From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bijan ghavami-kia Subject: RE: good practices in science Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 22:00:51 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20200403135421.5f800ffa@hulten.org> <874ktxt4bq.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <20200406185121.GB3442@LionPure>, Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_VI1PR02MB3616B0F920B864E8FB6795B9D1C30VI1PR02MB3616eurp_" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47330) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jLwHA-0002cB-7J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:00:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jLwH8-0004iy-Nd for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:00:55 -0400 Received: from mail-oln040092074108.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([40.92.74.108]:53325 helo=EUR04-DB3-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jLwH8-0004fk-EN for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:00:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Konrad Hinsen , Bengt Richter Cc: "guix-devel@gnu.org" --_000_VI1PR02MB3616B0F920B864E8FB6795B9D1C30VI1PR02MB3616eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oh my goodness, I didn=92t know who Danny Hillis was before a google search= ..., except I did because the way I heard about this project first was from= him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYmF7KvsldGU A good salesman! I=92m embarrassed I brought it up! It=92s an interesting prospect, shouldn=92t we be working towards this fant= astical goal? From: Konrad Hinsen Sent: 07 April 2020 09:40 To: Bengt Richter Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: good practices in science Hi Bengt, > (I guess I get excited reading prose that shows attention > to the distinction between abstractions and their representations. > Sort of like reading quotes from Plato, and thinking, "Hey, wow, > I've had some of those thoughts." :) There are plenty of good ideas in that project, I am not claiming the opposite. Unfortunately, that has never been a guarantee for success. > I hope they are not just preparing themselves for spinning off > and becoming rich as a monopolist takeover target ;-/ With people like Danny Hillis on board, they should be aware of that trap! > So what makes you hopeful about guix? :) It's so technical that politics-minded people won't even look at it. Cheers, Konrad. --_000_VI1PR02MB3616B0F920B864E8FB6795B9D1C30VI1PR02MB3616eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Oh my goodness, I didn=92t know who Danny Hillis was= before a google search..., except I did because the way I heard about this= project first was from him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYmF7KvsldGU

A good salesman! I=92m embarrassed I brought it up!<= /p>

It=92s an interesting prospect, shouldn=92t we be wo= rking towards this fantastical goal?

 

 

From: Konrad Hinsen
Sent: 07 April 2020 09:40
To: Bengt Richter
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: good practices in science

 

Hi Bengt,

> (I guess I get excited reading prose that shows attention
> to the distinction between abstractions and their representations.
> Sort of like reading quotes from Plato, and thinking, "Hey, wow,<= br> > I've had some of those thoughts." :)

There are plenty of good ideas in that project, I am not claiming the
opposite. Unfortunately, that has never been a guarantee for success.

> I hope they are not just preparing themselves for spinning off
> and becoming rich as a monopolist takeover target ;-/

With people like Danny Hillis on board, they should be aware of that
trap!

> So what makes you hopeful about guix? :)

It's so technical that politics-minded people won't even look at it.

Cheers,
  Konrad.

 

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