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Almost all of the code examples in the book are in JavaScript (not Java) though a significant feature of Sharvit's approach is that it decouples Data Oriented Programming from any specific language. As a Clojure geek, I highly recommend the book as the way to achieve some of Clojure's core virtues in other languages.
One warning: among the genuinely deep insights, Hofstadter can occasionally come off as smug and self-congratulatory about his own poetic genius. I found this rather off-putting - and surprising since I found the tone of G.E.B. rather more like enthusiastic play.
An unexpected pleasure was the schadenfreude of passing scores of cars on Hampshire/Beacon on my way home during rush hour.
An unexpected annoyance was the fair weather bikers who don't seem to know their bike has gears, and take f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to get going at a green light.
https://github.com/matthiasn/talk-transcripts/blob/master/Hi...
I've long been impressed by Hickey's problem solving skills, so I took much of this talk to heart, and even bought a copy of HTSI. Can't say it really helped me any more than Rich's talk (as a programmer) but I'm thinking I'll give it another look.
* I spent most of a year on the road, circled the U.S., about 18k miles in all (and averaging almost 17mpg). Sure, it's a lot of miles, but some people do that commuting. The experience was in no way "just driving and sleeping" in fact the driving part was not particularly unpleasant (amazing views, music, books on tape, conversation, photo stops) but was a very minor part of the overall experience.
* With a compact (25') class C, I had a comfortable queen sized bed, 2 TVs couch, heat, A/C, 2 sinks, stove, microwave, fridge, flush toilet, closet, large dinette (seats 6), and a great hot shower every morning. A slide out made it very roomy when parked. A huge awning made for comfortable outdoor living on sunny days. I've done the station wagon thing, and it can be great for a while - but for a year on the road? NFW.
Instead, there's loop/recur where the recur call won't compile except in tail position.
The in-line editor is a bit intrusive (fills up most of my screen, unlike say eloquentjavascript.net) but it's still pretty neat to have run-able examples. Kudos to the creators.
You don't have to leave the IDE to evaluate code in Clojure. It's common to spend most of your time in the IDE and only occasionally type at the REPL prompt.
My fingertip took over 3 years to regain full feeling, and it's still slightly flattened compared to the rest of my fingers. (I made the front page of reddit with an animation of the regrowth!)
Since then I bought cut gloves because I'm now semi-phobic about using the damn thing without them.
Without the diagram (which I didn't see until watching the video) this is ambiguous. In my visualization, the plane of the small circle (A) was perpendicular to the plane of the larger circle (B). (Think of circle B drawn on paper, while circle A is a coin on its edge)
With that interpretation of "rolls one trip around", 3 is indeed is the correct answer.
From the first article (which is mostly asking “what is climate“ and “should we expect climate not to change?”) we get its only really solid prediction:
“it can be anticipated that many readers would find this paper useless, if not harmful.” Lol.
The second paper was discredited and withdrawn though that hasn’t stopped deniers citing it endlessly.
Dad build a Heathkit electronic ignition (Capacitive Discharge Ignition CP-1060) for our car which worked flawlessly as long as we owned it. This was back '72 when you had to change the points and plugs regularly on most cars because they wore out. Clearly this kind of ignition was the wave of the future!