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I learned Rust after Go -- and Rust was definitely more what I had hoped Go would be, if that makes sense?
rust looks pretty cool for bringing memory safety and lexical closures to a systems programming language
I really enjoyed learning Rust but, man, that borrow checker is hard to satisfy sometimes! đ
i haven't meddled @seancorfield - does it get easier with experience ? do you find yourself having to do what feels like unnatural things or do the constraints of the borrow checker lead to increased elegance in your code ?
Morning morning
Morning
fancy seeing you here @jasonbell (I always think yr handle is jsonbell for some reason)
{"last_name": "bell"}
<-- jsonbell
@seancorfield followed one of the links in that Go article you posted and it really strikes me that the âkoolaid pointâ probably applies to modern JS, serverless, whatnot as well, just as much as it applies to Go. Interesting read as I hadnât seen the term before http://seriouspony.com/trouble-at-the-koolaid-point
(worth saying, content warning as the article is about online bullying of women in tech spaces and is as dark as youâd expect)
I mean and not exactly surprsing either, which is sad
That was a very heavy read
there was research done at around the time of gamergate about men harassing women in online games
They discovered that it was performed by men who were doing badly in game, worse than women they harassed.
I wonder how much it has to do with cases like that. âSheâs outcompeting me in an area which is rightfully mine, therefore I must run her out in order to get what I deserve.â (Do people get outraged at women âwinning atâ / famous for typically feminine occupations, like, I donât know, Mary Berry?)
Itâs not just good, but better than them. Men who are as-good-or-better donât feel that need (according to one study, in the area of gaming, disclaimers apply, etc.)
More generally, the worldâs suddenly getting more squished by competition these days, and everyone feels threatened
I read an interesting article on this the other day, where the author called the race to the bottom âMolochâ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
He doesnât really have an answer apart from cultivating the good qualities of humanity, community, and empathy.
empathy is the winning formula once again đ
If it's purely being jealous of someone who is better than them, though, why do they not react similarly towards other men who are better than them?
> If itâs purely being jealous of someone who is better than them, though itâs not: > it was performed by men who were doing badly in game, worse than women the gender part is key
> why do they not react similarly towards other men who are better than them? I suspect it traces itâs roots to male notions of gender⌠e.g. âboyâs dont cryâ, âdonât be a sissy/cry-baby/girl whateverâŚâ. Iâve not read the article yet, and I donât want to excuse that kind of behaviour; but it is worth asking the question why men often feel itâs worse to be beaten by a girl than a guy. I suspect itâs because theyâre overly attached to heavily masculine notions of self, and that society has had part to play in that. Itâs also true that heavily masculine traits are applauded and praised; so I think some men want to be âreal menâ (whatever that is), and this is a byproduct of a fragile ego. Personally I find it extremely ironic (and kind of amusing) when guys latch onto the macho thing (which is fine in and of itself), but then flip out and expose a completely fragile ego at the most minor affront to their alpha-maleness. In reality I think theyâre just deeply insecure, and exposing themselves as not being an alpha-male at all (if they were that great theyâd be tough enough to take it on the chin and laugh).
I agree that the male thing is an instance of a more general phenomenon. I think the general phenomenon is overly attaching your identity to a particular thing. Other examples might include programming languages (tbaldridge recently admitted this in his exchange with rich), religion, sports, hobbies etc.
oh just seen youâve said this in the comment below. I think weâre in agreement.
yeah, Iâve been thinking on this recently (taken up meditation, buddhists talk about identity a lot)
the artificial construction of identity and how it restricts us later in what we allow ourselves to do
:thumbsup: Do you know of Alan Watts?
also âkeep your identity smallâ http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html
It does; but I donât consider Alan Watts particularly mystical. I think heâs good at recontextualising some of the mysticism and stories from a modern perspective. Personally I think everything Alan Watts says fits perfectly with the modern scientific view.
Itâs true that he also blew the minds of 60's counter-culture â but Iâd give him a shot. Heâs great because he doesnât take anything too seriously â he does however mean it sincerely!
Relevant bit to this discussion: https://youtu.be/6TftiXXi_mY?t=207
I agree with your point about identity though⌠Though I think the more general problem with identity is the problem of attachment (which is the root of suffering).
pack a light lunch, we'll be hitting metaphysics by sundown
metaphysics and buddhism are essentially indistinguishable to me⌠except buddhism makes you feel better đ
Sorry Iâm late to the party here, but this thread is GOLD
Iâve often felt that taking a more verb-based notion of identity as opposed to a noun-based one is a good idea. (ie. I am one-who-codes vs. I am a coder)
I think thatâs a good idea when having to describe yourself⌠however you can still fall into the trap of believing the descriptions of your self are yourself. More Watts: > There was a young man who said though, > It really seems that I know, > If I could see the I that is me, > Then Iâd know that Iâd know that Iâd know.
Competing in the area youâre traditionally supposed to be good at, whatever your identity, makes you insecure if you suspect you donât measure up and therefore arenât a real⌠what? a real man, a real woman, a real Scotsman.
Anyway ⌠to turn things around thanks for the link @alex.lynham - Iâm gonna get her book đ
basically, u slurp the xml, then convert it Then u can use selectors/xpath stuff as far as i remmeber
this also works https://github.com/cgrand/enlive
I liked the clj-xpath because you could do neat things like
($x:text "/rss/channel/title" (xmldoc))
and it would return the text for the matching path
xpath is nice too ⌠I just have a big xml with the significant content being unformatted, in text đ
so itâs not the xml structure itself, itâs just that I need to dig several levels down to generate a collection
I vaguely remember having to write a helper macro last time
âoh these commandline utils are so inconvenient, imma make it easier, load it in a replâ đ
holy smokes, this cohen testimony is insane https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/27/politics/cohen-testimony-read/index.html
TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL D. COHEN COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Chairman Cummings, Ranking Member Jordan, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today.
I have asked this Committee to ensure that my family be protected from Presidential threats, and that the Committee be sensitive to the questions pertaining to ongoing investigations. Thank you for your help and for your understanding.
I am here under oath to correct the record, to answer the Committee's questions truthfully, and to offer the American people what I know about President Trump.
I recognize that some of you may doubt and attack me on my credibility. It is for this reason that I have incorporated into this opening statement documents that are irrefutable, and demonstrate that the information you will hear is accurate and truthful.
Never in a million years did I imagine, when I accepted a job in 2007 to work for Donald Trump, that he would one day run for President, launch a
campaign on a platform of hate and intolerance, and actually win. I regret the day I said "yes" to Mr. Trump. I regret all the help and support I gave him along the way.
I am ashamed of my own failings, and I publicly accepted responsibility for them by pleading guilty in the Southern District of New York.
I am ashamed of my weakness and misplaced loyalty -- of the things I did for Mr. Trump in an effort to protect and promote him.
I am ashamed that I chose to take part in concealing Mr. Trump's illicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience.
I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is.
He is a racist.
He is a conman.
He is a cheat.
He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails.
I will explain each in a few moments.
I mean, it probably wonât change anything but thatâs strongly worded