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Re:Filling the Void of a Physical Whiteboard on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:24PM (#25508718)
Nice! Would be better if one could, a) scroll to increase canvas-space and b) zoom out to step back a bit and take a look at the whole drawing.
Re:Featherweight Go on Sunday May 31, 2020 @08:11AM (#23369030)
There's an upcoming talk by Philip Wadler on this paper on June 8 - http://chalmersfp.org/

YouTube channel where the talk will be streamed live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiGOzKde1rlvzEB7J73gvrQ

Re:Pernosco: Fast, Fun, Omniscient Debugging on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:53AM (#21361976)
Rookout - https://www.rookout.com - is a related tool. Very handy!
This is great! Thanks.
Re:Mathematical Chronology on Thursday June 08, 2017 @08:19AM (#14513593)
It doesn't seem to mention the works of the Indian mathematicians from Kerala, India on calculus. I think their work predated that of Newton and Leibniz.
I agree! Our (subconscious?) arrogance of our intellect always biases the way we look at our ancestors. If we could just be more humble, we would probably be seeing more of what's there.
Re:How SSH got port number 22 on Monday April 24, 2017 @01:17AM (#14182109)
Thank you for the wisdom. :)
Re:How to Study (2016) on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:30AM (#14095825)
Great cartoons! :D
Re:A Strange Thing Happened in the Stratosphere on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @03:58AM (#12434302)
Did this affect Google's Project Loon in any way?
I know it's too early but, I'm already kinda getting used to this.
Cool. Another example could be of IPC in distributed operating systems borrowing from message-passing in CSP or the Actor model although, it could be also be the other way around?
I agree. I used to make the same mistake. Until I realised that it is best to go back to how people slept before electric light was invented; i.e. it is best to align your sleep cycle with the Sun's movement.

Of course, maybe it's harder to do this nearer the poles but, in the tropics we get near equal hours of day and night.

I have found sleeping early and staying away from modern tech 30-45 mins. before sleep to be _immensely_ beneficial.

Thanks!:-)
Could you please post the URL?
Re:A Decade of Container Control at Google on Monday March 28, 2016 @01:13AM (#11372845)
1) Will enterprises eventually shift to a DCOS?

2) Is it even worth it or necessary as afaik, even the biggest of enterprises' infrastructure needs are considerably less than those of internet companies?

Re:Polymagnets on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:25AM (#11327877)
Software-defined magnetism?
Re:Collective Memory Discovered in Bacteria on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @01:50AM (#11243879)
I wonder if there is some Sussman's Propagator model like biochemical process going on underneath, resulting in the collective memory.
Re:OpenRoads on Friday March 04, 2016 @04:04AM (#11222754)
This just brought back so many memories! Thank you! :-)
Re:TiltBrush by Google on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @11:45PM (#11215070)
This is great! Is there a similar app for sculpting in VR out there?
Re:Beware of HackerRank on Monday February 08, 2016 @07:52AM (#11057784)
HackerRank can be a very good way to screen developers before interviews. The author and most people in the comments nearly say, "Algorithms are useless. Writing efficient algorithms?! Who needs that?" :O

Some of the complaints are that HackerRank doesn't test things like team work. Of course, it doesn't! It's a good tool to screen developers. Things like team work, creativity and domain knowledge can only be tested in interviews.

I am not saying HackerRank has no issues but, discounting the importance of algorithmic problem-solving is very unwise, imo.

Re:Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @05:04AM (#10929678)
How so?
Re:The Japanese Art of Self-Mummification on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @08:13AM (#10893991)
I doubt pride is a strong enough force for anyone to undergo such intense suffering as this.
Re:The Japanese Art of Self-Mummification on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @08:07AM (#10893958)
I agree, ;-) but honestly, that title didn't prepare me for the content.
Re:Want to Write a Compiler? Read These Two Papers (2008) on Thursday December 24, 2015 @03:29AM (#10787559)
'Compiler Construction' by Niklaus Wirth[1] is a pretty good book too. It's got the hands-on feel of Crenshaw's book with a quick but, not too superficial, introduction to theory. The book is little more than 100 pages long.

The compiler is written in Oberon however, which is also the source language (actually the source language is Oberon-0, a subset) but, Oberon is super simple and can be learned on the go.

[1] https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/CompilerConstruction/...

Why are photons required to "act as the messengers of an electron's spin"? Entanglement works without any communication between the entangled particles, right?

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