Colin Bull

F#, C#, Legacy wrangler.. physics and a bit of math. Adequate human. Director of engineering and data @hippodigital

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@jchannon @jabba1983 @GordgeHuw @LADbibleUKNews It is alright, I saved them @jchannon you can come and pick them up anytime

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@7sharp9_ After several years away from C++ I have picked it up again recently. My memory for the std lib is horrendously. Bad yet I don’t particularly struggle with any other language.

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@walkers_crisps #lovefromwalkers

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@7sharp9_ Right tool for the right job?

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@GordgeHuw @jchannon @jabba1983 Just cause I fell asleep outside in this lovely weather

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@GordgeHuw @SkyNews @jabba1983 Can you write to your MP about something you are the cause of @GordgeHuw

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@ELuciusFTW Do you have a specific context re: Adjunctions?

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@craigstuntz So do we now have Welsh corgi (wcg ??) as an SI unit of measure?

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@ELuciusFTW @ellesystem @qntm Also happy to chat if you have a different insight.

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@ELuciusFTW @ellesystem @qntm To be clear, it didn’t insult and I was very direct with my language, because I have a math background but don’t deal with direct definitions like this, my brain doesn’t work that way. I and others struggled with the monadic concept in programming despite understanding it in math

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@ELuciusFTW @ellesystem @qntm People aren’t scared of math, confidence plays a big part in this, lack of confidence leads to people wanting to ask questions but not because the barrier is too high (apparently). Also the entire thread is in the context of types (big hint for programming)

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@ELuciusFTW @ellesystem @qntm Because describing it like that you are basically being a dick to everyone that is trying to understand the concept. This is not what this thread is trying to achieve. It is fine for everyone has done math. But that’s not the point there are real advantages to simplifying things

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@jasiozet @PlaceSharper Love this… it shouldn’t be necessary but love this reply

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This is also true in programming / architecture / pretty much anything.

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After spending 45 mins applying several “advanced” techniques to solve a problem essentially of the form

2a^2 - 2a - C = 0

and getting nowhere. When I finally spotted I could complete the square I was so happy. Don’t let your knowledge blind you from the obvious…

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@jchannon @jabba1983 Yeah it is all good. I think, @jabba1983 has even managed to work on new features.

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@Savlambda @7sharp9_ The key here is might, but an even bigger question is it up to date? Also what happens when a new NFR or requirement comes along that doesn’t fit the mould. You are back to hours of conversation and decision which until it is tried, it is ultimately a guess.

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Unfortunately, my Internet provider, @bt_uk (AS2856), does NOT implement BGP safely. Check out https://t.co/YHDATxipB2 to see if your ISP implements BGP in a safe way or if it leaves the Internet vulnerable to malicious route hijacks. via @Cloudflare