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by sbf501 4y ago
I think a more astute argument would be that Backus-Naur Form is the Maxwells Equations, since that's what the definition of LISP is written in on the 1/2 page screenshot that starts the OP's thesis.
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by sbf501 4y ago
You have absolutely baked my noodle. /golf clap/
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by sbf501 4y ago
Huh? Where?
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by sbf501 4y ago
There's a lot in here, but I'll target my primary gripe: I don't think it is at ALL fair to blame ABI designation on C. Platform developers have a choice to use an existing annotation or make the world more complex. Guess wha
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by sbf501 4y ago
> Kind of like granular oauth permissions, apps should have to declare which outgoing they have, Just like PayPal. There's a table you can bring up that lists everyone you ever engaged with on paypal for recurring pricing, and deact
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by sbf501 4y ago
Here is what I purchased: https://retrofloppy.com/products/#BlankDisks They seem to be working fine. I used 5 out of 20 so far.
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Malicious Python packages replace crypto addresses in developer clipboards(blog.phylum.io)
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by sbf501 4y ago
I use them for reading large files that need to be parsed. A token might require a complex decode, so the generator fires once per token, but keeps the state of the file structure and the parser. It greatly simplifies the code.
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by sbf501 4y ago
> Too much CSS, possibly. > Too much cognitive load, definitely, I do think so. That's a good way to put it. AFter reading those two statements, it started to occur to me that a well-organized concept can have breadth, but not ta
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by sbf501 4y ago
> That’s right, this is actually a look at a product being sold at the time of this writing, the Yellowstone controller card: I'm not surprised. I shelled out $80 bucks for a null modem RS232 cable and two packs of Verbatim 5.25&quo
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by sbf501 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12X-i9YHzmE
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by sbf501 4y ago
The deterministic state of a computation block (aka, a computer) is 2^N where N is the total number of state-retaining elements plus inputs. Large portions of this space are inaccessible due to mutex conditions (e.g., two or more conditions
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by sbf501 4y ago
Please explain? Or link?
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by sbf501 4y ago
Ah, thanks! Fields are a lot less intimidating than I thought they would be! Well, I mean: the basic idea (after reading these replies + wikipedia).
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by sbf501 4y ago
No, it is interactive fiction: text-based solo games. Up until about 15 years ago it was entirely Zork-like games. But then they started added "choose your own adventure"-style interfaces, instead of open-ended language interfaces
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by sbf501 4y ago
So P=256 cannot define a field because it isn't prime?
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by sbf501 4y ago
Why is 256 == 0 computer friendly and 251 == 0 reduction math friendly? Other than modulus bias, that initial assertion isn't clear to me. I mean, you can say "well, 251 isn't 2^N" which is abundantly obvious, but why do
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by sbf501 4y ago
I'm getting ready to spend a week playing the Interactive Fiction Competition games! Every November I get excited to play the new entries. It reminds me of being a kid in the early 1980's and getting a new Infocom game for Christm
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by sbf501 4y ago
It's all about form! Good form = less risk of injury. Good form = opportunity to reach higher potential. As a former personal trainer it makes me happy to hear this. :)
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by sbf501 4y ago
Why all the fighting? We're all in this together!
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by sbf501 4y ago
Gotcha. Who you consider best is very different if you are a gamer that wants 120 fps, or an investor that wants $$$. But you can't you speak for all consumers and people on this site: I could care less about performance because even b
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by sbf501 4y ago
What do you mean by "eating Intel's lunch"? As OP said, Intel profits dwarf AMD revenue. So I'm not sure what you mean? Can you show numbers that would support "eating one's lunch"? Although you did say to
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by sbf501 4y ago
> You can even slowly see a talking point emerge where several large journalist accounts That's true. The "2020 election was stolen" lie was amplified by all the mainstream media. Word for word.
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by sbf501 4y ago
Yeah, just learned that they are paid until Feb 2023 and RSUs vest. Vacation time!
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by sbf501 4y ago
"They" did the same thing? What was "mostly not true" about the CA scandal?
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by sbf501 4y ago
It is illegal to do layoffs like this at scale without following the California WARN act: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/03/tech/twitter-layoffs/inde... It's a dick move and demonstrates someo
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by sbf501 4y ago
In my experience I've witnessed that engineers/programmers have two dominant hobbies: woodworking, and photography. (Followed closely by cooking.) I don't know which is worse financially for the person, but I've seen ten
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by sbf501 4y ago
me: here's some facts; can you give me examples to support your claims? you: (moves goalposts)
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by sbf501 4y ago
You win! Apparently the price is going up from $4.99 to $20. I didn't even know you had to pay for a blue check already.
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by sbf501 4y ago
That's exactly how I made my first million dollars in the early 1990's!

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