It takes 40 seconds to precompute the lookup table.
Robin released at least 2 faster/improved versions that run in a couple of seconds - less string concatenation which is slow in BASIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw2hvtF95Qw
"Recently, yet another category of low-hanging fruit has been identified as within reach of automated tools: problems which, due to a technical flaw in their description, are unexpectedly easy to resolve. Specifically, problem #124 https://www.erdosproblems.com/124 was a problem that was stated in three separate papers of Erdos, but in two of them he omitted a key hypothesis which made the problem a consequence of a known result (Brown's criterion). However, this fact was not noticed until Boris Alexeev applied the Aristotle tool to this problem, which autonomously located (and formalized in Lean) a solution to this weaker version of the problem within hours."
Smalltalk Environment - the dawn of IDEs - "Don't mode me in"
"Novices are not the only victims of modes. Experts often type commands used in one mode when they are in another, leading to undesired and distressing consequences. In many systems, typing the letter "D" can have meanings as diverse as "replace the selected character by D," "insert a D before the selected character," or "delete the selected character." How many times have you heard or said, "Oops, I was in the wrong mode"?"
It's worth noting that the debunking has been debunked (it's much more nuanced but essentially you can take the quotes, experience of others and the height of the bridges at face value):
"I recorded clearances for a total of 20 bridges, viaducts and overpasses: 7 on the Bronx River Parkway (completed in 1925); 6 on the initial portion of the Saw Mill River Parkway (1926) and 7 on the Hutchinson River Parkway (begun in 1924 and opened in 1927). I then took measure of the 20 original bridges and overpasses on the Southern State Parkway, from its start at the city line in Queens to the Wantagh Parkway, the first section to open (on November 7, 1927) and the portion used to reach Jones Beach. The verdict? It appears that Sid Shapiro was right."
"Overall, clearances are substantially lower on the Moses parkway, averaging just 107.6 inches (eastbound), against 121.6 inches on the Hutchinson and 123.2 inches on the Saw Mill."
If buses have always about 118" that would be effective.
Video from 1979 about F International (Dame Shirley's company) - working from home, as a computer a programmer, is the greatest revolution for working women since the pill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6URa-PTqfA&t=295s
It's also worth noting, one of the author's of the paper: "Transmission of the bacteria is possible, especially given the highly sociable nature of elephants and the link between this infection and the stress associated with extreme weather events such as drought, which may make outbreaks more likely."
This was covered in a previous post:
"Haskell is sandwiched between two layers of C++ in Sigma. At the top, we use the C++ thrift server. In principle, Haskell can act as a thrift server, but the C++ thrift server is more mature and performant. It also supports more features. Furthermore, it can work seamlessly with the Haskell layers below because we can call into Haskell from C++. For these reasons, it made sense to use C++ for the server layer."
https://code.facebook.com/posts/745068642270222/fighting-spa...
I love this quote from Christopher Alexander, author of Pattern Language on its failure:
"So there is the slightly strange paradox that, after all those years of work, the first three books are essentially complete and, from a theoretical point of view, do quite a good job of identifying the difference but actually do not
accomplish anything. The conceptual structures that are presented are just not deep enough to actually break down the barrier. They actually do not do anything."
Robin released at least 2 faster/improved versions that run in a couple of seconds - less string concatenation which is slow in BASIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw2hvtF95Qw