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Five Kinds of Nondeterminism by BerislavLopac

February 19, 2025 Or four kinds, or six kinds, I’m not picky about how you count them No newsletter next week, I’m teaching a TLA+ workshop. Speaking of which: I spend a lot of time thinking about formal methods (and TLA+ specifically) because it’s where the source of almost all my revenue. But I don’t

ByHackTechFebruary 19, 20250Comments

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Kinds And Origins Of Evil (2021) by optimalsolver

1. Speaking of Evil “Evil” and related terms in the Germanic branch of Indo-European have referred, at various points, to suffering and wrongdoing, but also to defecation, latrines, spoiled fruit, diseases, prostitution, and (oddly enough) forks. The Greek term “kakos” may be related to the Proto-Indo-European term “kakka”—“defecation”. But only the first two meanings survive

ByHackTechNovember 7, 20230Comments

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Two Kinds of “Relicensing” by feross

September 23, 2023 This post is part of a series, Overloaded. Overloaded terms cause confusion. Confusion can be weaponized. When “relicensing” can mean a few different kinds of changes, companies announcing one find their competitors implying another. Maybe even one that isn’t even a thing. Going-Forward Relicensing The ongoing parade of companies “relicensing” their projects—Mongo

ByHackTechSeptember 24, 20230Comments

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Two Kinds of Job by hughess

How to get things done in a data role when people won’t stop asking you questions What was the most frustrating part of working in our data team? Slack DMs. Those well-meaning, but oh-so-annoying messages we got from business users. In an attempt to stem the tide, we actually tried to ban them. As you

ByHackTechJune 26, 20230Comments

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