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Comment · 2 years ago
I certainly didn't intend it turn it into a flamewar. Posting the link was poor judgement on my part. My intent was to outline a particular branch of ideology, not a whole religion.
Comment · 2 years ago
The unix way is re-parsing text 5000 times in separate programmes with no consistency or contract between them really.

That's not great.

Comment · 2 years ago
I don't disagree but if America distances itself now it will lose credibility, something which is somewhat low on the international stage at the moment. It has however done wonders for the defence industry here in Europe now we can't trust a traditional political ally. (This is not a criticism of the US, but a criticism of the UK and EU who should have military and political independence)

I think you miss that people tend to become less idealistic and further right as they get older. The "boomer" generation is just replaced by more of the same people. It's never going to change.

Comment · 2 years ago
> Or programs writing to and others reading from a Unix pipe.

write(message), read() -> message

> Or programs talking to each other using HTTP.

request() -> response

> Or Erlang processes communicating concurrently on one machine or across a network.

sendMess(message), waitMess() -> message

> Or different programs sharing one database.

execute(query) -> response

...

I'm a mathematician at heart so I'm staying away from category theory as long as possible.

Comment · 2 years ago
I am criticising the ideology of Islamic extremism, which notably does not include non-extremists. That includes my white caucasian ex-Muslim friend and my Kyrgyz friend who is still a Muslim.

What you are doing is muddying the waters of the argument by making that association. Are you not the racist then by suggesting the attribution?

If you can't criticise extremism without being called a racist, we are truly and utterly fucked as as species.

Comment · 2 years ago
Interfaces are just collections of function prototypes.
Comment · 2 years ago
I think they are better funded than Russia :)
Comment · 2 years ago
Those are called functions.
Comment · 2 years ago
Humanity is pushing it. There are some serious lunatics on there.
Comment · 2 years ago
And the fact that it’s under NDA makes IBM look even more shitty.
Comment · 2 years ago
IBM and execs are full of shit and say that because they want other company execs to buy their AI products. They will lay people off because they cost money. No other reason.
Comment · 2 years ago
You’re making an exclusionary argument to discredit mine and use the rewrite history point. Come on. My point stands as do your secondary points. But that was a principal contributing factor.
Comment · 2 years ago
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