Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?16 points·by sc4th1s·10 lat temu·19 comments
sc4th1s·10 lat temu·discussThere's a reason Real World Ocaml has a section dedicated to the run-time system and no book on Haskell will ever go near it.
sc4th1s·10 lat temu·discussUbik as sad or hopeless?Nah man, the end of ubik was just him leveling up.
sc4th1s·10 lat temu·discussThere is a cure for the mouse model of Alzheimers: http://www.fusfoundation.org/news/1535-new-pre-clinical-rese...
sc4th1s·10 lat temu·discussVideo games could be playing a part: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/23/why-a...
sc4th1s·10 lat temu·discussFunny, I just stumbled upon this yesterday:Special Relativity Theory and Cellular Automata: Light as a Cellular Automata Process http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9902034Also Edward Fredkin is a big believer in cellular automata being the foundation of reality: https://arxiv.org/find/nlin/1/au:+Fredkin_E/0/1/0/all/0/1 And a great book with him in it: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Scientists-Their-Gods-Informati...