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Slightly OT, but when you edit code in the REPL this way using conditions/restarts, how do you avoid getting your code out of sync with the REPL's state? It seems with a long-running REPL, you eventually run into:

- Out of order execution means we don't know what order our code should be run in to achieve the current state

- If we run some code in the REPL and never save it in a file, then our state is also out of sync

- Finally, if we redefine some code, there's no way the state can be in sync with the code if started from the beginning

How do Common Lispers typically deal with these issues for a REPL that's been running for days or weeks, short of just saving the image and never turning it off?

Worth noting is that stochastic computing devices would make reproducible experiments more difficult. For R&D, that's not a trivial thing to throw away. Indeed, one of JAX's motivations is finer control of pseudo-randomness for reproducibility of experiments.

The privacy policy / terms is clear that while they don't share data with third parties, they help themselves to the data for their own models. Misleading of them to leave that off in their FAQ. And it's opt-out, not opt-in.

He's swapping billets and claiming the swapped billet is what Simon originally wrote. Simon is amazed because he was just told he would find himself confused, and he is, since the fake billet is written in his handwriting (forged). Which is the simpler explanation, sleight of hand and handwriting forgery, or hypnotic memory implantation spanning several days?

I've never made a comment on HN commenting on someone else's tone, but I've seen this exact response, word for word, a lot recently on many posts. I don't like this trend. I find it to be adversarial and in bad faith. Suppose they did read the article. Are they likely to reply to you defending themselves? Next time, please address the actual content of their comment instead.

Hell is ourselves 4 years ago

What do you consider to be the difference between identity and Identity? Or other and Other?

I can assure you that my family dog, at least, definitely has strong food preferences. Even things that hurt her stomach if she eats too much, like popcorn or broccoli. Her favorite food is chicken and rice, cooked exactly like you would for a human. Maybe food doesn't really get old for her, but I think a desire for novelty is separate from having strong appreciation for the taste of food.

Fair enough. I was thinking of Plato's recounting of Socrates complaining about the proliferation of writing reducing young people's ability to remember things.

And the Boomers had hippy subculture. Was everyone a hippy? Plato complained about young people in his time too. For reference, I'm part of Gen Z, and no one I know doesn't want to work. It's just that everyone wants meaningful work. This article is ridiculous and unfairly generalizing.

This was my experience when I watched and rewatched the anime film Spirited Away over the years. It is a fantastic film, to be sure, but I hadn't realized how much he borrowed from the existing culture of Japan until I learned more about Japanese religion and culture generally. It wasn't wholly invented myth, as it appeared to me as an American child.

There were other reasons too I didn't bother mentioning. The 4G network sometimes spontaneously disappeared, and my GPS would also be extremely inconsistent, dropping out most of the time. Very weird behavior.