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by sergius 1mo ago
Oops wrong principia :-)
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by sergius 1mo ago
This book is an interesting approach to The Principia: Magnificent Principia (2013), by Colin Pask https://devontrevarrowflaherty.com/2014/08/26/book-review-pr...
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by sergius 7mo ago
Unix is a base layer that provides enough abstractions to build services. Perhaps there are better abstractions if one looks at Plan 9... but that never took off unfortunately. What they want is a framework for persisting stuff... that is a
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by sergius 1y ago
This is a perennial problem, see The Mythical Man Month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month Or if you wan to have more fun read Systemantics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemant
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by sergius 1y ago
Isn't that caller eBay?
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by sergius 1y ago
Not to mention the creation of a single point of failure for a critical service...
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by sergius 1y ago
I liked M. Waldrop's book: The Dream Machine https://press.stripe.com/the-dream-machine
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by sergius 2y ago
Would it be possible to install duckdb extensions in python using packages instead of dialing back home to the extension service? Lots of companies block direct connections to that service but allow packages via JFrog's Artifactory.
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by sergius 2y ago
Interestingly this is better in terms of precision but as an interface for math is still behind good old paper and pencil. The interface is still 30+ years old...
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by sergius 2y ago
With Draw.io embedding Mermaid diagrams and plug-ins available for VSCode and other IDEs, why is this so special?
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by sergius 2y ago
And they still have soldered RAM and no option to add an SSD... who is this for?
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by sergius 2y ago
There is so much our software needs to improve to reach the level of sophistication of even plants :-) https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2018/11/12/book-review-the-... https://en.wikipedia.org/
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by sergius 2y ago
Oh the irony: https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceos-easily-replaced-with-ai
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by sergius 2y ago
How does it compare with N.Wirth's? https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?k...
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by sergius 2y ago
This story is missing the impact that Tom Lord's TLA had on the git design.
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by sergius 2y ago
I would recommend reading: Complexity by M. Waldrop https://commoncog.com/learning-from-waldrop-complexity/ The Systems Bible by J. Gall (This one is an odd one but it is good for developing a sense of humor) https:&#
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by sergius 2y ago
I wonder how this connects with this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_West_Rules%E2%80%94For...
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by sergius 2y ago
Does this make Risk V more attractive?
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by sergius 2y ago
How does it compare to https://nicegui.io/ ? How does it compare with https://flet.dev/ ? Does it compete in the niche of making simple things easy and hard things possible?
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by sergius 2y ago
You should read these books: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43889703 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25733505 And some of the myths you have may be dispelled :-)
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by sergius 2y ago
This was a more interesting comment: https://wordsandbuttons.online/the_real_cpp_killers.html
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by sergius 2y ago
Why rebuild a bridge? Watch this and wee at the cost for a tunnel these folks managed to make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EruSZNI4th4
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by sergius 2y ago
How about a bus that carries hi speed network and power... and everything running Plan 9 to glue it up together :-)
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by sergius 3y ago
Like Perl's: Make the easy things easy, and the hard things possible.
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by sergius 3y ago
Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone. Jorge Luis Borges
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by sergius 3y ago
It's dead Jim...
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by sergius 4y ago
Did you try running it using DuckDB?
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by sergius 4y ago
Use SWIG to integrate C++ into Lua: https://www.swig.org/
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by sergius 4y ago
Please define 'talented' first! Any 'talented' developer can code in most languages (well there are exceptions, VB comes to my mind :-) ) There are 'experienced', 'hard working', 'team player&#x2
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by sergius 4y ago
Do not confuse the data markup with a schema DSL. In the latter the meaning of each field should be specified and available for a documentation generating tool. Bottom line: You need a better schema definition and validation tool/frame

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