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2019-05-28 21:30 #

Purely Functional Data Structures (PDF, 162 pp.), by Chris Okasaki. (via @newsycombinator)

2019-05-28 15:33 #

Now reading Serious Python, written by Julien Danjou, as a sequel of The Hacker’s Guide to Python. #python

2019-05-28 15:32 #

Burnout got an official ICD-11 code. (via HN)

2019-05-28 15:30 #

Apple Accused of Selling ITunes Customers’ Listening Data. If true, this is really disappointing, to say the least.

2019-05-28 14:33 #

I reconfigured my almost defunct Gmail account into mu4e. The fact is that since I’m using mbsync instead of offlineimap, I was missing the SubFolders Verbatim option to allow isync to recognize those funny “[Gmail]/” IMAP paths (or what Google invented as folders, which are no real folders, etc.). Now I am ready to do another round of cleaning! #emacs

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2019-05-27 18:45 #

  Tindersticks, Falling Down a Mountain.

2019-05-27 18:35 #

The more I use or read about Common Lisp, the more I see subtle reincarnations into statistical languages like R (eval and quote, of course) or Stata (foreach and forvalues, close to dolist and dotimes). I barely use Stata or R nowadays, but Lisp dialects still have a bright future ahead, and there are so much to learn. #lisp

2019-05-27 18:32 #

I finished The Keeper of Lost Causes yesterday evening. Tonight, I’m going to try The Absent One, I mean staying awake for at least 45’ – beta blockers are a deal, trust me.