2026-04-17T07:31:35Z https://yabu.me egri-nagy https://yabu.me/npub1snl2z5m3670tcpaxr4c0mudcnndadcu5ew8gua4kp8llf9qeeylsen6576 https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/109/521/487/376/666/513/original/648a1bb53ac47032.png https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/109/521/487/376/666/513/original/648a1bb53ac47032.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdtcvzkdluyu764f3e636uwa6v264texmnurfpp86hfe7prfa3tpszyzz0ag2nw8tea0q85cwhpl03hzwdh4hrjn9carnkkcyllay5r8yn7ne0d9j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgarf82dh5ve9eu2ewwgetj5td5wujyjleglajk6crtxyxym65sdstklkgv'>nevent1q…lkgv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oops! For me they&#39;re still different, I mean different types, as int, float, etc. 2025-12-04T22:02:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswrhp945u7rrzckksdjpgaunm77xsal6c2t4zmy3ts7hfra4getaszyzz0ag2nw8tea0q85cwhpl03hzwdh4hrjn9carnkkcyllay5r8yn742fak3 &#34;...one of the most important aspects of any computing tool is its influence on the thinking habits of those that try to use it,&#34;<br/><br/>The Humble Programmer by Edsger W. Dijkstra, 1972 Turing Award Lecture<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD03xx/EWD340.html">https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD03xx/EWD340.html</a> 2025-11-27T01:09:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgmfhl0mpkshfwc5sm3sdkgpclrhklnljljrgw4kxnfzxlem4qndgzyzz0ag2nw8tea0q85cwhpl03hzwdh4hrjn9carnkkcyllay5r8yn77nr43q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0836se9a3lehufuehtkex50m43d8q7n5e8y9xcu6udxh2z4zs7s6jcjuq'>nevent1q…cjuq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not good. I want the computer to be &#34;dumb but fast&#34;, as Feynman described the essence of computation. 2025-05-08T12:02:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgyava08l9r6ve8ze8dentkvhsrm30j78mnj3pnu5yyxz9wssgx9gzyzz0ag2nw8tea0q85cwhpl03hzwdh4hrjn9carnkkcyllay5r8yn7jtz0h6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9fls0ucuz08j77xvwf76jwe49mm3zj3ldk4fpmf8pp2cffgpn9ugstyf3y'>nevent1q…yf3y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://archive.org/details/1966-10_IF/page/6/mode/2up?view=theater">https://archive.org/details/1966-10_IF/page/6/mode/2up?view=theater</a><br/>I was in the Zero camp, so this was a useful read. :) 2025-05-07T12:46:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswg7nfhq8cppctqg0u67jvaz260uc8kk920cy446gzf3arjxclt2czyzz0ag2nw8tea0q85cwhpl03hzwdh4hrjn9carnkkcyllay5r8yn7qwk0hq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgp2kx9nsek2vxmhgte42hlam9u2uacsypn6xal9e57kyv27l0m9qhvrwte'>nevent1q…rwte</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You are right, I went for the joke effect, and made the explanation short and edgy deliberately. It&#39;s a bit ironic that I take pride in crafting explanations in work, but with family, I do the exact opposite.<br/><br/>We went home and I leafed through his popular science book, where a small picture shows the Moon and the Earth with the exaggerated bulge of surface water. I showed it and he laughed again. &#34;Ah, you were actually telling the truth!&#34;<br/><br/>What you are saying, I will use in a following, more detailed conversation. 2025-05-05T11:10:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrfqt9vwewauk5x2efhfy93qcnuxlxa9rmcramrny37pyl6l4kalgzyzz0ag2nw8tea0q85cwhpl03hzwdh4hrjn9carnkkcyllay5r8yn72weqyn Fun conversation with my son. We visited the same beach at different times the same day and he made an observation.<br/><br/>Son: The water level is different.<br/>Me: Sure, that&#39;s the tide. You didn&#39;t know?!<br/>Son: I didn&#39;t.<br/><br/>That got me thinking about the usefulness of schools... Then I suspected some difficulty in providing an explanation.<br/><br/>Me: Hey, I can tell you why the sea level changes, but you will not believe me.<br/>Son: Tell me.<br/>Me: The Moon moves the sea.<br/>Son: (laughs out loud) Yes, that&#39;s indeed nonsense. 2025-05-05T10:37:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmsy57dev9du0sfadymzket9h6ef0nqtumlkayvsermcrekct25czyzz0ag2nw8tea0q85cwhpl03hzwdh4hrjn9carnkkcyllay5r8yn7z8vmx3 Achievement unlocked.<br/>I harvested rice with this machine.<br/> <img src="https://media.mathstodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/113/215/108/721/922/970/original/5edb4602a8ef2849.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mathstodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/113/215/114/954/720/911/original/cd215a579d19e0a8.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-28T12:13:28Z