wmwragg

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by wmwragg 2y ago
I've often thought this. It feels like there should be two languages, one for the implementation of the parts, and another to design/architect the software using the parts, allowing the design/architect language to focus on t
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by wmwragg 2y ago
It used to be completely normal, and profitable, to effectively advertise without personal information. The idea that this is now required for advertising is just wrong, and shouldn't be accepted as such
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by wmwragg 2y ago
I think the classic is "Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity"
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by wmwragg 2y ago
I think it's generally thought of as "lateral thinking", Edward de Bono has written a few books about it you might find interesting.
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by wmwragg 2y ago
I believe Concise[1] in Japan still make circular slide rules. I bought a No. 300 and No. 270N from them a few years ago. [1] https://www.sliderule.tokyo/products/list.php
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by wmwragg 3y ago
Yep point 1 I think is the most important, but if you don't have the luxury of an office at home, having a start of work process, and an end of work process is really important e.g. at end of day, close laptop, put away in a drawer, an
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by wmwragg 3y ago
I usually use this awk function to parse CSV in awk: # This function takes a line i.e. $0, and treats it as a line of CSV, breakin # it into individual fields, and storing them in the passed in field array. It # returns the nu
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by wmwragg 3y ago
I tend to like the phrase "Strong opinions, weakly held" to describe that sort of "best programmers". Through experience they have come to hold certain ideas, and will express them strongly, but are willing to describe w
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by wmwragg 4y ago
Ignoring the memory, probably a similar number to the MyNOR[1] computer it's based off of, which has an all transistor implementation, the TraNOR[2], which has 2495 transistors. [1] http://mynor.org/mynor.htm [2] http
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In Ukraine, Crypto Finds a Purpose(wired.co.uk)
2 points by wmwragg 4y ago|0 comments
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by wmwragg 4y ago
I really enjoy the Resurgence & Ecologist[1]. I also like the IEEE Spectrum[2] [1] https://www.resurgence.org/ [2] https://spectrum.ieee.org/
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by wmwragg 4y ago
I tend to view TDD as a form of coding using a REPL, like in Lisp, where you can easily test chunks of your code as you go along. The main difference is that you leave behind your tests so they can be used in the future.
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by wmwragg 4y ago
I believe the iSH app[1] can run Emacs without jailbreaking the iPad. I use it a lot, but not for Emacs. [1] https://github.com/ish-app/ish
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by wmwragg 4y ago
Well that would be ~4000 people each with an Nvidia A100 equivalent, or more with less, this would be an open effort after all. Something similar to folding@home could be used. Obviously the software for that would need to be written, but I
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by wmwragg 4y ago
Despite what many think, I'd say the "The C Programming Language (2nd Edition - ANSI C)" by Brian Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie (K&R) book is still a good introduction to C. It doesn't go into best practices, or oth
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by wmwragg 4y ago
An article[1] from the edbrowse submission a few days ago[2] goes into a lot of detail about this. [1] http://www.eklhad.net/philosophy.html [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32148474
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by wmwragg 4y ago
Sorry, yeah I was also oversimplifying, what I meant was that General Relativity treats time as a real thing, which is effected by some other real thing, which doesn't track with time being just a human concept
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by wmwragg 4y ago
Whenever I think along these lines, I can never reconcile it with relativity, and the fact that gravity effects time. If it's just a human construct, how can it be effected by gravity?
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by wmwragg 4y ago
Concise in Japan[1] still make circular slide rules (the 300, 270N, 28N 27N). I bought a couple from them a few years ago. Good quality, and work well. [1] https://www.sliderule.tokyo/products/list.php
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by wmwragg 6y ago
Yeah, you have to long press on the back button and then select the previous site from the history dropdown. I hate sites like this, and actively avoid them
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by wmwragg 7y ago
I've recommended this on here before, but I’ve found "Understanding and Using C Pointers" by Richard Reese, a really wonderful modern book on C.
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by wmwragg 7y ago
Not sure if it is what was used, but there is a Bill Atkinson dither for HTML canvas here https://ipenburg.home.xs4all.nl/atkinsome/ and a mac version here https://www.tinrocket.com/content/hyperdi
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by wmwragg 7y ago
I've found "Understanding and Using C Pointers" by Richard Reese, a really wonderful book.
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by wmwragg 8y ago
In the UK you can get CBT as part of pain management clinics on the NHS. I found the clinic I attended very benificial.
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by wmwragg 8y ago
There have indeed, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroevolution
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by wmwragg 9y ago
Sustrans ( https://www.sustrans.org.uk ) has built, and is continuing to expand, a wonderful cycle network across the UK.
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by wmwragg 10y ago
I think one of the main things we get wrong is that pretty much any language can be used successfully to write a small to medium sized program, it's when a large program is written that things can start to fall apart. Some language fea
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Redis re-implemented in Rust(github.com)
400 points by wmwragg 11y ago|106 comments
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by wmwragg 11y ago
I understand the reasoning, but I was going to purchase it, then saw the price, £39.99. I'd probably have bought it at £20, but for an app I'm not going to use very often £40 is too much for me.