tags: ST:TNG

2007

December

2007 Dec 19

scattered thoughts on code complexity and natural language

Steve Yegge's rants about programming are always really interesting. I'm all about the big picture, and I like how he can properly abstract his arguments so that it makes sense to a non-specialist. Very few technically competent people (whatever the field) are actually able to do this, and if they could, it would certainly make cross-discipline interaction a lot easier.

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2015

November

2015 Nov 12

Panspermia

Panspermia—the idea that the life started off-planet and managed to seed the Earth—is a recurrent trope in science fiction.

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