mattyw | 1 year ago | on: An Italian town that built its own sun (2021)
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mattyw | 1 year ago | on: Tokyo's oldest train line – in pictures
Leaving this here: https://youtu.be/sPjhUaJJ22c?si=Qn2ecmu0panbA9mG
mattyw | 2 years ago | on: Virtual tour of Museum of Failure
Disappointed to see Google Wave on here[1]
Google wave didn't fail, mankind failed to appreciate how amazing it was. This is a hill I'm prepared to die on
mattyw | 4 years ago | on: Homoiconicity isn’t the point (2012)
> I think the reason Lisp self-asphyxiated is because people don't get it.
As programmer who has spent most time in Python/Java/C but has dabbled in a few lisp dialects but isn’t sure if I “get it”: how can I know if I “get it” or not?
mattyw | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: What's your favorite elegant/beautiful algorithm?
Some great stuff in this repo thanks. I'm particularly interested in resources that build a type system up step by step, from very simple and working towards Hindley-Milner
mattyw | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: What's your favorite elegant/beautiful algorithm?
I like implementing type systems
Could you expand on this? This is something I've just started reading about. I'd be interested in good resources to use to get started. At the moment I've just started reading TAPL.
mattyw | 8 years ago | on: The FCC.gov Website Lets You Upload Malware Using Its Own Public API Key
It's not an official document unless it's officially written in the minutes by an official
mattyw | 11 years ago | on: Go 1.3 is released
forgive my ignorance, why is operator overloading particularly useful in scientific computing?
mattyw | 12 years ago | on: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains
I find being told a story is a great way of learning a new code base. Often the architecture only makes sense given some historical context, and being told the story of this helps me understand why certain bits are where.
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