Phiwise_

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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward realpolitik.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
But why have fun with your kids when you could spread the good word of open source instead?
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Just subtracted off one too many fives!
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
1992 was 7 years before 2004, which was 20 years before today.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Smalltalk is a partially-functional language (first-class functions in 1976, inspired by lisp) and also got static typing extensions many years ago.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Why would you a hypothetical quote of Kay for cutting off the full context that he also has criticisms of Smalltalk, and then cut yourself before he specifies that what he's not committed to is the syntax and library system, while the
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
It's because the IBM PC was released in 1981, and over the next several years, as prices came down, steadily overran pretty much every other competing platform and took all the variety out of the market from a historical perspective. I
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
My guess is it's a reference to this document [0], arguing that interdisciplinary research is indistinguishable from it. Not sure I agree, honestly. [0] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pepsis-nonsensical-logo-redesig.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
"I'm clear of all accusations" lmao dude we're not in court
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Plus, if you are looking to teach a child interested in programming specifically, you might consider Snap/Build Your Own Blocks [0], an extension of Scratch made partially by an instructor of SICP at Berkeley to support things like ano
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
This game of repeating my argument back to me but worse has gotten old.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Sorry I wasn't trying to argue that they're raising money specifically to line their own pockets. Maybe they want to branch out to other nonprofit internet causes, maybe they've become convinced they need a rainy day fund for
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
By analogy, programmers like LISP over other syntax for the same reason that creative children like LEGO over other toys. It's not that the pieces in the box are more beautiful than any other individual example of molded plastic, but b
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
This is a stunning lack of self-awareness.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Do you not know what "non sequitur" translates to or something?
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Your comment was in response to an argument about what the law is. This entire thread is about a court case, which deal with what the law is. You're in no position to accuse others of not responding on-topic.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
>Imagine a mechanical engineer making industrial robots complaining about how unfair it is that they are held liable for single simple mistakes like pulping people. What injustice! If you want to make single simple mistakes, you can work
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Alternatively, could their business model be understanding it and naking the wrong choice anyway? They've been e-begging of this lengthy ordeal something fierce the whole time, and now that they've lost seem to have straightaway l
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
This was supposed to be a reference to Bowling Alone, but thanks for the joke, I guess.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
>A lonely man in his 30s found community in an unlikely place: bowling club [1995/2000]
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Such as?
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
How about this quote instead, then? >"Big data" is a way that a lot of people are trying to make money today, and it's a favorite of marketing people because it's in the wind. ... But in fact, the interesting future i
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
News would have refused to put sugar on its porridge, too.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
"To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's." -Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Bed of Procrustes"
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Insubstantive, barely-disguised ads? From Handmaders? Say it ain't so!
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
If by "close to the machine" you mean "close to the PDP-11", then sure, but the machine you're likely to write for hasn't been at all like a PDP-11 for quite some time: https://queue.acm.org/det
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Amusing that someone disagrees with you on appraisal and your first reaction is to accuse of a call for rulebreaking. There's no vote going on here. Whatever it was is flagged now. If you want to restate your opinion at least add to th
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
Yes, I, too, have read the OP before.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
I used it, and on purpose. If you missed why, you should go back and read again before replying.
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by Phiwise_ 2y ago
>OS X is closest to a NeXTStep This is already in the piece. Why waste time repeating it?

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