cptroot

Here's an annotated version of this post (TW Ed Zitron) that I found more informative than reading the original: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1p1n0y1ip48ianok9dvbp/Annotat...

Aha, here's the syntax in case you're curious (using an example lifted from the playground)

  [type Shape
    [Circle f64]
    [Rect f64 f64]
    Point
  ]

  [sig test_sig : Shape -> Float]
  [fn test_sig [shape]
    [match shape
      [Circle r] [* 3.14159 [* r r]]
      [Rect w h] [* w h]
      Point 0.0
    ]
  ]

Unfortunately it seems like this doesn't currently work as expected when I use it in the playground, so I'm going to go file an issue

Good news, there's a line in the "Coming from Rust"[1] page that says

> You never annotate a function signature unless you want to for documentation purposes.

so it sounds like function annotation is still an option for the purposes of communication, just no longer required in all cases.

[1] https://loonlang.com/concepts/from-rust

Neat! I think the website could use a bit more information about how the "global" Effect handlers work, and whether it's possible to opt-in to that functionality yourself when writing Effects.

That being said I took a look at the roadmap and the next major release is the one that focuses on Effects, so perhaps I'm jumping the gun a tad. Maybe I'll whip this out for AoC this year!

Very few people voted for tariffs, specifically. They voted for a promise of a return to a world where they were on top.

I don't think this is an accurate characterization of the error magnitude? Their error plots (from appendix 3) are all showing `log_10(|Y - \dot{Y}|)` as having a median of ~-3 (difference of 0.001) and a max of ~1.5 (difference of 0.035), and this is with only 3 Taylor terms.

Would you like to elaborate why the math doesn't work out? An article explaining your position would be nice, but I'd settle for some broad gestures.

You do know that you don't have to have Steam turn on on boot, right? You can launch Steam only when you want to play video games.

Can I ask why you see this as a clearcut issue? Dams have environmental costs, upfront monetary costs, maintenance costs, and can't prevent drought if conditions persist for multiple years. Why are dams the best way to address drought?

This is strictly false. Plenty of working age people went, and many brought their children.

If you click into the code you can see that it depends on `wgpu`, which is a wrapper that uses whichever native API would be appropriate for the platform you're working with. If you run the native compiled version you won't be using WebGPU.

> which I agree is not the case with ICE under Trump, but that's a separate discussion

I find it hard to keep these discussions separate. If there is no humane way to deport illegal aliens in the volumes ICE is attempting, surely we must push back and say "stop". This facial recognition app is a farce, designed to give a veneer of correctness to racial profiling, and ICE must be prevented from using it.

The same reason payday loans are illegal in 9 states. Companies who follow this pattern of behavior are more likely to go into bankruptcy.

Fun article, but the repeated use of what I'd call "AI punch-up language" is a little distracting.

This was a thought-provoking read. I'd be interested to see someone walk through an application designed with some of the duplication mentioned towards the end.

That sounds like a very interesting theory, with an actionable result. Do you have any links for more reading?

For others trying to find this, the author's name appears to be Richard W. Hamming.[0] [1]

[0] Of Hamming distance fame

[1] Here's a link to the Wikipedia article about the book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Doing_Science_and_E...

Every year Tom7 gives us another enigma, and this year it's a real enigma of an enigma.

I'm curious. Aside from this general criticism of Doctorow, do you have any specific criticisms of TFA's contents?

Any thoughts about whether reverse-centaurs are something that should continue to exist? Perhaps something about how the AI boom is going to produce miracles, as opposed to making us all babysitters forced to keep up with supersonic idiotic toddlers?

Here's an unrelated post by the video game content collective Second Wind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo

Here's a post from another youtuber about a recent video getting restricted: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxcapSFGmm6m59kSEn62RGOZsmUEK...

Does anyone know how long it will be until the input/output data packet is made available? I'm interested in taking a crack at some of these but know I always miss an edge case.

No-one can know that for the next dozen hours or so. There were no early review copies, which means no-one knows if Silksong benefits from knowing the story, mechanics, or world of the first game

Are you feelin' lucky?

It is more likely that it is exceedingly difficult to write like this, even for simple topics like this balancing blocks problem. The further you get into an academic subfield, the less likely it is that you can even describe what you are pondering in plain English.

People played Cyberpunk 2077 because it had oceans of engaging story, which _is_ the gameplay.

These two apps are not comparable. My guess is that 90%+ of people using Discord are doing so for the low-latency voice conversations with optional screen/game sharing.

Zulip does not have first-party voice chat. You would be more likely to get gamers to switch to a Teamspeak server.

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This article says "the students did X", without providing any metrics to compare the result on. It's frustrating to again and again get articles saying "AI is great and speeds learning" without actually evaluating that learning process.

For what it's worth, the way you've phrased this question doesn't sound like you want to discuss any of these issues. It sounds like you have bones to pick with what people have said and want to argue about it.

The answer is mentioned in the article. Not all concerts want only people with means to attend. The venue might want to be accessible to low-income members of the community, or it might be a benefit concert, with free tickets and a donation drive.