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How else is one meant to read that language doesn't matter?

You can hook into anything that runs in Linux since it's abi is rock solid so the excuse of not being able to use the usual tech stacks doesn't hold water either.

SICP in JavaScript 3 years ago
    (define lol
      (let ((a 0))
        (lambda ()
          (set! a (+ a 1))
          a)))
Scheme is a functional programming language in the same way python is. The only difference is that it has tail call optimisation and the stack doesn't have an arbitrary limit on the number of function calls it can hold.

This is the point where you need to check your privilege. I used tor when living in a dictatorship to find out things which would destroy the moral fabric of society, such as information about lgbtqia+ issues, what condoms are, pop music and news that the government didn't want to spread.

There is no such thing as running a relay in freenet. Every user is the same as every other. The size and traffic of your node is literally a setting on the gui. All traffic and data are encrypted so you have no idea what's living on your node and what's coming in and out. That's the whole point of freenet.

SICP in JavaScript 3 years ago

Indeed which is why I write everything in machine code. What sort of elitist could possibly think this is a bad idea?

SICP in JavaScript 3 years ago

Scheme is not a functional programming language. The last 2/3rds of sicp are possible only because you can mutate state.

No, the majority are not prepared for the absolute obliteration of their ego they will suffer to become a 10x engineer. The problem isn't one of time, ability or whatever ineffable quality, but one of character. Ironically enough I think that a boot camp with the emotional abuse the marines used to get in the 50s while going through Knuth's papers would produce a lot of 10x programmers.

Telling data engineers to learn sql because it's what's used in BoringCorp is a bit like telling front end developers in 2003 to learn VB because it's what most user interfaces are written in.

Data engineering which pays well happens exactly where databases fail and you need bespoke solutions.

The quality of movies released from Hollywood in the last 5 years has been abysmal. It made sense to have large studios when film cost dollars per foot and needed an army of editors in post. Today you could film a 1960s blockbuster on 10k of equipment and a medium sized desktop computer with a few friends.