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by hndc 6d ago
A monopoly is not a "state-imposed single seller". Where'd you get that definition from? There are many examples of natural monopolies, which is a concept that has been recognized in economic theory for at least two centuries
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by hndc 10d ago
Recursion reduces each step toward a base case: each step is defined in terms of previous/simpler steps, not more advanced ones. The "recursive" in "recursive self improvement" has things precisely backward. Iterati
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by hndc 4mo ago
> The structural correspondence is the point. > The choice of @form(vec) here is itself a real design decision, not an arbitrary one. > The point of the surface isn’t completeness — it’s that every distinct kind of structural commi
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by hndc 7mo ago
Compiler artifact is still deterministic. Clearly not referring to runtime behavior that is input-dependent
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by hndc 7mo ago
Deterministic compilation, aka reproducible builds, has been a basic software engineering concept and goal for 40+ years. Perhaps you could provide some examples of compilers that produce non-deterministic output along with your bad news.
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by hndc 10mo ago
> I'm coming to the view that Rust mostly requires less cognitive load than other languages. This view is only remotely within the bounds of plausibility if you intended for "other languages" to refer exclusively to langua
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by hndc 11mo ago
> DevOps was a reaction to the fact that even outsourcing ops to AWS doesn’t entirely solve all of your ops problems DevOps, conceptually, goes back to the 90s. I was using the term in 2001. If memory serves, AWS didn't really start
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by hndc 2y ago
That was one of the most frustrating seasons of any television show I’ve ever watched, right up until the finale—which completely redeemed it for me! What an ending.
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by hndc 2y ago
This is one of the better applications of an Apple Watch, which will detect when you haven’t stood for a while and pester you to do so. Of course, the watch comes with a giant bundle of other features that may or may not be desired. And bui
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by hndc 3y ago
Wild? Using it in dialogue seems perfectly reasonable. It's a common malapropism.
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by hndc 3y ago
You've misunderstood the theorem. It doesn't say you can't achieve any combination of mostly C/A/P; it says you can't have perfect C, A, and P at the same time.
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by hndc 4y ago
This completely misapprehends the point of writing essays.
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by hndc 4y ago
> "in my experience" Here's some data: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... Ignoring the programs using x86 intrinsics to do vectorized math, the top-performing Rust, Go, Ja
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by hndc 5y ago
The entire selling point of pair programming is that your copilot would point out errors like this, not introduce them. Pairing works when you either pair two strong programmers or pair a strong programmer with a weak one. In the latter cas
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by hndc 7y ago
In "But I think we can aim...", "but" is a conjunction, not a preposition Also, his writing is fine: simple but clear and effective. "Many of his sentences are phrases" — literally every sentence in this essay
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by hndc 7y ago
Among the drawbacks of excessive syntactic sugar is that it is often difficult or impossible to look up
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by hndc 7y ago
It's as though you didn't even read the very article you linked
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by hndc 14y ago
You're using integer arithmetic in Ruby and floating-point arithmetic in Go. Try replacing math.Mod(float64(i), float64(j)) with i%j My results: $ time go run primes.go Found them! 78702 real 0m0.835s user 0m0.787s