Complexity gets a bad wrap, as in software people use it negatively to describe some system when it seems the word they'd really like to use is "convoluted", which carries a more accurate notion: overburdened, unnecessary, needlessly strained etc.
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Complexity gets a bad wrap, as in software people use it negatively to describe some system when it seems the word they'd really like to use is "convoluted", which carries a more accurate notion: overburdened, unnecessary, needlessly strained etc. Never ask a Lisper what they use Lisp for, and definitely don't ask how Loop clauses should be indented. Surprised to learn SQLite uses "flexible typing". I assumed DB's are the kind of system where it's ridiculous not to have a strict types. Funnily enough, SQLite has a page ready to respond to people like me: https://www.sqlite.org/flextypegood.html https://web.archive.org/web/20041031063349/http://alu.cliki.net/Paul%20Graham's%20Road%20to%20Lisp Interesting to note, according to this questionnaire, Paul Graham's third programming language was Interlisp. Before then it was BASIC and PL/1 (This was sourced from https://cl-pdx.com/comp.lang.lisp/2003/oct/121341.html) Man, the Distorts>Newsprint filter in GIMP is sick. Makes any picture 10x cooler, though doesn't work out all that well as a mastodon banner as you can't see the details. Maybe I should bump up pixel count for more lines, but it reduces legibility of text of the book. Thumbnail also makes the picture look extremely dark/black lol. Odd Can you imagine being the xz maintainer after realizing someone you were working with for at least 2 years was fucking over your work and manipulating you the entire time? Imagine then trusting anyone to pass the torch to. Not in a million years. Learn weird programming languages because the job market is trash and none of us are getting hired anyway. Only the best job advice from zyd. Good night.
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