Flapjax Revisited
Reactive programming for UI applications has been studied for a long time. But while the academic literature has focused mostly on functional reactive progra...
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Searching for My Next Scenius
The notion of ikigai as criteria for leading a rich and fulfilling life is very popular these days. But I think it’s missing one crucial element: communit...
What Does Orthogonality Mean in PL Design?
Summary Orthogonality is a pervasive, but tacit, design principle in the PL community. Orthogonal design concepts are ones that don't intersect. A consequen...
Natural Semantic Metalanguage: The Other, Other ML
What’s the difference between being “happy,” “contented,” and “pleased?” How would you explain this difference to someone who doesn’t know English? For those...
Humans Are Not Turing Machines
One criticism of current LLMs is that they can’t reliably do sophisticated math or logic problems out of the box that humans seem to be capable of. In essenc...