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Computing with Trees Not Numbers
10 points by xiaodai 8y ago|3 comments
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by xiaodai 8y ago
It was congested way before Uber of Lyft.
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George Pell: cardinal found guilty of child sexual assault(theguardian.com)
41 points by xiaodai 8y ago|13 comments
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Oh wow. There is so much pure maths that has applications in computer science. Loved my algebra courses in pure maths!
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by xiaodai 8y ago
I want a full time Julia role so bad. Unfortunately i have a family to support and a mortgage to pay sp i cant quit my job unless i find something. But i have been contributing to Julia despite having a hectic baking career schedule. The fa
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Yes. Some allow gmail cos you cant upload large files anyway
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Assuming it's not a troll question: banks and insurance companies store sensitive financial information about customers. So they dont want any of their employees to use dropbox or the like
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by xiaodai 8y ago
written by a journalist who only wants to work four-day week.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
that's cos they are slacking off anyway...
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by xiaodai 8y ago
It's unfortunate but google docs are blocked at work. So why am I reading this at work? Cos it might be useful for my work. I do wish more slides are hosted elsewhere not google docs. Because some companies are worried about the use of
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Haven't we seen this before?
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Sound advice. But i am sure it's fine to gp head first
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by xiaodai 8y ago
If you want gradual typing for a smoother ride and performance then just choose Julia. Seriously.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
MS office to Libreoffice will be a disaster. I used excel professionally and tried libre. Omg, nothing worked. Loading large didnt work, doing pivot table didn't work. People need to start using R, libre will be really bad
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by xiaodai 8y ago
I wonder if someone should design a DPU for database workloads. I think the GPU is used because it's available not because it's optimize for the type of work people want to do with data.
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Turing Tumble – toy mechanical computer and puzzle pack(youtube.com)
2 points by xiaodai 8y ago|0 comments
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by xiaodai 8y ago
no web assembly used. If there is for the underlying calculation engine then it will be perfect.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Successful is a subjective term. Define successful your way is the best way to be successful.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
I know. Just pointing out that it's not scientific. People use that to mean it's important, and hence will bring out your best. But the opposite is true scientifically.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Nature is printed. Exactly my point.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
When your life depends on something, nerves will kick in and prevent you from doing well. Ok? I can't find the article on google now, but the experiment was done in India where a worker will be given the equivalent of one year of salar
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Sentence is not code! According to your logic, when do you see {} in prose? begin some code some more code end It's easier to read.
623.
by xiaodai 8y ago
Truth. See http://www.stochasticlifestyle.com/the-nonlinear-effect-of-c...
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by xiaodai 8y ago
it's easier to read.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Oh well, can't let this pass... Introducing TwoBasedIndexing.jl ( https://github.com/simonster/TwoBasedIndexing.jl ) The point is, n-based indexing isn't really that big a deal.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Conceivably you can see a backen server being built in Julia e.g. https://github.com/JuliaWeb/Mux.jl But I can't imagine anyone would choose Matlab or Mathematica to build a backend...
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by xiaodai 8y ago
I think he's just trolling...
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Did you ever try Magma? I graduated in pure maths from University of Sydney where Magma was born. It was great for doing Galois theory stuff.
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Can you give concrete examples of where Julia is more expressive than Python? I can think of defining custom units https://medium.com/@Jernfrost/defining-custom-units-in-julia...
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by xiaodai 8y ago
Even if it does, what's wrong with stating an opinion? Why does an honest opinion have to be branded "smear"?

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