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Not to split hairs, but that's really not how I'd characterize that tweet. He only says he's done being mad about it.

Most likely it would've been a larger fraction at almost any point in the last 60 years. Whether you like it or not, you derive innumerable tangible benefits from living in America…

This summary of social equality & justice is not something anyone should take seriously. It is a very one-sided, reductive description of the issue. If nothing else, this comment i…

It's the idea that meritocracy in America is a sham, and a self-congratulatory idea in any case. It starts from the premise that if you have succeeded, you deserve to have succeede…

I'm torn as to whether I agree. If there's one thing I appreciate about modern games -- games within the last 10 or so years -- is that they respect my time. There's a lot we could…

Slightly off-topic: is this the first time Apple has hosted a blog? I realize it's developer.apple.com rather than apple.com, but still.

You're mostly right re: knowledge transfer, although it's really as simple as you imply. First, Vim emulation widgets vary a great deal in quality, supporting different, disjoint s…

I guess bloat is subjective. Your setup looks nice and I'm glad you found something that works for you. But on the flip side, it "looks" bloated to me, too— any reasonably useful V…

If share a cookie with a friend, you're that person who demands I share with everyone within earshot, aren't you? Just take it for what it is. It's one act of kindness. Buying a sa…

The obvious rejoinder, of course, is: who was president when the crash happened in the first place? And I disagree with your characterization that it hasn't helped, either-- look a…

I notice you bring up the exact arguments that the piece addresses explicitly, yet you do not acknowledge this one way or another. But the meta-reason is: if someone thinks they ca…

I think you're suggesting a false dichotomy. Of course a complex language can be used to write simple code and vice versa. Ultimately every program is going to increase in complexi…

This also reminds me of the quote from Heinlein: Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication w…

If you discount evidence ... That's reductive. Not everyone has the bandwidth to sort through every iota of evidence. And the fact is that there's no shortage of people who have li…

Seconded. I started learning Mandarin some years ago. The written language remained opaque for a very long time since you need to learn a rather long list of hanzi before you can r…

My experience was similar, that at least the basics of the language are easy. The hard part is if you want to learn to read and write-- it's a ton of memorization. It doesn't get a…

Yes. In Mandarin, there's a much smaller set of sounds than in English. There are many, many words which sound exactly the same -- same pronunciation, same tone, different hanzi --…

That's funny. This is one of the reason why I don't care much for Common Lisp. Hashtables in particular are common as mud in programming, but I have to work with a clunky interface…

The difference is that you end up with (e.g.) https://cs50.harvard.edu/resources/cppreference.com/operator... versus the AST being integral to the language itself.

FWIW, you're learning two major paradigms at once: the immutable/functional paradigm and a Lisp, and Clojure itself has very strong opinions about the former. You'll get a very dif…

I don't think I've heard anyone argue that homiconicity makes Lisp easier to learn. I would characterize that as an advanced concept— it only becomes relevant once you start learni…

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I agree that the consequences should be modulated. I've said elsewhere that death threats are unacceptable, but this is an unsolved problem i…

In fact, "public" is essential to the role of a CEO. It's hard for me to understand how you don't see the difference, regardless of how some people have tried to appropriate it. As…

Is he afraid for his house and family? Mind you, I believe death threats in any situation are unwarranted and despicable. This is not the least bit unique to Eich's situation. It's…

Oppression? Oppression implies he was denied a right. Being a CEO of a corporation is not a right, especially considering that a CEO is a very public figure. Now, if he got blackba…