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  1. Re:Right time for functional programming on Ask Slashdot: Do You Like Functional Programming? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    "an abstraction missing and fix the problem that way"

    If you abstract a functional program enough, you can summarize it as:

    "MAGIC!"

  2. Right time for functional programming on Ask Slashdot: Do You Like Functional Programming? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Implementing functional programming needs to come at the right time for it to be effective. Until all of your programmers are following the internal style guide without exception, functional programming is not likely to take off. If people are still arguing over block style, forget getting them to agree on proper style for Lisp and the metric ton of braces.

  3. I will have ocean front property in North Louisiana! If you buy that I will throw the Golden Gate in free!

  4. Needs a market to trade on Portland Commits To 100 Percent Renewable Energy By 2050 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    See if there was a market to trade the value of "green energy" to people who do not have it available as credits, it would all work out. We could call them "Gore Chips" or something like that.

  5. They at least have a going away party with kool-aid provided.

  6. Assuming people actually did just what you suggested and made access to "food, shelter, healthcare, education & transportation" available to everyone. What do you do with the people who do not take advantage of it? Do you have to take all of it, or can you just take the food and transportation? Are you required to get the education to get the rest? Is forcing people to use it just another form of slavery? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

  7. I recommend on Slashdot Asks: What Books Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    I recommend several of the books by Michael McCloskey

    I am reading the first book in the Parker Interstellar Travels series, Trilisk Ruins. It is currently available for free on Amazon. I am already planning on buying the whole set as soon as I finish this one.

  8. They made a documentary on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With a Terrible Tech Manager? · · Score: 1

    They made a documentary about this. Jason vs Freddy

    Jason is a psychopath and Freddie is a sociopath. Freddie even at one point gets angry that Jason kills so indiscriminately.

  9. Missing out. on Can Robots Help Children With Autism? (go.com) · · Score: 2

    I once knew a guy definitely on the spectrum who did data entry. I mean 6-8 hours straight. Not sure he even blinked.

  10. Instructions to make alcohol.. on Norway's Doomsday Vault Will Now Store and Protect the World's Data (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Include directions on making alcohol, the rest will happen naturally.

  11. $15K minimum wage on In 18 Years, A College Degree Could Cost About $500,000 (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    If they just raise minimum wage to $15K/hour that should cover a good education for everyone.

  12. Best choice? on IBM To Hire 2,000 More Veterans, Expand Tech Training Schools (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    "let students get a combined high school degree and associate degree in science and technology in as little as four and a half years"

    Will these students have any transferable credits to continue their education into a bachelor or greater degree?

  13. Google said, "it invites our partners to be our guest" be our guest, put our magic "it isn't an ad" to the test!

  14. Re: converting green ligh on Most People Would Give Lab-Grown Meat a Try, New Survey Reveals (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    So you would use the green light to charge a battery, and that to charge a lantern, and that to charge a ring. Sounds terribly inefficient, but familiar somehow.

  15. How are the tomatoes doing? on Study Suggests Potatoes Can Grow On Mars (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    How are the tomatoes doing? Going to need ketchup!

  16. Re: While were at it on NASA Proposes a Magnetic Shield To Protect Mars' Atmosphere (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Has this statement been verified by the Pew Research Center?

  17. I still got my Voodoo 3 3500 w TV In/Out on Cellphones As a Fifth-Order Elaboration of Maxwell's Theory (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    I still got my Voodoo 3 3500 w TV In/Out. I also have my previous video card, a 4 MB S3 Virge! Dungeon Keeper never looked so good!

  18. Ah Slashdot ID envy! on University Offers Course To Help Sniff Out and Refute 'Bullshit' (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    Ah Slashdot ID envy! Mine is smaller than yours!

  19. Good Plases to Start on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Started With Programming? [2017 Edition] · · Score: 1

    Watch along with courses at actual University. CS and other subjects.
    Berkely Webcast

    OpenCourseWare MIT
    MIT OCW

    Skimmed the CS parts of both programs back in the day. I have a BS in CS from a state college. Found both programs interesting and appreciate the very different approaches to the same subject.

  20. Opportunity not Mandate on Disney Thinks High Schools Should Let Kids Take Coding In Place of Foreign Languages · · Score: 1

    Exposure and opportunity for continued study in many different fields including carpentry, plumbing, technology, and music would be good for people to experience. Exposing everyday people to code or algorithms or just simple computer systems like a Raspberry PI is cool. Even a chance to strum a guitar or pull a bow across a violin could be fun once or twice. Expecting people to master something without an interest is pretty much a waste of time.

  21. I saw the video on the page of it moving and jumping and I immediately thought about robotic horses. It could be so cute, every kid would want one.

  22. Re: Isn't this a kind of proof that gravity is pus on Milky Way Is Being Pushed Across the Universe (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    What about those fat bottom cursive two's. Adding two of them together could be closer to 5 than the sum of a pair of little skinny two's.

  23. Re:Will it grow back? on Scientists Cure Mice of Diabetes Using Cells Grown Inside Rats (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our new diabetes free Orc overlords!!!

  24. Re:Arrogance on Windows 10 Gets A New Linux: openSUSE (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 1

    sudo echo "Feel better soon"

  25. I consider myself a bit of a latecomer to Slashdot.