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In a quest to improve how we build complex systems. VP Tech, FP, Erlang, Haskell, Functional JS, systems architecture. #ArsenalFC, swimming, cryptography

Canada
Joined February 2009
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We don't have to accept the way AI is going. The biggest companies building AI aren't building it for us. They're building it to replace us. We’ve made a roadmap for how we can build pro-human AI: betterpathfor.ai Let me take you through it…
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Here it is! Patterns for Reactivity (~18 of them!) with Modern Vanilla JavaScript frontendmasters.com/blog/van…
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Humanity desperately needs to educate everyone that the new AIs are intuition machines, not logic machines. Thus, I've decided to give my book Artificial Intuition for free. It was written 5 years ago when few realized a revolution was coming. intuitionmachine.gumroad.com…
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Stephen, why are you so critical of Facebook and not the other big tech companies? A 🧵 for well-intentioned engineers about how to navigate the complexities of big tech.
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This is family, @Arsenal.
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Vulnerable polar bear mothers and cubs now face even greater threats by the White House decision to sell oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Please consider taking action here: polarbearsinternational.sals…
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If you look closely ... you can see your trophy cabinet 🧐😉 #YaGunnersYa
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We’re disappointed in the decision to gut #NetNeutrality protections that ushered in an unprecedented era of innovation, creativity & civic engagement. This is the beginning of a longer legal battle. Netflix stands w/ innovators, large & small, to oppose this misguided FCC order.
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"When there are no side effects, concurrency is a better default" @simonmar #haxl talk at #strangeloop #haskell
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"Haxl: A Big Hammer for Concurrency" by Simon Marlow youtube.com/watch?v=sT6VJkkh…
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Shared mutable state.
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This video is the best 5 minutes you will see on the NFL protests. Seriously, watch it. vox.com/policy-and-politics/… via @voxdotcom
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The Universe of Numbers, including transcendentals, octonions, sedenions, surreal, and nimbers.
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My answer to Why are there so many different interpretations of quantum mechanics? Its claimed to be the most succe… quora.com/Why-are-there-so-m…
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Beginners should learn a minimal set of languages with maximal breadth of concepts, e.g. OCaml/Mercury/C++/Erlang, or CL/Haskell/FORTH/Oz
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A nice video tutorial "Sentiment Analysis with LSTMs, using TensorFlow": goo.gl/NDND8e #TensorFlow
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fae - Functional alternative to Ethereum github.com/consensys/fae
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