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Holis: A vector-symbolic implementation of a Lisp interpreter(github.com)
1 points by peebz 2y ago|0 comments
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by peebz 3y ago
Yes, very much so. During the last 20 years, a major project has been to predict sequential patterns of brain activation during various tasks based on the activity of ACT-R modules (which have been associated with different brain regions)
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by peebz 3y ago
All models are wrong, but some are useful. For several decades, ACT-R has been, and continues to be, one of the most useful and influential theories of cognitive architecture devised.
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by peebz 3y ago
I was at Middlesex Poly in the late 80s / early 90s doing an AI degree. I'm pretty sure one of the things we used was the EXSYS expert system shell running on VAX/VMS (because that's where I first came across the name).
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by peebz 3y ago
Don't go too heavy on the salt.
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Even without phones or screens, medieval monks found it hard to stay focused(wsj.com)
5 points by peebz 4y ago|0 comments
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by peebz 4y ago
That's fascinating, thanks!
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by peebz 4y ago
This looks amazing! I'm guessing you may have answered these questions before somewhere so please point me to the information if so. I'd like to know what development environment you use (Emacs, SBCL and Slime?), what packages y
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A Lisp interpreter implemented in Conway's Game of Life (2021)(woodrush.github.io)
118 points by peebz 4y ago|25 comments
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by peebz 5y ago
That's really interesting. Can I ask what you use it for and if you've come across any limitations or problems using Lisp?
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by peebz 5y ago
Perhaps they should call the system 'Gavag-AI"
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by peebz 5y ago
Interesting that Mark Churchland is the son of the 'neurophilosophers' Patricia and Paul Churchland. I'm not sure about Patricia but Paul was (maybe still is) a strong advocate of eliminative materialism who also discussed g
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Ask HN: Software and programming languages on the Mars Perseverance mission
20 points by peebz 6y ago|7 comments
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by peebz 6y ago
Great - thanks!
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by peebz 6y ago
How much does this differ from the version I bought on Leanpub?
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Ask HN: Software used on NASA's Perseverance mission to Mars
1 points by peebz 6y ago|0 comments
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by peebz 6y ago
Isn't Debian Stable the Hilux distro?
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by peebz 6y ago
If you don't want the additional learning curve of Emacs and Slime, the author recommends just using sbcl and rlwrap (which makes programming in a terminal nicer).
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by peebz 7y ago
It was Peter Higgs who said that ( https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-... ).
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by peebz 8y ago
I second this suggestion. I also found this book very useful for some of the things you requested: https://leanpub.com/lovinglisp
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by peebz 8y ago
I've tried Zotero but have been using JabRef ( http://www.jabref.org/ ) for a good few years now and it works well for me on Linux.