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Friday, 3rd of December 2021, 1:06:42 UTC
8:05:39
alexshendi
** NICK tooDumbToFleng
9:32:41
alexshendi
** NICK tooDumbToFleng
10:09:41
Lord_of_Life_
** NICK Lord_of_Life
11:45:08
Mrtn[m]
* Thanks. It just seems unnaturally silent.
11:45:20
Mrtn[m]
<dto> "hi Mrtn..." <- Hi.
11:47:01
amazigh
Mrtn[m]: bring up a good convo already ;)
11:52:29
Mrtn[m]
<amazigh> "Mrtn: bring up a good convo..." <- Why is the SICP video series no longer the recommeded choice for learning programming?
11:53:57
aap
it's a bit dated and scheme is a bit exotic compared to the likes of javascript or python, but it's still a good resource
12:30:04
amazigh
because we are glue programmers
12:31:33
wasamasa
we didn't deserve sicp
12:31:47
wasamasa
we entertain ourselves with contests who is the quickest at solving stupid puzzles
12:35:46
mdhughes
wasamasa: Yes, that's very new. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6086
12:36:49
wasamasa
if only these AoC problems were anywhere as elegant or succinct as the hakmem ones
12:37:30
mdhughes
Better one: https://web.archive.org/web/20200208045939/ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/ai-publications/pdf/AIM-239.pdf
12:38:20
mdhughes
I do like that the AOC challenges test a lot of things you actually do in data processing code. Not everyone will ever write DP, but it's a useful skill.
13:00:14
sham1
AOC challenges are nice in that they really force one to think about things like the graphs underlying it all
13:00:48
wasamasa
I dunno, there's like two or three challenges of that kind every year
13:03:08
wasamasa
the vast majority is pretty dumb
Friday, 3rd of December 2021, 13:06:42 UTC