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Daily Archives: 2023-05-04 [Thursday]

Gödel and Mandelbrot

Posted on 2023-05-04 [Thursday] by jj5
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A few quick videos:

  • The paradox at the heart of mathematics: Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem – Marcus du Sautoy
  • The Mandelbrot set, Chaos theory, fractals and chaotic phenomenon
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The seven programming ur-languages

Posted on 2023-05-04 [Thursday] by jj5
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This is an article with a list of very different types of programming language all of which are worth learning: The seven programming ur-languages.

In addition to ALGOL languages (which every one needs to know), check out:

  • Lisp: PLT Racket
  • ML: Haskell
  • Self: Self
  • Prolog: Prolog
  • Forth: gForth1
  • APL: K (via ok)
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Post’s theorem

Posted on 2023-05-04 [Thursday] by jj5
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I’m not ready for this, but I wish I was: Post’s theorem.

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“Categories for the Working Hacker” by Philip Wadler

Posted on 2023-05-04 [Thursday] by jj5
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An intro to category theory: “Categories for the Working Hacker” by Philip Wadler.

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Free will

Posted on 2023-05-04 [Thursday] by jj5
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I forget why I ran this search, but it turned up some interesting results:

  • Free will debate rages on, or is it all an illusion?
  • Is Free Will an Illusion?
  • There’s No Such Thing as Free Will
  • Freewill and Determinism
  • The Illusion of Free Will
  • The Compelling Illusion of Free Will
  • Free Will – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Let Over Lambda

Posted on 2023-05-04 [Thursday] by jj5
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I am not yet ready for Let Over Lambda, but one day I will be.

Posted in Book, Chatter, Learning, Notes, Programming, Reading, TODO, Wishlist | Tagged Let Over Lambda, lisp | Leave a reply

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