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bobterryo | 1 year ago | on: Interview with Dr. Ken Iverson (1982)

In spite of having the surname Therriault, I have only high school French, but this article would have been about the right time and publication for the Weizenbaum quote. http://referentiel.nouvelobs.com/archives_pdf/OBS0995_198312...

I am not sure where the English translation would be, but being Canadian it would not surprise me if Dr. Iverson was able to translate it himself.

bobterryo | 1 year ago | on: Interview with Dr. Ken Iverson (1982)

Wow. I did enjoy putting it together, but I did not expect 'on of my favourite of all time'. Thank you.

As a critique my own work, I think it feels like a bit of a sales piece on the company and the culture, although that it is an accurate account of what the participants were saying. I also wanted to show that the aggressive commodified start up culture that seems to have been adopted is not the only way to succeed in tech. I think that was the most important message that I was trying to get across.

bobterryo | 1 year ago | on: Interview with Dr. Ken Iverson (1982)

Yes, we create written transcripts for those folks with diminished auditory capabilities because we think that it is important to be as accessible as possible. In fact many who do not have auditory challenges choose to read instead of listen. That is their choice.

My previous comment was directed to those who are in a position to have a choice in their media consumption and might not realize what they could be missing by reading the transcript.

bobterryo | 1 year ago | on: Interview with Dr. Ken Iverson (1982)

Special thanks to Bob Bernecky and Whitney Smith for preserving this archival material and making it available to our podcast.

bobterryo | 1 year ago | on: Interview with Dr. Ken Iverson (1982)

Although we do make the content available through text, as the editor of the episode I think there is a great benefit to hearing Dr. Iverson speak. The nuances of his humour and the warmth of his personality can not really be captured in text.

bobterryo | 2 years ago | on: Leaving LinkedIn

I was really impressed with how open Chris Krycho was about his struggles without playing the blame game. CoRecursive is one of my favorite podcasts because it explores the complex context behind the code.

bobterryo | 2 years ago | on: Air Canada is responsible for chatbot's mistake: B.C. tribunal

Air Canada - We're not happy until you're not happy.

bobterryo | 2 years ago | on: A Personal History of APL (1982)

Sadly, John Scholes passed away in 2019. https://aplwiki.com/wiki/John_Scholes

bobterryo | 2 years ago | on: Uiua: A minimal stack-based, array-based language

Our upcoming episode is an interview with Kai Schmidt, the creator of Uiua. It will be published this weekend. It turns out that Kai is a fan of the ArrayCast and it was his introduction into array programming.

bobterryo | 2 years ago | on: Uiua: A minimal stack-based, array-based language

My favorite episodes were Stevan Apter, Leslie Goldsmith, Lib Gibson, Rob Pike and Jeremy Howard. If you want to go deep into the concepts focus on the tacit episodes or the ones with John Earnest or Aaron Hsu. There are transcripts with each episode so you can always read if your time is that valuable. https://www.arraycast.com/episodes

Full disclosure: I am on the ArrayCast

bobterryo | 2 years ago | on: Math for the Layman

This is one of the many publications of Ken Iverson available on the J wiki. https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Books/MathForTheLayman J was the language that Ken created with Roger Hui and others after developing APL.

bobterryo | 2 years ago | on: Rob Pike explains why every programmer should know about the array languages

Rob Pike, co-creator of the Go language and UTF-8, tells us why every programmer should know about the array languages.

Host: Conor Hoekstra

Panel: Marshall Lochbaum, Adám Brudzewsky, Stephen Taylor and Bob Therriault.

bobterryo | 3 years ago | on: ‘Confirming we are cleared to land?’ Who said what at Austin

The conversation that we hear off the tape is only when the mic is keyed. There was probably a lot of discussion going on in the cockpit when the microphone was not live.

bobterryo | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are some of the best podcasts for developers?

Thanks for mentioning Array Cast. We try to aim at an audience that might not be familiar with the array languages, but are interested in who uses them and how they work. We also have transcripts and extensive show notes for deeper dives into the material. We have a lot of fun recording it and I think that comes through. https://www.arraycast.com/episodes

bobterryo | 3 years ago | on: APL deserves its renaissance too (2018)

There are two J apps for the iPad and iPhone. One for J704 and one for J904 even though it has J901 as the name. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/j901/id1483497239

bobterryo | 3 years ago | on: APL deserves its renaissance too (2018)

All episodes of the Arraycast have both transcripts and extensive show notes for background information for those who may not be array programmers. The challenge of delivering knowledge via an audio format is real, but use of transcripts makes it much more accessible.