Sorry but picking out let* as a problem just shows that you don't know some of the most basic Lisp forms. You say that you don't want to learn a specific Lisp, but starred let is in both Common Lisp and Scheme. So what Lisp have you actually taken the time to learn? The impression you give is precisely ().
All the ad hominem attacks on Bobby Fisher in this thread are by the by. One can accept that he was paranoid, conspiratorial and antisemitic -- which I do -- whilst also accepting that he was subjected to the police violence he describes in this account. Many people with mental health issues are subjected to violence, by police or otherwise; to refuse to believe them merely on account of their mental health is itself a function of the violence which puts them in harms way in the first place.
Could you explain what you mean by no one understanding thermodynamics? As in Maxwell, Einstein, Wiener, and so on - none of them understood thermodynamics? I think at stake here is what you mean by understanding.
And what is a 'pragmatic scientist'? Someone who doesn't take interest in the reasons things are as they are, but only operatively that they are as they are?
I'd suggest having a look at the self screening tool on adhduk, which gives you an indication of whether you have adhd symptoms. If so, it might make sense to pursue a formal evaluation and diagnosis.
This sounds like a pretty good strategy for me too. I'm completely ignorant about consulting agencies though - I assume there good ones, bad ones, etc? Can anyone recommend ones in the UK?
I literally just off the phone to my GP trying to get a referral for an adult ADHD diagnosis.
She basically said, there's a massive backlog and underfunding of the service, and instead of her referring me to the adult ADHD and autism psychology services directly I should approach a more generic NHS Adult Mental Health service and try to get them to refer me for a diagnosis, or write a letter asking her to. Just seems like a bit of a ringmarole.
She also said that the NHS wouldn't recognise a private diagnosis as they have a financial incentive to lean towards positive diagnoses, and so the NHS wouldn't foot the bill for eg any ADHD meds that would ensue from it.
Is this the experience other people have had, especially in the UK?
> A better email app. Currently none can be said to work very well. I'm actually considering mutt at this point
Switching to Mu4e was the best thing I ever did to my emails. If someone doesn't know/doesn't want to pick up Emacs then I'd recommend Mutt all the way.
More precisely, what's being demoed is Sketchpad III, which improved Sutherland's original 2d Sketchpad with 3d rendering capabilities. And Ivan Sutherland's not in the video.
Discrimination isn't just an idea, it's a material reality. Women are systematically disadvantaged on every level of tech, from the assumption that 'nerds' are boys, which seems to go back to IT marketing from the 1980s[1], to their being prevented from holding senior offices in the biggest tech corporations. They are discriminated against by a male-dominated industry and culture. Only when the systemic, material conditions of patriarchy are no longer in force will it make sense to no longer 'discriminate'.
Also, care to name one thinker from history who doesn't advocate discrimination of some sort? Seriously. Who is your model?
I can't speak for your particular experience at school, but in general I think it's a shame that people whose lives are, as you say, "privileged" by the systems in which we live feel like they are at a disadvantage because of concerted attempts to raise others to their level.
Problem: There's a massive gender imbalance in CS and amongst the coding community. There are loads of men and hardly any women. Most of half the population would never consider working for us or our partners.
Solution: Make a website which specifically encourages young girls to see themselves as coders.
Problem: We have invested loads of money into our Irish, Indian, Australian/NZ offices, but we could increase our pool of workers from those countries.
Solution: Make a website which specifically encourages kids from those countries to start their journey into CS and tech.
This is exactly the problem. You've assumed that 'nerds' -- people who are skilled and passionate about tech things -- are male. It's that kind of assumption which enforces a massive mental barrier for women to be able to consider themselves legitimately passionate and skilled about tech, and also for men to recognise them as such too.
Until the association of nerds with masculinity is broken up, boys and men will dominate tech at the expense of others. And until that that point, programs like Google's which foster different ('minoritean') associations with being passionate and skilled with tech will be needed.
Presumably Google is targeting India, Ireland, NZ and Australia because they have significant bases in those countries.
In regards to targeting young women, they're making an effort to redress the obvious gender imbalances and male dominance of the tech world. Why is that a problem?