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by rscho 5y ago
Nice opinion piece. I think in J when doing data munging, BTW...
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by rscho 5y ago
Prominent APLers think it doesn't need one. I agree, because APL tries to be close to math, and you don't write types when doing math. You use alternate and overloaded operators. A video on the topic https://youtu.be&#x
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by rscho 5y ago
You're wrong. Pro APLers use descriptive names.
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by rscho 5y ago
Do the same with a whole class of students, and then we'll talk...
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by rscho 5y ago
I use J's Jd columnar database to munge data for academic research. Much, much easier than SQL. The models, I do in R because packages.
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by rscho 5y ago
Yes, especially to distracting and vindicative patients.
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by rscho 5y ago
Indeed, and that's why teachers are analogous to repairmen and the engineering equivalent is called a researcher in education science. The latter has nothing in common with teachers and effectively doesn't teach except sometimes a
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by rscho 5y ago
I happen to work in academic research. Let me just say that research in 'soft science', i.e. that which uses statistics to 'prove' things does very little to convince me. I'd trust a senior pro over the last shiny s
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by rscho 5y ago
IMO, those are qualities that are hard to teach to a class and should be a responsibility of the parents to teach their kids.
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by rscho 5y ago
In my country, it was in the news that this year's language test for teachers (really basic stuff) resulted in 100% of the candidates failing. How is that even possible?
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by rscho 5y ago
Anesthesia. I calculate dosage, dilutions, hemodynamic parameters, etc. Many, many times a day.
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by rscho 5y ago
When you need your car fixed, do you ask the repairman which scientifically valid studies he bases his methods on? Scientists study things and advise on new methods (that often turn out to be worthless). Front line workers do the work they
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by rscho 5y ago
It is. I couldn't do my job without it. Using a calculator would slow me down considerably.
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by rscho 5y ago
"Don't listen to the professionals on the front lines. They know nothing" Really?
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by rscho 5y ago
I strongly disagree. Math and other stuff such as reading or writing requires focus. That's what is degrading. Kids can't focus anymore, not by choice but because they're simply unable to do it (even for stuff they like).
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by rscho 5y ago
My job involves 80% rote memorization including a lot of mental math. No being able to calculate simple stuff would slow me down at least 2X. It's a high-pay job.
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by rscho 5y ago
"Just following orders" is the prototypical judgment of past events through the lens of current culture. Refusing to just follow orders meant torture and death for you and your kin under many regimes and in many historical episode
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by rscho 5y ago
So we could build even bigger bombs?
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by rscho 5y ago
Insulting people publicly for their support of legal rules is socially acceptable only in the Facebook age. In other times, the person on the receiving end would have challenged you to a duel.
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by rscho 5y ago
Oh yes, refuse. I'm sure no one will try to force you.
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by rscho 5y ago
Oh, of course let's conduct a trial where we give aspirin to children and see what happens! I gather you'll be volunteering your own children? How nice of you!
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by rscho 5y ago
> It's published in nature, you can be sure it's pretty serious Haha. No. (MD with 15y experience in clinical research)
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by rscho 5y ago
Read on Reyes syndrom, maybe?
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by rscho 5y ago
Totally wrong. --a random MD
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by rscho 5y ago
Therapeutic index for Tylenol is 2. That's already much better than NSAIDs, which are often already very toxic at usual dosage (400mg ibuprofen) in diabetics, senior citizens, children, etc. The big difference is that with acute liver
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by rscho 5y ago
> J is interpreted, so it is not as fast as other implementations Which implementations are you comparing J to? To my knowledge, all of APLs, K, J are interpreted. BQN is compiled, but still very new. I also know that Dyalog was experime
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by rscho 5y ago
Racket-mode is available for emacs (and it's good)!
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by rscho 5y ago
Maybe not knowing how to use a tool efficiently is a good reason to refrain from strong criticism?
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by rscho 5y ago
The main issue is that people have unrealistic expectations in domains that are personally relevant, medicine being an iconic example. So, there there might still be a 'reckoning' of sorts, even if Walmart applies AI successfully
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by rscho 5y ago
I agree. This a very US centric view and it's much better in Europe. But Europe is steering towards the US education model. A big loss, IMO.

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