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by rodrigosetti 5y ago
I think usually the sender is implicit (the calling context) so it could me omitted. Racket [1] has a non conventional syntax too. [1] https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/ivaraccess.html#%28fo...
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by rodrigosetti 5y ago
Executives are more politically savvy and know that in-person connections are more effective to build alliances, coalitions, trust, etc. Additionally, they have the resources to pay people to take care of their kids and do their home chores
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by rodrigosetti 5y ago
Because technology is basically business automation. Much less of coding is hobby or science.
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by rodrigosetti 5y ago
So Wolfram has initiated two of the four scientific paradigms
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by rodrigosetti 5y ago
Yup. Netflix doesn’t sell tech, it sells subscriptions to scripted drama. It uses tech to expedite its business, like everyone else. Yes, they invent a little more technology than your typical small business spreadsheet. But tech is a commo
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by rodrigosetti 5y ago
You don't need a nervous system for information processing
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by rodrigosetti 5y ago
Yes, if our definition of "game" is broadened to mean "culture" around this tradition (as historians might), rather than just reducing to the rules. In this sense, it also includes the conventions, skill-level titles, pl
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by rodrigosetti 5y ago
Chemical simulation is very hard (involves solving multiple np-complete problems). But that is one of the expected applications of quantum computers (simulate quantum systems).
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by rodrigosetti 6y ago
This is someone that doesn't love our craft. It's ok. Romance can be taken away from anything, as meaning isn't objective, but a human idealization. In the end, everything we do are just atoms moving around, and after a few t
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by rodrigosetti 6y ago
some numbers are ilegal
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by rodrigosetti 6y ago
Why is it a SPA?
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by rodrigosetti 6y ago
For Trump and similarly authoritarian leaders, specialists aren’t there to provide independent answers. They’re there to legitimize the political agenda of such leaders. Trump doesn’t care about truth, evidently by his discredit of media, a
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by rodrigosetti 6y ago
This is a list of good qualities regarding engineering practices, teamwork and emotional intelligence. 10x engineers, who are supposed to be 10x more impactful than 1x engineers, are expected to have many of attributes of that list to a hig
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by rodrigosetti 6y ago
Diego, this is really amazing. The one gif where you throw a block into a stack reminds of some interesting property of the laws of classical mechanics: they are reversible. That is, the high entropy state after the block hit the stack, if
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The Euphoria Programming Language(rapideuphoria.com)
2 points by rodrigosetti 7y ago|0 comments
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by rodrigosetti 7y ago
It's a nice write up, but the methodology is based on productivity as measured against coding, debugging, and execution speeds - which does really capture how much more impact a good engineer can bring. The reason is that the impact ca
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by rodrigosetti 7y ago
So he's comparing his eponymous programming language to the arrival of mathematical notation 400 or so years ago, and the advent of written language.
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by rodrigosetti 8y ago
I like the UI, but I find the blog post example - flip a coin to see who will donate a kidney - a little distasteful.
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by rodrigosetti 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-collar_worker
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by rodrigosetti 8y ago
I stopped reading when it implies software engineers are not real engineers.
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by rodrigosetti 9y ago
it's a great conversation starter
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by rodrigosetti 9y ago
Without looking at the study (so they might have taken this into consideration), but there might be a bias such that intelligent people rise to leadership position despite lacking leadership skills.
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by rodrigosetti 9y ago
It’s not double blind. Aspirin takers might have other correlated behaviors which reduces cancer risks
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by rodrigosetti 9y ago
Yes, it's a decent syntax sugar alternative for the kids. But it's not going to win if it doesn't solve the real problem: reproductive builds. A problem that CMake (and similars) are really trying to solve.
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Paradox of Tolerance(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by rodrigosetti 9y ago|1 comments
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by rodrigosetti 9y ago
I built a smart scale that keeps track of my cat's food intake, compute trends, and text me when has been too long since eating: https://github.com/rodrigosetti/smart-pet-food-tracker
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by rodrigosetti 9y ago
I clicked thinking this was about making a friend go without eating
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by rodrigosetti 9y ago
In which society is it easiest to get rich? Contrary to common belief, it is not countries like the US or the UK that create the highest number of rich people per capita, but Nordic social democracies like Norway and Sweden. Counter intuiti
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by rodrigosetti 9y ago
Try to find a motivation to get thru this - think about the good that you can make it to your employees as you lead them through the acquisition. This might help you to gain some more time to think about your options
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by rodrigosetti 10y ago
Agree with the post. But if you want to be amongst the best programmers, being passionate about your craft is a necessary condition.

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