vario

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by vario 3y ago
Well, my opinion is, he took something elegant and sublime and dressed it up in bullshit; there's nothing wrong with being playful and fun--as I mentioned earlier, Whittaker's "C#, Player's Guide" is the ONLY progra
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by vario 3y ago
Interpretation depends on the reader. Was I insulting anyone or was I making a general statement? It can go both ways. If you read my original comment, I expressed dis-preference for why_'s book, which is responsible for my not learnin
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by vario 3y ago
Once again, let me spell it for you. I haev no problem with Ruby. I just did not like why_'s bullshit. Make sense to you now? I respect Matz and his achievements.
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by vario 3y ago
Read his comment very carefully and you will see that I have merely returned the favor :)
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by vario 3y ago
It would have been more useful if the article had also listed the supply side of labor's economics, i.e. what are the costs of the programs that produce such workforce and which schools were offering the programs.
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by vario 3y ago
his 'artsyness' was the main reason I avoided learning Ruby for years-- wrongly thinking people who code in Ruby speak like him. I know this is a possibly unpopular opinion but I don't think one should glorify a sophomoric bo
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by vario 3y ago
i use Fira Code. nothing beats Fira.
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by vario 3y ago
I wodner why my original comment got downvoted though. What was wrong with wondering about that??
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by vario 3y ago
what the artic doesnt meantion is long covi from which strain? it would make sense, logically, to assume that long cov from delt is not the same as omic.
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by vario 3y ago
don't you think by saying "there were no known health issues triggered by it" you are committing a statistical fallacy? Just because something has not bee observed does not mean it is not there....
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by vario 3y ago
The criticism in my previous comment backed by a valid and searchable source: "SICP does not adequately teach the fundamentals of programming." is huuge for a book claiming to the best in the field. It's not a matter of &#x27
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by vario 3y ago
So what WERE they trying to do? BTW, here is a list of people who had criticized SICP. The list is full of heavy-weights: Philip Wadler Donald Knuth Eric Raymond Richard Bird Paul Graham Guy Steele Robert Harpe
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by vario 3y ago
As I said, I am pretty sure I remember seeing that phrase by Wadler but can't find the paper now. However, even in your link, Wadler says: -"SICP is a brilliant book, but it is also a dangerous one. It is dangerous because it teac
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by vario 3y ago
Based on: WOOD, A. (2001). Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, 2nd Ed by Abelson and Sussman, with Sussman, MIT Press, 1996, ISBN 0-262-51087-1, 657pp. Journal of Functional Programming, 11(2), 253–262. doi:10.1017/s0956
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by vario 3y ago
SICP authors were not the originators of Lambda Calc. Even a noob like me knows that!
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by vario 3y ago
Based on: Forbus, K. D. (1985). Structure and interpretation of computer programs. Artificial Intelligence, 27(1), 124–127. doi:10.1016/0004-3702(85)90087: "several important topics that students should be exposed to early are tre
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by vario 3y ago
Noob here. What was the justification of SICP using Scheme as vehicle of instruction? I feel the book is intellectually dishonest.
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by vario 3y ago
the only problem with Moxie's essay was the treyf reference to dogs. I love dogs. Dogs are better than most humans living around me.
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by vario 4y ago
Thank you very much, for educating me.
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by vario 4y ago
Wow, thank you for this great answer! It makes me wonder though why previous published mathematics about computer programming has been allegedly faulty. Since I don't know enough math to objectively see whether Knuth has succeeded in h
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by vario 4y ago
Thank you! this looks solid--whereas I found Polya's "How to solve it" a pedantic and useless. Best wishes.
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by vario 4y ago
A math noobie here: I want to learn the TAOCP but the pre-req is Concrete Mathematics which I also find hard--it seems almost cryptic. Any ideas for a book before Concrete Mathematics? Thanks in advance.
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by vario 4y ago
Google and Youtube often think I am a robot because of how fast I operate on their sites: typing, clicking, switching tabs etc..
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by vario 4y ago
Thank you. I tried a JetBrains product and Visual Studio but VS was both faster (on my Mini Mac ARM M1) and the visual aesthetics were better--not to mention the overall IDE experience was very comfy, it felt like VS was strictly made for C
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by vario 4y ago
I see. Yes the article which I read later, did mention players looking at gadgets in the toilet...among other techniques. I guess the future of chess championships would be interesting...
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by vario 4y ago
Noob here: how did he cheat without getting caught? did he memorize chess engine responses? Or did he have a secret computer somewhere feeding him the moves?
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by vario 4y ago
What does everybody think here of C#? I've just made foray into it and I like it a lot compared to Python, Java etc. It almost feels like Kotlin, but with certain even cooler properties.
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by vario 4y ago
Thank you for the eloquent explanation. Although, I don't like the idea of paying for a gadget and still not being able to truly own it.
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by vario 4y ago
what does it mean "jailbreaking" a gadget, esp a PS5? noob here.
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by vario 4y ago
Are you the famous Okasaki who wrote that great book on functional programming!

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