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by sbensu 2y ago
If you are interested in alternative lithium chemistries, Ouros is developing and commercializing one: https://ouros.energy/
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by sbensu 2y ago
That last point is super interesting: these diagrams never tell you much about the implementation or how it would perform.
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by sbensu 2y ago
The distinction you are making is right. All those examples are examples of visualization, not of direct programming. But why can't we use what today are visual representations of the programs as the actual programs? Can't we have
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by sbensu 2y ago
[post author] You are right. Any "language" visual or other wise used for communication has to include the level of detail trying to be communicated. In the Rust memory layout example, Rust syntax doesn't spell out its memory
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by sbensu 2y ago
You are right. You can see the data first, charts, even dependencies. And yet nobody is drawing `IF(ACTIVE[A1:A4]=E$1)`
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by sbensu 2y ago
Amazing, thank you for taking the time
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by sbensu 2y ago
That is an interesting framing. I think the "maker vs taker" label is great. Creative Inc[0] uses "suitcase handles" to describe something similar but more generic. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-I
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by sbensu 2y ago
Nice!
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by sbensu 2y ago
That sounds super interesting! Did I understand correctly that the additional complexity came because you needed to emit optimal assembly? Or was implementing the logic from the state machine complicated enough?
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by sbensu 2y ago
You are right. The diagrams are used as explanations not as the source of the program. But wouldn't it be neat if when you sketch out the state transition in a diagram (how I think about the state transitions), _that diagram_ was the s
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by sbensu 2y ago
[post author] I am familiar with those and have used a couple. There are similar examples in music, where visual programming dominates. The implied audience of this post (not clear) is people writing business applications, web dev, etc. The
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by sbensu 2y ago
Those two are both primarily for real time signals and music right? That is a great domain for wires, transforms, and pipelines. Have you ever seen them used in a different context?
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by sbensu 2y ago
It is certainly possible and that is how most of these visual languages do it. But is that how _you_ want to program that logic?
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by sbensu 2y ago
Thank you! Should be fixed in a minute
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by sbensu 2y ago
[post author] I agree. On many domains you can find a great mapping between some visual representation and how the developer (beginner or not) wants to think about the problem. I personally don't see any one pictorial representation th
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by sbensu 3y ago
I've found that while people don't want to change out of Excel they are forced to by the size of new files. The more data is generated by computers, the less likely it is to fit in Excel I imagine many professions won't be ab
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by sbensu 3y ago
And to answer the question directly: If you are operating under the "sports team" analogy, you should fire them. If you are operating under the "we are a family" analogy, you should find reduced roles where they are usef
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by sbensu 3y ago
[self-promotion] This is very related, but not at all the same, as this essay I just published: Team-oriented, outcome-oriented https://blog.sbensu.com/posts/team-oriented-vs-outcome-orien... Summary: Some people are m
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by sbensu 7y ago
Hi! I'm Sebastian and I work at Stripe. We would love to understand what went wrong so that we can keep improving the integration experience. If you are interested in talking to us, please email me at sebas@stripe.com
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by sbensu 8y ago
Wow, I thought you were making that up to fit the mood... until the Wikipedia article. This is bananas.
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Ask HN: What systems allow remote code execution as a feature?
3 points by sbensu 8y ago|2 comments
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by sbensu 8y ago
Related recommendation: this podcast episode[1] was very good, covered many solutions to the Fermi Paradox, and discussed the OP's article. [1] http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/show/rs-203-stephen-web...
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by sbensu 9y ago
One of the first chapters of The Art of Science and Engineering (Hamming) covers this beautifully.
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by sbensu 9y ago
From this project, I gather it wouldn't be hard to remove the need for calling `lisp!` on every form. Then you'd have a lisp syntax on Rust that is not embedded. Is that correct?
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by sbensu 10y ago
I'm surprised no one here has mentioned Jose Valim yet.
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by sbensu 10y ago
That impression goes away quickly when you meet him since he is a tremendously empathic person and clear speaker. The difference, in my opinion, is that he expects another level of effort/investment from the consumers of his work than
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by sbensu 10y ago
Another essay answering the same question: https://hackernoon.com/senior-engineers-reduce-risk-5ab2adc1...
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by sbensu 10y ago
Thanks!
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by sbensu 10y ago
I'm not familiar with capillarity but if you are, and you have the time, I'm sure that fermat's library would love to add it with some historical remarks and annotations
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by sbensu 10y ago
Did you provisioned an Azure VM while you were in Hong Kong or an Azure VM that was hosted in Hong Kong?

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