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let's agree to disagree here. my ideal world is probably a lot messier than you'd be happy with considering.

more language diversity is more fun. common languages are boring. folks should learn more languages, rather than less. its good for your brain too. here's to another babel moment!

building matrix is really expensive i guess. i wish them luck, but so far i haven't been sold. probably wont be either.

i think spreadsheets could represent an interesting future programming paradigm, but excel is not the tool that'll do it.

i'm not anti-social at work. i'm friendly and it can be fun to shoot the shit, but i've rarely had workmates turn into real friends. i don't know why, but the people i tend to conn…

depending on how you capture that energy there will be waste of some kind that is created either in the manufacturing/growing process for the capture system or as a byproduct of co…

generating electricity will also create waste products. i'm not sure that part can actually be avoided. biological systems can repair themselves (within limits) and make use of a w…

there's also the whole racism thing. north american settlers basically wanted nothing to do with the natives, except to claim their territory. we have a folktale of the one time a …

> unclassified version of the report is expected to be released later this month so has the report been released? i would like to read it rather than continuous speculation about i…

i've sometimes thought that APL could mesh really well with spreadsheets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Mt0GYHU9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UltnvW83_CQ

i didn't say "fully independent" i talked about a willingness to pursue independence. that's the difference that i care about. i value independence more than money. you do need a c…

to me this move indicates weakness. its a fine exit for the early employees and the executive team, but there's no reason to sell if you have a solid business plan and a realistic …

i always hope that new exciting companies will work towards a sustainable business model that can exist without a buyout from some mega. i understand that its difficult to start a …

i run a bunch of services for some online social clubs and foss projects that i'm involved in. i've floated between a bunch of different service providers (Digital Ocean, Scaleway,…

there are democratic companies (called cooperatives) if you think workplace democracy is important, you should join one.

oh yeah i'm a big fan of racket. i'd prefer something that's AOT, but maybe i can make an AOT racket :thinking:

you don't remember M-expressions? >S-expressions were originally intended only for data to be manipulated by M-expressions, but the first implementation of Lisp was an interpreter …

that's a problem with linux not taking container security seriously. there are other, more secure, container implementations in different kernels. containers are a good abstraction…

i use an xmpp server[1] as a hub for most of my coms. i run biboumi[2] which caches the messages (up to a limit) so i can read them whenever from any device. there are some interes…

that's true, but the way you paint it sounds like there is no web of trust or reputation IRL and that its all shady ad-hoc meetings. buying smack off of a random stranger is junkie…

nobody buys drugs in a dark alley. people buy drugs in parked cars or living rooms.

the key word being make and sell. the design is publicly available, you just need to have the patience to build one yourself and you can have anything you like even if it is patent…

> None of that is society's fault. if a society can only produce debt-ridden failures, that society has failed. if society does not provide adequate resources and training, you end…

a NN is overkill for something like this. you don't even complex logic to make a good shuffled mix.

nobody enjoys STEM work, people are in it for the money.