Re: [FRIAM] Abducktion

Sorry. The thread in question is at http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/Re-Abducktion-td7582900.html Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University thompnicks...@gmail.com

Re: [FRIAM] Abducktion

Thanks, jon, for digging up this old thread. We are really, really good! We should write a book some day. I encourage you all to go back to the beginning of this thread, which began the first year I was reading Peirce, I think. I particularly was moved by re-reading Owen’s contribution

Re: [FRIAM] Programming Languages

On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 11:13:36AM -0600, Prof David West wrote: > > For specific domains, a language that allows easy, straightforward expression > of domain concepts is superior. COBOL for business applications, FORTRAN > (FORTRESS, Guy Steele's parallel FORTRAN) for physics, and some

[FRIAM] Asymptomatic people with coronavirus may hold the key to ending the pandemic - The Washington Post

High levels of asymptomatic cases may be because masks reduce the initial dose of the virus. Places with high masking rates (eg Czechoslovakia) have low death rates per case. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-co

Re: [FRIAM] Iconik on the weekend

Maybe there is something of the goal-function distinction going on here. While a person would need to quarantine if they moved here, a person visiting can signal another that they are visiting without blowing their cover. A person who has lived here for a while might know where the 'square' is,

Re: [FRIAM] Programming Languages

And given Alan Kay's statements about Actors being closer to his original conception of Objects, and that the key idea is the Message (async one-way in the Actor case), a strong composable option would be something like Humus. Since all Actor state is private, it can only be manipulated by the

[FRIAM] nabble

All - Jon just directed my attention to nabble, and so-directed I noticed that there was a tremendous amount of stuff on there that I have never seen before. Particularly there were contributions to the "abducktion" thread, which I thought I had been following closely, that I had never seen.

Re: [FRIAM] Iconik on the weekend

Frank, Jon, I guess I don’t know the code. Is it the case that if one “moved here” (as opposed to being a tourist), one doesn’t have to quarantine? I don’t know if you have been following the numbers, but the rate of increase in the County, which increased after memorial day and

Re: [FRIAM] ethnography and information systems

McWhorter's book The Language Hoax, https://www.amazon.com/Language-Hoax-John-H-McWhorter/dp/0190468890/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2BA5K37IW5TDI=1=the+language+hoax+why+the+world+looks+the+same+in+any+language=1596907103=the+language+hoax%2Caps%2C293=8-1 clearly outlines the case against Whorf-Sapir.

Re: [FRIAM] ethnography and information systems

My first language was Algol (1965), second was Fortran during a summer job that year. After that Lisp, C, Pascal (which I taught without having used it before), then Java, Java, Java. The Algol beginning was very valuable. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505

Re: [FRIAM] Programming Languages

If your goal is to provide the machine with the most accurate and precise instructions possible then Assembler, followed relatively closely by C, cannot be beat. For specific domains, a language that allows easy, straightforward expression of domain concepts is superior. COBOL for business

Re: [FRIAM] ethnography and information systems

When McWhorter came to the Lensic on one of his tours, he made a rhetorically powerful argument against the Whorfian hypothesis in natural languages. I now tend to side with him, even though I cannot really remember the structure of his argument. On the other hand, SteveS makes a great point

Re: [FRIAM] Iconik on the weekend

Get as far away from them as possible without leaving the venue. If they sit next to you move away. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 10:33 AM jon zingale wrote: > I really love sitting outside at Iconik in the

Re: [FRIAM] Sober's epiphenomenator

OOOPS! I forgot two: Metaphor and unforeseen consequences. Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University thompnicks...@gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

[FRIAM] Iconik on the weekend

I really love sitting outside at Iconik in the morning to get some writing done, away from my house, and a crying baby I love. Usually, it is no trouble at all to be socially distant from others and comfortably situated so as to focus. Weekends, however, perhaps not such a good time to be there.