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emptywheel
2 weeks ago
Writing

Background For A New Book - emptywheel

Rights discourse lacks clarity on nature and origin, clarified by background series and recommended reading by Jamal Greene's book.
Humans evolved unique capacity for learning, teaching, and abstraction through observation, language, and reasoning, aiding problem-solving.
Early humans transmit knowledge for survival through teaching and natural curiosity, backed by basic language skills likely taught by females.
Philosophically, human existence is the measure of all things being and not being. [ more ]
Alvinalexander
1 month ago
Scala

Scala 3 Opaque Types: When to use, examples, benefits

Opaque types in Scala 3 offer encapsulation, type safety, abstraction, and semantic clarity.
They help create new data types with controlled access to representation, suitable for scenarios needing clear interfaces and meaningful names. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago
Science

How the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg Spawned New Math

The seven bridges of Konigsberg problem led to the birth of new branches of mathematics.
Abstracting extraneous information is crucial in solving mathematical problems. [ more ]
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