IIRC, this is what Wolfram himself wants to pass as a message... Wolfram is the language (even if it was previously Mathematica) and Mathematica the major implementation/platform.
The most important reason-feature to learn and use C is that it's the LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR in many other languages' attempts for interoperability. These APIs are many times written in C in order for the libraries to operate seamlessly between them. Another good reason is to improve what you can do with Lua. With C and Lua you can literally tact almost any problem, from drivers to databases. It might not be the most efficient way, but definitely you will get more bang for your time and money.
"Clocks may keep time, but they don't know what time it is. And strictly speaking, it is we who use them to tell time. But the same is true of Watson, the IBM supercomputer that supposedly played Jeopardy! and dominated the human competition. Watson answered no questions. It participated in no competition. It didn't do anything."
A ridiculous analogy. It's like saying the dog that fetches the wood to its master has no intelligence at all. It's the master that "fetched" the wood. AI is not pseudo-intelligence, but intelligence with restrictions. These restrictions and limitations go away day by day, year by year, as we better understand the brain and its workings.
Are more willing because it is a rarity to have a well-designed mobile page that has the same functionality as an app, even if today's standards allow it. I blame both developers and manufacturers of OSes (Apple, Google, etc) for that. In order to lure customers to their systems they privilege functionality that otherwise could be universal.
The question is... what can be done to stop and revert this horrible trend? Developers need to further promote current and future web browser standards so we can have all the fancy functionality of the apps in a web page. It doesn't always work, but it should be the long term goal.
"What matters is transparency. You can't prohibit people with bias from editing the truth in a "truth by democracy" project..."
I agree. I think the prohibition policy has gone a tad too far. Everyone in the end is biased, as he or she changes the topics he or she is interested in changing. I won't change topics I don't care or have an opinion. After all, I am not alone in these edits, that's what other users and editors are for in a community project.
I guess Obama cannot work on editing an article in Wikipedia cause so much is passing through his hands.:p
This came very close to my own experience. Sadly. I wish I could find a premium PC manufacturer who simply cared about delivering the computer without any sort of installed software, not even the OS (because even there there could be tweaking)...
Personally, games was the last domain that kept me from ditching Windows (as they have evolved), so SteamOS is a gift from heaven, especially in the direction it is going. Microsoft should be scared to do more. Enough is enough with their dominating position. It reminds me of European cellular phone manufacturers (Nokia, Ericsson) before Apple came to shake their realities with the iPhone.
How the hell they managed to lift the privacy of the user and give his name to the public so quickly... I really doubt there is such a fast lane for any other crime. Obviously, a "Barbara Streisand" effect has ensued on the Greek blogosphere and Facebook pages were similar pages have popped up.
This might be a good thing for Qt. It is the BEST C++ toolkit for many high quality applications. It was being drudged behind Nokia's anemic policy regarding where to head with a mobile OS. Let's hope it doesn't end to Oracle.:p
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Could anyone find that indeed Mr. Musk is paying for it on the documentary's site?
IIRC, this is what Wolfram himself wants to pass as a message... Wolfram is the language (even if it was previously Mathematica) and Mathematica the major implementation/platform.
There is no language called Mathematica. Mathematica is an implementation of Wolfram language. At least that's what they want you to call it now. :p
The most important reason-feature to learn and use C is that it's the LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR in many other languages' attempts for interoperability. These APIs are many times written in C in order for the libraries to operate seamlessly between them. Another good reason is to improve what you can do with Lua. With C and Lua you can literally tact almost any problem, from drivers to databases. It might not be the most efficient way, but definitely you will get more bang for your time and money.
"Clocks may keep time, but they don't know what time it is. And strictly speaking, it is we who use them to tell time. But the same is true of Watson, the IBM supercomputer that supposedly played Jeopardy! and dominated the human competition. Watson answered no questions. It participated in no competition. It didn't do anything."
A ridiculous analogy. It's like saying the dog that fetches the wood to its master has no intelligence at all. It's the master that "fetched" the wood. AI is not pseudo-intelligence, but intelligence with restrictions. These restrictions and limitations go away day by day, year by year, as we better understand the brain and its workings.
Game over for Kickstarter. This will bite them hard...
What about Code Monkey Island? This board game should be in every elementary school in the world!
What happened in 1347? :p
Since you already know C, you good get really fast Lua. Lua with C (and C-like) libraries will lead you fast to productivity.
Singularity is near. Even for robots which will be self-improving. Perhaps earlier than humans.
I call this bullshit. The latest PISA results show that Germany is improving in the verbal (language) subtests.
I bet every undergraduate CS Department in the country will want him. :p
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's law."
Are more willing because it is a rarity to have a well-designed mobile page that has the same functionality as an app, even if today's standards allow it. I blame both developers and manufacturers of OSes (Apple, Google, etc) for that. In order to lure customers to their systems they privilege functionality that otherwise could be universal.
Web pages can have privileged (behind paywall) content as well.
I suppose 98% of the rest 2% can be done today in HTML5. :)
The question is... what can be done to stop and revert this horrible trend? Developers need to further promote current and future web browser standards so we can have all the fancy functionality of the apps in a web page. It doesn't always work, but it should be the long term goal.
"What matters is transparency. You can't prohibit people with bias from editing the truth in a "truth by democracy" project..."
I agree. I think the prohibition policy has gone a tad too far. Everyone in the end is biased, as he or she changes the topics he or she is interested in changing. I won't change topics I don't care or have an opinion. After all, I am not alone in these edits, that's what other users and editors are for in a community project.
I guess Obama cannot work on editing an article in Wikipedia cause so much is passing through his hands. :p
This came very close to my own experience. Sadly. I wish I could find a premium PC manufacturer who simply cared about delivering the computer without any sort of installed software, not even the OS (because even there there could be tweaking)...
Personally, games was the last domain that kept me from ditching Windows (as they have evolved), so SteamOS is a gift from heaven, especially in the direction it is going. Microsoft should be scared to do more. Enough is enough with their dominating position. It reminds me of European cellular phone manufacturers (Nokia, Ericsson) before Apple came to shake their realities with the iPhone.
What can possibly go wrong...?! :p
That could come handy indeed now that the new X-Com will soon be out! :p
You are right. Good interpretation.
How the hell they managed to lift the privacy of the user and give his name to the public so quickly... I really doubt there is such a fast lane for any other crime. Obviously, a "Barbara Streisand" effect has ensued on the Greek blogosphere and Facebook pages were similar pages have popped up.
This might be a good thing for Qt. It is the BEST C++ toolkit for many high quality applications. It was being drudged behind Nokia's anemic policy regarding where to head with a mobile OS. Let's hope it doesn't end to Oracle. :p