verrp

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   by verrp 4y ago

   > The longer something has existed, the longer it is likely to continue existing. aka the (postulated) Lindy Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
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   by verrp 4y ago

   I have long suspected that the aliens will recognize Go (the game), but (obviously) not Chess (the other game). I suspect they will even recognize Go's 19x19 board (b/c it has properties other board sizes would not have). But woul
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   by verrp 4y ago

   I've studied math books this way. Never a whole book, but certainly sections or chapters here and there. I found it gave me a much improved appreciation for the high level structure of the material (or at least of it's presentatio
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   by verrp 4y ago

   "I don't know shit about fuck."
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   by verrp 4y ago

   > I wish it was easier to create "snapshots" of a particular set of environment variables in order to use them later as run environments. docker gives you this (but only as part of a whole ecosystem, which for various reasons y
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   by verrp 5y ago

   I think of your area (compilers) not as outside the front-end/back-end dichotomy, but (to your point) outside the the world of web-apps, etc. The front-end/back-end lens can be applied to compilers -- just the "front-end&quot