Running with Zippers

Nabble - What's the difference between functions and methods?

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:38:24 -0300

Nabble - What's the difference between functions and methods?:

Interesting discussion about the situation of functions and methods in Scala. Yes, they are different, mostly because of JVM interoperation.

Logic File System

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:34:55 -0300

Logic File System:

Experimental semantic file system that allows navigation through different dimentions and logic queries.

Scripts/Scheme - J Wiki

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:52:12 -0300

Scripts/Scheme - J Wiki:

Cool Scheme interpreter written in J. Via anarchaia.

LHCountdown

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:54:28 -0300

LHCountdown:

Counting the days to the activation of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. And maybe to the end of the world… in this case it’s a pity we should die without seeing the end of Lost.

Kilim

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:27:00 -0300

Kilim:

Concurrency on the JVM gets more interesting. See also the comments on reddit.

Firefox Download Day 2008

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:59:47 -0300

Firefox Download Day 2008:

It’s today. If you can get to their server, that is.

HiBase: A Persistent Functional Programming Environment

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:59:02 -0300

HiBase: A Persistent Functional Programming Environment:

A seemingly interesting connection between functional programming and databases.

Types Considered Harmful

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:58:13 -0300

Types Considered Harmful:

Interesting presentation by Benjamin C. Pierce. Contracts are quite fashionable now. Worthy commentaries at Lambda the Ultimate, as always.

Higher-dimensional, higher-order derivatives, functionally

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:05:45 -0300

Higher-dimensional, higher-order derivatives, functionally:

Third post by Conal Elliot on derivatives. See also Beautiful differentiation and What is a derivative, really?

Sauvé

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:36:21 -0300

Sauvé:

Li Qing Song emmené dans une ambulance après 4 jours sous les décombres.

Tripping with Jeff Warren

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:22:37 -0300

Tripping with Jeff Warren:

Bookslut has an interview with Jeff Warren, author the excellent The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness (…) It sounds like a recipe for disaster on the surface - a guy writing about his altered states charted on a self-invented ‘wheel of consciousness’ - but it’s scientifically thorough, philosophically engaging and avoids every cliché you think it might throw up.

El asombro de ‘Akira’

Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:39 -0300

El asombro de ‘Akira’:

Pero yo pienso que si Kubrick ha sido elevado a los altares por su concienzuda elaboración técnica, más aún debería ocurrir con un tal Katsuhiro Ôtomo, que justo 20 años después estrenaba la adaptación de su propio Manga.

Don't believe the neurohype

Tue, 27 May 2008 21:59:16 -0300

Don't believe the neurohype:

More healthy skepticism about what can be inferred from brain scans.

Scala Lift Off Unconference review

Tue, 20 May 2008 17:47:38 -0300

Scala Lift Off Unconference review:

Many interesting comments about the Scala lift off unconference.

Disconnecting Distraction

Tue, 20 May 2008 17:35:55 -0300

Disconnecting Distraction:

I have tried something like this on occasion, it doesn’t always work.

js2-mode

Fri, 16 May 2008 22:02:10 -0300

js2-mode:

A GNU Emacs mode for editing JavaScript.

Gilligan's web

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:49:30 -0300

Gilligan's web:

Excellent post and good discussion in the comments about the Web and its effects on the cultural tapestry.

Addiction to addiction: the horrifying reality

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:24:06 -0300

Addiction to addiction: the horrifying reality:

Serious discussion and good humor. This bit (from the Cracked article linked) is oh so true: Technology has obviously made books unnecessary, so the sight of even one book in a friend’s home should be cause for concern. If the person has gone as far as to purchase an entire special shelf to hold all of his books, it’s probably time for an intervention.

vscaladoc - Google Code

Sat, 10 May 2008 15:09:42 -0300

vscaladoc - Google Code:

A variation of scaladoc, the documentation tool for Scala. It’s looking great, have a look at the API documentation for vscaladoc to have a taste of it.

Tell us why your language sucks (Haskell edition)

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:16:09 -0300

Tell us why your language sucks (Haskell edition):

In the same vein as the Why OCaml sucks post, but now with Haskell. The idea is to criticize languages you use and like. A healthy exercise.