lambda_garden

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by lambda_garden 3y ago
> These two statements are contradictory. If it was indeed so "poor", people would notice :) Would they? The history of programming is full of great ideas that took a very long time to reach mainstream adoption. We also did som
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Kinda. F# is modeled after OCaml. OCaml and Haskell are both modeled after ML. I suppose you could say they are cousins.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
F# is basically statically-typed Python (with better performance).
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
What's strange is that Java predates Go and has all of these attributes. C# too, for that matter.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
> they liked something about Python I think it's simply what they already knew. Very few programmers learn multiple languages to any kind of depth. Is there any evidence that Python is an easy language to learn? I think we've r
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Ironically, we had more advanced languages than Go in the 70s.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Python is valuable due to the ecosystem of libraries it offers. The language itself is extremely poor. I think this is not something most Python users are aware of since if you are doing ML, data-science or simple scripting there is little
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Some in the ML community think a simpler language has advantages over a more expressive one, in some cases. For example: https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/243#issu...
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
I believe in second chances. From the GitHub link: > EDIT 5 years later: You can see in the edit history of this comment what I originally wrote here; I was upset and said unkind things that I regret, and which nobody deserved to hear. I
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
What a horrible idea.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
OpenAI has not released AGI.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Unity and MonoGame are not really comparable. Unity is a game engine that is also an IDE, whereas MonoGame is simply a set of libraries.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
The content pipeline is optional in MonoGame. You can load assets directly from ttf, png, etc. You can also run the content pipeline as a .NET tool outside of Visual Studio. It works on Linux too!
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Money. If you can pay, exceptions will be made for everything else.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
A good breakdown. There are also a handful of true grammar schools left. These are free to attend, but are selective based on ability. There is debate about the extent to which raw ability is really being tested, and not preparedness for th
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Yes, I disagree. Anecodtally, I see motorists driving whilst using their phone on a daily basis. I rarely see cycling jumping red lights. I also see motorists jumping red lights, but rarely. I frequently see motorists on the wrong side of t
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
> as much as cyclists hate to hear it, they're the most reckless users of the road on average Citation needed.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
It's better than it was but still terrible.
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Evolve Your Hierarchy (2007)(cowboyprogramming.com)
16 points by lambda_garden 3y ago|3 comments
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
https://archive.ph/1AsEN
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The parallels between Argentina and Britain's inept political class(newstatesman.com)
1 points by lambda_garden 3y ago|2 comments
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Evaluative and generative models are not so different. Often, one is the reverse of the other.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Legend. The X-risk crowd need to realize that LLMs, whilst useful, are toys compared to Skynet. The risk from AI right now is mega-corps breaking the law (hiring, discrimination, libel, ...) on a massive scale and using blackbox models as a
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Title is misleading. They weren't banned because they "teach Python. " but because Meta has faulty algorithms.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Maybe something clever could be built into a web app?
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Indeed. You get paid to deliver more value to someone than you cost them (or someone else might cost them!) Whether or not you have fun has little to do with it.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Effective Altruism is a charity / social club / networking opportunity for young STEM types based on pretty extreme beliefs about Utilitarianism and recently AI. The most famous EA right now is probably SBF. Accelerationism is the
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Why is "written in C++" part of the headline? As engineers we focus too much on the implementation details and not the benefits to the user. How about: - ZooKeeper alternative with lower latency - ZooKeeper alternative with lower
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Since some action depend on the branch / tag you are on this is not always possible.
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by lambda_garden 3y ago
Option 1 is required if you want to have steps on different runners, add approval processes, etc. I always opt for option 2 where possible though.

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