rienbdj 8y ago
I came to the opposite conclusion. Working on a dynamically typed project feels slippery... whenever you make a change it is difficult to know what will end up broken. I agree that deserialization can be a pain up front, but for the long te
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by rienbdj 8y ago
have we finally found a way to monetize PL research?
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by rienbdj 8y ago
Language can be changed in the keyboard quickly and easily.
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by rienbdj 8y ago
Nice idea, but without match expressions (checked by the compiler) it’s just not as good as a true FP language.
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The End of Cheap Shipping from China(theatlantic.com)
3 points by rienbdj 8y ago|0 comments
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by rienbdj 8y ago
wow, I was using London as an example of how NOT to do cycle infrastructure.
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by rienbdj 8y ago
seems like it only works on Linux. how will cross platform builds be ported?
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by rienbdj 8y ago
Can’t fence in the sheep? Fence in the trees.
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by rienbdj 8y ago
interesting point; I'm not sure why you're banned.
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by rienbdj 8y ago
It is interesting how this article assumes programmer skill has little overall business impact, whereas PG famously argued the opposite. Does the conclusion hold without this assumption?
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by rienbdj 8y ago
In fifteen years you will make more money as a nurse than with a CS degree.
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by rienbdj 8y ago
...but it's not though, is it. I add "!g" to my searches instinctively at this point.
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Evaluation and Cheap Holiday Shopping(lesswrong.com)
1 points by rienbdj 8y ago|0 comments
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by rienbdj 8y ago
Not quite. rotating mass (e.g. tyres) is more important to bike handling and efficiency.
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by rienbdj 8y ago
weight is a big factor between cheap and expensive groupsets