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by jf 9d ago
Another similar issue, with similar consequences and timeline, is Post Quantum Cryptography.
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by jf 2mo ago
I knew of Emily Wilson and her credentials when I wrote my comment. For what it’s worth, I think there’s a case to be made that Gareth Hinds‘ adaptation of The Odyssey was just as much of an influence.
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by jf 2mo ago
When I read a critique that could roughly be summarized as "I could have done better" my response generally falls somewhere between "you should" and "I'd like to see you try". Not everyone understands just
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by jf 3mo ago
This is one of my all time favorite games. It and Shenzhen I/O do a wonderful job of capturing the essence of what makes programming fun and put them into a game. My biggest surprise from playing EXAPUNKS is how futile it is to try and
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by jf 3mo ago
This comment resonated with me in a way that few pieces of writing do. My only complaint is that it’s perhaps too short. I get the impression that you could turn this comment into longer post (with citations) and I encourage you to do so.
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by jf 3mo ago
Can anybody point me at any interviews of Fabrice? I've looked several times (including just now) and I can't find /anything/ - am I missing something obvious?
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by jf 3mo ago
I helped set up the first meeting between a Microsoft executive and Thomas Preston-Werner. One of the moments that stood out to me was when Robert Youngjohns (the exec) asked Tom what it would take to have GitHub move to Azure. I was surpri
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by jf 3mo ago
I uninstalled it because I have no need for Claude Desktop and there’s no way to keep the 10+ GiB VM image off of my machine
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by jf 3mo ago
Slate seems closer to shipping a ~$30k electric pickup: https://www.slate.auto
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by jf 4mo ago
John C. Mallery of MIT
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by jf 4mo ago
Tangentially related: Since you are at Texas Instruments, I wonder if you could find out what the status is of the intellectual property for the TI Explorer lisp machines. I know who owns the IP for Genera, but wasn’t able to find out about
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by jf 7mo ago
It has no cosponsors and hasn’t been presented to a committee yet. It’s like calling a bowl of flour, water, and yeast a “new bread”
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by jf 10mo ago
I think that’s why the document had some suggested pushback to meeting invites (e.g. “what’s the agenda so I can prepare”)
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by jf 10mo ago
As somone who vigorously declines meetings, this gave me some extra criteria to use (estimated speaking time per attendee) What I found the most useful was the focus that was put on having agendas for every meeting, something that I try to
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by jf 10mo ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20251119165814/https://entropict...
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by jf 10mo ago
I came here to see if AppHarbor was still running and was pleased to see this post :D
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by jf 11mo ago
Interesting. Langley isn’t that far away
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by jf 11mo ago
It’s weird, and a little unnerving, to have a line from Anathem by Neil Stephenson immediately come to mind: “Can you read? And by that I don’t just mean interpreting Logotype…” “No one uses that any more,” said Quin. “You’re talking about
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by jf 11mo ago
That’s my interpretation
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by jf 1y ago
Yes, this was a plot point in GATTACA
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by jf 1y ago
I found found this post to be very interesting and am grateful that you wrote it.
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by jf 1y ago
> The visual real-time image OCR stuff was an app they purchased (Magic Lens?) that I had previously used. Word Lens, by Quest Visual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_Visual
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by jf 1y ago
I've spent many delightful hours playing Zack's games and look forward to trying out this one.
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by jf 1y ago
I love this background information. I hope you’re backing up those MIDI files!
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by jf 1y ago
Sweet! Do you have anything written up yet?
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by jf 1y ago
I clicked on the link guessing, and then hoping, that it would have MIDI files of the piano rolls. Not so, but archive.org has at least 14,233: https://archive.org/details/pianorollmusic.com-midifiles
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by jf 1y ago
I’ve been paying more attention to Náhuatl after reading “The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction” [0] and seeing the names of my great uncles and great aunts in there (e.g. Xochitl, Nezahualcoyotl) which opened a mystery of sorts. My grandmo
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by jf 1y ago
I enjoyed seeing how these sorts of “magic tricks” work.
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by jf 1y ago
Thanks for making that decision, the title you picked is better
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Wanix: The Spirit of Plan 9 in WASM(youtube.com)
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