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goy··on We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians
The problem is not that we fear the AI will do maths we can do. At least that's not the problem. Whether the AI can write better code, devise better proofs, etc, I still want to do it. The thing that worries us (the generation trying to enter the job market now) is just our livelihood. Food, rent & accomodation while I do the work. "Who's gonna pay me, and for what ?". That's the question I want answered. And please, if the response is some demeaning work like reviewing the gigantic ball with 1% meaningful insight, 90% slop and 9% other people pillaged work that LLMs will be dumping at my door all day long, then society may need more mathematicians, software engineers, etc but no one is gonna risk going along that path.
goy··on It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor
First, I'm aware of the origin of the term; but "guy" was taken so I made do. Second, you don't care, but ... I'm afraid to break the news to you but there are billions of other people on the planet today, including me. I care.

Personally, I don't like the term from my language not only because of the possible reception but also it doesn't feel right to use it.

goy··on The origin of the cargo cult metaphor
Never did. As I said, I only recently became aware of the fact myself. I just say that it won't give me a good first impression of the people calling me that if I'm aware of the meaning. And by the way, your first contact with the term could come with our local brew of (supremac|national|fasc|rac)ists, who are quite fond of it and afterwards you will get off thinking everyone using the term has a beef with you (again I'm assuming, never discussed it with anyone concerned, you could say I'm imagining it).
goy··on The origin of the cargo cult metaphor
I understand that all the controversies of the past years put you on the defensive (e.g. the whole thing with Github repo default branches being renamed from "master" to "main", etc), but I think that this is the kind of issue we should try to find a balance on, instead of just throwing out the baby with the bath water.

My native language is Ewe. The words we usually use for caucasian people is "yo vo".It's an evolution of an archaic pronunciation used today by only a few, "ye vu", and it was brought to my attention recently that it means "cunning dog".Ye=cunning, Vu=dog.

Explanation: we kinda didn't start on a good footing with the Germans back in the day ... So today most people will call every white person "cunning dog" without even knowing or meaning harm because the dialect has evolved. On one hand, for most people, it's just a random word with no insulting connotation; you try to make them switch to some another term, you're crazy dumb woke etc. On the other hand, I know I would take offense in being called that even if I'm told the word's lost the original meaning a long time ago.

Personally I don't know where the middle ground should be. But some "retroactive policing of language" is definitely needed. It may seem mundane to you, but sometimes these kind of things can be unsavory to other people. With globalization, it's not you and your pals anymore ...

goy··on It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor
I absolutely loved it. Keep up the good work! Well researched, thoughtful and balanced. What more to ask for ?
goy··on Workmanship standard for crimping, interconnecting cables, harnesses, and wiring
Very interesting. Thanks for the reply.
goy··on Workmanship standard for crimping, interconnecting cables, harnesses, and wiring
I'd like to know more about the education & career path that lead you there ...
goy··on ROOT: analyzing petabytes of data scientifically
I think having Haskell bindings to it will be quite valuable .For implementation of core structures, though, it's better to stick to C++ to max out on performance and have a finer control on resource usage. Haskell isn't particularly good at that.

EDIT: there's one at https://hackage.haskell.org/package/HROOT

goy··on Emacs used as a message router in Germany's ATC systems in the 1990s (2021)
I decided to switch to Emacs reading this too. I was a fervent of the Vim church, but now I see the light.
goy··on Jim Simons has died
One of the greatest. RIP
goy··on Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?
Very thoughtful. Thanks.
goy··on Mirage – A programming framework for building type-safe, modular systems
Another one is HalVM [0], for Haskell. Unfortunately it's not maintained anymore.

[0] https://github.com/GaloisInc/HaLVM

goy··on Reimplementing git clone in Haskell from the bottom up (2013)
(2013)
goy··on Libre Silicon – Free semiconductors for everyone
There seems to be a bit of activity at https://gitlab.libresilicon.com/explore/projects.
goy··on Ask HN: Can someone ELI5 transformers and the “Attention is all we need” paper?
I'd like to read the article. What are the required maths ?
goy··on Show HN: A search engine for your personal network of high-quality websites
What do you think about a feature that allows users to follow each other ? The websites followed by one user can be automatically included in the search results of his followers. It will enable people to include in their networks the websites followed, for example, by authorities in their domain, members of their communities, etc
goy··on Fibonacci Hashing: An optimization that the world forgot (2018)
Can you share a link?
goy··on I’ve been single all my life
That's a very nice to put it !
goy··on Google Summer of Code 2023
Some advices for a first timer? I'm considering sending a proposal to strace but I'm reading some part of the source code, (git-blaming around) but I don't think I understand it enough to modify it ...
goy··on Google Summer of Code 2023
Which org did you work for during GSoC ?
goy··on Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science
The problem I've faced with self-learning CS have never been a lack of resource. Skills plateauing for almost a year. I just have troubles keeping on track. Mentorship or some kind of support will be more helpful ...
goy··on Teenager solves stubborn riddle about prime number look-alikes
Nobody is talking about the proof, but about the fact that the person who produced it was younger than them and they are trying to explain the achievement by innate abilities or parent influence. The fact is just that most of people don't want to do something like that. They just want to be someone who do things like that.
goy··on Ask HN: How do you balance your life as a knowledge-based worker?
- Have time frames when you pursue your passion in only one specific filed. For example you can decide to learn music on Sunday and keep on physics and other things for the rest of the week and never modify this habit whatever happens - Finish what you start: It makes things worse to pile up mediocre skills and unfinished projects so start one (small) thing, finish it and go to the next.

Generally, you need very good organization system and very strict rules of living if you want to get to expert level in you field. By the way, I find your field very interesting. Do you have a blog, or something like that ?

goy··on Ask HN: How can I come to peace with the years I wasted on pointless things?
Just know what you want to turn your attention next. People like Carmack are not so frequent. Go read about the life of someone like June Huh instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Huh
goy··on Ask HN: What Is the Lisp “Enlightment”?
Most of the people don't see it either. But it is so cool to see that you're enlightened so ... :-) Joke aside, the part of Lisp that impressed me the most was it simplicity. Anybody can write a Lisp in a few hours but the language is as powerful as any modern language if not more. It is the perfect illustrations for programmers definition of cute: do a lot, with very few.
goy··on Ask HN: What should you do with a large collection of math books
If you can't sell them, give them away.
goy··on Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
I'd like to play something like Colobot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colobot but with a more modern design, more diversified coding options and an environment more like in EVE online. Videos games that include programming are so rare ...
goy··on I'm an addict
This is a global phenomenon ... Almost any teenager or persons in their early twenties have a similar life. Maybe engage in an organisation where you simply cannot live like that (the army, etc) for a while ?
goy··on Why do you waste so much time on the internet?
And here we are, wasting time to write for the n-th time 'if feel the same". Someone even write it's refreshing ...
goy··on Hello V-Lang
Will give a try once more ... Last time wasn't so great though.
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