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   by spindle 6y ago

   I totally agree except that I prefer NixOS because it supports ZFS so well.
2. 362.▲
   by spindle 6y ago

   Yes, his blog: https://fexpr.blogspot.com . As far as I know he never published his physics ideas anywhere else.
3. 363.▲
   by spindle 6y ago

   Thank you! I'm anonymous here - can I email you please?
4. 364.▲
   by spindle 6y ago

   I knew John Shutt from a number of email correspondences. As someone who's taught foundations of physics at top universities, I found his work in that area EXTREMELY impressive. I haven't seen it mentioned in his obituaries yet.
5. 365.▲
   by spindle 6y ago

   That always makes me laugh. The full thing: http://xeny.net/The%20Gell-Mann%20Amnesia%20Effect
6. 366.▲
   by spindle 6y ago

   That's great! Thank you. And here's composer Alfred Schnittke's: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Sc...
7. 367.▲
   by spindle 6y ago

   I followed these instructions to the letter, but was unable to connect any of my computers to the internet through it.
8. 368.▲
   by spindle 6y ago

   Right! I especially like your Russian example. There is no general rule. Life sucks.
9. 369.▲
   by spindle 6y ago

   I totally agree! It is incredible. But, just because I can't resist answering a direct question: I'm a philosopher, and a lot of the best of my industry's products is available easily and free - e.g., https://pla
10. 370.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    > Not to thread-jack Not thread-jacking at all. I ALWAYS want a sub-thread on open-sourced competitors to any product.
11. 371.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    Insofar as it's possible to generalise, I believe you're completely right, and what you say is very important. But IMO it's not possible to generalise completely, both because people's psychology varies so much and also
12. 372.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    I agree with you about that, but if you persevere into the second half of the book it becomes really wonderful because of other plot points that I won't spoil for you :-)
13. 373.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    Thank you!
14. 374.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    Could you suggest something specific to read please? Thank you.
15. 375.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    > I'm not sure I've seen it work even once I've seen it work several times ... but maybe no interesting times. One example would be Algol58 to Algol60!
16. 376.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    Yes.
17. 377.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    It's trivial to use ZFS on NixOS, including on the root partition. The legal position is that ZFS is open source under a copyleft license but that many people think that it's illegal to bundle it with the Linux kernel because of s
18. 378.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    Here's an interesting review: https://journal.infinitenegativeutility.com/why-i-dont-love-... It's a negative review, and I agree with all its points. In addition, I don't like Hofstadter's proof of Göd
19. 379.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    More recently, a recording's been released of a third Gould performance of the Goldberg Variations, recorded live in Salzburg in 1959. It's very nice.
20. 380.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    One thing I don't see mentioned frequently is that old-style DSLRs are TOUGH. This means that the cost per year of ownership is not as high as it seems at first glance. So if DSLRs have any advantages for you at all (for me, I like t
21. 381.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    And Gil Shaham on Bach (70-second video): https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=n6d6JEZCObg
22. 382.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    I find NixOS is good for this - but it depends partly on what userspace programs you need. You can run NixOS Stable, which is on a six-monthly release and testing schedule, and add the latest kernel, very easily.
23. 383.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    > it's incredibly difficult Right. I see this point ignored very frequently (sometimes because it's obvious and sometimes because people are being dumb). A lot of the things that would make emacs more like other editors are ex
24. 384.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    That's so well stated, /u/agentuitra. Thank you.
25. 385.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    My bet is that it depends on whether NixOS or Guix takes over the world. (And my bet within a bet is that it will be NixOS.)
26. 386.▲
    by spindle 6y ago

    I agree. System configuration is a good example of something that's not naturally imperative - hence the success of NixOS and other declarative configuration tools. ("Success" in the sense that they work really well. I rea
27. 387.▲
    by spindle 7y ago

    I saw Conway talk on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems shortly before he went to Princeton, and the proof he gave was the standard one (although very entertainingly and efficiently presented).
28. 388.▲
    by spindle 7y ago

    Absolutely (and I say that as an erstwhile mainframe COBOL programmer). The language itself is dead easy.
29. 389.▲
    by spindle 7y ago

    Right, Qantas was getting people across via Perth (and also, briefly, Darwin) until recently, but now Qantas has stopped flying, and I don't think those routes are available to other airlines.
30. 390.▲
    by spindle 7y ago

    I believe there are at least three issues: 1. My guess is that you're right, the main reason this is happening is a nationalistic wish to blame others for the spread. But also: 2. As other commentators have noticed, it's difficult