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journeeman | 5 years ago | on: Filling the Void of a Physical Whiteboard

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.

journeeman | 5 years ago | on: Featherweight Go

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

journeeman | 6 years ago | on: Pernosco: Fast, Fun, Omniscient Debugging

Rookout - https://www.rookout.com - is a related tool. Very handy!

journeeman | 8 years ago | on: Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone (2009) [pdf]

This is great! Thanks.

journeeman | 8 years ago | on: Mathematical Chronology

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.

journeeman | 8 years ago | on: 40,000-year-old bracelet made by extinct human species found (2015)

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.

journeeman | 8 years ago | on: How SSH got port number 22

Thank you for the wisdom. :)

journeeman | 9 years ago | on: How to Study (2016)

Great cartoons! :D

journeeman | 9 years ago | on: A Strange Thing Happened in the Stratosphere

Did this affect Google's Project Loon in any way?

journeeman | 9 years ago | on: SpaceX successfully lands its sixth Falcon 9 rocket after launch

I know it's too early but, I'm already kinda getting used to this.

journeeman | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Systems whose concepts spring from programming languages/paradigms?

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?

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Teenagers Hardest

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.

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra

Thanks!:-)

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra

Could you please post the URL?

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: A Decade of Container Control at Google

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?

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: Polymagnets

Software-defined magnetism?

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: Collective Memory Discovered in Bacteria

I wonder if there is some Sussman's Propagator model like biochemical process going on underneath, resulting in the collective memory.

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: OpenRoads

This just brought back so many memories! Thank you! :-)

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: TiltBrush by Google

This is great! Is there a similar app for sculpting in VR out there?

journeeman | 10 years ago | on: Beware of HackerRank

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.