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by alt0_ 2y ago
I think I understand what the author is trying to get at here (The gardening metaphor clicked with me in particular). The question asked is, "Why are functions not like programs?". For example... - Why do programs get their own pr
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by alt0_ 2y ago
> it all gets open sourced shortly after Ah, of course. OpenAI, the company famous for open-sourcing it's developments. How could I forget?
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by alt0_ 2y ago
It is also graphical, and multi-threaded!
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by alt0_ 2y ago
HN really needs to introduce some rules regarding twitter links. Not everyone can access them, not everyone wants to, but they're increasingly prevalent on the front page.
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by alt0_ 2y ago
Maybe he's just one of those lucky people that only need 4-5 hours of sleep every night ¯ \ _ ( ツ ) _ / ¯
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by alt0_ 2y ago
It may just be a matter of where they live. I got used to sending money in btc to my grandmother because the countries we live in currently happened to be at war with each other and bank transfers were not an option.
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by alt0_ 2y ago
Not from US and this is the first time of my life I even heard of Ms. Pac-Man
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by alt0_ 2y ago
> Computer Science seems unable to invent new things since 1980 Can you tell me more about this and why you think that's true?
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by alt0_ 2y ago
Keep in mind that modern Emacs also has tabs out of the box, but really they're what other software calls 'workspaces'.
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by alt0_ 2y ago
Forth as well
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by alt0_ 2y ago
Why did it work, though? Wouldn't the disks die halfway through the game? Did they end up cutting / optimizing the feature?
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by alt0_ 2y ago
I think one of the techniques underexplored in all the hype is guiding the evaluation process depending on the context. I.e. if you're generating code, it has to satisfy the parser for the given language. If the token is unsatisfactory
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by alt0_ 2y ago
It's pretty raw and buggy still, but if you're already a cl hacker, you'll certainly enjoy it. It is missing most useful Emacs features but also seems to have some of it's own, particularly for CL.
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by alt0_ 2y ago
Does that book happen to have a particular image of a wizard on it's cover? :)
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by alt0_ 2y ago
I didn't get the reference, but thanks for the heads-up.
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by alt0_ 2y ago
I'm incredibly curious as to what that even looks like. Where do you study? Can you give us a photo?
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by alt0_ 2y ago
Feel free to go outside in headphones and put this[0] on. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=086uhG3Rf3U
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by alt0_ 2y ago
TBH even uttering the words "cancel culture" on the internet nowadays is enough to make me physically cringe.
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by alt0_ 2y ago
> Nick Bostrom’s new tome … has a great cover True, but I wish they went with the Sisyphus one. For context, they did a survey on the cover of the book, and one of them features Sisyphus, on top of the hill, with his boulder. I found it
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by alt0_ 2y ago
> definately relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2871/
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by alt0_ 2y ago
Not writing javascript is a good enough reason for me tbh. Makes the world a better place.