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Thanks for your advice
Re:Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig on Thursday April 30, 2026 @03:39AM (#47959437)
This article convinced me to switch from Go to Rust: https://discord.com/blog/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to...
Re:John Carmack on Mutable Variables on Friday October 31, 2025 @05:22AM (#45769960)
When I started programming in Haskell, where all variables are immutable, I felt like I was in a straitjacket

Then, suddenly, the enlightenment

Re:Carlo Rovelli’s radical perspective on reality on Thursday October 30, 2025 @05:12AM (#45757881)
As former physics student, a lot of ego and little physics IMHO. Theoretical physics is pointless without experimental tests. Personally, I prefer physicists spending more time in the lab or in classroom than on mass media
Re:The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964) on Friday August 08, 2025 @04:54AM (#44834921)
Thanks for sharing this paper
Re:Use Your Type System on Friday July 25, 2025 @07:00AM (#44681802)
<3
Re:Programming a computer for playing chess (1950) [pdf] on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @04:27AM (#41980881)
How many homemade chess engines did this paper give rise to... X-D Shannon we miss you
You don't block an entire tram line just because there are pickpockets on board some trams The "solutions" implemented here in Italy are not solutions, but abominations imho
Re:Cat without cat on the commandline on Monday October 21, 2024 @03:37AM (#41901636)
the same here XD
Using the cloud = losing your know-how + gaining vendor lock-in
Re:Lynn Conway Has Died on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:16AM (#40655458)
How touching to read so many appreciative comments A life well spent RIP Lynn, may the earth be light on you
Re:Understanding Stack and Queues in JavaScript on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @07:14AM (#38362605)
// Function to pop a value onto the stack this.pop = function() { this.stack.push(); };

I think he made some mess with his code X-D

Re:Cybernetics and Ghosts (1967) [pdf] on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:16AM (#37897398)
For anyone who is here in Italy and loves the genius of this fabulous writer:

https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/exhibitions/today-is-it...

Re:Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo: Grandfather of the orbital fly-by on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:49AM (#28139613)
Great Bepi! Other Padua prominents: https://www.unipd.it/en/eminent-alumni