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EWD 667 Dijkstra's "On the foolishness if natural language programming"

"... the last decades have shown a sharp decline of people's mastery of their own language."

I have immediately to mind, despite it's not by far the most eloquent of EWDs letters on language. A moment of your search engine of choice, reading the results of his letters found by the qualification of "+ poetry" I enthusiastically propose to you despite I vaguely recall losing my argument with my English language tutor for my assertion that the"interactive reference" to a broad body is valid argument if proposed by requirement prior to reading my essay.

The man first to be described as computer programmer or scientist of computer languages challenges me not to pursue the subject of his renown, but to learn Dutch so to learn instead of computing the tremendous subtlety of humanity which I have found overwhelming whenever I come across his expositions.

The Victorian era I believe saw this distinction between man and nature which found exegesis and celebration in formal gardens and arguably even though the assiduous endeavour of naturalists and explorers in this age of classification, of delineation: Human Above Cruel Raw Nature. Nature seen as the result of forces and devoid of innate intelligence or even intrinsic logic possessed by itself and not discoverable by the obsessions of man's inquisition. Nature was about to give up its its all. Then Man would stand supreme, as if asked to defend the thesis by a passing hurricane.

Are we not learning glyphic or visual narrative speech at considerable pace of adoption, right now in the west?

Was the SMS messaging apotheosis the acceptance of conducting transactions in practical life circumstances entirely via emotional expression in a exceptionally complicated indirect tense and at times by suggestion and inferences avoiding noun and verb entirely?

I'm not a linguist nor even familiar enough with the formalities so very helpful if not essential to discuss this subject which I find increasingly fascinating, if you can forgive me my inclination to attempt my expression in certain expectation of some technical error. But I hope my impression conveyed, at least, that I am sure that as a species the result of the communication explosion since the internet, must be a renaissance in language development and expression. I am unsure if I can articulate what's been a nagging feeling I'm yet to have attempted expressing to any audience, but if you take the extinction of historical languages to be accelerated by the isolation from urbanisation and other factors, if isolation from other speakers or potential new speakers is the past language killer, then talking to grandchildren over Skype might enable at least colloquialisms and dialects still extant or somehow developing to persist in the future?
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Spectre affects AMD as well, how have they been handling this?
I'm a bash guy. I'd heard of Powershell and thought it was interesting that Windows finally had something like bash. But back then I didn't use Windows. More recently I had the need to do some scripting for Windows so naturally I looked at Powershell and was excited thinking it would "just like home". It was awful. More like writing Java code than scripting. Except weirdly heterogeneous and ad hoc. I also had to use weird hacks to stop it corrupting every text file with BOM crap.

I can't help but thinking the praise Powershell got is just because Windows people have suddenly realised there's more to life than point and click. Well no shit, guys. This is why we've been using Linux this whole time.
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To anybody considering applying: I've applied twice and been rejected both times.

Just the application process itself was hugely valuable. The questions really make you think out your model. It helped us identify some [now] obvious flaws in the way we were trying to solve our problem.

You're not wasting anybody's time by applying.
And they are reasonably close in Scotts Valley. I'm definitely going to have to get one of those.

EDIT: Interesting that the Makezine article has a pretty big problem. It doesn't actually show you how to make the 'second half' of the epoxy mold. To make the second half, you would have to assemble the mold and then pour epoxy into the assembled mold. Depending on the material you'd probably end up some how pumping that epoxy in, and you would need to pull a vacuum on it to avoid bubbles.

Its a nit of course, but worth considering.
How is it in your world view that the Democrats get the blame for this but not the "no" voting Republicans, of which there were a significant number?
Why do you make the leap from "more time" to "more focus"?
You didn’t quantify “very thin” but certain ice-class vessels are designed to encounter meters-thick ice.

See pg. 20, table A1:

https://rules.dnvgl.com/docs/pdf/DNV/rulesship/2005-07/ts501...
Thanks for this, that was actually very clear and informative.
Not OP but I had the same thought as them. I know I was expecting the first state to be WA or CA, or some other heavily/known blue state, not a (somewhat random) midwestern state. If I were to research it further I'm sure it wouldn't come as much of a surprise, but my initial and uneducated reaction was shock.
You're projecting your politics onto the events. The CR already contained CHIP, and the majority already promised a debate on DACA/immigration back in December. The Democrat leadership promised a shutdown if DACA was not added to the budget/CR. They shutdown, but then reversed almost immediately without DACA being added. No idea how that can be labeled a "solid democrat win" without some severe rationalization.

> Thus, any government shutdown is arguably 100% on them.

Under this logic, all outcomes can be blamed on the majority party in all situations, because tool X was used on Y instead of Z. In a theoretical situation where a supermajority vote fails 59-41, isn't it more logical to blame the failure on the 41 opponents rather than the 59 proponents?
> They also have a weird rule where you can only get 1 notification within a 30 minute window. So if I take my garbage outside and the camera sees me, it will send an alert. If an axe murderer comes onto the property 20 minutes after that, the camera won't alert me.

So a burglar can shine a laser pointer into the lens from a far distance and disable the camera from recording them? Wow.

My parents have a Ring with motion alerts and it's constantly getting set off by reflections, moths, birds, etc. This is a device that also has a supposed "Smart Alert algorithm", but it seems little better than basic statistical detection.
I consider myself libertarian to the point where I'm willing to accept the uncomfortable extremes of the ideology that many people have issues accepting. I vehemently defend the right of a corporation or person to do shitty things that I do not necessarily agree with. However, abusing/commandeering regulatory processes to chokeslam competitors out of the market is a clear cut case of a business or individual using government power to engage in practices that would otherwise be impossible.
My point if it wasn't clear, which I thought it was, was that the article horrifies me.

Accessing this site? Linux laptop running tor browser what else?
The equivalent venture fund to these ICO's is run by that token sketchy brazilian guy who spends half of your money on flying a bunch of models to a big house in Ibiza he rented for the weekend. He's not exactly stealing your money, he's wisely using it to entertain executives and potential investors.
My wife and all of my children are dealing with the flu right now, too. It's the first time my kids have caught it, and according to this article, maybe there's a silver lining...

I had a B strain last February, which was the sickest I've ever been. I got the flu shot this year (quadrivalent vaccine, though apparently not very effective) and I take at least 5,000 IUs of vitamin D every day (though I've upped that to 10,000+ IUs since my family got sick last week). I'm not sick yet this time around. Hoping against hope...
I have many times where founders call me right after submitting my application.

There are also times where they are ecstatic at first, but something happens. I don't know - maybe someone's being a bad reference and I have to check on them, or I come off as ragged to them, who knows. Maybe I'm just so honest and candid I talk them out of hiring me.

Part of it is me. In job interviews, I make myself vulnerable, rather than assertive. They already Googled me (whether they admit it or not) and know what I can do. This is someone I'd work for, not an equal. Can I trust them to have integrity and be fair? Because that's what employment is, they have overwhelming power over your life.

Or maybe they move their line of thinking forward, "where are we going to put him?"

I've created open source applications from end-to-end. I have my own way of doing things. I'm enough of a force where people use my software on their machines, import my libraries, and use my documentation. That's a lot to process. Compare that to a fresh candidate on a clean slate that passed their technical screenings. On top of that, there's a couple of hundred to pick from.

Hiring me poses friction and risk. The applicant that passed all the tests conformed and regimented themselves to follow instruction? That's a worker, not a mover/shaker.

See what I mean? It's great to be a "somebody" in a technical field, but sometimes even founders realize their "quest for talent" isn't really so.

But based on this post, I think your issue is you're playing by their rules, doing their take homes and tests, to make it into the pool of "safe picks". Unrealized to many is that hundreds throw themselves at these tests, and they exist only to give the one flipping through resumes less eye strain.

It's not a dignifying experience.

These technical screenings are a sham. They protect entrenched streetwise careerists and lock out honest, reliable people who get stuff done. It promotes imposter syndrome, and wastes thousands of hours of time. This is one of the biggest problems in tech.

To repeat: the reason you don't hear more of this is people don't like to announce they're a failing at "getting a job". It's universal in most cultures being unemployed is being a failure. Understandably, people aren't going to publicly announce their struggle.

They think it's them. Sometimes it is. But if you've interviewed over years, or many many times, you've ruled out the quirks. You're now going to have to come to grips that you're not crazy, that there are systemic realities outside your control pushing you out. Probably ones which don't jive with the ideals of (fairness? merit? esteem?) of being a software developer.

What do you fill your time with, while you're job searching? I don't think you said.
Speeding, or unexpected stops?
> a symbol of political identity

> Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth
>> My Spanish has even helped me be able to guess at Italian and Portuguese during travels, where I otherwise would’ve been somewhat lost.

I've witnessed my friend's grandmothers, one who only speaks Italian and the other only Spanish, have full on conversations in their native tongues. I wonder if having conversations in different languages is common in other language families (e.g. indu-aryan languages)?
Does postmarketOS use android-based binary blobs, and what does it have over such projects as Google-Free LineageOS (as in, if you don't flash opengapps) or Replicant?
Impraise (YC S14) Is Hiring a SDR Manager in NYC to build out our outbound team
The same reason they're the first to work with CRISPR in humans, despite the US having a formerly vast R&D lead.

It's because they're fundamentally a lot less concerned about killing people in the process. There's a reasonable debate to be had on whether the US is too concerned with the risk aspect of making progress on biotech.
Cars found trapped in Edinburgh’s ‘robot car park’ 15 years on
As long as a person doesn't pretend they've never been cruel to another person, it isn't hypocritical to call for more kindness. There is also a huge difference between using salty language to emphasize when something is massively complicated versus emphasis when calling someone a huge idiot.

As far as this particular Torvalds screed goes, it strikes me as measured for him. He is very clear about what he wants more of and what he wants less of. It's the code that is garbage, and he doesn't get overly personal other than to chide Woodhouse for glossing over the quality of Woodhouse's own contributions.

edit: ahh right, "mis-designed by morons" which is pretty inflammatory, and he should do better than that. I suspect he is trying to provoke someone at Intel into explaining their intent. Insult their intelligence, and they'll reveal something about their (possibly sinister) motive.
> Bitcoin is doing about 20 tx/s
> Visa is doing about 1700 tx/s

combine the tx/s of all the cryptocurrencies out there right now and I assure you it exceeds Visa's 1700 tx/s. NOT ALL TRANSACTIONS HAVE TO HAPPEN ON THE BITCOIN NETWORK! There are thousands of coins!
We've also gained mandatory arbitration and at-will employment; let's not get ahead of ourselves. Not to mention most knowledge-workers work more than 40 hours a week with no hope of overtime. Of course, at least in America, we won't see 'white collar' jobs shift from the 5 day work week, but they have shackles of a different kind.
Relocating my company in 3... 2... 1...
You can use it however you want to, I'm just telling you how people will understand it.
Taxpayers wonder why the initial voyage went somewhere where the ship could be stuck for 3 months. Sure, they can train in port and that's probably a good move for an all new ship and crew, but losing even the option to go out to sea seems, well, odd.

i'm not a sailor, maybe this is the best way to go.
>"Even though the vaccine isn't that effective this year, as long as its at least somewhat effective in mitigating transmission, it's worth it"

How can you tell if something is "worth it" without considering any costs (side effects, price, time, etc)?
This is why I said, "potential" market.
You can run c# directly by using add-type in powershell
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Pixel isn't that simple to mod.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/7gu5ht/lineage...
People don't fit into neat left/right political boxes.
Ask HN: Can you come up with a simple example for MV = PT?
Often people think crptocurrencies can be valued with this formula. Having trouble conceptualizing this. Can someone come with a simple example of a currency with 10 units that a brand new tiny country of 2 people use and how this would play out with the value of the units?
Apple def seems to have their shit together in this regard more than Sony.

Sony managed to leak their private key by screwing up the math for instance.
As I understand it - many people in the northern hemisphere are Vitamin D deficient and that can lead to suppressed immune function.
Thats specific... Why did this come up?
There was nothing stopping VCs from funding people online the past 10 years. They meet in person because they need to meet the people behind the idea. I don't see this changing very much pre-VR-boom.
Sorry for the delay in replying. I bought mine from the Official SJCAM Store on aliexpress. It was a little cheaper on ebay at the time, but I just didn't want to risk it because shipping from China can take a while some times.
Oh, just cave in, and be walked all over?

Not that you're being biased, at all.

You know, like I'm sure you wanted the Republicans to do under Cruz in 2013?

Shame on the Democrats for opposing the Republican party, as the Republican party did the last eight years. They should just "realize they're weak and accept it [and do what they're told]".

The sad thing about this is that you most likely you think your perspective is eminently objective and unbiased.
Last year's flu was horrible. My family in MN was still having lingering effects about 4 weeks after the initial sickness. My Dad and brother's stomachs kept acting up. Many a day, they ate only toast.

This looks promising: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/health/flu-vaccine-design-stu...
Intel: Our Spectre patch might break your computer so please don’t download it
Pfft.

If I've been a moron in front of the whole world, you might as well call me one; that part doesn't make a lot of difference. And if I know I haven't, well it doesn't make a lot of difference if you call me one either. I'm not five years old any more, having to chant "sticks and stones may break my bones..." to convince myself it's true, choking back the tears.

There was no "pain" on reading the reply. Only a minor frustration that there had clearly been a miscommunication about the different parts of the patch series, leading to his objections when he saw something he didn't expect. And certainly no temptation to say what you suggest. It was a technical rant. No people were harmed, and a personal reply like that would have been completely unnecessary.

I was expecting him not to like IBRS. Hell, I don't like it either. But as I said later, it still wants posting in the light of day, and a conscious decision to drop it and accept the caveats, if that's what we're going to do.
I realise this is a bit of a cop out, but it's fairly easy to mix and match PowerShell and C# code, even without needing to precompile C# code, by using Add-Type.

It's worth noting that all code in .NET is enclosed within a type (at a fundamental level .NET code is either contained within a value type or reference type, but knowing those names isn't important when you're starting out), so this doesn't limit you to creating/importing data types, you can use it to write inline C# functions too.

It's also interesting to note that the .NET Framework comes with its own .NET compiler, so you don't need to install any dev tools on Windows to code in C#, it's possible to do so with the tools that are available out of the box.

If you want to try out referencing C# code using Add-Type, the following article is a good introduction:

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stefan_gossner/2010/05/0...
There is a big difference between social exclusion and cultural forces. In the 50's, it was nearly impossible for a woman to gain any power. Those who went against the gender norms of the time were ostracized and shunned. Nowadays, while there are cultural norms that guide how the majority of certain groups think, people who go against the norm are tolerated.

That is okay with me. I think it's fine that cultural norms guide women into certain fields and men into another, as long as everyone has the equal opportunity to choose to go against the cultural grain. Which they do.
I've never had any huge issues with the screen sharing. Being limited to 720p kind of blows, but they have a product to sell. My only complaint is that sometimes when you stop the screen share, it leaks, a process consuming a huge amount of CPU time is left running, and Discord has to be started for it to go away. I'm guessing this will be promptly fixed, but we'll see.
Doesn't that just raise the question of why an at-risk elderly person wouldn't get the flu shot to protect themselves from all the people who don't? I've heard this irresponsibility argument a lot, I understand it, but I think it's overblown. Herd immunity works best when the vaccine is actually effective. For flu vaccines, every year they're not very effective.
Personal anecdata about this flu season.

I got the flu shot. My spouse did not. They ended up getting the full-blown flu with 103 degree fever and a positive flu test at the doctor. I, on the other hand, felt kind of crappy but I wasn't knocked on my feet and my temperature was normal the whole time. I asked our doctor if I essentially had a milder version of the flu because I got the shot and he said that was basically the case.

So get your shot! Get your shot for herd immunity, get your shot to (apparently) stave off the worst of the virus, get your shot, get your shot.
When I think of Montana politics the first thing I remember is this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/2...

For better or worse this makes me think of Montana as a pretty red state unlikely to pass regulation like NN.
Reading Cruz's tweets on net neutrality invokes a special type of enragement[0]. It is downright offensive how he treats his constituents, especially us lucky folks in the "People's Republic of Austin".

0. https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/941489723901665280?lang=e...
Sure, blame them too. If a bill fails, blame everyone who voted against it. I didn't mean to imply otherwise.

Of course, then you have a situation where politicians (on both sides) will grandstand if the outcome is already decided. For example, if a CR is guaranteed to fail, a moderate Republican will vote against it to appease his base. But if his was the deciding vote, he would vote to pass it to appease his party. Politics...
I suppose if it's only 0.001% effective it would not be worth it, but that's really a pedantic nitpick because we know it's not that ineffective.

The vaccine this year is about 32% effective against H3N2 in the US and 39% effective overall [0]. That's not amazing but it's definitely "worth it" for a few dollars and 5 minutes at a CVS.

[0]https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2017-2018.ht...
Are you one of those liberals who thinks gulags should also supply oxygen?
If you're the Governor of Montana, it probably is the best that can be done.

It's not a lot by itself, of course, but I'm not going to begrudge local and state officials from exercising what powers they do have to try and make the situation a bit better.
Not nitpicking or trying to be an idiot but shouldn't it be the vulnerable individuals that get the shot?

It seems that the only people I know who get vaccinated for something as benign as the flu are: nurses, teachers, children, elderly.

Everyone else simply take one or two day off during flu season in the event that they do catch it (most don't).

Am I missing something? I have never been vaccinated for it and asking around me, nobody at my current place of employment did either.
Hahahahahaha... ha... you probably haven't read their codebase if you really think that. Tell me, how many of their promised features do you think they've implemented?
I only place url.

The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eACohWVwTOc
I got some pickled vegetables recently at a semi-fancy restaurant and was amused when they introduced the "chee-oh-gee-uh" beets. It's chioggia, so it should be "kyo-ja" or at least "key-oh-juh".
There was a study linked on HN related to an error in Vitamin D dosage recommendations. Original article:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28768407/

Vitamin D is relevant to proper functioning of immune system, however it seems that it is hard to find "the right amount" for everyone as it depends on several factors.

I'm wondering if Vitamin D intake can improve response against recurring infections like flu, sometimes they can bring you down several times in a season, so it takes quite a heavy toll on productivity and mood.
Amazon Go grocery store opened and we accidentally stole a yogurt
Get Ready for the 'Super Blue Blood Moon' Eclipse of Jan. 31
Privacy-preserving sentence similarity with InferSent and secure 2-party comput
Facilitating mass consumerism in the face of ecological self-destruction by manipulating billions of people's emotions and consciousness using the most powerful advertising machine in history, is a little bit like the self-destruction caused by heroin
It sounds like the Navy wanted a Coast Guard cutter with better sensors but got carried away. Now they have a giant floating Bradley.