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- Writer Ted Chiang on AI and grappling with big ideas - Avery Keatley, Scott Detrow, Patrick Jarenwattananon
- ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web - Ted Chiang - version archived elsewhere as original is paywalled
In 2013, workers at a German construction company noticed something odd about their Xerox photocopier: when they made a copy of the floor plan of a house, the copy differed from the original in a subtle but significant way. In the original floor plan, each of the house’s three rooms was accompanied by a rectangle specifying its area: the rooms were 14.13, 21.11, and 17.42 square metres, respectively. However, in the photocopy, all three
(defmacro each-reverse [identifier list & body]
(with-syms [$i $list]
~(let [,$list ,list]
(var ,$i (,dec (,length ,$list)))
(while (>= ,$i 0)
(def ,identifier (in ,$list ,$i))
,;body
(-- ,$i)))))-
choose a release https://alpinelinux.org/releases/ -> 3.23.3
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download iso and checksum from https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/
wget https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.23/releases/x86_64/alpine-standard-3.23.3-x86_64.iso wget https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.23/releases/x86_64/alpine-standard-3.23.3-x86_64.iso.sha256
| # create file | |
| $ echo hello > fun.txt | |
| # symmetric encryption | |
| $ gpg --verbose --verbose --pinentry-mode loopback --symmetric fun.txt | |
| gpg: enabled compatibility flags: | |
| gpg: using cipher AES256.CFB | |
| gpg: writing to 'fun.txt.gpg' | |
| # decryption |
| $ janet | |
| Janet 1.41.3-dev-8f446736 linux/x64/gcc - '(doc)' for help | |
| repl:1:> (tabseq [i :in [:a :b]] i i) | |
| @{:a :a :b :b} | |
| repl:2:> (defn loop [&] nil) | |
| <function loop> | |
| repl:3:> (tabseq [i :in [:a :b]] i i) | |
| repl:3:9: compile error: unknown symbol i | |
| # reference: https://ianthehenry.com/posts/janet-game/the-problem-with-macros/ |
This talk was given by Gregor Kiczales of Xerox PARC at OOPSLA ’94, 10/26/94. © 1994, University Video Communications. A transcript, with point- and-click retrieval of the slides, is available at http:/www.xerox.com/PARC/spl/eca/oi/gregor-invite/gregor- transcript.html
I think our field will go through a revolution. We will fundamentally change the way we think about and use abstraction in the engineering of software.
The goal of this talk is to summarize the need for and the basic nature of this abstraction framework.
The change is not new problems or new systems, but a new way of thinking about existing problems and existing systems.
- How do I view my iCloud storage?
On iCloud.com:
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- Use iCloud Settings on iCloud.com
- Check your iCloud storage on iCloud.com > 1. Go to icloud.com/storage, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).