From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Lists composed of equal number and kind of elements Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <77c45508-f9a0-4e27-a056-2c5ba54b3fb4@googlegroups.com> References: <55B5D99B.9080100@easy-emacs.de> <87egjt41q9.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <87vbd4yneo.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <87mvyfzipy.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <47632be3-6c46-41d6-891d-33f86ad917f4@googlegroups.com> <87egjrzffx.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1438151120 2630 80.91.229.3 (29 Jul 2015 06:25:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:25:20 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 29 08:25:20 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKKnn-0000wc-Es for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:25:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33524 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKKnm-0007Eh-CY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:25:18 -0400 X-Received: by 10.107.33.206 with SMTP id h197mr40049834ioh.9.1438150811462; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:20:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.122.40 with SMTP id lp8mr14534igb.0.1438150811415; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!f3no4317928igg.0!news-out.google.com!o13ni5519igw.0!nntp.google.com!f3no4317924igg.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <87egjrzffx.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=59.93.201.135; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 59.93.201.135 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:20:11 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:213819 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106105 Archived-At: On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 11:13:48 AM UTC+5:30, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > Rusi writes: > > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:03:02 AM UTC+5:30, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > >> Emanuel Berg writes: > >> > >> > "Pascal J. Bourguignon" > >> > writes: > >> > > >> >>>> So he doesn't need a fully general solution. > >> >>> OK, good point. > >> >> > >> >> Not really. > >> >> > >> >> I mean, ok, always implementing the most specific > >> >> solution to customers' request is a good way to > >> >> ensure job security. > >> >> > >> >> But if your purpose is to change the world really, > >> >> and not just giving lip service to Silicon Valley > >> >> mantras, then you will implement the most general > >> >> solution so you don't have to do anything else when > >> >> the customer or another comes with a variant of > >> >> their problem, and so eventually we can leave > >> >> programs and robots work for us. > >> > > >> > The purpose is always to change the world (or some > >> > part of it, which is the same). But that robot thing > >> > I don't want ever to happen because then what will *I* > >> > do all days (and nights)? That would be > >> > super-depressing! > >> > >> You will write the programs you want in the language you want, instead > >> of having to write the programs your boss wants you to write, in the > >> language he wants you to write programs in. > > > > Heh Pascal! > > Is there any emacs function that also gives salaries? > > You don't need a salary once you have robots doing our jobs. > > If you need something, you go to the Amazon.com web site, order the > stuff you want, and the robots build or grow it and deliver it to your > place with googlecars. Robots don't need salary, so you don't have to > pay them to work for you. > > Now you may ask what about the transition period when not everything is > robotisized yet? It's why we need universal revenue. So we may stop > working for capitalistic corporations, and instead work on the resource > based robotic production and distribution system. Awww... You've spoilt my day Pascal! I was sure you would have an elisp magic spell to pay salaries