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solomonb

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About solomonb

Software engineer with interests in programming language theory and type theory.

I also like compost.

and radio.

blog.cofree.coffee www.kpbj.fm www.kchungradio.org

ssbothwell_at_gmail_dot_com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49200064

    Now I want a hat with the Agnostic Front logo but that says Pareto Front.

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    Comment #49114937

    I agree that Lean or any of the other languages I listed would be a better choice then Idris and despite how I wrote my original post I wouldn't recommend Idris to someone who expl…

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    Comment #49112957

    Idris has pi and sigma types, dependent pattern matching, view patterns, totality checking, proof search, interactive case splitting, etc, etc. It is orders of magnitude better the…

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    Comment #49112074

    Correct. There are awful tricks to write [1] dependent Haskell but even then it isn't powerful enough and has a significantly worse user experience then a proper dependently typed …

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    Comment #49045170

    I find that claude rarely uses its memories.

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    Comment #49028878

    My experience talking with high level mathematicians is that they tend to know their subjects so well and are so excited to share it that they can and will scale their explanation …

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    Comment #48959934

    Thank you for creating Recurse! I had an incredible experience at RC in 2019. I still have friends from my batch. I deeply wish I had time to do it again.

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    Comment #48959917

    They offer recruiting services.

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    Comment #48917031

    I'm reading The Drowned World right now. Incredible book, highly recommended.

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    Comment #48705035

    To be fair the original commenter was incredibly snarky.

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    Comment #48702169

    The integer `1` can mean whatever you want, it doesn't need to be a cent. Haskell's `Fixed` type is a good example of this: https://hackage-content.haskell.org/package/base-4.22.0.…

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    Comment #48679988

    Getting to discover Oleg Kiselyov's work for the first time is such a treat. His web archive is incredible! I'm envious of the author and anyone else discovering it today. https://…

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    Comment #48653223

    There was another project I saw years ago that this reminds me of. It was a guy who had been running a simulated city/community for like 20 years. The whole thing was done on pen a…

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    Comment #48641003

    The modern equivalant is the all-in-one karaoke machine :)

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    Comment #48577614

    The current tenants will see the listing for the vacant unit.

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    Comment #48560814

    You're absolutely right!

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    Comment #48542389

    They don't make them like they used to

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    Comment #48532148

    Messing around with my Lambda Calculus tutorial repo. I just did a total rewrite of Nominal Inductive Types. https://github.com/solomon-b/lambda-calculus-hs

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    Comment #48451316

    Interesting! The rules for AM carrier current appear to be more similar to the FM rules, that is they are based on field strength readings that result in a roughly 200ft range. The…

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    Comment #48450750

    To my knowledge there is no legal way to do unlicensed carrier current transmission. Do you have information otherwise? I've always wanted to try it.. The Part15 regulations for AM…

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    Comment #48448951

    I run a LPFM radio station here in Los Angeles. https://www.kpbj.fm/ There are many more LFPMs out there too!

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    Comment #48448929

    You could take it to the next level and build a part 15 compliant FM transmitter kit.

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    Comment #48440891

    I respect you for taking the time to review this codebase. Personally I don't want to do that. It sounds like a mess.

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    Comment #48436963

    Personally I don't want to read the codebase AND book of someone 3 weeks into a mania focused on a subject it is unclear they have any prior experience with. Its disrespectful for …