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mircea_popescu: gavrea, whom i've recently mentioned, had a very similar saying
to distinguish between
the "mathematical understanding" as described by funkenstein and
the genuine article, by using
the difference between
the romanian words muzician (musician) and muzicant (roughly speaking, illiterate gypsy
that can play by ear)
☟︎ mircea_popescu: for asciilifeform won't deign
to call
that
thing a compiler
mircea_popescu: but nevertheless $_ can
take
the value of being a function
mircea_popescu: you can actually use
this
to obtain code
that compiles
to different results can't you ?
mircea_popescu: is support mandated
throughout
the whole namespace ? can i assume randomfunction knows of $_ ?
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
that's another way
to say im inefficient :)
mircea_popescu: what
the everloving fuck
the undeclared function of if.
assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 15:52:48; ben_vulpes: Using 'if' or
the
ternary operator as a function is quite common in perl. Using data structures
to control flow is common in perl.
Trying
to learn C# after learning perl was like running head first into a brick wall. I'm really glad
this guy is
trying
to make programming a bit more perl-like."
mircea_popescu: it's not "this is moot
to mp, with army of slaves". it's "he who refuses
to buy into, can't help but end up with army of slaves".
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform if i actualy had
to do
that i'd hire a mexican
to drag a desktop and use special cabling before i'd use a fucking proprietary laptop.
assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 15:49:14; ben_vulpes: i do dream of having a workstation
though, and
the lifestyle
to support it.
mircea_popescu: what, you needed
to render
the film of fucking stoya in your hotel room ?
assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 15:47:45; asciilifeform: i did
try
to explain
this
to mircea_popescu
mircea_popescu: so was
the reported death exaggerated or
the name misspelled or what gives.
assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 20:38:00; mircea_popescu: for
the reason discussed! no access
to verifiable, predictable small parts
assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 14:01:44; nubbins`:
there's a Lemmings-esque game out for Wii U and 3DS; purchase one version and get a free download code for
the other version
mircea_popescu: ontogenesis repeats all
the accidents of phylogenesis in a distorted, cursed form.
assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 14:22:29; funkenstein_: "a number like 2 is a rank zero
tensor, now you know
tensors"
mircea_popescu: which is
to say, fucking divination and assorted
theatrical bullshit.
mircea_popescu: so
they ended up with an exact equivalent of "idiosyncratic medium, creative artistry"
mircea_popescu: for
the reason discussed! no access
to verifiable, predictable small parts
☟︎ mircea_popescu: asciilifeform
the point re peripueral fever is important. see,
the people DIDNT KNOW pottery is no good for reuse. so couldn't get
to chemistry. guess why ?
mircea_popescu: this is starting
to feel like fucking highschool all over again. shit, i missed
that.
mircea_popescu: problem is
the people giving
the latter peripueral fever didn't really realise
mircea_popescu: dude, nobody had
to wait for glass
to do chemistry either
mircea_popescu: a half-baked implementation of V is what i had been maintaining in my head
throughout my schooling years.
mircea_popescu: but V is
the best simulation of how actual math learning happens (in
those brains actually capable
to learn math)
that we ever had as a fucking species.
☟︎ mircea_popescu: now if only i was in prison and i had
the fucking undisturbed
time
to actually do
this.
mircea_popescu: which... you know, i slept on
this, and it occurs
to me
that ACTUAL MATHEMATICS might be
the perfect
thing
to implement over V.
☟︎ assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 13:59:29; asciilifeform: shinohai: supposedly 'foreign devil's shill worked for american corp under false pretences, stealing everything and laughing all
the way
to
the bank'
phf: i was once laughed out of interview for suggesting
that i want an office with a door
that i can close on demand
phf: me neither, but i
thought
that was norm. also makes me
think
that bullpen programming offices are a conspiracy
phf: hehe, i
too had
to
take it
twice. i skipped a semester
to
take it with brin again, and "applied myself"
that
time
phf: i remember having many lulz finding it last
time, not sure if same website, but idea is
the same "omg!!!worst prof eva!11"
phf: reminds me of michael brin stoping and erasing a proof midway explanation while loudly proclaiming "you idiots wouldn't understand
this anyway", but
then his son, sergey brin, presumably outfitted umd data centers, etc.
phf: asciilifeform: oh i'm bringing
them up in support
to what you just said, so no
trinque: you're
talking
to a guy who dropped out of university when he realized he'd fallen for a cardboard movie set of a university
phf: asciilifeform:
they are no good even at basic literacy and opsec. <<
those andrei
toom's articles...
trinque: then
the anglos fall and maybe
the muslims shape up