dj-wonk

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by dj-wonk 7y ago
I don't see any reference nor any clear argument supporting your claim that RPN and postfix notation are different. Again, RPN and postfix notation mean the same thing. Here are some more references that show how these terms are common
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by dj-wonk 7y ago
I don't want to name any particular people or groups, because everyone makes mistakes and has limitations. I will say this: in my personal experience, I've been a part of groups that struggle in dealing with complex decisions. Man
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by dj-wonk 7y ago
No. RPN and postfix notation refer to the same core idea. From Wikipedia: "Reverse Polish notation (RPN), also known as Polish postfix notation or simply postfix notation, is a mathematical notation in which operators follow their oper
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by dj-wonk 7y ago
Yes, "postfix" is commonly used. See http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pjj/cs212/fix.html or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_notation
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by dj-wonk 7y ago
I am unfazed by this observation. When it comes to design, sometimes ‘perfection’ isn’t available. By the way, the idea you mention may also be true for democracy: the quote goes something like “Democracy is the worst form of government exc
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by dj-wonk 7y ago
Can you share the context for the graph? Do you have a formal definition for how you are using ‘fairness’?
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by dj-wonk 7y ago
But there is a downside, by your own logic. If you vote for a candidate that you disapprove of (don’t want to elect), you run the risk of increasing their support.
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by dj-wonk 7y ago
I appreciate your opinion, but I want to point out that our definitions of fairness and simplicity may vary. Much of scholarly work around elections systems strives to ground itself on particular formal criteria.
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by dj-wonk 7y ago
Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem, as I understand it, applies quite broadly to voting systems. To put it simply, you can’t avoid it. You just decide what trade offs you want to live with.
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
Enlightened morality often means being mindful of tradeoffs. Not doing an exhaustive search of academic literature because it is prohibitively expensive or time-consuming is a clear negative -- doing so may result in lower-quality research.
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
Sometimes, but it can be a bit more complicated. Perhaps it is accurate to say the most mobile, unattached people tend to go first. Perhaps the more loyal people stick around longer -- this puts a positive spin on it. But you could also say
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
I appreciate some of what you say, but: 1. I'm skeptical of a claim such as "But the actual medium doesn't matter as much as the practice you follow". I recall hearing about studies that show tactile experience (physical
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
To save a some human parsing effort in interpreting the column names: CT = compile time RT = run time
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
However you would prefer the term be defined and used, for decades, people have used the term "artificial life" to include cellular automata. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_life https:&#x2
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
It all comes down to your definition of "we". In short, this is either a collective preference problem (e.g. not enough people care or pay attention) or a collective action problem (if you believe that at least collective intent e
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
50? That would be nice. For any given forward-thinking issue, I consider us lucky to have a handful of innovators at the state level. Now, when a crisis of some sort comes around, lawmakers from others states will start to pay attention. Id
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
I'd like to see more projects consider this approach for updates. Would anyone like to share other examples of this sort of thing (such as in other compilers or tools)?
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
Sometimes people use "compete" in a casual way that overlooks key economic connections. Competition is a force that is always present, even if it is not currently the "most obvious" factor in play at a given time. I thin
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
Think of shipping as an optimization problem where various modes are selected for different parts of the path. You have to run the optimization problem to see what mix makes the most sense -- and don't expect it to necessarily be simpl
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
I interpret this comment as saying: if you find yourself in that kind of situation, look around and try to find other opportunities. In other words, life is too short. I also can see the other side: life is often not fair, particularly in t
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
Well said. There are many kinds of behavior that may be considered "out of specification" or not adhering to a contract. Here are just four: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undefined_behavior * https:/&
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
I'll put it this way: "perfection" is too overloaded of a word to be particularly useful in this context. I prefer to say it this way: I want software to adhere to a contract. That implies that we want people that use the s
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
Upvoted since this is a useful comment and worth mentioning. I'd expect some downvotes are based on negative reactions to this part of the comment: "the title is as dumb as dumbness itself." (Dear avip: if your comment said &
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The Mystery of the Havana Syndrome(newyorker.com)
4 points by dj-wonk 8y ago|0 comments
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
Wow, thanks for your well-written response. I didn't quite follow all the details; in any case, I have a slightly better idea of what is going on. Next, I look forward to learning a bit more about laminar versus turbulent flow. I can r
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
Please clarify what you mean by ‘accurately’ ... without reducing this discussion to a coarse dichotomy between ‘accurate’ or ‘not accurate’ —- which would miss a main point of what models do and why they are useful. My very rough understan
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
The track point to me feels very unnatural. Do you switch fingers to give yourself a break?
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
The articles addresses this: > Vote.org strongly disagrees with the Secretary of State and is exploring all avenues of recourse. We suggest that the Secretary of State implement Online Voter Registration, a common sense solution to incre
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
I formatted the text for printing in landscape mode with a two column layout. I shared the PDF here: https://github.com/bluemont/hamming-on-research
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by dj-wonk 8y ago
You've made two good points. I would suggest the next step is to synthesize them. As with many things, moderation is important. A strategy that balances the two downsides is probably better.

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