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by yiyus 8y ago
I find both APL and Forth fascinating. I would not try to promote them as a replacement for newer more approachable languages, but I think that learning them gives you different points of view and are worth learning for every programmer (sa
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by yiyus 8y ago
As much as I would love that, I do not think getting bigger is an issue for Kx. It seems to me they are doing quite well with their current model. I have read before (sorry, I do not have the link) that Arthur Whitney does not really believ
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by yiyus 8y ago
At least in Europe, Skype is actually being replaced by WhatsApp, so I do not think platform integration is the main issue.
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by yiyus 8y ago
I would not consider it a bug. It was working as intended. This is a new feature.
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by yiyus 8y ago
Although not directly related with the book, I would like to recommend, as an introduction to basic arithmetic, the youtube videos NJ Wilderberg. He has very weird and non-standard ideas that you should not take too seriously, specially if
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by yiyus 8y ago
What's the point of comparing with other "knowledge workers"? And how can you pretend to make an argument when those other knowledge workers are not considered at all? Surely interruptions are bad when you are programming, bu
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by yiyus 8y ago
But if you are interested in unemployment rates, and not in the number of unemployed people, it does not matter. For example, both Spain and Italy have higher population density in their North regions, but a map that was somewhat normalized
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by yiyus 8y ago
> it makes regions with total different population densities appear on the same level It shows unemployment RATES, so population density does not matter.
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by yiyus 8y ago
This is so much better. Thank you very much!
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by yiyus 8y ago
I think you need both. Experienced engineers to teach the new people and serve as an example, and young engineers to keep up with the times, have more dynamism and, eventually, have a good next generation of experienced people.
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by yiyus 8y ago
I don't use it because I'm used to other things, but I really love the concept and I am sure I would be a user if it had existed some years ago. More importantly, I know it is doing a great job helping many scientists. Other tools
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by yiyus 9y ago
Everybody forgot Google Wave.
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by yiyus 9y ago
> Example of layer: coding skill. I assign weights to friends I know. Now if I want to know if X is a good coder I check what friends of my friends think about it and multiply it by weights I have assigned to those friends (recursive). B
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by yiyus 9y ago
I think most people would agree a tag filesystem or a similar concept is a great idea. I have wanted one myself for a long time. Yet, for some reason, it doesn't take off. Do you think it is just a problem of implementation?
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by yiyus 9y ago
I do not agree that the scientific paper needs to be replaced. It should be complemented with the help of new tools, that is a very good thing, but I still want the article. I work everyday with papers from decades ago, and I hope people wi
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by yiyus 9y ago
This is, of course, a vulnerability. But let's not get too crazy. Once you are applying a patch, either you trust the patch or not. If you blindly apply patches, you will be in risk as soon as you run or try to compile the patched comm
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by yiyus 9y ago
I do not think this is an argument in favor or against the existence of dark matter. I think it is a very surprising result either way. Only thing we know is that this galaxy is a very special fluke. It will surely be difficult to explain b
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by yiyus 9y ago
Don't you mean dc instead of bc?
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by yiyus 9y ago
> that's $8 billion down the drain Not really. The amount of scientific and technological developments that we get even from failed missions is substantial. When starting a new project, all the findings from previous projects are no
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by yiyus 9y ago
Indeed, there even was an attempt to produce an open source clone of Qt for KDE when Gnome was still getting started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_(toolkit)
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by yiyus 9y ago
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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by yiyus 9y ago
Ah, yes. Sorry, I misunderstood your example, but it is clear now. This is indeed a potential issue and it may turn into a real problem.
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by yiyus 9y ago
> "Missing Third Feature" Very good observation. I also see this relatively often, but had never seen such a clear explanation of the phenomenon and it is great to have a name for it. > C is that vgo has no ability to expres
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by yiyus 9y ago
Actually, you are right. This is the exact quote: > I have been a happy man ever since January 1, 1990, when I no longer had an email address. I'd used email since about 1975, and it seems to me that 15 years of email is plenty for
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by yiyus 9y ago
I totally agree Knuth is a genius, but he does not look like an early adopter at all. He does not use email and I would not be surprised if he does not have a mobile phone (not even a non-smart one). I think that if I had seen him typing go
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by yiyus 9y ago
I remember web rings. There were some nice rabbit holes to get lost.
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by yiyus 9y ago
I use the Zebra SL-F1, also with the Fisher refill. I did not know that changing the refill of a pen was considered a hack now.
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by yiyus 9y ago
You forgot the main reason for which most of us use fountain pens: they are cool.
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by yiyus 9y ago
I think that is a fair request. Fill an issue?
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by yiyus 9y ago
The Hellaphone was an idea in that direction. They substituted all the Java bits in Android with Inferno: http://jfloren.net/b/2015/8/18/2

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