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yotta  ·  3718 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reimplementing Markdown in Arc Lisp

Hey, forwardslash, do you have any recommended resources for learning arc? I have pretty good experience with typed functional languages (haskell, OCaml) but not very much with lisp (if that makes a difference). Do you like it?

yotta  ·  4166 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: P3

I live in Ohio, but not Canton.

yotta  ·  4318 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sigur Rós - Ekki múkk
I'm curious to hear what everyone's favorite Sigur Rós album is. I would have to vote for Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust just because it is the most straightforward and accessible.
yotta  ·  4321 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Breakdown of how Americans spend their time
Just to clarify, I wasn't trying to assert that Americans watch too much tv. That is just what surprised me the most about the data. Frankly I think the more interesting part is actually the contrast between what the more and less educated do with their time.
yotta  ·  4365 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pentagon condemns 'war on Islam' US training class
The last sentence is by far the more disturbing part. It doesn't surprise me that people like Lt Col Matthew Dooley exist, but it does surprise me that so many people must have taken the class and not felt the need to speak out against it.
yotta  ·  4377 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hands Across America
I wonder what the actual longest chain at any time was. You have to assume that it was always broken somewhere.
yotta  ·  4378 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Are Memes Art?
    To me, the most interesting part of memes is definitely their dissemination.

    . . .

    But to me, the fascinating part is how something becomes a meme in the first place. . .

I don't understand. Isn't this a contradiction?