rsmckinney

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by rsmckinney 7y ago
Meh. No doubt there are snobs in the field, but in my experience most of the grit and innovation tends to come from solid engineers without a language/compiler focus, let alone the phd.
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
It’s more to do with the purity of their culture resulting from low immigration which fosters a high level of mutual trust. Invariably immigration corrupts the hosting nation’s culture with trust absorbing the initial impact.
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
One man’s “flame bait” is another man’s truth.
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/tree/master/man...
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
And it was accomplished in 1969 — engineering with a slide rule. I wonder what was different with American culture 60 years ago that enabled such an achievement?
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
In essence you are saying “low information” votes are harmful and should be discounted. Would you agree the vast majority of potential voters targeted with “get out the vote” campaigns are “low information”?
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
...unless they elect your candidate.
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
Sage advice from an obvious veteran in the field.
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
10 years of coding in trade for 10 years of middle management... why would I follow your coding advice? A serious question.
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
Also for Wirth/Oberon fans: Oberon for the JVM — https://github.com/lboasso/oberonc
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
Retirement itself is a 20th century concept that requires a ponzi scheme to work. Unfortunately the family unit that used to support its elderly members unable to support themselves no longer exists in America. Instead we have nursing home
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
$100 is the largest federal reserve note today. And even that is under pressure, mostly from the anti physical currency crowd. Considering inflation a $100 note today is comparable to a $10 note from just a few decades ago. Thus currency de
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by rsmckinney 7y ago
> Electriticity infrastructure was built to provide electricity to privileged few What group of people built the "electricity infrastructure" you now enjoy? And if they hadn't built it, do you think you would have access t
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by rsmckinney 8y ago
Think code generators are the only way to type-safely connect your Java code to JSON, XML, SQL, Javascript, etc.? Think again. Manifold offers a radical new way to connect Java to structured data. IntelliJ IDEA provides comprehensive supp
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Show HN: Type-safe metaprogramming for Java (and other killer lang features)(github.com)
3 points by rsmckinney 8y ago|2 comments
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
Should they?
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
Anothet characteristic of the liberal mind: it cannot be endeared to an alternate point of view.
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
That's a good Nazi.
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
Sorry, you are confusing nationalism with racism. For example, there is nothing racist about border security (the wall). In fact without significant border security, a nation ceases to exist.
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
Wait. What does the relevance of a new idea have to do with the ethnic composition of the people with the idea? Isn't that a racist statement? Fascinating. My favorite part about the liberal mind are its obvious contradictions and,
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
true story
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
You mean aside from it providing better and easier generics support? I personally like Kotlin, but I think Gosu has some advantages that should not be overlooked e.g,. Generics support.
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
Take a look at Gosu. It provides: - Reification - Declaration-site generics - Default covariance when variance not specified - Variance inference! In practice default covariance is usually the most suitable; it's the prag
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by rsmckinney 10y ago
Shhhhh. The feeliest of feels is the Javascript Community. But the entertainment is always top-notch.
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by rsmckinney 11y ago
For now... QE 4 is coming, there is no doubt. It's the only tool in the chest. This time around though it won't be parked directly in the banks, but more likely it will be helicoptered directly to consumers, probably in the form
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by rsmckinney 11y ago
This is my favorite part. This is how most keynesians react when confronted with the harsh realities of QE. This and "the consumers just aren't spending enough." Ofc it's never enough QE and never enough spending. Me
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by rsmckinney 11y ago
"Over"... i see no fat lady on stage
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by rsmckinney 11y ago
On earth, a zero interest rate indicates a sick or at least stalled economy. The rate cannot be held at zero for much longer without risking a deeper debt via evermore unhealthy credit expansion, yet the consequences of raising it, even a
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by rsmckinney 11y ago
"Historically speaking" Historically speaking, when has the Fed kept interest rates at ZERO for 7 years? After pumping QE full throttle at $80B/mo? The economy has been in continuous "recovery" mode since '08