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Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018

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  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2018 to 2022.
  • Presented by Joe Armstrong, co-creator of Erlang
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Joe Armstrong revisits dropped ideas from the history of computing, discussing how they relate to modern software challenges and Erlang.

In the early days of computing there were many good ideas that were 'before their time' and for one reason or another, these ideas were dropped! As time passes, perhaps we should revisit some of these ideas. What were the good ideas that we have dropped? Which ideas should be resurrected? What were the silly idea of the past and what can we learn from these? In this talk, I'll visit ideas, old and new and see how they relate to the current needs of our community and our current work. I'll probably also rant on about Erlang and Elixir and how they can be used to solve some of the ideas that we have forgotten about. More details on website here: codesync.global/speaker/joe-armstrong/

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What people say. Highly recommended as an inspiring and humble look at computing history and forgotten ideas by one of CS's best thinkers.

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…ust as relevant as Doug Hofstadter when it comes to metacognition: link Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science starts slow, but if you don't have much of a historical background (like, if you're only vaguely aware of what happened in CS in the 70s), it's a laundry list of things you should look up and be aware of before you start your next project: link to this video Everybody should understand procedural generation: link Likewise, since AI is hyped up right now, we should all remind ourselves that IA is a thing too: link M…
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On “Ask HN: Best talks of 2018?”

I love any talk with Joe Armstrong or Alan Kay in it. Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018 link to this video
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On “Joe Armstrong has died”

This is so sad. RIP Joe. I'll miss him so much. Erlang is one of the most Perlis languages for me. I'm always a little bit cynical and think Erlang deserve more attention. Several months ago Joe post this tweet about a game company refused to tell other people they are using Erlang. link I just watched his great talk last year not long ago - The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science: link to this video
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Definitely! I also like "How we program multicores" 0, it made "iff you want the same guarantees Erlang gives you, you'll be in the same performance ballpark in any language, yes, C++ also" click for me. Joe could explain the basic ideas and where they came from so concise and humble 1, you can probably just binge watch this whole list, one other gem being "The forgotten ideas in computer science" 2... 0 link 1 link 2 link to this video
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…solve this problem well, because they're encouraged to produce 'novelty', rather than sit down and digest the mess we're in, to help clarify matters a little. They're in the same rat-race, of getting things done on a 6-12 month schedule. There's a quote that I really like - "Prolific programmers contribute to certain disaster." 0 Ah well :) 0 link to this video…
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On “Joe Armstrong has died”

…correct -> send push sic request. !! Select text -> type in correction -> people see change. Two projects: 1. Link to content hash not a name (request content by sha256, immune to pepole in the middle). 2. Elastic Links (links should not break if you move an endpoint). -- Easily one of the best thinkers of his generation 2. RIP. 0 link 1 link to this video 2 link…
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