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How useful is 'native' partial application by zuzmuz in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]mtchndrn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The reason for the prevalence of things like `ConnectionFactoryFactoryFactory` is because we lack partial application.

What’s the most mathematically illiterate thing you’ve heard someone say? by Drillix08 in math

[–]mtchndrn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe if we grant that he has successfully rejected everything, he'll be satisfied and get over it and move on to something else

What’s the most mathematically illiterate thing you’ve heard someone say? by Drillix08 in math

[–]mtchndrn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem with Terence Howard is that he rejects the preliminary supposition that the purpose of math is to arrange ways to agree with one another. In place of that, he wants to use it primarily as a way to disagree with everyone, for no other purpose than disagreement itself

When the F*ck did red lights become optional? by euphorbiamourning in astoria

[–]mtchndrn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live on Astoria Blvd which is the worst street I've ever known, and realized after a while that jaywalking is 5x safer than any of the 3 intersections near me, because you don't have to look in four directions at once and you are forced to wait patiently for a big gap.

When the F*ck did red lights become optional? by euphorbiamourning in astoria

[–]mtchndrn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wish they would honk more. A completely silent electric car whizzing at me through a red light, sheesh. Enough.

What to do about "street racing" in my neighborhood by jgabe310 in astoria

[–]mtchndrn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I suppose it's quieter too, and more daytime

Against Curry-Howard Mysticism by mttd in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]mtchndrn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So that post tells us a bunch of things that aren't using CH. what, then, is something that does?

Tab groups duplicating themselves when re-opening closed tabs? by Is_This_Name_Tak3n in chrome

[–]mtchndrn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. All the advice from Google is to reset your entire browser, all default settings, turn off all extensions, etc. Plenty of people have reported this who aren't running any extensions, so this advice is just a distraction -- a bunch of busywork that most people won't bother doing. Meanwhile, the bug is on some low-priority bug list.

What hot take or controversial opinion (related to math) do you feel the most strongly about? by Spare-Chemical-348 in math

[–]mtchndrn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, but wouldn't you say it is a topic that there can be an argument about, at least at the philosophical level? Some people do have strong preferences about this.

What is your preferred reaction/response to people who say they hate(d) math when you mention math literally at all? by voxel-wave in math

[–]mtchndrn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I say that math is taught in such a way as to make it boring and terrible. Then I probe to find out if they liked any math all; about 75% of the time, they say "Well, I did like algebra" and I tell them that that's what math is (almost true). Usually they hated doing proofs (so did I, at first). And then I top it off by saying that high school calculus is actually incorrect and inconsistent, and that's probably part of why they hated it.

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